POLYCHROTIDAE

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

POLYCHROTIDAE

The Jeremie Anole, Anolis coelestinus Cope 1862 , is indigenous to southwestern Hispaniola ( Schwartz & Henderson, 1991). On 2 December 2009 at 2305 h, CRG, DC, and Edward F. Metzger III collected an adult female A. coelestinus (UF 157133) sleeping on a drainage pipe just outside the property of the animal importer's facility at 6450 Stirling Road, Hollywood, Broward County (26.04591 o N, - 80.21976 o W). On 9 December 2009, this female laid a single egg in captivity. On 16 December 2010 at 1100 h, George Kolaz collected an adult male A. coelestinus (UF 164359; MorphoBank M88626; Fig. 35) on a palm tree at this same site. Although A. coelestinus has now been found at different times for more than a year, including a gravid female, there is no current evidence of reproduction (stage 3) taking place in the wild. This species likely was released or had escaped (stage 2) from an enclosure. These represent the first known vouchers for this species in Florida.

The St. Vincent Bush Anole, Anolis trinitatis Reinhardt and Lütken 1862 , is indigenous to St. Vincent, Young Island, and Chateaubelair Island in the Lesser Antilles, and it apparently has been introduced on Trinidad ( Lazell 1972; Schwartz & Henderson 1991; Lever 2003; Kraus 2009). In September 2004, JPB was informed that A. trinitatis had been deliberately released (stage 2) in the garden area of the Fountainbleau Hotel at 4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County (25.817497 o N, - 80.121571 o W) in the summer of 2004. In October 2004, JPB visited this site and observed seven adult A. trinitatis on large ficus trees (Ficus sp.) and other tropical plants, and one juvenile on an adjacent rock wall; three adult males and two females were collected. In February 2005, JPB collected one adult male, two females, and one juvenile. In April 2005, JPB collected an adult male and female from a single ficus tree, and photographs of these individuals (photographic voucher UF 151034) along with the male specimen (UF 144299; MorphoBank M88627; Fig. 36) were deposited as vouchers in the FLMNH. In total, 11 individuals have been removed from this site, and the presence of juveniles suggests that reproduction (stage 3) has occurred there. These represent the first known vouchers for this species in Florida.