. The ecological impact of man on the south Florida herpetofauna. Amphibians -- Ecology Florida; Nature -- Effect of human beings on Florida. SOUTH FLORIDA HERPETOFAUNA 43. Figure 17. Brown Anole (Anolis sagrai). (LP) its occurrence in Miami and King (1960) in Palm Beach. In addition to the locaHties mentioned above, Ruibal (1964) listed the species as occurring in Coral Gables, Fort Myers, and on Cudjoe Key, and also synonymized A. s. stejnegeri with A. s. sagrai. Since the above papers were written Anolis sagrai has become remarkably abundant and widespread in southeastern Florida and now is
. The ecological impact of man on the south Florida herpetofauna. Amphibians -- Ecology Florida; Nature -- Effect of human beings on Florida. SOUTH FLORIDA HERPETOFAUNA 43. Figure 17. Brown Anole (Anolis sagrai). (LP) its occurrence in Miami and King (1960) in Palm Beach. In addition to the locaHties mentioned above, Ruibal (1964) listed the species as occurring in Coral Gables, Fort Myers, and on Cudjoe Key, and also synonymized A. s. stejnegeri with A. s. sagrai. Since the above papers were written Anolis sagrai has become remarkably abundant and widespread in southeastern Florida and now is the most common reptile in urban areas. The spread was rapid, inasmuch as King (1960) pointed out that every population known at that time, with the exception of the one from Lake Worth, occurred in a seaport. In recent years the species has been reported from numerous localities outside of south Florida and away from the coast (Corwin, Linzey, and Linzey 1977; Meylan 1977a; Myers 1978a, 1981; Funk and Moll 1979; Wygoda and Bain 1980; Godley, Lohrer, Layne, and Rossi 1981). Oliver (1950) reported A. s. ordinatus as occuning in Lake Worth. King and Krakauer (1966) reported a small colony in South Miami and Conant (1975) one at Chokoloskee Island, Collier County. Spec- imens from the Lake Worth locality collected in May of 1979 are either A. s. sagrai or show evidence of intergradation with A. s. ordinatus. Anolis sagrai is highly successful because of its broad adaptability in edificarian areas. It, quite simply, occurs almost anywhere. For example, Albert Schwartz (pers. comm.) has seen males displaying on and living in the base of a concrete light pole in the asphalt parking lot at the North Campus of Miami-Dade Community Col-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wilson, Larry David; University
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