Biology Reference
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Table A.1
(continued)
Locality
introduced
Taxon
Success?
Number
Pathway
Dates
References
Ecology/impacts/genetics
Aldabrachelys
gigantea
(syn:
Dipsochelys dus-
sumieri, Dipsochelys
hololissa
)
Chagos Archipelago
N
1
1771
Gerlach & Canning, 1998
(syn:
Dipsochelys dus-
sumieri, Geochelone
gigantea, Testudo
gigantea
)
Mauritius
Y
3
Food (2)
Š1820, 1883
Bour, 1984a, b; Cheke,
1987; Tonge, 1990
(syn:
Dipsochelys dus-
sumieri, Geochelone
gigantea, Testudo
gigantea
)
Réunion
?
1
Food
Early 1800s
A. Vinson, 1868; Bour &
Moutou, 1982
(syn:
Dipsochelys dus-
sumieri, Geochelone
gigantea, Testudo
gigantea
)
Seychelles
Y
21
Conservation (2),
exhibit (3)
1883, 1896,
1978, 1980,
1982
A. Günther, 1898;
Davidson, 1911;
Stoddart & Poore, 1970;
Feare, 1979; Stoddart &
Fosberg, 1981; Stoddart
et al., 1982; Bour,
1984c; Samour et al.,
1987; Hambler, 1994;
Gerlach & Canning,
1998; Karanth et al.,
2005
Austin et al., 2003; Palkovacs
et al., 2003
(syn:
Dipsochelys dus-
sumieri, Geochelone
gigantea, Testudo
gigantea
)
Tanzania
Y
1
Early 1800s
Gerlach & Canning, 1998
Amyda cartilaginea
Hong Kong
N
1
Karsen et al., 1998
Apalone ferox
(syn:
Trionyx ferox
)
US: Florida
Y
1
Iverson & Etchberger, 1989;
Lazell, 1989a
