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Varanus rosenbergi
(syn:
Varanus
gouldii rosen-
bergi
)
Australia:
Reevesby
Island
Mirtschin, 1982, 1983;
Mirtschin & Jenkins,
1985; Robinson et al.,
1985
?
Uncertain that not native
Schwaner, 1985
Zonosaurus mada-
gascariensis
Seychelles: Aldabra
& Curieuse
Henkel & Schmidt, 1995
?
Argued to be native
Matyot, 2003
SNAKES
Acrantophis
dumerilii
Réunion
Guibé, 1949, 1958; Blanc,
1972
N
Mis-assigned provenance
of specimen
Bour & Moutou, 1982; Cheke, 1987
Candoia bibroni
American Samoa
Lever, 2003
N
Native
McDowell, 1979; McDiarmid et al., 1999
Loyalty Islands
Bauer & Sadlier, 2000;
Lever, 2003
?
Probably native
McDowell, 1979; McDiarmid et al., 1999
Dispholidus typus
South Africa:
Kimberly region
Siegfried, 1962
N
Native to region
Broadley, 1983; Branch, 1988; Marais,
1992
Elaphe
quadrivirgata
Japan: Ryukyu
Islands
Hikida et al., 1992; Ota
et al., 1994a, 2004a;
Toda & Yoshida, 2005
?
Claim derives from a folk
story of uncertain
reliability and island of
concern lies adjacent to
known native range
Nagai, 1928
Helminthophis
flavoterminatus
Mauritius
Hahn, 1980
?
Uncertain if introduced
No evidence for claim presented; I cannot
find claim repeated elsewhere in the
literature
Hierophis viridifla-
vus
Spain
Falcón, 1986
N
Native
Rivera & Arribas, 1993; Lever, 2003
Liophidium
vaillanti
Reunion
Guibé, 1958; Blanc, 1972
?
If truly introduced,
population no longer
exists and are no
available specimens to
confirm identification
Bour & Moutou, 1982; Cheke, 1987
Pseudonaja textilis
Papua New Guinea
K.R. Slater, 1968; Menzies,
1996; O'Shea, 1996
N
Native
Kuch & Yuwono, 2002
