Presence
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| Distribution description | Mexico to Southern Brazil and Paraguay. Introduced in Florida, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Hawaii. |
| Notes on presence status | Introduced on St. Martin, a stray individual. Found in cargo shipment on St. Eustatius and later in 2016 a female was discovered on the island (Jesse et al, 2016). Iguana iguana from Saba was re-described as Iguana melanoderma in 2020 (Breuil et al., 2020). |
Publications
- Borg, J. ter 2008. Reptielen en amfibieën in Curaçao. Lacerta 66: 218-235.
- Breuil, M., Schikorski, D., Vuillaume, B., Krauss, U., Morton, M.N., Corry, E., Bech, N., Jelić, M. & F. Grandjean 2020. Painted black: Iguana melanoderma (Reptilia, Squamata, Iguanidae) a new melanistic endemic species from Saba and Montserrat islands (Lesser Antilles). ZooKeys 926: 95-131. [link]
- Burg, van den M. P., Goetz, M., Brannon. L. et al. 2022. An integrative approach to assess non-native iguana presence on Saba and Montserrat: are we losing all native Iguana populations in the Lesser Antilles? PREPRINT (Version 1). Research Square. [link]
- Buurt, G. van 2001. De amfibieën en reptielen van Aruba, Curaçao en Bonaire. 119 pp. Gerard van Buurt, Curaçao.
- Buurt, G. van, & Debrot, A.O. 2012. Exotic and invasive terrestrial and freshwater animal species in the Dutch Caribbean. 1-37. IMARES, Wageningen.
- Hummelinck, P.W. 1940. A survey of the mammals, lizards and Mollusks. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 1: 59-108.
- Jesse, W.A.M., Madden, H., Molleman, J. & Wagensveld, T. van 2016. First recorded introduction for the Saba Anole (Anolis sabanus) and an overview of introduced amphibians and reptiles on St. Eustatius. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 23: 144-146.
- Madden, H. 2015. Invasive species of St. Eustatius. 39 pp. STENAPA.
- Powell, R. 2006. Conservation of the herpetofauna on the Dutch Windward Islands: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten. Applied Herpetology 3: 293-306.
- Powell, R., Henderson, R.W. & Parmerlee, J.S. Jr. 2005. The Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dutch Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten. 192 pp. STENAPA.
- Powell, R., Henderson, R.W., Parmerlee, J.S. jr. 2015. The Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dutch Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten. Second edition, revised and expanded Nature Guide Series, No. 004: 343. Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance, Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean..
- Rojer, A. 1997. Biological Inventory of Saba. 87 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
- Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of St. Maarten. 102 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
- Yokoyama, M. 2010. The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of Saint Martin. 129 pp. sxm wildlife.
- Yokoyama, M. 2013. The Incomplete guide to the wildlife of Saint Martin. Revised and expanded second edition. 131. sxm wildlife.