SALAMANDRIDAE, Goldfuss, 1820

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 : 19

SALAMANDRIDAE

The Oriental Fire-bellied Newt, Hypselotriton orientalis ( David 1873) , is indigenous to southern central China ( Zhao & Adler 1993; Zhao 1999). On 4 June 2009, CRG and DC collected an adult H. orientalis (photographic voucher UF 157033) at 2338 h alongside an Oriental Fire-bellied Toad, Bombina orientalis (see account below) in a puddle of water ca. 1.5 m in diameter and 7.5 cm deep just outside the property of the animal importer’s facility at 6450 Stirling Road, Hollywood, Broward County (26.04591 o N, - 80.21976 o W). On 22 August 2009, CRG and DC collected, but did not voucher, another adult H. orientalis at night time at the same site. On both 21 June and 3 July 2010 at night time, MRR collected additional adults (UF 158927: 34.1 mm snout-vent length [SVL], 61.2 mm total length [TL] and UF 157946: 35.9 mm SVL, 63.6 mm TL; MorphoBank M88020 ; Fig. 4), respectively) just outside the property under a board near the same puddle of water as above. This species likely was released or had escaped (stage 2) from an enclosure. These represent the first known vouchers for this species and the earliest known salamander introduction in Florida.

The Spotless Stout Newt, Pachytriton labiatus ( Unterstein 1930) , is indigenous to southern and central China ( Zhao & Adler 1993; Zhao 1999). On 2 February 2010 at 2230 h, CRG and DC collected a P. labiatus (UF 157219, 64.6 mm SVL, 128 mm TL; MorphoBank M88441 ; Fig 5.) in the same puddle of water (see Hypselotriton orientalis account above) just outside the property of the animal importer's facility at 6450 Stirling Road, Hollywood, Broward County (26.04591 o N, - 80.21976 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.