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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Chamaeleonidae
Oustalet's Chameleon
Furcifer oustaleti
(Mocquard, 1894)
Current SSAR Comments:
Native to Madagascar. It was introduced via the pet trade during the late 1990s and is established in Florida City, Miami-Dade County, Florida (Gillette et al., 2010, Reptiles & Amphibians 17: 248–249). It was subsequently introduced in Palm Beach County (Rochford et al., 2019,
Furcifer oustaleti
. Pages 359–361 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.08.20.59.18)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1894
Mocquard, François Reptiles nouveaux ou insuffisamment connus de Madagascar. C. R. sommaire Séances [New or insufficiently known reptiles from Madagascar. C. R. summary Sessions] Bulletin de la Societe Philomathique de Paris. [Bulletin of the Philomathic Society of Paris] 1894(9):3-5
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