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Saturday, December 21, 2024
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Cuban Treefrogs and other nonindigenous herpetofauna interdicted in Grenada, Lesser Antilles
Chenelle Monero
posted on July 29, 2015 08:56
The number of introduced nonindigenous species of amphibians and reptiles within the greater Caribbean, including Grenada, is escalating and has become an everincreasing critical conservation concern (Daudin and de Silva 2011; Powell et al. 2011; Powell and Henderson 2012). The amount of development, tourism, and consequent import commerce is increasing, requiring careful regulation of the pet trade and fauna introduced for biological control as well as diligence in cargo inspection. Herein we document the first records of nonindigenous Cuban Treefrogs, Osteopilus septentrionalis (Duméril and Bibron 1841), interdicted from cargo, along with recent interceptions of two species of nonindigenous lizards already established on Grenada in the Lesser Antilles.
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