Reptiles introduced to
Micronesia 

 

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Introduced species(confirmed and presumed introductions, incl. both surviving and extirpated populations, excl. unpublished records)


Species

References
Lizards (Sauria)

Anolis carolinensis

Common Green Anole

Buden & Taborosi 2016 Norval, Mao & Goldberg 2012 Toda, Komatsu, Takahashi, Nakagawa & Sukigara 2013

Hemidactylus frenatus

Asian House Gecko

Bauer 1994 [as H. garnotii] Buden & Taborosi 2016 Buden 2000 Buden 2007a Buden 2011b Buden 2015 Buden, Lynch & Zug 2001 Zug 2013

Carlia ailanpalai

Admiralty Islands Rainbow Skink

Buden & Taborosi 2016 Buden 2009 Zug 2004 Zug 2013

Varanus indicus

Pacific Monitor

Buden & Taborosi 2016 Buden 2000 Buden 2007a Buden 2011a Buden 2013 Buden 2015 Böhme 2003 Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler 1999 Ziegler, Schmitz, Koch & Böhme 2007 Zug 2013 [as V. "indicus"]
Snakes (Serpentes)

Boiga irregularis

Brown Cat Snake

Buden, Lynch & Zug 2001 Buden, Queiroz, Rooijen, Stinson, Wiles & Robert 2014

Dendrelaphis striolatus

Palau Bronzeback

Buden, Lynch & Zug 2001 [as D. sp.] Buden, Queiroz, Rooijen, Stinson, Wiles & Robert 2014

Lycodon capucinus

Island Wolf Snake

Buden, Lynch & Zug 2001 [as aulicus] Buden & Taborosi 2016

Indotyphlops braminus

Brahminy Blind Snake

Buden & Taborosi 2016 McDowell 1974a Mertens 1930 Thomas 1997 Wallach 2009 Wood & Law 2010

Sp. inc.

(Undetermined species of blind snake)

Buden, Lynch & Zug 2001
Turtles (Testudines)

Trachemys scripta

Common Slider

Buden, Lynch & Zug 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017

Mauremys sinensis

Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle

Buden, Lynch & Zug 2001