First record of the invasive Brown Anole, Anolis sagrei Duméril &amp; Bibron, 1837 (Squamata: Iguanidae: Dactyloinae), in South America

Luis Amador; Fernando K Cruz; Fernando Ayala-Varela; Andrea Nárvaez; Omar Torres-Carvajal

doi:10.15560/13.2.2083

Check List 13(2): e19685, doi: 10.15560/13.2.2083

First record of the invasive Brown Anole, Anolis sagrei Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata: Iguanidae: Dactyloinae), in South America

Luis Amador^‡, Fernando Ayala-Varela^§, Andrea E. Nárvaez^|, Keyko Cruz^¶, Omar Torres-Carvajal^§

‡ Universidad Laica Vicente Rocafuerte de Guayaquil Universidad Austral de Chile, Ecuador§ Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Ecuador| Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador La Trobe University, Ecuador¶ Universidad de Guayaquil, Ecuador

Corresponding author: Luis Amador ( amadoroyola@gmail.com )

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Citation: Amador L, Cruz F, Ayala-Varela F, Nárvaez A, Torres-Carvajal O (2017) First record of the invasive Brown Anole, Anolis sagrei Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata: Iguanidae: Dactyloinae), in South America. Check List 13(2): 2083. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.2.2083

Abstract

We report the first record of the invasive Brown Anole, Anolis sagrei Duméril & Bibron, 1837, in South America based on nine specimens from Samborondón, Guayas province, Ecuador. We also present some information related to the current distribution in Ecuador, and its possible impacts on native lizard species.

Keywords

Ecuador; introduced species; Guayas; lizards; distribution; urban areas; range extension