A geographic distribution record for Iguana iguana in Marion County, Florida

Bailey, Mark T.

Somma, Louis A.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Papers in Herpetology Papers in the Biological Sciences 3-2021 Geographic Distribution: Iguana iguana (Green Iguana): USA: Florida. Louis A. Somma louis.somma@fdacs.gov Mark T. Bailey University of Florida, ironhill@ufl.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/biosciherpetology  Part of the Biosecurity Commons, Other Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, Other Life Sciences Commons, Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Commons, and the Zoology Commons Somma, Louis A. and Bailey, Mark T., "Geographic Distribution: Iguana iguana (Green Iguana): USA: Florida." (2021). Papers in Herpetology. 19. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/biosciherpetology/19 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Papers in the Biological Sciences at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Papers in Herpetology by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Herpetological Review 52(1), 202184    GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION1775 m elev. 30 May 2020. Timothy Warfel, Joshua Warfel, and Hunter Johnson. Verified by Lauren J. Livo. University of Colo-rado Museum of Natural History (UCM Ancillary Collection AC-0291; photo voucher). A single individual was found in juniper covered canyon rim habitat. This is the first record of this species in Huerfano County (Livo et al. 2019. Herpetol. Rev. 50:690–694). Our record is ca. 12 km S and 4.3 km E of the nearest record in Pueblo County (UCM 43985) and belongs to pattern-class B. We would like to express our deepest appreciation to Lauren Livo, who for two decades has been a font of knowledge and has men-tored many aspiring Colorado herpetologists.TIMOTHY WARFEL (e-mail: tviridis@gmail.com) and JOSHUA WARFEL, 466 South Balsam Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80226, USA; HUNTER JOHNSON, 3594 Larkspur Drive, Longmont, Colorado 80503, USA.ASPIDOSCELIS SEXLINEATA (Six-lined Racerunner). USA: TENNESSEE: davidSon Co.: Couchville Cedar Glade State Natural Area (36.10209°N, 86.53190°W; WGS 84). 29 March 2020. Antho-ny O. Brais. Verified by A. Floyd Scott. David H. Snyder Museum of Zoology, Austin Peay State University (APSU 20026; photo voucher). Individual observed under rock in cedar glade. First re-cord with exact locality information for Davidson County (Scott and Redmond 2008. Atlas of Reptiles in Tennessee. http://www.apsubiology.org/tnreptileatlas/; 2 Jan 2021). Prior county record (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution [USNM] 23911) from 1897 is for a general location “Nashville.” Additional records of A. sexlineata occur in the Inner Nashville Basin ecoregion of adjacent Wilson and Rutherford counties. The closest record geographically is ca. 18 km E in Wilson County (University of Tennessee, Knoxville [UTKVZC] 2323). ANTHONY O. BRAIS, Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC, 103 Continental Place, Suite 100, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027, USA; e-mail: abrais@res.us.HEMIDACTYLUS MABOUIA (Wood Slave). USA: CALIFORNIA: San diego Co.: City of La Mesa, La Mesa Boulevard and Third Street intersection (32.76557°N, 117.01830°W; WGS 84), 170 m elev. 20 July 2020. Daniel Doughty, Clark R. Mahrdt, and Edward L. Ervin. Verified by Bradford D. Hollingsworth. San Diego Nat-ural History Museum (SDNHM 76343). An adult male (59 mm SVL) was collected on a planter wall in the downtown business district at 2120 h. This is the first published record for San Diego County. Herein, we report on a multi-year persistent population from the City of La Mesa, representing all ontogenetic stages. The species was established when first discovered in downtown La Mesa in 2012 (D. Doughty, pers. comm.), suggesting an earlier time of colonization. Surveys were conducted on buildings and landscape vegetation at the Civic Center of the City of La Mesa, the downtown Village district, and the vicinity of Collier Park. On 20 July 2020 (2130–2200 h), we collected an additional four in-dividuals (2 females and 2 males; SDNHM 76342, 76344–76346) and observed 12 adults and 6 juveniles on lighted walls and land-scape planters spanning 560 m from the downtown district to the Civic Center. We returned to the site on 27 July 2020 (2045–2215 h) where several individuals were observed and four H. mabouia (three females, one male; SDNHM 76347–76350) were collected on lighted walls. On 31 August 2020 (2000–2220 h), five adult indi-viduals were observed on lighted stucco walls of a building south of Collier Park, 1.4 km S of the Civic Center. One adult female was collected behind a tall shrub at 2215 h (SDNHM 76351). On the first two surveys, Hemidactylus turcicus, a regionally established non-native species, was found to co-occur with H. mabouia. All geckos were observed on wall surfaces (stucco, cement) of build-ings associated with patches of frequently irrigated landscape vegetation. A total of 10 H. mabouia were collected in air temper-atures ranging 18.8–23.8°C. Four females contained developed eggs. Although H. mabouia has been reported from San Diego, Orange, and Santa Cruz counties based on citizen science re-cords, 2012 appears to be the earliest date this species has been documented from California. Specimens were collected under a California Department of Fish and Wildlife Scientific Collecting Permit No. 5399, issued to ELE.CLARK R. MAHRDT, Department of Herpetology, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California 92102, USA (e-mail: leopardlizard @cox.net); EDWARD L. ERVIN, Merkel and Associates, Inc., 5434 Ruffin Road, San Diego, California 92123, USA; GARY NAFIS, 247 Tacoma Ave. South, Apt. 204, Tacoma, Washington 98402, USA. HEMIDACTYLUS TURCICUS (Mediterranean Gecko). PORTU-GAL: LEIRIA: MuniCiPaLity oF Leiria: Moital, Bajouca (39.90604°N, 8.78128°W; WGS 84), 143 m elev. 29 September 2020. Micael Jorge. Verified by Luis M. P. Ceríaco. Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto (MHNCUP 7504; photo voucher). One individual was observed and photographed on the exterior wall of a house, 50 cm from the ground, at ca. 2305 h. This species known distribution in Portugal is restricted to southern inland regions and southern coastal areas (Mateus and Jacinto 2010. In Loureiro et al. [coord.], Atlas dos Anfíbios e Répteis de Portugal, pp. 134–135). In 2013, fourteen individuals were recorded at a cement plant, SECIL-Outão, in Setúbal, ca. 70 km from the most northwestern population of this species (Sal-gueiro et al. 2013. Bol. Asoc. Herpetol. Esp. 24:79–82). This new record is located 160 km from that last report. ANA CAROLINA A. SOUSA, Grutas da Moeda e Fátima Lda., Largo das Grutas da Moeda s/n 2495-028 São Mamede, Portugal (e-mail: carolina.sousa@grutasmoeda.com); MARIANA P. MARQUES, Centro de Investiga-ção em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO-InBIO), Universidade do Porto Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas 4486-661, Vairão, Portugal (e-mail: mptlmarques@gmail.com).IGUANA IGUANA (Green Iguana). USA: FLORIDA: Marion Co.: Dunnellon, residence immediately north of Rainbow Springs State Park (29.1056°N, 82.4328°W; WGS 84). 18 September 2020. Mark T. Bailey. Verified by Gregory Schneider. University of Mich-igan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ Digital Images 2700-01; photo voucher). One juvenile (89 mm SVL, 342 mm TL) collected in a residential yard, and then subsequently escaped. First county record. Iguana iguana sensu lato is indigenous to Saint Lu-cia, the Grenadines, Mesoamerica, and a broad swath of South America, principally east of the Andes range as far south as Para-guay (Breuil 2019. Zootaxa 4608:201–232), and is an established, nonindigenous species in the Canary Islands, Fiji, portions of the Caribbean, and in the USA, including Hawaii, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Florida (Kraus 2009. Alien Reptiles and Amphibians: A Scientific Compendium and Analysis. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. x + 563 pp. + CD-ROM; Thomas et al. 2013. Biodivers. Conserv. Lessons Learned Tech. Ser. (Con-serv. Internatl. Pacific Isl., Apia, Samoa) 12:1–167.). This invasive species is an ecological threat, an agricultural pest, and dam-ages artificial structures (Thomas et al. 2013, op. cit.; De Jesús Villanueva 2017. Reptiles & Amphibians 24:30–35; Krysko et al. 2019. Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida. xvi + 707 pp.). Green Iguanas were Herpetological Review 52(1), 2021GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION    85introduced to and established in Florida in the 1960s, through the pet trade, have been vouchered from at least 19 counties, and established in many southern counties as far north as Charlotte and Martin counties, on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, respec-tively (Krysko et al. 2011. Zootaxa 3028:1–64; Krysko et al. 2016. Reptiles & Amphibians 23:110–143; Krysko et al. 2019, op. cit.). This record is ca. 67.43 km SSW of the nearest record in Gaines-ville, Alachua County, and 110.56 km NNE of the nearest south-ern record in New Port Richey, Pasco County, Florida (Krysko et al. 2019, op. cit.). It is not clear if this specimen is from an unde-tected locally established population or is an escaped or released pet.We thank Gregory Schneider for verifying and accessioning the voucher digital photos. LOUIS A. SOMMA, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, DPI-Ento-mology Section, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Ser-vices, 1911 SW 34th Street, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA (e-mail: louis.somma@fdacs.gov); MARK T. BAILEY, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, UF/IFAS Extension Marion County, University of Florida, 2232 NE Jacksonville Road, Ocala, Florida 34470, USA (e-mail: ironhill@ufl.edu).TARENTOLA ANNULARIS (White-spotted Wall Gecko). USA: CALIFORNIA: orange Co.: San Juan Capistrano (33.51°N, 117.66°W; WGS 84). 25 August 2020. Samuel Fisher, Chelsea Martin, Robert Fisher. Verified by Gregory B. Pauly. