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Red-banded Butterfly Lizard
Leiolepis rubritaeniata Mertens, 1961

Current SSAR Comments:
Native to Indochina. It was introduced via the pet trade prior to 2013 and is established in Charlotte and Lee counties, Florida (Krysko et al., 2013, Reptiles & Amphibians 20: 197–198; Krysko and Enge, 2019, Leiolepis rubritaeniata. Pages 355–356 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida). Cobb et al. (2016, Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 54: 131–137) showed that Florida samples are closely related to lizards from Thailand in their native range. This species is not listed in Meshaka et al. (2022, Exotic Amphibians and Reptiles of the United States. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.09.21.41.44)
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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:
1961 Mertens, Robert. Die Rassen der Schmetterlingsagame, Leiolepis belliana. [The breeds of the butterfly dragon, Leiolepis belliana.] Senckenbergiana biologica 42(5/6):507-510
2013 Krysko, Kenneth L., Kevin M. Enge, and Claudia A. MacKenzie-Krysko. The Red-banded Butterfly Lizard, Leiolepis rubritaeniata Mertens 1961 (Sauria: Leiolepidadae), a new documented nonindigenous species in Florida. Reptiles & Amphibians 20(4):197-198
2016 Cobb, Nicole R., Kenneth L. Krysko, and Jan-Michael Archer. Genetic confirmation of two nonnative species of butterfly lizards (Leiolepidae; Leiolepis) with established populations in Florida, USA. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 54(8):131–137
2019 Krysko, Kenneth L., Kevin M. Enge, and Paul E. Moler (Editor) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 728pp.
2022 Meshaka, Walter E. Jr., R. Bruce Bury, Suzanne L. Collins, and Malcolm L. McCallum. Exotic Amphibians and Reptiles of the United States. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 245pp.

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