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First state record and interdiction for the Wood
Slave, Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès
1818) (Gekkonidae), in Maryland, USA.
Louis A. Somma
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, [email protected]
William L. Grogan Jr.
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, [email protected]
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Somma, Louis A. and Grogan, William L. Jr., "First state record and interdiction for the Wood Slave, Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de
Jonnès 1818) (Gekkonidae), in Maryland, USA." (2013). Papers in Herpetology. Paper 9.
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REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS
C O N S E R V AT I O N A N D N AT U R A L H I S T O R Y
T A B L E
O F
C O N T E N T S
INTRODUCED
FEATURE ARTICLES
SPECIES
First State Record and Interdiction
for the Wood Slave, Hemidactylus mabouia
(Moreau de Jonnès 1818) (Gekkonidae),
in Maryland, USA
 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
 The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada:
A Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................Robert W. Henderson
198
RESEARCH ARTICLES
 The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ....................... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry
204
 The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida
............................................. Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky
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CONSERVATION ALERT
 World’s Mammals in Crisis .............................................................................................................................................................
 More Than Mammals ......................................................................................................................................................................
Louis A. Somma1, Kenneth L. Krysko1, and William L. Grogan, Jr.2
 The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ...........................................................................................................................................
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Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, Florida 32614, USA ([email protected])
 Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ....................................................................................................... Shannon Plummer
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USA (39.3315°N, 77.35878°W, datum WGS84, elev. 138
 Kraig Adler: A Lifetime Promoting Herpetology ................................................................................................ Michael L. Treglia 234
Jonnès 1818; Fig. 1), is indigenous to Africa south of the
m) (photographic voucher UF-Herpetology 171112; Fig. 2).
C O M M E N populations
TARY
Sahara, with nonindigenous
established in Cape
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Turtles Haveand
Been Watching
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Verde, Mexico, much of
SouthMe
America,
numerernmost record for H. mabouia
in North
America and the
ous localities in the
Caribbean,
perhaps
Madagascar,
and
Western
Hemisphere.
The
vehicle
was
transporting
houseBOOK REVIEW
at least 21 counties in
Florida,
USA (Carranza
and
Arnold
hold furniture
and
 Threatened
Amphibians
of the World edited
by S.N.
Stuart, M. Hoffmann,
J.S. Chanson,
N.A.other
Cox, items from 3352 West Palm Beach,
R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young .............................................................................................................. Robert Powell 243
2006; Kraus 2009; Krysko
et al. 2011a, 2011b; Meshaka
Palm Beach County, Florida (26.72617°N, 80.14458°W),
2011; Powell and Henderson
2012). Recently, H. mabouia
where nonindigenous H. mabouia is currently established
CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports ................................. 245
has successfully invaded
temperate
regions
of
southern
Africa
(Krysko
et al.
2011b).
Maryland
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Reports
on Natural
HistoryThis
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and northern peninsular Florida (Alexander and Marais 2007,
resent an established population, but248
illustrates how this spe EDITORIAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 251
Krysko and Somma 2007).
cies can be introduced to new areas. The
FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ...............................................................................................
252 fact that no produce
On 20 December 2012, Brian R. Grogan and Shane
or horticulture was involved indicates that H. mabouia can be
Forsythe collected and photographed one adult Hemidactylus
transported without these products, a behavior shared with
mabouia found inside a furniture-moving truck at 8909
its highly invasive congener, the Mediterranean Gecko (H.
Back[Linnæus
Cover. Michael1758];
Kern Selcer 1986).
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Fig. 1. A Wood Slave, Hemidactylus mabouia (UF-Herpetology 171426), collected on 24 October 2013 in Palm Beach County, Florida. Photograph by
Kenneth L. Krysko.
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Carranza, S. and E.N. Arnold. 2006. Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of
Hemidactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) elucidated using mitochondrial
DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38:531–545.
Kraus, F. 2009. Alien Reptiles and Amphibians, a Scientific Compendium, and
Analysis. Invading Nature: Springer Series in Invasion Biology 4. Springer,
Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Krysko, K.L., J.P. Burgess, M.R. Rochford, C.R. Gillette, D. Cueva, K.M. Enge,
L.A. Somma, J.L. Stabile, D.C. Smith, J.A. Wasilewski, G.N. Kieckhefer
III, M.C. Granatosky, and S.V. Nielsen. 2011a. Verified non-indigenous
amphibians and reptiles in Florida from 1863 through 2010: Outlining
the invasion process and identifying invasion pathways and status. Zootaxa
3028:1–64 + MorphoBank Project No. p536 (http://www.morphobank.org/
permalink/?P536).
Fig. 2. Wood Slave, Hemidactylus mabouia (UF-Herpetology 171112), collected on 20 December 2012 in Frederick County, Maryland. Photograph
by Brian R. Grogan.
Krysko, K.L., K.M. Enge, and P.E. Moler. 2011b. Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles
in Florida. Final Report, Project Agreement 08013. Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission, Tallahassee.
Acknowledgments
We thank Kevin M. Enge for species confirmation, and Brian
R. Grogan for collection details and the digital photographic
voucher. We are grateful to Robert Powell for providing a
crucial reference.
Krysko, K.L. and L.A. Somma. 2007. Geographic distribution. Hemidactylus
mabouia (Amerafrican House Gecko). Herpetological Review 38:352.
Meshaka, W.E., Jr. 2011. A runaway train in the making: The exotic amphibians,
reptiles, turtles, and crocodilians of Florida. Monograph 1. Herpetological
Conservation & Biology 6:1–101.
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Alexander, G. and J. Marais. 2007. A Guide to the Reptiles of Southern Africa. Struik
Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa.
Selcer, K.W. 1986. Life history of a successful colonizer: The Mediterranean Gecko,
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