EMYDIDAE

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 : 24-27

EMYDIDAE

The Southern Painted Turtle, Chrysemys dorsalis ( Agassiz 1857) , is indigenous to North America from southern Illinois to the Gulf, and from western Alabama to extreme southeastern Oklahoma, with a disjunct population in central Texas ( Starkey et al. 2003; Ernst & Lovich 2009). King and Krakauer (1966) reported the release (stage 2) in 1964 of 25 C. dorsalis into a canal in Hialeah, Miami-Dade County; however, no known voucher exists. On 10 November 2008, CRG photographed a C. dorsalis (photographic voucher UF 153957) in a pond at 11200 SW 8 th Street, Florida International University, Modesto Maidique Campus, 0.03 km northwest of the Owa Ehan Building (25.75858 o N, - 80.37338 o W). In March 2008, CRG collected, but did not voucher, a neonate C. dorsalis from the same pond. On 20 June 2010, KLK et al. collected two adult (112 and 128 mm CL) female C. dorsalis (UF 157930 [MorphoBank M88450 ; Fig. 14] and photographic voucher UF 157931, respectively) from the same pond. On 25 June 2009, Matthew H. Kail collected an adult (112 mm CL) female C. dorsalis (UF 159928) in a pond on the Santa Fe College campus, Gainesville, Alachua County (29.68265 o N, - 82.43532 o W) (Johnston et al. In Press).This species likely was released or had escaped (stage 2) from enclosures (released at FIU), and a neonate found at FIU suggests reproduction and establishment (stage 3) of this species there. These are the first known vouchers for this species in Florida.

The Western Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta bellii ( Gray 1831a) , is indigenous to a broad region of North America from western Ontario across southern Canada west to British Columbia, southward to Missouri, eastern Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, northern Oklahoma and northern Oregon, with scattered populations in several southwestern states and Chihuahua, Mexico ( Starkey et al. 2003; Ernst & Lovich 2009). In April 1933, O. C. Van Hyning collected a C. p. bellii (107.0 mm CL; UF 1898; MorphoBank M88496 ; Fig. 15) from the Chipola River, south of Marianna, Jackson County (30.74894ºN,- 85.21627ºW). This specimen was erroneously identified by Carr (1940) as “ Chrysemys picta dorsalis ” (= C. dorsalis ). This species likely was released or had escaped (stage 2) from an enclosure. This represents both the first known voucher for this species/subspecies and earliest known turtle introduction in Florida.

The Eastern Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta picta ( Schneider 1783) , is indigenous to North America from northern Georgia north to Nova Scotia, and west to the Appalachians ( Starkey et al. 2003; Bonin et al. 2006; Ernst & Lovich 2009). This and other members of the C. picta complex have been widely introduced to Europe and non-indigenous regions of western North America ( Spinks et al. 2003; Kraus 2009). Deckert (1918) claimed that C. p. picta existed in Jacksonville, Duval County, but no known voucher exists ( Carr 1940; Carr & Goin 1955; Bartlett & Bartlett 1999). On 5 June 1939, T. Carr collected a C. p. picta (UF 1920) at the Chemistry Building on the University of Florida campus, Gainesville, Alachua County (29.65059 o N, - 82.34384 o W), but identification cannot be verified because this specimen is missing. On 26 August 2007, CRG photographed a C. p. picta (photographic voucher UF 153764; MorphoBank M88497; Fig. 16) in a pond at 11200 SW 8 th Street, Florida International University, Modesto Maidique Campus, 0.08 km southeast of the Ryder Business Building, Miami, Miami-Dade County (25.757 o N, - 80.3754 o W). This species likely was released (stage 2). These represent the first known vouchers for this species/subspecies in Florida.

The Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta ( Le Conte 1830) , is indigenous to southern Quebec and Ontario , south to Virginia and west to Minnesota and Iowa ( Ernst & Lovich 2009) . On 23 August 2009, John D. Brueggen collected a G. insculpta (photographic voucher UF 159391; MorphoBank M88498 ; Fig. 17) on State Road 207, 1.6 km east of I-95, St. Augustine, St. Johns County (29.83752 o N, - 81.36921 o W). The specimen was donated to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm. This species likely was released or had escaped (stage 2) from an enclosure. This represents the first known voucher for this species in Florida .

