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Podarcis Siculus) WWW.IRCF.ORG/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSJOURNALTABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES & IRCF AMPHIBIANS REPTILES • VOL &15, AMPHIBIANS NO 4 • DEC 2008 • 189 21(4):142–143 • DEC 2014 IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCED SPECIES FEATURE ARTICLES . Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 Notes. The Shared on History of TreeboasTwo (Corallus grenadensisIntroduced) and Humans on Grenada: Populations of A Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................Robert W. Henderson 198 theRESEARCH Italian ARTICLES Wall Lizard (Podarcis siculus) . The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ....................... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . The Knighton Anole (Anolis Staten equestris) in Florida Island, New York .............................................Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 1,2 3 CONSERVATION ALERTRobert W. Mendyk and John Adragna 1Department of Herpetology,. World’s Mammals Smithsonian in Crisis National............................................................................................................................................................. Zoological Park, 3001 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20008, USA 220 ([email protected]) . More2Department Than Mammals of Herpetology, ...................................................................................................................................................................... Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, 370 Zoo Parkway, Jacksonville, FL 32218, USA 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ........................................................................................................................................... 225 3605 Greeley Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10306, USA HUSBANDRY . Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ....................................................................................................... Shannon Plummer 226 he Italian WallPROFILE Lizard (Podarcis siculus) has been intro- Tduced to temperate. Kraig regionsAdler: A Lifetime of thePromoting United Herpetology States ................................................................................................ on at Michael L. Treglia 234 least seven occasions. Although a colony that once persisted in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCOMMENTARY (Kauffeld 1931) is now believed to . The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ........................................................................................................................ Eric Gangloff 238 have been extirpated (Burke and Deichsel 2008), established breeding populationsBOOK of P. REVIEW siculus currently exist in New York . Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, (Mendyk 2007, Burke R.and Berridge, Deichsel P. Ramani, and2008), B.E. Young Connecticut .............................................................................................................. Robert Powell 243 (Donihue et al. 2014), New Jersey (Burke 2010), Kansas (Gubanyi 1999, Taggart CONSERVATION 2004, Collins RESEARCH et REPORTS: al. 2010), Summaries and of Published Conservation Research Reports ................................. 245 California (Deichsel etNATURAL al. 2010). HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ................................. 247 NEWBRIEFS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 248 Italian Wall Lizards EDITORIAL were INFORMATION introduced .....................................................................................................................................................to Long Island, 251 New York around 1967FOCUS ON(Gossweiler CONSERVATION 1975,: A ProjectAlvey You 1993, Can Support ............................................................................................... 252 Burke and Deichsel 2008), when a group of lizards were released, or escaped from a pet store in a suburban neighbor- hood of Nassau County. The lizards spread quickly through- Front Cover. Shannon Plummer. Back Cover. Michael Kern out the surrounding area, dispersingTotat etthrough velleseque audant residential mo Totat et velleseque audant mo neighborhoods, municipal yards, andestibus along inveliquo railways velique rerchil of the estibus inveliquo velique rerchil Long Island Railroad (Alvey 1993,erspienimus, Mendyk quos 2007,accullabo. BurkeIlibus erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum and Deichsel 2008). Since their introduction,fugiatis maionsequat eumquemore than fugiatis maionsequat eumque 20 satellite populations (Burke andmoditia Deichsel erere nonsedis 2008, ma Burksectiatur et moditia erere nonsedis ma sectia- ma derrovitae voluptam, as quos tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as al. 2010) have arisen throughout urbanaccullabo. and suburban envi- ronments of Nassau and Suffolk Counties of Long Island, as well as the New York City boroughs of Queens (Queens County), Brooklyn (Kings County), Manhattan (New York County), and the Bronx (Bronx County) through a combi- nation of natural and human-assisted dispersal including the intentional release of animals in new locations and accidental transport within landscaping material (Alvey 1993, Mendyk 2007, Burke and Deichsel 2008). To date, the only New York City borough without a documented P. siculus popula- tion has been Staten Island (Richmond County). In 2010, K. Geritano (pers. comm.) informed JA that a Fig. 1. Italian Wall Lizards (Podarcis siculus) at Mount Richmond Cemetery, Staten Island, New York (2 September 2014): Adult male (top), population of lizards was present in the Great Kill and Historic adult female (center), and juvenile (bottom). Photographs by the senior Richmond Town area of central Staten Island. Searches of the author. Copyright © 2014. Robert W. Mendyk. All rights reserved. 142 INTRODUCED SPECIES IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 21(4):142–143 • DEC 2014 area confirmed the presence of P. siculus at a private residence probably had become inactive given the cool daytime tem- on Tanglewood Drive as well as at the nearby United Hebrew peratures (< 10 °C) experienced during the week leading up Cemetery. Further searches carried out by RWM in the sum- to the storm. mer of 2014 noted a large population of lizards at the United Populations of P. siculus on Staten Island do not pose Hebrew Cemetery as well as the adjacent Mount Richmond any immediate threat to indigenous lizards since no lizards Cemetery, where the lizards utilize tombstones and other are native to the island (a small population of Sceloporus undu- stone and concrete structures for basking and refuges (Fig. latus presently exists, but these were introduced by Staten 1). R. Powell confirmed the identity of the lizards from these Island Zoo reptile curator Carl Kauffeld in 1942 [Kauffeld, photographs. A photographic voucher has been accessioned 1948]). However, these populations could serve as reservoirs in the Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM P771). for future introductions to new areas on the mainland where Informal surveys conducted at Mount Richmond they could affect indigenous species and where they might Cemetery generated estimates of population densities in affect native invertebrates. excess of one lizard per m2 in some partially shaded areas with abundant tombstones. Sightings of P. siculus also have been Acknowledgements reported in nearby residential areas along Greaves Avenue We thank J. Catalano, K. Geritano, and an anonymous and Center Street, and at Kingfisher Park (J. Catalano, pers. individual for sharing sightings, observations, and historical comm.; Anonymous, pers. comm.), leading to an estimated details, and the Smithsonian National Zoological Park for its range of at least 1.2 km2. The exact origin and year of intro- continued support. duction remain unclear. Former residents of the area have reported seeing them as early as 2007 (J. Catalano, pers. Literature Cited comm.), although the population is probably much older. A Alvey, R. 1993. The Garden City Wall Lizard History and Population. Report to the large (ca. 220 ha), undeveloped, and partially wooded prop- Garden City Environmental Advisory Board, Garden City, New York. Burke, R.L. 2010. Geographic distribution. Podarcis sicula campestris (Italian Wall erty located directly across Arthur Kill Road from the United Lizard). Herpetological Review 41:514. Hebrew Cemetery appears to offer habitat similar to that used Burke, R.L. and G. Deichsel. 2008. Lacertid lizards introduced into North America: by P. siculus in other areas of New York, and may represent History and future, pp. 347–353. In: J.C. Mitchell, R.E.J. Brown, and B. Bartholomew (eds.), Urban Herpetology. Herpetological Conservation, Volume an area through which lizards can spread and substantially 3. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Salt Lake City, Utah. increase their range within the interior of the island. Burke, R.L., D. Allen, B. Cacace, R. Cicchetti, E. Cohen, and R. DeCandido. 2010. A second, smaller population of P. siculus occurs in
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