Range extension of Iguana iguana Linnaeus, 1758 (Squamata: Iguanidae): the first record of an established population in southeastern Brazil

Jane Oliveira; Thiago Castro

doi:10.15560/13.2.2097

Check List 13(2): e19699, doi: 10.15560/13.2.2097

Range extension of Iguana iguana Linnaeus, 1758 (Squamata: Iguanidae): the first record of an established population in southeastern Brazil

Jane C. F. de Oliveira^‡, Thiago Marcial de Castro^§

‡ Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil§ Faculdade São Camilo, Brazil

Corresponding author: Jane de Oliveira ( janeherpeto@gmail.com )

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Citation: Oliveira J, Castro T (2017) Range extension of Iguana iguana Linnaeus, 1758 (Squamata: Iguanidae): the first record of an established population in southeastern Brazil. Check List 13(2): 2097. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.2.2097

Abstract

We report a population of the Green Iguana, Iguana iguana, in a remnant of Atlantic Forest in the municipality of Vila Velha, Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil. We found both adult and subadult specimens, which indicates the existence of an established population. This is the southernmost record of the species, located at 820 km south from the previous southern extreme of the species’ range in the Atlantic Forest (Amargosa, Bahia).

Keywords

lizard; Atlantic Rainforest; green iguana; geographic distribution; reptile; squamates; introduced species