. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. June 1995 Asiatic Herpetological Research Vol. 6, p. 177. FIG. 3. A possible defense mechanism; neural spines projecting through the median row of dorsal scales in a Bun,;arusfasciatus (USNM 267012) from the Royal Chitwan National Park. season's cohort at the end growing season. ol first Body temperatures of adults basking in the mid morning (0800-0950 hr; April) averaged ± ° C ( - , n = 11) compared to an average ambient temperature (in shade) of ± ( - , n = 5).
. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. June 1995 Asiatic Herpetological Research Vol. 6, p. 177. FIG. 3. A possible defense mechanism; neural spines projecting through the median row of dorsal scales in a Bun,;arusfasciatus (USNM 267012) from the Royal Chitwan National Park. season's cohort at the end growing season. ol first Body temperatures of adults basking in the mid morning (0800-0950 hr; April) averaged ± ° C ( - , n = 11) compared to an average ambient temperature (in shade) of ± ( - , n = 5). The body temperature of a single juvenile, captured in the shade, was ° C, identical to ambient temperature Hemidactylus. We observed three of the four Chitwan geckos (Table 1). The rarity of//, flaviviridis, H. frenatus, and//. garnotii and their exclusive commensal occurrence suggest that these three species are exotics. In contrast, H. brookii is abundant both on human-made structures and in some forested sites. We provided a brief review (Mitchell and Zug, 1988) of //. brookii biology around the Smithsonian camp. Female //. brookii mature at 43 mm SVL, males at 42 mm. They are active at night in the forest and on buildings. During the day, forest individuals hide beneath the bark of dead trees, in litter filled tree buttresses, and beneath logs. Four //. frenatus (37 - 53 mm SVL) and two //. garnotii (52 - 55 mm SVL) were captured on the camp building during the H. brookii survey; none were seen in the adjacent forest. Scincella sikimmensis. Three adult Scincella (31 - 35 mm SVL) were found beneath logs or litter in the riverine and sal forest. The two Mabuya (M. dissimilis, M. macularia) appear to be more open-habitat denizens, , at the forest edge or along trails in the grassland, although a M. macularis was found beneath a log with a S. sikimmensis. Snakes Snakes suffer the same level of persecution in the Chitwan area as in most rural communities, , deat
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