Reptiles introduced to
Pohnpei State[Micronesia]

 

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 unpublished records)


Species

References
Lizards (Sauria)

Hemidactylus frenatus

Asian House Gecko

Buden & Taborosi 2016 Buden 2000 Buden, Lynch & Zug 2001

Varanus indicus

Pacific Monitor

Buden 2000 Buden & Taborosi 2016 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 Thomas 1997 Wood & Law 2010

Sp. inc.

(Undetermined species of blind snake)

Buden, Lynch & Zug 2001
Turtles (Testudines)

Trachemys scripta

Common Slider

Buden, Lynch & Zug 2001

Mauremys sinensis

Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle

Buden, Lynch & Zug 2001