Check List 20(1): 132-137, doi: 10.15560/20.1.132
First record of Anolis sagrei Dumeril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata, Anolidae) in Sonora, northwestern Mexico
Ana Gisel Pérez-Delgadillo‡, Rafael A. Lara-Reséndiz§‡ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Mexico§ Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Ciudad Obregón, Mexico
Corresponding author: Rafael A. Lara-Reséndiz ( rafas.lara@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Sebastian Lotzkat © Ana Gisel Pérez-Delgadillo, Rafael A. Lara-Reséndiz. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Pérez-Delgadillo AG, Lara-Reséndiz RA (2024) First record of Anolis sagrei Dumeril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata, Anolidae) in Sonora, northwestern Mexico. Check List 20(1): 132-137. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.1.132 |  |
Abstract
Anolis sagrei is a lizard that naturally occurs on various islands of the Caribbean and in Central America. However, it has also been widely introduced in different countries around the world. In Mexico, it is present in seven states with tropical climate Here, we present the first record of A. sagrei from the Mexican state of Sonora.
Keywords
Cuban Brown Anole, Ciudad Obregon, exotic species, expansion of distribution, invasive/introduced species, new record