AGAMIDAE

Krysko, Kenneth L., Burgess, Joseph P., Rochford, Michael R., Gillette, Christopher R., Cueva, Daniel, Enge, Kevin M., Somma, Louis A., Stabile, Jennifer L., Smith, Dustin C., Wasilewski, Joseph A., Kieckhefer Iii, Guy N., Granatosky, Michael C. & Nielsen, Stuart V., 2011, 3028, Zootaxa 3028, pp. 1-64 : 35-36

publication ID

1175­5334

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A65AFB70-FFD7-E102-2AF1-8B7F71073EC8

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Felipe

scientific name

AGAMIDAE
status

 

AGAMIDAE

The Chinese Water Dragon, Physignathus cocincinus Cuvier 1829 , is indigenous to southern China and eastern Indochina, west through eastern Thailand ( Zhao & Adler 1993). On 22 August 2003, KLK and KME were given permission to look around the property of the animal importer's facility at 6450 Stirling Road, Hollywood, Broward County (26.04591 o N, - 80.21976 o W); we observed an adult P. cocincinus along the back of the building, but could not capture it (see Krysko et al. 2006). On 7 March 2010 at 2200 h, DC and Suzanne Hurley collected a juvenile (71.4 mm SVL, 270.4 mm TL) P. cocincinus (UF 158809; MorphoBank M88631; Fig. 40) sleeping on a chain-link fence just outside the property of the animal importer's facility. Although we have observed an adult and juvenile at this site, we believe that these represent independent introductions, and not an established (stage 3) population, because no other P. cocincinus are known to have been found there. This species likely was released or had escaped (stage 2) from enclosures. This represents the first known voucher for this species in Florida.

The Inland Bearded Dragon, Pogona vitticeps ( Ahl 1926) , is indigenous to a large region of eastern central and inland southeastern Australia ( Cogger 2000), and it has been unsuccessfully introduced to California, USA ( Lemm 2006). Gibbons et al. (2009) hypothesized that P. vitticeps could be introduced to Florida through the pet trade. On 19 May 2005, Greg Klimock collected an adult P. vitticeps (photographic voucher UF 152677; MorphoBank M88632; Fig. 41) floating alive in a canal at 25340 4 th Street, Summerland Key, Monroe County (24.65162 o N, - 81.43658 o W). On 29 July 2010, Lori Oberhofer photographed, but did not capture, a P. vitticeps (photographic voucher UF 158991) at 485 SE 21 st Lane, Homestead, Miami-Dade County (25.46588 o N, - 80.44665 o W). This species likely was released or had escaped (stage 2) from an enclosure. This represents the first known voucher for this species in Florida.

The Southern Saharan Spiny-tailed Lizard, Uromastyx dispar maliensis Joger and Lambert 1996 , is indigenous to northwestern Mali, on the edge of the Adrar des Iforas and southwestern Algeria ( Wilms et al. 2007). On 2 November 2009, Kraig R. Hankins collected an adult (215 mm SVL) U. d. maliensis (photographic voucher UF 159616; MorphoBank M88633; Fig. 42) at SW 44 th Street and SW 1 st Place, Cape Coral, Lee County (26.57015 o N, - 81.97702 o W), which was donated to the Cape Coral Environmental Park. This species likely was released or had escaped (stage 2) from an enclosure. This represents the first known voucher for this species in Florida.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Agamidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Agamidae

Genus

Physignathus

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