Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Table B.1
(continued)
Evidence questioning, correcting, or
providing evidence against claim for
introduction
Claimed locality
of introduction
Source for claimed
introduction
Species
Valid?
Reason invalid
Phrynosoma coro-
natum
US: Hawaii
Jennings, 1987c
?
Unclear if “introduced”
means released into wild
or just imported
Podarcis dugesii
Canary Islands
Museum specimens
N
Misidentified or uncertain
provenance
Richter, 1998
Madeira: Selvagen
Islands
Lever, 2003
N
Native
Bischoff et al. 1989
Podarcis melisell-
ensis
US: Pennsylvania
Lever, 2003, citing Kauffeld,
1931
N
Mistaken identification for
Podarcis sicula,
under
which it appears in
Table A.1
Conant, 1959
Proepeditus lineata
Mauritius
Daruty de Grandpré,
1883a, b; Koenig, 1932
N
Misidentification
Name is a mis-spelling of
Praepeditus
lineata
, an Australian skink now
known as
Lerista praepedita
and cer-
tainly never introduced to Mauritius.
This name was erroneously claimed
by Cheke (1987) and C. Lever (2003)
to be a synonym of
Lycodon aulicus
,
which is established in Mauritius.
Podarcis sicula
Tunisia
Mertens & Wermuth, 1960;
Bruekers, 2003b
?
Locality may be erroneous
Henle & Klaver, 1986
Sphaerodactylus
fantasticus
Dominica
Evans, 1989
N
Native
R. Thomas, 1965
Sphaerodactylus
vincenti
St. Lucia
Corke, 1987
?
Native
Schwartz & Thomas, 1965; Schwartz &
Henderson, 1991
Tarentola boettgeri
Madeira & Selvagen
Islands
Joger, 1984b
?
Uncertain where introduced
Likely introduced to one of these areas
from the other but direction of move-
ment uncertain
