Nonnative Reptiles

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Common Name	Scientific name	First year	Breeding status	Established
Turtles
Red-eared Slider	Trachemys scripta elegans	Unknown	At least 10 years	Established
Crocodilians
Spectacled Caiman	Caiman crocodilus	1960	At least 10 years	Established
Lizards
African Redhead Agama	Agama agama	1976	Less than 10 years	Established
Giant Ameiva	Ameiva ameiva	1954	At least 10 years	Established
Brown Anole	Anolis sagrei	1887	At least 10 years	Established
Hispaniolan Green Anole	Anolis chlorocyanus	1980s	At least 10 years	Established
Puerto Rican Crested Anole	Anolis cristatellus cristatellus	1975	At least 10 years	Established
Largehead Anole	Anolis cybotes	1967	At least 10 years	Established
Bark Anole	Anolis distichus	1946	At least 10 years	Established
Knight Anole	Anolis equestris equestris	1952	At least 10 years	Established
Barbados Anole	Anolis extremus	1990s	Less than 10 years	Not Established, Present
Marie Gallant Sail-tailed Anole	Anolis ferreus	1990	Not reported breeding	Not Established, Present
Cuban Green Anole	Anolis porcatus	1980s	At least 10 years	Established
Jamaican Giant Anole	Anolis garmani	1975	At least 10 years	Established
Brown Basilisk	Basiliscus vittatus	1976	At least 10 years	Established
Green Basilisk	Basiliscus plumifrons	1994	Not reported breeding	Not Established, Present
Indochinese Tree Agama	Calotes mystaceus	1990s	Less than 10 years	Not Established, Present
Oriental Garden Lizard	Calotes versicolor	1978	At least 10 years	Established
Veiled Chameleon	Chamaeleo calyptratus	2002	Less than 10 years	Potentially Established
Rainbow Lizard	Cnemidophorus lemniscatus	1964	At least 10 years	Established
Giant Whiptail	Cnemidophorus motaguae	1995	Less than 10 years	Established
Asian Flattail House Gecko	Cosymbotus platyurus	1983	At least 10 years	Not Established, Present
Mexican Spinytail Iguana	Ctenosaura pectinata	1972	At least 10 years	Established
Black Spinytail Iguana	Ctenosaura similis	1978	At least 10 years	Established
Tokay Gecko	Gekko gecko	1965	At least 10 years	Established
Yellowhead Gecko	Gonatodes albogularis fuscus	1939	At least 10 years	Unknown
Tropical House Gecko	Hemidactylus mabouia	1990	At least 10 years	Established
Common House Gecko	Hemidactylus frenatus	1979	At least 10 years	Established
Mediterranean Gecko	Hemidactylus turcicus	1910	At least 10 years	Established
Indo-Pacific Gecko	Hemidactylus garnotii	1963	At least 10 years	Established
Green Iguana	Iguana iguana	1966	At least 10 years	Established
Northern Curlytail Lizard	Leiocephalus carinatus armouri	1935	At least 10 years	Established
Green-legged Curlytail Lizard	Leiocephalus personatus scalaris	1970s	Less than 10 years	Not Established, Present
Red-sided Curlytail Lizard	Leiocephalus schreibersii schreibersii	1970s	At least 10 years	Established
Butterfly Lizard	Leiolepis belliana belliana	1992	At least 10 years	Established
Many-lined Grass Skink	Mabuya multifasciata	1990	At least 10 years	Established
Bibron's Gecko	Pachydactylus bibroni	1970s	At least 10 years	Not Established, Present
Giant Day Gecko	Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis	1990s	Less than 10 years	Established
Texas Horned Lizard	Phrynosoma cornutum	1934	At least 10 years	Established
Ocellated Gecko	Sphaerodactylus argus argus	1944	At least 10 years	Established
Ashy Gecko	Sphaerodactylus elegans elegans	1921	At least 10 years	Established
White-spotted Wall Gecko	Tarentola annularis	1990s	Less than 10 years	Potentially Established
Moorish Wall Gecko	Tarentola mauritanica	1996	Less than 10 years	Not Established, Present
Nile Monitor	Varanus niloticus	1990	At least 10 years	Established
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Snakes
Javan Filesnake	Acrochordus javanicus	1970s	Not reported breeding	Unknown
Common Boa	Boa constrictor	1990	At least 10 years	Established
Burmese Python	Python molurus bivittatus	1980s	Less than 10 years	Established
Brahminy Blind Snake	Ramphotyphlops braminus	1979	At least 10 years	Established