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IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 20(4):205–207 • DEC 2013 T he Panther Chameleon, Furcifer pardalis (Cuvier 1829), is indigenous to Madagascar, where it is found most commonly along riverine habitats and forest-like bands along roads (Andreone et al. 2005). Males from northwest- ern Madagascar can reach 229 mm in snout-vent length (SVL) and are generally larger than females (Andreone et al. INTRODUCED SPECIES IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY WWW.IRCF.ORG/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSJOURNAL The Panther Chameleon, Furcifer pardalis (Cuvier 1829) (Chamaeleonidae), Another Introduced Chameleon Species in Florida Michael R. Rochford 1 , Jake R. Edwards 2 , Patricia L. Howell 3 , Jennifer Ketterlin Eckles 2 , Liz A. Barraco 2 , Laurence L. Connor 4 , Michelle J. Curtis 1 , Kenneth L. Krysko 5 , and Frank J. Mazzotti 1 1 University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, 3205 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314, USA (MRR: [email protected], FJM: [email protected]) 2 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 3205 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314, USA (JRE: [email protected], JKE: [email protected], LB: [email protected]) 3 Broward County Parks and Recreation, Natural Resources and Land Management Section, 950 NW, 38 Street, Oakland Park, Florida 33309, USA ([email protected]) 4 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 601 West Woodward Avenue, Eustis, Florida 32726, USA ([email protected]) 5 Division of Herpetology, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA ([email protected]) 205 Copyright © 2013. Michael R. Rochford. All rights reserved. Fig. 1. Adult male Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) (UF-Herpetology 170801), collected on 10 July 2013 in Coconut Creek, Broward County, Florida. Photograph by Michael R. Rochford.
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ThePantherChameleon,Furcifer pardalis(Cuvier1829),is indigenoustoMadagascar,where it is foundmost
commonly along riverine habitats and forest-like bands
alongroads(Andreoneetal.2005).Malesfromnorthwest-ernMadagascar can reach229mm in snout-vent length(SVL)andaregenerallylargerthanfemales(Andreoneetal.
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The Panther Chameleon, Furcifer pardalis (Cuvier 1829) (Chamaeleonidae),
Another Introduced Chameleon Species in Florida
MichaelR.Rochford1,JakeR.Edwards2,PatriciaL.Howell3,JenniferKetterlinEckles2,LizA.Barraco2,LaurenceL.Connor4,MichelleJ.Curtis1,KennethL.Krysko5,andFrankJ.Mazzotti1
1UniversityofFlorida,FortLauderdaleResearchandEducationCenter,3205CollegeAvenue,FortLauderdale,Florida33314,USA(MRR:[email protected],FJM:[email protected])2FloridaFishandWildlifeConservationCommission,3205CollegeAvenue,FortLauderdale,Florida33314,USA
(JRE:[email protected],JKE:[email protected],LB:[email protected])3BrowardCountyParksandRecreation,NaturalResourcesandLandManagementSection,950NW,38Street,OaklandPark,Florida33309,USA([email protected])
4FloridaFishandWildlifeConservationCommission,601WestWoodwardAvenue,Eustis,Florida32726,USA([email protected])5DivisionofHerpetology,FloridaMuseumofNaturalHistory,UniversityofFlorida,1659MuseumRoad,Gainesville,Florida32611,USA([email protected])
205Copyright©2013.MichaelR.Rochford.Allrightsreserved.
Fig. 1.AdultmalePantherChameleon(Furcifer pardalis)(UF-Herpetology170801),collectedon10July2013inCoconutCreek,BrowardCounty,Florida.PhotographbyMichaelR.Rochford.
