Field Notes of Environmental Protection, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, P.O. Box 487, Key Largo, Florida, 33037, and JANICE A. DUQUESNEL, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Lignumvitae Key State Botanical Site, P.O. Box 1052, Islamorada, Florida, 33036.
An Extension to the Known Range of the Northern Curlytail Lizard LEIOCEPHALUS CARINATUS ARMOURI (Northern Curlytail Lizard). USA: FLORIDA: MONROE COUNTY: Lower Matecumbe Key. Area surrounding restaurant, motel, and other buildings located along U.S. Highway 1 (24.922917° N, 80.630333° W). 7 January 2006. Approximately 50 individuals of all size-classes were observed and one juvenile (49.8 mm SVL) was collected by D. Greene. Verified by Travis Taggart, Sternberg Museum of Natural History (MHP 12244). This colony represents a range extension of c.a. 22 km south from Key Largo (Duquesnel. 1998. FL. Dept. Environ. Protection, Res. Mgmt. Notes 10:9; Krysko et al. 2005. Herpetol. Rev. 36:85-87), which makes it the southernmost verified locality of this exotic species in the United States (Duquesnel. op. cit.; Krysko and King. 2002. Herpetol. Rev. 33:148; McCoid. 2002. Herpetol. Rev. 33:322; Campbell and Klowden. 2003 Herpetol. Rev. 34:384; Meshaka et al. 2004. The Exotic Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. Krieger Publ. Co., Malabar, Fl. 166 pp.; Smith and Engeman. 2004. Florida Field Nat. 32:107-113; Smith et al. 2004. Internat. Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 54:261-264; Krysko et al. op. cit; Meshaka et al. 2005. Southeastern Natural. 4:521-526) and of a species that is likely to spread extensively on the keys in light of the open rocky habitat, subtropical climate, and proximity to a main road. WALTER E. MESHAKA, Jr., State Museum of Pennsylvania, 300 North Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 171200024,
[email protected], HENRY T. SMITH, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Park Service, 13798 S. E. Federal Highway, Hobe Sound, Florida 33455, USA, DANIEL GREENE, Florida Department Journal of Kansas Herpetology Number 17 (March 2006)
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