Reptiles introduced to the
Mascarene Islands[France / Mauritius]

 

Checklist of the native reptiles of the Mascarene_Islands
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Introduced species(confirmed and presumed introductions, incl. both surviving and extirpated populations, excl. unpublished records)


Species

References
Lizards (Sauria)

Agama sp.

(Rainbow Agama)

Geniez, Padial & Crochet 2011 [as A. agama] Wagner, Bauer, Wilms, Barts & Böhme 2012 [as A. agama]

Calotes versicolor

Oriental Crested Agama

Manthey 2008 Owadally & Lambert 1988 Sandera & Starostová 2009 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 Vinson & Vinson 1969

Calumma parsonii

Green Giant Chameleon

Mertens 1966

Furcifer pardalis

Panther Chameleon

Bourgat 1972 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Böhme 1997 Mertens 1966 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 Vinson & Vinson 1969

Ebenavia boettgeri

West Madagascan Clawless Gecko

Bauer, Good & Branch 1997 [as E. inunguis] Hawlitschek, Scherz, Ruthensteiner, Crottini & Glaw 2018 Nussbaum & Raxworthy 1998b [as E. inunguis] Owadally & Lambert 1988 [as E. inunguis] Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 [as E. inunguis] Vinson & Vinson 1969 [as E. inunguis]

Gehyra mutilata

Common Four-clawed Gecko

Owadally & Lambert 1988 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 Vinson & Vinson 1969

Hemidactylus frenatus

Asian House Gecko

Loveridge 1957 Owadally & Lambert 1988 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 Vinson & Vinson 1969

Hemidactylus mabouia

Cosmopolitan House Gecko

Owadally & Lambert 1988 Vinson & Vinson 1969

Hemidactylus mercatorius

Farquhar Half-toed Gecko

Broadley 1977 [as H. mabouia] Lanza 1990 Loveridge 1957 [as H. mabouia] Owadally & Lambert 1988 [as H. mabouia] Sanchez, Rocha & Probst 2012 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 Vinson & Vinson 1969

Hemidactylus parvimaculatus

Small-spotted Half-toed Gecko

Bauer, Jackman, Greenbaum, Silva, Giri & Das 2010 Deso, Bauer, Probst & Sanchez 2013

Hemiphyllodactylus typus

Indo-Pacific Slender Gecko

Déso, Probst & Ineich 2007 Nguyen, Lehmann, Le, Duong, Bonkowski & Ziegler 2013 Owadally & Lambert 1988 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 Vinson & Vinson 1969 Zug 2010b

Lepidodactylus lugubris

Common Mourning Gecko

Owadally & Lambert 1988 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 Vinson & Vinson 1969

Phelsuma astriata

Lesser Seychelles Day Gecko

Glaw & Rösler 2015

Phelsuma grandis

Greater Madagascar Day Gecko

Dubos 2013 Glaw & Rösler 2015

Phelsuma laticauda

Flat-tailed Day Gecko

Glaw & Rösler 2015

Phelsuma lineata

Striped Day Gecko

Cheke 1982a Owadally & Lambert 1988 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985
Snakes (Serpentes)

Lycodon capucinus

Island Wolf Snake

Austin, Arnold & Jones 2009 Ganesh & Vogel 2018 [as L. aulicus] Owadally & Lambert 1988 [as L. aulicus] Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 [as L. aulicus] Vogel & Harikrishnan 2013 [as L. aulicus]

Indotyphlops braminus

Brahminy Blind Snake

Guibe 1958 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999 Owadally & Lambert 1988 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 Wallach 2009
Turtles (Testudines)

Trachemys scripta

Common Slider

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017

Pelusios subniger

East African Black Mud Turtle

Fritz & Havas 2006 Glaw & Vences 1994 Iverson 1992 Owadally & Lambert 1988 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 Wermuth & Mertens 1977

Aldabrachelys gigantea

Aldabra Tortoise

Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Owadally & Lambert 1988 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 [as Dipsochelys elephantina]

Astrochelys radiata

Radiated Tortoise

Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Owadally & Lambert 1988 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985

Astrochelys yniphora

Northern Madagascar Spur Tortoise

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017

Amyda cartilaginea

Sunda Softshell Turtle

Owadally & Lambert 1988

Palea steindachneri

Wattle-necked Softshell Turtle

Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Tirvengadum & Bour 1985 Zhao & Adler 1993