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2005).AsingleF. pardaliswasintroducedinDeSotoCounty,Florida,USA(Kryskoetal.2011),butitappearedtobeanisolatedindividual.Herein,wereportsixF. pardalisfromasmallareainBrowardCounty,Florida,thatmayrepresentagroupofreleasedorescapedanimalsoranincipient,repro-ducingpopulation. On10July2013,PLHreportedtotheEarlyDetectionandDistributionMappingSystem(EDDMapS,www.edd-maps.org) an adult male Furcifer pardalis (photographicvoucherUF-Herpetology170801)fromtheHeleneKleinNaturePreserveat4701W.HillsboroBoulevard,CoconutCreek,BrowardCounty,Florida(26.31881°N,80.18952°W,DatumWGS84,5melevation).On11July2013,aperim-eternight-timesurveyof thispropertywasconductedbyMRRandJRE;itresultedinonesub-adultfemaleF. pardalis(photographicvoucherUF-Herpetology170802)sleepingonaGumbo-limbo(Bursera simaruba)ca.2mabovethegroundat2056h(26.31937°N,80.18777°W).On21July2013,duringanothernight-timesurvey,alocalresidentapproachedMRR,JRE,JKE,andPLH,andwithoutsolicitationaskedifwewerelookingforchameleons.TheresidentinformedusthathehadfoundtwochameleonsDORonNW71st
PlacewhereitbordersthenorthernsideoftheHeleneKleinPinelandPreserve.On31July2013,MRRcontactedthepastoratNorthCreekPresbyterianChurch,4601NW71stPlace,andwastoldthathiswifehadfoundasingleadultmaleF. pardalis(photographicvoucherUF-Herpetology170514)on 1 June 2013 on the church walkway (26.31996°N,80.18689°W).On31 July2013,weconductedanight-timesurveyofthechurchgroundsandfoundasub-adultfemaleF. pardalis(photographicvoucherUF-Herpetology170526)sleepingonanOak(Quercussp.)ca.3mabovetheground(26.32037°N,80.18803°W).DigitalimagesofourlivechameleonsweresenttoChristopherV.Anderson(pers.comm.),whoconfirmedouridentification.Intotal,wespent46.45man-hourstofindtwoF. pardalis;however,muchofthistimewasspentawayfromthecoreareainanefforttodeterminethegeographiclimitsofthisbiologicalinvasion. AtleastsixF. pardalis,includingadultsandjuvenilesofbothsexes,havebeenfoundwithin300mofeachother,sug-gestingthattheymightrepresentareproducingpopulation.Thispopulationmighthavebeenextirpated,oritcouldbepersistinginlownumbers.Ifthisspecieshasindeedrepro-duced there,more individuals couldbe foundover long
Fig. 2.FemalePantherChameleon(Furcifer pardalis)(UF-Herpetology170802),collectedon11July2013inCoconutCreek,BrowardCounty,Florida.PhotographbyKennethL.Krysko.
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periodsoftimeinthesamefashionastheinvasionoftheVeiledChameleon(Chamaeleo calyptratus),inFortMyers,LeeCounty,Florida(Kryskoetal.2004).DespitecontinuedremovalofallC. calyptratusfoundatthatsite,chameleonsarestillbeingfoundandremoved10yearslaterbecauseoftheirreproductivebehavior(i.e.,eggsarelaidundergroundandhatchatdifferenttimesoftheyear). TheintroductionpathwayofFurcifer pardalisinBrowardCounty is the pet trade. An open cage ideal for hous-ingchameleonswasfoundbyMJCduringasurveyon08August2013atthenorthwesterncorneroftheNorthCreekPresbyterianChurch,andthismaybewheretheintroduc-tionoccurred.Chamaeleo calyptratusisestablishedinseverallocationsinFlorida(Kryskoetal.2004,2011;GilletteandKrysko2012)asisatleastonepopulationofFurcifer oustaleti(Gilletteetal.2010),andbothofthesespeciesareintention-allybeingtranslocatedtonewsites(RubenRamirez,pers.comm).TwospecimensofChamaeleo senegalensisandonespecimenofTrioceros mellerialsohavebeenfoundinFlorida,buttheseappeartobewaifs,andreproductionisnotbelievedtohaveoccurredinthewild(Kryskoetal.2011). Inthiscase,acooperativeinteragencyapproachresultedin the earlydetectionofFurcifer pardalis inFlorida andensuredarapidresponsetoanintroducedbuthopefullynotestablishedpopulation.Shortofprevention,earlydetectionandrapidresponseisthemosteffectivewaytodealwithnon-nativespecies(WittenbergandCock2001).WerecommendcontinuedsurveysofHeleneKleinNaturePreserveandsur-roundingareaswiththegoaloferadicatingthepopulationaswedetermine if reproductionanddispersal areoccur-ring.Chamaeleo calyptratushastentativelybeeneradicatedinHawai’i(MahnkenandRadford2011),demonstratingthattheextirpationofanexoticchameleonspeciesfromanareaithasinvadedappearstobepossible.Theearliertheeffort
ismade,themorelikelyeradicationis,andactionshouldbetakennowwhiletheproblemismanageable.
AcknowledgmentsWe thank Seth Farris, Michiko Squires, Alissa Gulette,andLindaBriggsforassistancewithsurveys.NorthCreekPresbyterianChurchgranteduspermissiontosurveytheirpropertyandprovidedvaluablespecimeninformation.OurLadyoftheSignCatholicChurchalsogranteduspermissiontoaccesstheirproperty.ChristopherV.Andersongraciouslyconfirmedidentificationofphotographedspecimens.RubenRamirezsuppliedinformationonintroducedlizardtranslo-cations,andGadPerry,RobertPowell,KevinEnge,KristenSommers,DocKokol,andananonymousreviewerprovidedhelpfulcommentsonthispaper.
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