The ecological impact of man The ecological impact of man on the south Florida herpetofauna ecologicalimpact00wils Year: 1983 50 SPECIAL PUBLICATION-MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Figure 25. Green Iguana {Iguana iguana). (LP) Meylan (1977b), and Myers (1978b). We also have a specimen from Broward County. This gecko is almost strictly edificarian, usually occurring on the sides of buildings. Iguana iguana. —The green iguana (Fig. 25) was reported by King and Krakauer (1966) to be established but non-breeding in four separate localities in the Miami area. At present, we are aware of three breeding
The ecological impact of man The ecological impact of man on the south Florida herpetofauna ecologicalimpact00wils Year: 1983 50 SPECIAL PUBLICATION-MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Figure 25. Green Iguana {Iguana iguana). (LP) Meylan (1977b), and Myers (1978b). We also have a specimen from Broward County. This gecko is almost strictly edificarian, usually occurring on the sides of buildings. Iguana iguana. —The green iguana (Fig. 25) was reported by King and Krakauer (1966) to be established but non-breeding in four separate localities in the Miami area. At present, we are aware of three breeding populations. One is along a series of canals near the northwest corner of the Miami International Airport and a second is on Key Biscayne on the Crandon Park Zoo grounds. The airport population is a small one occurring along a sparsely-vegetated series of canal banks and presumably resulted from the release of speci- mens from animal dealer compounds located in the area. The Key Biscayne population is larger and undoubtedly originated from zoo escapees. In addition, there is a third and well-established population on the grounds of the Miami Seaquarium on Virginia Key. Bartlett (1980) mentioned the existence of a colony in Collier County. Leiocephalus carinatus. —Three subspecies of the curly-tailed liz- ard (Fig. 26) have been recorded from south Florida, but only one appears to remain established. Leiocephalus c. virescens was re- ported by Barbour (1936) from Miami, but Duellman and Schwartz (1958) stated that it was no longer established. King and Krakauer (1966) indicated that L. c. coryi was believed to occur on the grounds of the Crandon Park Zoo on Key Biscayne, but they were unable to collect any specimens. We have likewise been unable to find any specimens.
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