Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Table A.1
(continued)
Locality
introduced
Taxon
Success?
Number
Pathway
Dates
References
Ecology/impacts/genetics
Protobothrops elegans
(syn:
Trimeresurus
elegans
)
Japan: Ryukyu
Islands
Y
1
Exhibit
1976
Ota, 1995, 1999, 2000;
Katsuren et al., 1996;
Akamine & Nishimura,
1998; Nishimura &
Akamine, 2002; Goris
& Maeda, 2004; Ota
et al., 2004a; Toda &
Yoshida, 2005
H. Hasegawa, 1985; Nakachi,
1993; Ota, 2002d
Protobothrops fla-
voviridis?
(syn:
Trimeresurus flavo-
viridis
)
Guam
N
1
Cargo stowaway
1986
Fritts, 1987
Protobothrops mucro-
squamatus
(syn:
Trimeresurus
mucrosquamatus
)
Japan: Ryukyu
Islands
Y
1
Katsuren et al., 1996;
Nishimura et al., 1996;
Akamine & Nishimura,
1998; Itô et al., 2000;
Ota, 2000; Ota et al.,
2004a; Toda & Yoshida,
2005
Nishimura, & Akamine, 2000;
Nishimura, 2001, 2005,
2007; Terada, 2003
Pseudechis porphyriacus
New Zealand
N
1
Intentional
Robb, 1986
Australia
N
1
Cargo stowaway
1993-1994
Limpus et al., 1999
Pseudonaja textilis
New Zealand
N
1
Cargo stowaway
Gill et al., 2001
Python curtus
St. Maarten
N
1
Pet trade
Powell et al., 2005
Python molurus
Brazil
N
4
Pet trade (4)
1990s (4)
Eterovic & Duarte, 2002
Canary Islands
N
1
Pet trade
Pleguezuelos, 2004
US: California
N
4
Pet trade (4)
1984
Bury & Luckenbach, 1976;
Jennings, 1987a, 2004
