BULLETIN ISLAND LISTS OF WEST INDIAN AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES Robert Powell and Robert W. Henderson, Editors Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 85–166 2012 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GAINESVILLE The FLORIDA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY is Florida’s state museum of natural history, dedicated to understanding, preserving, and interpreting biological diversity and cultural heritage. The BULLETIN OF THE FLORIDA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes results of original research in zoology, botany, paleontology, archaeology, and museum science. The Bulletin is published at irregular intervals, and volumes are not necessarily completed in any one year. Volumes contain between 150 and 300 pages, sometimes more. The number of papers contained in each volume varies, depending upon the number of pages in each paper, but four numbers is the current standard. Multi-author issues of related papers have been published together, and inquiries about putting together such issues are welcomed. 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Box 117800 Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 USA FAX: 352-846-0287 Email: bulletin@flmnh.ufl.edu mailto:bulletin@flmnh.ufl.edu ISLAND LISTS OF WEST INDIAN AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES Robert Powell1 and Robert W. Henderson2, Editors 1Department of Biology, Avila University, Kansas City, Missouri 64145-1698, USA 2Section of Vertebrate Zoology, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233, USA Powell, R., and R. W. Henderson, Eds. 2012. Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 51(2):85– 166. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction by Robert Powell and Robert W. Henderson .....................................86 Literature Cited ..........................................................................................................i Swan Islands by Robert Powell and Robert W. Henderson ....................................91 Literature Cited ..........................................................................................................i Bahama Islands and Turks & Caicos Islands by Sandra D. Buckner, Richard Franz, and R. Graham Reynolds ..........................................................93 Literature Cited ..........................................................................................................i Cayman Islands by Arthur C. Echternacht ............................................................ 111 Literature Cited ..........................................................................................................i The Cuban Archipelago by Alberto R. Estrada ..................................................... 113 Literature Cited ..........................................................................................................i Jamaica by Byron S. Wilson, Thera Edwards, and Robert Powell .......................126 Literature Cited ..........................................................................................................i Hispaniola and Navassa by Robert Powell ...........................................................129 Literature Cited ..........................................................................................................i Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands by Gregory C. Mayer ....................................136 Literature Cited ..........................................................................................................i Lesser Antilles by Robert W. Henderson and Michel Breuil ................................148 Literature Cited ..........................................................................................................i POWELL AND HENDERSON: Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles 111 The Cayman Islands consist of four islands that support fully terrestrial vegetation: Grand Cayman (maximum elevation 18 m), Cayman Brac (43 m), Little Cayman (12 m), and Owen Island (~2 m). Owen Island is located inside the barrier reef at the western edge of South Hole Sound off the south coast of Little Cayman, from which it is separated by about 200 m of shallow water. Several small mangrove islands along the western and southwestern edges of North Sound on Grand Cayman are separated from one another or the extensive mainland mangrove forest by deep, narrow channels. Because the substrate in which the island mangroves are rooted is entirely submerged at high tide (F. J. Burton, pers. comm.) and faunal surveys have not been conducted on these islands, they are not included in the checklist. Twenty-two native species of amphibians and reptiles have been documented for the Cayman Islands. One of these, Crocodylus rhombifer, is extinct. Trachemys decussata angusta is not included in the total because it is not known whether it is native or introduced. An additional 11 non-native (introduced) species have been reported on Grand Cayman and some of these have become established. In a few cases, species native to one of the islands have been introduced on another. The herpetofauna of the Caymans was reviewed in detail by Grant (1940) and updated by Seidel and Franz (1994) and Echternacht et al. (2011). GRAND CAYMAN BANK Grand CayMan (19.32°/-81.26°) (197 km2) Rhinella marina (W) Eleutherodactylus planirostris Gastrophryne carolinensis (I) Osteopilus septentrionalis Trachemys decussata angusta (I?) Trachemys scripta elegans (I) Anolis carolinensis (W) Anolis conspersus conspersus Anolis equestris ssp. (W?) Anolis garmani (W) Anolis sagrei (I) Aristelliger praesignis praesignis Cyclura lewisi Cyclura caymanensis (W?) Gonatodes albogularis (W) Hemidactylus mabouia (I?) Iguana iguana (I) Leiocephalus carinatus varius Ophisaurus ventralis (W) Sphaerodactylus argivus lewisi Cubophis caymanus Diadophis punctatus (W) Pantherophis guttatus (I) Ramphotyphlops braminus (I) Tretanorhinus variabilis lewisi Tropidophis caymanensis Typhlops caymanensis Crocodylus acutus (PX, W, F*) Crocodylus acutus x C. rhombifer (W) Crocodylus rhombifer (F*, E) LITTLE CAYMAN BANK lIttle CayMan (19.69°/-80.05°) (28 km2) Osteopilus septentrionalis Anolis maynardii Anolis sagrei sagrei Aristelliger praesignis praesignis Celestus maculatus Cyclura caymanensis Leiocephalus carinatus granti (I?) Sphaerodactylus argivus bartschi Cubophis ruttyi Tropidophis parkeri Crocodylus acutus (PX) Owen Island (19.66°/-80.06°) (< 0.005 km2) Aristelliger praesignis praesignis Sphaerodactylus argivus bartschi CAYMAN BRAC BANK CayMan BraC (19.72°/-79.80°) (38 km2) Eleutherodactylus planirostris Osteopilus septentrionalis Anolis conspersus lewisi Anolis maynardii (I) Anolis luteosignifer Aristelliger praesignis praesignis CAYMAN ISLANDS Arthur C. EChtErnACht1 1Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 112 BULLETIN FLORIDA MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY VOL. 51(2) Celestus maculatus Cyclura caymanensis Leiocephalus carinatus granti Sphaerodactylus argivus argivus Cubophis fuscicauda Tropidophis schwartzi Typhlops epactius Crocodylus acutus (PX) Figure 4. Map of the Cayman Islands. See Figure 5 for location of these islands relative to Cuba. i BULLETIN FLORIDA MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY VOL. 51(2) LITERATURE CITED Echternacht, A. C., F. J. Burton, & J. M. Blumenthal. 2011. The amphibians and reptiles of the Cayman Islands: Conservation issues in the face of invasions. Pp. 129–147 in A. Hailey, B. S. Wilson, & J. A. Horrocks, eds. Conservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas. Volume 2: Regional Accounts of the West Indies. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands. Grant, C. 1941 [“1940”]. The herpetology of the Cayman Islands. Bulletin of the Institute of Jamaica, Science Series 2:65 pp. Seidel, M. E., & R. Franz. 1994. Amphibians and reptiles (exclusive of marine turtles) of the Cayman Islands. Pp. 407–433 in M. A. Brunt & J. E. Davies, eds. The Cayman Islands: Natural History and Biogeography. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Vol51-No2-111-112.pdf covervol51no2covers vol51no2 covervol51no2covers Powell and Henderson-LitCit-111-112.pdf Powell and Henderson-TOC.pdf