TROPIDURIDAE, Bell, 1843

Krysko, Kenneth L., Burgess, Joseph P., Rochford, Michael R., Gillette, Christopher R., Cueva, Daniel, Enge, Kevin M., Somma, Louis A., Stabile, Jennifer L., Smith, Dustin C., Wasilewski, Joseph A., Kieckhefer Iii, Guy N., Granatosky, Michael C. & Nielsen, Stuart V., 2011, 3028, Zootaxa 3028, pp. 1-64 : 34

TROPIDURIDAE

Peter’s Lava Lizard, Tropidurus hispidus ( Spix 1825) , is widespread within, and indigenous to, a large region of tropical South America, east of the Andes Mountains ( Frost 1992). On 22 August 2003 at 1815 h, KLK and KME collected three T. hispidus (UF 137411–13; MorphoBank M88628; Fig. 37) from the driveway and porches of a private residence at 6362 SW Citrus Boulevard, Palm City, Martin County (27.064 o N, - 80.321333 o W) (Enge et al. 2004). This species was released (stage 2) the previous day in large numbers, and those we collected were lethargic. We are uncertain if other T. hispidus survived at this introduction site. These represent the first known vouchers for this species in Florida.

The Haitian Curlytail Lizard, Leiocephalus personatus Cope 1862 , is indigenous to Hispaniola ( Haiti and Dominican Republic) ( Schwartz & Henderson 1991). Leiocephalus personatus was reported to have been found near the Miami International Airport (MIA), Miami-Dade County ( Bartlett 1994; Butterfield et al. 1997; Bartlett & Bartlett 1999, 2006b), but they did not provide a specific locality or voucher, and Meshaka et al. (2004) did not find this species during their survey of MIA. On 11 October 2004, JPB photographed four L. personatus (photographic voucher UF 145733; MorphoBank M88629; Fig. 38; Krysko et al. 2010a) in Crandon Gardens, Crandon Park, Key Biscayne, Miami-Dade County (25.704317 o N, - 80.157883 o W). We did not find this species at any other times during our ongoing surveys of this area from 1992–present ( Krysko et al. 2010a), suggesting it is a recent introduction. This species likely was released (stage 2). This represents the first known voucher for this species in Florida.

The Mophead Iguana , Uranoscodon superciliosus ( Linnaeus 1758) , is indigenous to Amazonian South America and nearby Guianan regions ( Frost 1992). On 11 October 2004, JPB photographed a U. superciliosus (photographic voucher UF 145734; MorphoBank M88630; Fig. 39) on a tree in Crandon Gardens, Crandon Park, Key Biscayne, Miami-Dade County (25.704317 o N, - 80.157883 o W)( Krysko et al. 2010a). We did not find this species in our ongoing surveys of this area from 1992–present ( Krysko et al. 2010a), suggesting it is a recent introduction. This species likely was released (stage 2). This represents the first known voucher for this species in Florida.