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TheVeiledChameleon(Chamaeleo calyptratus)isanarbo-reallizardnativetoSaudiArabiaandYemen,whereit

isfoundonhighplateaustoelevationsof2,800mandinfoothills,forests,low-elevationmaizefields,andinlandrivervalleys(FritzandSchütte1987,MeermanandBoomsma1987,Zari1993,Showler1995,Schmidt2001).Thisspe-cieshasbeenintroducedviathepettradetoHawaii(KrausandDuvall2004) andFlorida (KryskoandEnge2004),USA.InFlorida,ithasbeenestablishedsinceatleast2002(KryskoandEnge2004)andevidenceofadditionalindepen-dentintroductionsexistfromAlachua,Collier,Hendry,Lee,andMiami-Dadecounties(Kryskoetal.2011,GilletteandKrysko2012).Herein,wedocumentanotherintroductionofC. calyptratusinBrowardCounty,Florida. On30December2013,theUniversityofFloridareceivedananonymoustipaboutapossiblepopulationofChamaeleo calyptratusonstate-ownedlandsinBrowardCounty.On1January2014between1900–2100h,JREandMRRcon-ductedanighttimesearcharoundaFloridaHighwayPatrolstationandarearight-of-way.Atapproximately1930h,weobservedanadultfemaleC. calyptratus(photographicvoucherUF-Herpetology172296) sleepingonaBrazilianPepperTree(Schinus terebinthifolius)about2.5mabovetheground(26.11969°N,-80.33859°W,DatumWGS84,5meleva-tion).Atapproximately2000h,weobservedflashlightsinanearbyarea.Uponcontact,twopeoplerevealedthemselvestobecommercialchameleoncollectorswhohadtwoC. calyptra-tusintheirpossession.Thecollectorstoldusthechameleonswerecollectedfromthesamesitethatevening.At2025h,weobservedanadultmaleC. calyptratus(UF-Herpetology

172297)sleepingonaS. terebinthifoliusabout3mabovetheground(26.12038°N,-80.33814°W).DigitalimagesofthechameleonsweresenttoLaurenceL.Connor(FloridaFishandWildlifeConservationCommission)whoconfirmedouridentifications.Voucheredspecimensarecrucial indocu-mentingintroductions(Kryskoetal.2011)andtheseknownvouchersrepresentthefirsttwoC. calyptratusfromBrowardCounty. On 2 January 2014,MRR andMichelle J. Curtis(UniversityofFlorida)conductedasecondsurveyofthearea.A C. calyptratusofunknownsexwasobservedat2106h,perchedonaS. terebinthifoliusabout3mabovetheground(26.11993°N, -80.33974°W). AnotherC. calyptratus ofunknownsexwasobservedperchedinanotherS. terebinthi-foliusabout4mabovethegroundat2110h(26.11972°N,-80.33869°W).Bothchameleonswerebehindafence,pre-ventingcollectionorsatisfactoryphotographs. Thereleaseofnonnativewildlife is illegal(Rule68-5F.A.C)andFloridalawconsidersreleaseofnonnativewildlifetobeamisdemeanor(FloridaStatute§379.231).Despitethis,multiplechameleonpopulationshavebeendiscoveredthroughoutthestate(Figs.1&2),butprimarilyinsouth-ernFlorida.Rumorsaboundthatanimalswereintention-ally releasedby individuals interested inharvesting themfromthewildfor futuresale inthepettrade.Onseveraloccasions, JREandMRRobserved collectors trespassingonpostedprivatelandstoobtainchameleons.Forexample,Oustalet’sChameleons(Furcifer oustaleti)inMiami-DadeCounty,Florida,werefirstobservedtobeintroducedintoaprivateproperty(Gilletteetal.2010)andsubsequentlyhave

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Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer 190

The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: A Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................Robert W. Henderson 198

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The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ....................... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida

.............................................Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212

C O N S E R V A T I O N A L E R T

World’s Mammals in Crisis ............................................................................................................................................................. 220 More Than Mammals ...................................................................................................................................................................... 223 The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ........................................................................................................................................... 225

