Anolis Sagrei a Hypothetical Excursion

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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 . TheThe Shared History ofBrown Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis Anole,) and Humans on Grenada: Anolis sagrei A Hypothetical Excursion ...... Robert W. Henderson 198

DumérilRESEARCH ARTICLES and Bibron 1837 (Dactyloidae), . The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ...... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 State. The Knight Record Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida and Introduction Pathway ...... Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212 1 2 CONSERVATION ALERTMichael C. Granatosky , and Kenneth L. Krysko 1Department. World’s of Evolutionary Mammals in CrisisAnthropology, ...... Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA ([email protected]) 220 2Division of. Herpetology,More Than Mammals Florida ...... Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA ([email protected]) 223 . The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...... 225

HUSBANDRY he Brown Anole,. Captive Anolis Care ofsagrei the Central (Duméril Netted Dragon and ...... Bibron, and Fred Kraus (pers. comm.) Shannon Plummer confirmed 226 that these were state 1837), is indigenous to Cuba and The Bahamas, and records and that he was unaware of any other publications T PROFILE is well known for its invasive capabilities and tendency to documenting the species in North Carolina. . Kraig Adler: A Lifetime Promoting Herpetology ...... Michael L. Treglia 234 compete with native species (i.e., the Green Anole, A. carolinensis in Florida; GerberCOMMENTARY 1991, Echternacht 1999, Campbell . 2000; Fig. 1). The firstThe record Turtles Have of Been this Watching species Me ...... in Florida was Eric Gangloff 238 reported in 1887 (GarmanBOOK REVIEW 1887), and it has established itself steadily throughout the. Threatened state, withAmphibians additional of the World U.S. edited byintroduc S.N. Stuart,- M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young ...... Robert Powell 243 tions in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana,

Ohio, South Carolina, CONSERVATION South Dakota, RESEARCH Tennessee, REPORTS: Texas, Summaries and of Published Conservation Research Reports ...... 245 Virginia (Campbell 1996,NATURAL Lever HISTORY 2003, RESEARCH Kraus REPORTS2009, Krysko: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ...... 247  NEWBRIEFS ...... 248 and Granatosky 2010, EDITORIAL Meshaka INFORMATION 2011). The ...... spread of the 251 species appears to rely FOCUS largely ON on CONSERVATION anthropogenic: A Projectinfluences You Can via Support ...... 252 transport by motor vehicles or with potted landscaping vegetation (Godley et al. 1981, Campbell 1996, 2003). Herein, we report three A. sagrei from a single location in Durham, North Carolina. These represent theFront first Cover. records Shannon of Plummer. A. sagrei Back Cover. Michael Kern Totat et velleseque audant mo Totat et velleseque audant mo in the state of North Carolina (Krausestibus 2009), inveliquo and velique likely rerchil repre - estibus inveliquo velique rerchil sents a recent and isolated introductionerspienimus, event. quos accullabo. Ilibus erspienimus, quos accullabo. Ilibus aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum aut dolor apicto invere pe dolum On 18 July 2013, MCG collectedfugiatis maionsequat a neonatal eumque Anolis fugiatis maionsequat eumque sagrei (UF-Herpetology 170713) moditiaand ererea hatched nonsedis ma eggshell sectiatur moditia erere nonsedis ma sectia- ma derrovitae voluptam, as quos tur ma derrovitae voluptam, as (UF-Herpetology 170714) fromaccullabo. the Garden Center of Lowe’s Home Improvement, 117 William Penn Plaza, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (36.044171, -78.900326, Datum WGS84, 122 m elevation). Both specimens were collected from an ornamental Mandevilla plant (Mandevilla sp.) that originated from Costa Farms, 22290 SW 162nd Avenue, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida (25.559413, -80.453794, Datum WGS84, 3 m elevation). A second neonate was observed, but escaped capture. On 19 July 2013, MCG returned to the same location and collected two additional neonates (UF-Herpetology 170715–170716). No additional A. sagrei were observed. All of these neonatal lizards were < 20 mm SVL, and deposited in the Division Fig. 1. Representative juvenile Brown Anole, Anolis sagrei (UF-Herpetology of Herpetology at the Florida Museum of Natural History. 168547), from Ramrod Key, Monroe County, Florida. Photograph by Max A. Nickerson confirmed the identity of the specimens Kenneth L. Krysko.

Because only neonates were observed at the collection site, units. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. we believe that our observation represents a single introduc- Campbell, T.S. 2003. The introduced Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) occurs in every county in peninsular Florida. Herpetological Review 34:173–174. tion event. All individuals were encountered on a single spe- Echternacht, A.C. 1999. Possible causes for the rapid decline in population density cies of ornamental plant that originated from a locality where of Green Anoles, Anolis carolinensis (Sauria: Polychrotidae) following invasion A. sagrei is abundant. This suggests that the introduction into by the Brown Anole, Anolis sagrei, in the southeastern United States. Anolis North Carolina occurred via the transport of potted landscap- Newsletter V:22–27. Garman, S. 1887. On West Indian Iguanidae and on West Indian Scincidae in ing vegetation. The introduction of nonnative amphibians the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass., and reptiles by means of cargo or ornamental plant transfer U.S.A. Bulletin of the Essex Institute 19:25–50. represents, at least in Florida, a recognized introduction path- Gerber, G.P. 1991. Anolis sagrei and Anolis carolinensis in Florida: Evidence for way second only to the pet trade (Krysko et al. 2011). Further interspecific predation. Anolis Newsletter IV:49–53. Godley, J.S., F.E. Lohrer, J.N. Layne, and J. Rossi. 1981. Distributional status of effort should be undertaken by ornamental plant export facili- an introduced lizard in Florida: Anolis sagrei. Herpetological Review 12:84–86. ties to assure that their products are free from pest species. Kraus, F. 2009. Alien Reptiles and Amphibians, a Scientific Compendium, and Analysis. Invading Nature: Springer Series in Invasion Biology 4. Springer, Acknowledgments Dordrecht, The Netherlands. We thank Fred Kraus for information on our new state Krysko, K.L. and M.C. Granatosky. 2010. Anolis sagrei (Brown Anole). Geographic Distribution. Herpetological Review 41:511. record; Max A. Nickerson for confirming species identifi- Krysko, K.L., J.P. Burgess, M.R. Rochford, C.R. Gillette, D. Cueva, K.M. Enge, cation of specimens; and Gad Perry, Robert Powell, and an L.A. Somma, J.L. Stabile, D.C. Smith, J.A. Wasilewski, G.N. Kieckhefer III, anonymous reviewer for helpful comments on this paper. M.C. Granatosky, and S.V. Nielsen. 2011. Verified non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles in Florida from 1863 through 2010: Outlining the invasion process and identifying invasion pathways and stages. Zootaxa 3028:1–64. Literature Cited Lever, C. 2003. Naturalized Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. Oxford Campbell, T.S. 1996. Northern range expansion of the Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) University Press, Oxford. in Florida and Georgia. Herpetological Review 27:155–157. Meshaka, W.E., Jr. 2011. A runaway train in the making: Exotic amphibians, Campbell, T.S. 2000. Analysis of the effects of an exotic lizard (Anolis sagrei) on reptiles, turtles, and crocodilians of Florida. Monograph 1. Herpetological a native lizard (Anolis carolinensis) in Florida, using islands as experimental Conservation and Biology 6:1–101.

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