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IRCFREPTILES&HIBIANS•19(4):280–287•DEC2012
Oustalet’s Chameleon, Furcifer oustaleti (Mocquard1894) (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae), is indigenous
IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • VOL15, NO 4 • DEC 2008 189TABLE OF CONTENTS
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
F E A T U R E A R T I C L E S
Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer 190
The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: A Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................Robert W. Henderson 198
R E S E A R C H A R T I C L E S
The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ....................... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida
.............................................Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212
C O N S E R V A T I O N A L E R T
World’s Mammals in Crisis ............................................................................................................................................................. 220 More Than Mammals ...................................................................................................................................................................... 223 The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ........................................................................................................................................... 225
H U S B A N D R Y
Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ....................................................................................................... Shannon Plummer 226
P R O F I L E
Kraig Adler: A Lifetime Promoting Herpetology ................................................................................................ Michael L. Treglia 234
C O M M E N T A R Y
The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ........................................................................................................................ Eric Gangloff 238
B O O K R E V I E W
Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young .............................................................................................................. Robert Powell 243
CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports ................................. 245 NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ................................. 247 NEWBRIEFS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 248 EDITORIAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 251 FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ............................................................................................... 252
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Preliminary Dietary Analysis for the Non-indigenous Oustalet’s Chameleon,
Furcifer oustaleti (Mocquard 1894) (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae), in Southern FloridaKennethL.Krysko1,ChristopherR.Gillette2,RebeccaM.Reichart1,LeroyP.Nuñez1,NicholasT.Coutu1,JosephA.Wasilewski3,Kevin
AsianTrampSnail*(Bradybaena similaris,Bradybaenidae) 1 UF166101 Male 15.30
CubanBrownAnole*(Anolis sagrei,Dactyloidae) 1 UF166077 Male 14.51 3 UF166110 Female 14.48
Avocado*(leaves/stem)(Persea americana,Lauraceae) UF166080 Male 12.38 UF166083 Male 21.35 UF166085 Male 22.98 UF166102 Female 12.02 UF166113 Male 23.50
Unidentifieditem(s) UF166079 Male 22.39 UF166081 Female 9.02 UF166082 Female 17.26 UF166084 Male 16.36 UF166093 Female 14.13 UF166098 Female 13.12 UF166107 Male 11.23 UF166109 Male 23.99
DiscussionMostFurcifer oustaletiwerefoundbytwoindividuals,sug-gestingthatthequalityofheadlampsorflashlightsaswellashavingawell-developedsearchimagearemajorfactorsinfindingchameleons.Despiteeuthanizingspecimenswithinafewhoursaftercollection,wewerenotabletoidentifyallfooditems.Atleastsomeofthatmightbeattributabletocha-meleonsconsumingmuchoftheirdailypreyearlyintheday,similartoobservationsofdiurnallyactiveanoles(R.Powell,pers.commun.).Regardless,waitinglongerlikelywouldhaveallowedfurtherdigestionandpreventedidentificationofevenmoredietaryitems. Our dietary study should be viewed as preliminarybecausesamplingwasconductedduringaverylimitedtimeofyear,andavailablepreyitems(i.e.,caterpillars)aresea-sonal.However,adultEacles imperialisarerecordedfromAprilthroughNovemberinFlorida,andgeometrids(ca.260species)arefoundthroughouttheyear(Tuskesetal.1996,Heppner2007). Althoughoursamplesizewassmall,largerFurcifer ousta-letiappeartohavetheabilitytoconsumeasinglelargeritem(i.e.,largeEacles imperialislarva)thansmallerchameleons
(e.g.,UF166101)thatconsumedmultiplesmalleritems.OfthetwoF. oustaletithatcontainedanunidentifieditem(s)thatcausedthestomachliningandcontents,andsubsequentethanolpreservative,toturnpurple,one(UF166087)alsocontainedpartsofagrasshopper,butweareuncertainifthisorsomeotheringesteditemcausedthepurplecoloration. Floridahasthelargestnumberofintroducedandestab-lishedherpetofaunalspeciesintheworld(Kryskoetal.2011).Manyintroducedspeciesareconsideredinvasivewhentheyhave eitherwidelydistributedpopulations (Colautti andMacIsaac2004)orcauseharmtotheenvironment,econ-omy,orhumanhealth(ExecutiveOrder13112,InvasiveSpeciesAdvisoryCommittee2006;Kraus2009).Over99%ofFlorida’sAvocadogrovesare insouthernMiami-DadeCounty (Palmateer 2009), and potential impacts of theFurcifer oustaletipopulationonnativeherpetofaunainthesegrovesareprobablyminimal. Furcifer oustaletiisnotonlyfirmlyestablishedinpartsofsouthernFlorida,butnativeEacles imperialisandothermothswerethemostfrequentlyconsumeditemsfoundinthisstudyduringourshortsamplingperiod.Thesenativemothlarvaearefeedingonnon-indigenousAvocadoleaves(hostplant),butinsectpestsseldomaffectfruitproductionsignificantly(Craneetal.2007).Iffruitsarenotpresent,anAvocadotreecansustainatleast40%defoliationofitscanopy(Palmateer2009).Atleastonegeometridmothlarvawaseaten;severalgeometridspeciesofLoopersaffectAvocadosinFlorida,and
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