H U S B A N D R Y

Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ....................................................................................................... Shannon Plummer 226

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Kraig Adler: A Lifetime Promoting Herpetology ................................................................................................ Michael L. Treglia 234

C O M M E N T A R Y

The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ........................................................................................................................ Eric Gangloff 238

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Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young .............................................................................................................. Robert Powell 243

CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports ................................. 245 NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ................................. 247 NEWBRIEFS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 248 EDITORIAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 251 FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ............................................................................................... 252

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New County Record for the Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus Duméril and

Bibron 1851), in Broward County, Florida, With Notes on Intentional Introductions

of Chameleons in Southern FloridaJakeR.Edwards1,MichaelR.Rochford2,FrankJ.Mazzotti2,andKennethL.Krysko3

1FloridaFishandWildlifeConservationCommission,3205CollegeAvenue,FortLauderdale,Florida33314,USA(jake.edwards@myfwc.com)2UniversityofFlorida,FortLauderdaleResearchandEducationCenter,3205CollegeAvenue,FortLauderdale,Florida33314,USA

(MRR:miker@ufl.edu,FJM:fjma@ufl.edu)3DivisionofHerpetology,FloridaMuseumofNaturalHistory,UniversityofFlorida,1659MuseumRoad,Gainesville,Florida32611,USA(kenneyk@ufl.edu)

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spread to county-owned land (UF-Herpetology163066,163067,165705,170786).FurtherdiscoveriesofF. ousta-leti(UF-Herpetology166502,166565,166123)foundupto11kmfromtheoriginallyreportedpopulationaresug-gestiveofsubsequenttranslocations.MorerecentlyPantherChameleons(Furcifer pardalis)werediscoveredinBroward

County (Rochford et al. 2013).ThroughoutFlorida,C. calyptratusnowoccursonbothprivatepropertyandstate-ownedrights-of-way(Kryskoetal.2011,GilletteandKrysko2012).Withthisnewintroduction,wedocumentongoingintentionalintroductionsofchameleonsthroughoutsouthernFlorida.

AcknowledgmentsWethankMichelleCurtisforassistanceinthefield.JenniferKetterlinEckles,LizBarraco,MarshaWheatley,andKristenSommerscommentedonthisnote.LaurenceConnorassistedindatacoordinationandspecimenidentification.ChristopherGilletteprovidedaphotographforthisnote.Wealsothankthecitizenwhoreportedthisintroduction;thatreporttestifiestothevalueofstakeholderengagementandcommunication.

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Chamaeleo calyptratusDumérilandBibron1851(Sauria:Chamaeleonidae),inFlorida.Reptiles & Amphibians19:130–131.

Gillette,C.R.,K.L.Krysko,J.A.Wasilewski,G.N.KieckheferIII,E.F.MetzgerIII,M.R.Rochford,D.Cueva,andD.C.Smith.2010.Oustalet’sChameleon,Furcifer oustaleti(Mocquard1894)(Chamaeleonidae),anon-indigenousspe-ciesnewlyestablishedinFlorida.Reptiles & Amphibians17:248–249.

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Fig. 1. Chameleons introduced to Florida: A. Veiled Chameleon(Chamaeleo calyptratus)(UF-Herpetology166817),Miami-DadeCounty,Florida,photographbyChristopherGillette;B.PantherChameleon(Furcifer pardalis)(UF-Herpetology170801),BrowardCounty,Florida,photographbyMichaelR.Rochford;C.Oustalet’sChameleon(Furcifer oustaleti)(UF-Herpetology165207,Miami-DadeCounty,Florida,pho-tographbyKennethL.Krysko.

Fig. 2.VerifiedrecordsofthreespeciesofChameleonsinFlorida,USA.Redcircles:Chamaeleo calyptratus;greentriangles:Furcifer oustaleti;bluesquares:F. pardalis.RecordsinAlachua,Collier,DeSoto,andHillsboroughcountiesrepresentsingleindividuals.

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