Table of Erroneous and Uncertain Introduction Claims - Alien Reptiles and Amphibians - page 359

Table B.1 Database of erroneous and uncertain claims of introduction

Evidence questioning, correcting, or
providing evidence against claim for
introduction

Claimed locality
of introduction

Source for claimed
introduction Species Valid? Reason invalid

FROGS
Boophis tephraeo-
mystax

Comoros Meirte, 1999b, 2004 N Misidentification of unde-

scribed endemic species

Vences et al., 2003b

Bufo bufo Japan: Ogasawara

Islands

Lever, 2003 N Apparent misidentification

of Bufo marinus

M. Toda, personal communication, 2007

Bufo calamita Ireland Macdougald, 1942; J.P.F.

Wilson, 1986; D. Frazer,
1989

? Uncertain if introduced MacDougald, 1942; Beebee, 1984;

D. Frazer, 1989; Gleed-Owen
et al., 1999

Bufo melanostictus Indonesia: Bali Church, 1960 ? Population recently estab-

lished but unclear if due
to humans

No evidence presented implicating
humans

Bufo marinus Louisiana Easteal, 1981; Lever, 2001,

2003

N Misinterpreted locality

record

Easteal (1981) claims species established
in Louisiana, citing MacLean et al.
(1977) as stating the species is estab-
lished at Grande Terre. But MacLean
et al. is a checklist of West Indian herp
records and refer to the Grande Terre
of Guadeloupe. Claim repeated by
Lever (2001, 2003) without correction.

Dendrobates leuco-
melas

US: Hawaii Benson, 1999 N Animal captive-reared and

given to museum upon
death

Bishop Museum catalogue

Eleutherodactylus
lentus

U.S. Virgin Islands:
St. John and
St. Thomas

MacLean, 1982 ? Uncertain if introduced No evidence presented for claim

Eleutherodactylus
martinicensis

US: Hawaii Kraus et al., 1999 N Misidentification of

Eleutherodactylus coqui

Kraus & Campbell, 2002