. The ecological impact of man on the south Florida herpetofauna . Figure 16. Jamaican Giant Anole (Auolis gar/}iani). (LP) 1969. One specimen died accidentally on 22 March 1980: the other died an apparent natural death on 6 August 1981. Anolis garmani.—The presence of this Jamaican lizard (Fig. 16) in south Florida was brought to our attention in 1975. In September of 1976 a series of one adult and four juveniles was collected in the vicinity of S.W. 63rd Court and 69th Street in South Miami, indi- cating that the population was breeding and established at least by that time. Local residents
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. The ecological impact of man on the south Florida herpetofauna . Figure 16. Jamaican Giant Anole (Auolis gar/}iani). (LP) 1969. One specimen died accidentally on 22 March 1980: the other died an apparent natural death on 6 August 1981. Anolis garmani.—The presence of this Jamaican lizard (Fig. 16) in south Florida was brought to our attention in 1975. In September of 1976 a series of one adult and four juveniles was collected in the vicinity of S.W. 63rd Court and 69th Street in South Miami, indi- cating that the population was breeding and established at least by that time. Local residents informed us that they had been aware of the lizard "for a number of years, " but we were unable to track down the source of the introduction. At this time the population appears to be restricted to a few square blocks in the immediate vicinity of the above-cited corner in a well-vegetated pocket, and to have a seasonal activity peak during warm winter days. We originally in- tended to report the presence of this anole in south Florida in this paper, but it was done on the basis of our specimens in a popularized pamphlet by Roberts (1977). Anolis sagrai.- —The brown anole (Fig. 17) was first reported from the "Florida Keys" by Garman (1887). The population from Key West was described as a new subspecies {A. s. stejnegeh) by Barbour (1931a). Goin (1947) reported it from Tampa, and Oliver (1950) from Lake Worth (city) and St. Petersburg. Bell (1953) noted - We follow Smith and Smith (1976) in the use of the spelling of sagrai over sagrei.