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By Karl Studenroth
5 June, 2007;
Revised 30
January, 2011
Limited details on exotic
herpetofaunal species I have documented in northwest Florida and extreme south Alabama are provided below.
(Below) Cuban treefrog.
Bay Co., FL. Spring 2000.
Anolis
sagrei (Brown Anole): 1) Jackson
Co., FL. Marianna. Lowes - twice
in the garden section. 2006. 2) Washington
Co., FL. Chipley. Super Walmart
- once in the garden section. 2004. 3) Houston
Co., AL.
4) Jackson Co., FL. Marianna. Super Walmart - once in the garden section. 4 July, 2007 (see photo below).
5) Escambia Co., FL. Big Lagoon & Perdido Key areas. At least a half dozen Brown Anoles were observed around buildings and human gardens in 2009 & 2010.
6) Bay Co., FL. Panama City Mall. Along brick structures for shrubs at FYE music store entrance. Juvenile. Mid March, 2011. Hemidactylus
turcicus (Mediterranean Gecko): 1) Jackson
Co., FL. Marianna. Common throughout
downtown and outskirts of town. 1995 – 2006. 2) Escambia
Co., FL.
3) Mobile Co., AL. Grand Bay. West side of town in the original Nature Conservancy Field Office. Fall 1997. One sub-adult inside office.
4) Escambia Co., FL. Big Lagoon
& Perdido Key areas. Hundreds of Mediterranean Geckos were observed in Big Lagoon State Park,
the Big Lagoon area and Perdido Key on numerous buildings in 2009 & 2010. On a few occasions I also observed Mediterranean
Geckos crossing roads and parking lots at night time. Phrynosoma
cornutum (Texas Horned lizard): 1) Okaloosa Co., FL. Eglin AFB - once in the main base housing area. 1988. Gave to Paul Moler. Deposited into the FL Museum, UF#78595.
2) Escambia Co., FL. Big Lagoon State Park. In 2009 three Horned lizards were either brought to me or observed. One lizard was collected and frozen by the Park Biologist (Anne Harvey). One live lizard was brought to me by the Park manager (David Colbert) - this lizard was later preserved. One road-killed lizard was also collected in the Park. Eleutherodactylus
planirostris (Greenhouse frog): 1) Jackson
Co., FL. Marianna. Concentrated
in specific areas in Marianna. 2005 – 2006. 2) Okaloosa Co., FL. Eglin AFB. Okaloosa Co & Walton county lines, range road 217. Once on the Eglin AFB reservation. Under road side trash pile. 1987.
Osteopilus
septentrionalis (Cuban treefrog): 1) Bay Co., FL.
Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-eared Slider):
1) Escambia Co., FL. Over a half dozen Red-eared
Sliders were observed or captured in 2009 & 2010 in Big Lagoon and Tarkiln Bayou State Parks.
(Below) A juvenile Mediterranean Gecko.
Escambia Co., FL Summer 2001.
(Above) Five juvenile Mediterranean Geckos. Escambia Co.,
FL Summer 2001.
(Below) A Greenhouse frog. Jackson Co., FL. Summer 2005.
(Below) A Brown Anole. Jackson Co., FL. 4 July, 2007.
(Below) A Red-eared Slider. Escambia Co., FL. Tarkiln Bayou State Park.
October, 2009.
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