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (LACM 191974). New county record. One juvenile (33 mm SVL) was collected, and another juvenile was seen 40 m away. Another juvenile was also observed during a second visit to the site on 19 September 2020. Wall geckos were first documented at this site since at least 2019 by Gary Nafis (G. Nafis, pers. comm. and as posted on www.californiaherps.com; 23 Aug 2020). Given that multiple individuals were observed at this site over 2 mo, this appears to be an established population. Invasive T. annularis were first detected in California in Redlands, San Bernardino County in the early 2000s (Wilcox et al. 2014. Herpetol. Rev. 45:464). This new Orange County population is ca. 80 km SW of the other known California population. While T. annularis has not spread much in the downtown urban center in Redlands over the last 20 years (S. Fisher, unpubl. data), it is possible it might expand its range more rapidly in a less urbanized habitat if there were more landscaping and natural features present. The only other published records for North America are from Florida where they are also invasive, and they have been known since the 1990s from several locations and continued to spread (Krysko et al. 2016. IRCF Rept. Amphib. 23:110–143). In the native range of T. annularis their habitat consists of desert, indicating that even though they are able to breed and persist in coastal Orange County they may not be in the optimal habitat (Ibrahim 2004. Zool. Middle East 31:23–38). A potential concern is that if T. annularis becomes more widespread in Southern California, they could present a risk to regional endemic nocturnal rock-dwelling species such as Xantusia henshawi and Phyllodactylus nocticolus because T. annularis has been shown to engage in saurophagy (Ibrahim 2004, op. cit.). It is much larger than these species (Xantusia henshawi SVL = 70 mm; Phyllodactylus nocticolus SVL = 63 mm; Tarentola SVL = 108 mm) and well adapted to desert habitats where it could be a potential predator or competitor.SAMUEL R. FISHER, Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92505, USA (e-mail: sfis086@lasierra.edu); CHELSEA E. MARTIN, Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, 11065 Campus Street, Loma Linda, Cali-fornia, 92350, USA (e-mail: cemartin@llu.edu); ROBERT N. FISHER, San Diego Field Station, Western Ecological Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 4165 Spruance Road, Suite 200, San Diego, California, 92101, USA (e-mail: rfisher@usgs.gov).SQUAMATA — SNAKESBUNGARUS SINDANUS PERSICUS (Sind Krait). IRAN: HORMOZGAN PROVINCE: BaSHagard County: Benk Village (57.68638°N, 26.80943°E; WGS 84), 1579 m elev. 11 October 2020. Morteza Arianejad. Verified by Barbod Safaei-Mahroo. Muze-ye Melli-ye Tarikh-e Tabii, Tehran (MMTT R-29-Bs-1/1). Adult male in vicinity of valley, near Amigdalus arabica tree. First record for Hormozgan Province. The nearest reported locality is Sistan Va Baluchistan Province, ca. 335 km W (Rajabizadeh 2018. Snakes of Iran. Iranshenasi Press, Tehran, Iran. 496 pp.).MORTEZA ARIANEJAD (e-mail: morteza.arianejad@gmail.com); MEYSAM GHASEMI, Department of Environment of Hormozgan Prov-ince, Islamic Republic of Iran.CROTALUS ADAMANTEUS (Eastern Diamond-backed Rattle-snake). USA: ALABAMA: autauga Co.: County Road 57 (32.5982°N, 86.5494°W; WGS 84). 18 September 2017. Logan McCord and Daniel McCord. Verified by David Laurencio. Auburn University Museum of Natural History (AUM AHAP-D 2595; photo vouch-er). Individual found DOR. Private residence off Tuckabatchee Road (32.57097°N, 86.51782°W; WGS 84). 21 June 2019. Shannon Hodum. Verified by David Laurencio. AUM 44246. Individual found and subsequently killed by residents. New county record (Guyer et al. 2018. Lizards and Snakes of Alabama. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 397 pp.). A search of Vert-Net for unpublished museum specimens yielded no results. No previously published records were discovered using Zoological Record. These records are in the Fall Line Hills section of the Southeastern Plains ecoregion and lie ca. 125 km to the north-northeast of the nearest published location in Conecuh County (Guyer et al. 2018, op. cit.). Both records are presumably natu-ralized descendants of several translocated individuals hard-released by D. W. Speake (Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Assistant Unit Leader at Auburn University; now de-ceased) on portions of the former Autauga County Community Hunting Area (currently known as the Charles D. Kelley Autauga County Wildlife Management Area [WMA]) in the late-1980s or early-1990s (D. Speake, pers. comm.). Although specific details are lacking, these releases were corroborated by former students and research technicians who worked closely with Dr. Speake at the time.Onsite releases of C. adamanteus were likely preceded by hard-releases of Gopherus polyphemus on Autauga County WMA as part of a two-year experimental study of monitoring tortoise movements and habitat use from 1986–1987 (Speake et al. 1987. Experimental establishment of gopher tortoises [Gopherus polyphemus] in unoccupied habitat. Final report to the Alabama Game and Fish Division. 17 pp.). Gopher Tortoises are currently extant on the property and adjacent areas. Although outside of the tortoise’s native range, Autauga County WMA was selected for the study because the primary upland soils consist of deep, well-drained coarse sands of the Troup series (Speake et al. 1987, op. cit.), which are commonly occupied soil types where the species naturally occurs. As part of the project, tortoise burrows were routinely scoped to determine commensal use over the duration of the study, which resulted in the detections of 

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