The False Map Turtle, Graptemys pseudogeographica ( Gray 1831c) , is indigenous to the Missouri River system and upper Mississippi River drainages as far north as Minnesota and North Dakota, and as far northeast as Indiana (Ernst & Lovich 2009), and it has been introduced to various non-indigenous localities in the United States and France ( Haffner 1997; Spinks et al. 2003; Ernst & Lovich 2009; Kraus 2009). On 19 December 2000 at 1500 h, KLK, Anthony T. Reppas and Amir Soleymani collected an adult (134.8 mm CL) G. pseudogeographica (UF 121459) basking on oolitic limestone along Snapper Creek and SW 99 th Court, Miami, Miami-Dade County (25.696183 o N, - 80.355317 o W). On 26 August 2007, CRG collected a G. pseudogeographica (photographic voucher UF 153763) in a pond at 11200 SW 8 th Street, Florida International University (FIU), Modesto Maidique Campus, 0.08 km southeast of the Ryder Business Building, Miami, Miami-Dade County (25.757 o N, - 80.3754 o W). At a nearby pond 0.03 km northwest of the Owa Ehan Building, FIU (25.75858 o N, - 80.37338 o W), CRG collected two neonate (1.5 cm CL) G. pseudogeographica (photographic vouchers UF 154572 and 155179) on 30 January and 29 March 2009, respectively. At this same pond, CRG and DC collected three additional neonate G. pseudogeographica on 1 October 2009 (photographic vouchers UF 162631) and 23 February 2010, and observed another neonate on 20 September 2010 at 1300 h. On 20–21 June 2010, KLK et al. collected four adult G. pseudogeographica on the FIU campus: two (148.0 mm CL [UF 157935] and 185.0 mm [UF 159345]) were 0.08 km southeast of the Ryder Business Building, one (286.0 mm) was 0.01 km west of the Owa Ehan Building (25.75786 o N, - 80.3733 o W), and one (190.0 mm) was 0.18 km southwest of the main campus entrance on US 41 (25.75975 o N, - 80.37739 o W). On 1 October 2007, Lau and Johnston (2008) collected an adult (13.1 cm CL) G. pseudogeographica (photographic voucher UF 150678) 1.21 km upstream from the river sink of the Santa Fe River, O’Leno State Park, Columbia County (29.917 o N, - 82.57487499 o W). On 5 May 2009, CRG observed three adults and collected one G. pseudogeographica (photographic voucher UF 155445; MorphoBank M88499; Fig. 18) at the Turkey Creek Sanctuary, Palm Bay, Brevard County (28.01413 o N, - 80.601132 o W). This species likely was released or had escaped (stage 2) from enclosures (released at FIU and Turkey Creek Sanctuary), and numerous adults and neonates in different ponds on the FIU campus suggests reproduction and establishment (stage 3) of this species there. This species is currently being used as a substitute for T. scripta elegans in the pet trade (Lee 2010). These represent the first known vouchers for this species in Florida.

The Colombian Slider, Trachemys callirostris (Gray 1855) , is indigenous to the northwestern Maracaibo Basin in Venezuela and a portion of Caribbean Colombia ( Pritchard & Trebbau 1984; Bonin et al. 2006). In 1972, Bernard Martof collected two juvenile T. callirostris (UF 154026 [MorphoBank M88499; Fig. 19], 127 mm CL; and UF 155125) in an unspecified locality on Key West, Monroe County (24.55607 o N, - 81.77767 o W). Joseph Ward (personal communication) did not observe this species during a follow-up survey in 1977. 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 Yellow-bellied Slider, Trachemys scripta scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff 1792) (for authority see Rhodin and Carr 2009), is indigenous to southeastern Virginia south to southeastern Alabama and northern Florida (as far south as Levy County), and it has been broadly introduced to numerous non-indigenous localities worldwide via the pet trade ( Thomas 2006; Ernst & Lovich 2009; Kraus 2009). Unvouchered observations for T. s. scripta have been reported on Key Biscayne, Miami-Dade County, Florida, by Bader (1976) at Crandon Park, and by Krysko et al. (2010a) from a T. s. scripta collected at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on 8 January 2005. On 1 April 2009, a park visitor collected an adult T. s. scripta (photographic voucher UF 159494) at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Miami-Dade County (25.673667 o N, - 80.1575 o W), but this turtle was re-released back into a pond within the park by staff. On 22 September 2002, Johnston and Johnston (2003) collected an adult (21.8 cm CL) female T. s. scripta (UF 134595) in a canal on SW 76th Avenue, 0.61 km north of Orange Drive, Davie, Broward County (26.06888 o N, - 80.24833 o W). On 26 August 2007, CRG collected a T. s. scripta (140 mm CL; photographic voucher UF 155178) in a pond at 11200 SW 8 th Street, Florida International University (FIU), Modesto Maidique Campus, 0.03 km northwest of the Owa Ehan Building, Miami (25.75843 o N, - 80.37346 o W). On 20–21 June 2010, KLK et al. collected five juvenile and adult T. s. scripta (along with juveniles and adults of 97 T. s. elegans and 10 T. s. scripta x T. s. elegans intergrades) on the FIU campus: one (98.0 mm CL [UF 157934; MorphoBank M88544 ; Fig. 20]) was 0.04 km southeast of the Ryder Business Building (25.75706 o N, - 80.3753 o W), three (112 cm, 115 mm, and 171 mm) were 0.08 km southeast of the Ryder Business Building (25.757 o N, - 80.3754 o W), and one (128 mm) was 0.04 km west of the Owa Ehan Building (25.75838 o N, - 80.3739 o W). This species likely was released (stage 2), and juveniles and adults found at FIU suggest reproduction and establishment (stage 3) of this species there. These represent the first known vouchers for this subspecies in southern Florida.