Report on Operational Activities for Nonnative Wildlife Jenny Ketterlin Eckles Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

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Report on Operational Activities for Nonnative Wildlife Jenny Ketterlin Eckles Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Argentine black and white tegus (Salvator merianae) FWC/UF/Zoo Miami coordinating trapping efforts in natural areas with NPS/USGS FWC and Venom One responding in urban areas 180+ trapped during last season UF/FWC/M-D County efforts: live traps camera traps 252 removed – Trap lines = 162 – Residential trapping = 59 – Other = 31 Three females tracked by UF Moving to dispersal mode

Camera traps Live traps

Gold tegus (Tupinambis teguixin) Three gold tegus removed prior to 2013 Six gold tegus removed in 2013 Four gold tegus removed in 2014 Two YOY or yearlings from 2013 All from private trappers on private property

Recent gold tegu locations

Nile monitor surveys from August 2013 through June 2014 Number of surveys Number of observations Number removed Sex ratio M:F C-51 Canal east of SR7/ :4 C-51 Canal west of SR7/ :2 Total221493:6

Nile monitors, cont. Overall sex ration is 15:16 Gravid female and one that had recently laid eggs collected in June Average clutch size likely Continued confirmed sightings in western Broward Efforts will increase in Palm Beach and Broward

Northern African pythons Dog incident Outreach efforts Three large surveys conducted over dry season Shed skin at the rock pit Increasing efforts dramatically in

Burmese pythons Number removed on Everglades WMA = 16 Number removed from District lands = 14 Other = 74 Seven permittees removed 32 Swamp Apes removed 56 Four sightings along Alligator Alley Two removed from tree islands in WCA 3AS

Purple swamphens FAU completed diet analysis for 83 swamphens, three different locations Most common food item is Eleocharis cellulosa (spikerush) Some inverts found Larger birds in STA1W

Gambian pouched rats Two small-scale trapping events over past year Mailing conducted last month  No reports in core Observations from marina and water park Increased trapping in next year using USDA

Caimans 8 surveys Locations: Near L-31E in Miami-Dade Co., Holiday Park in Broward County 27 removed Odd singletons in Broward and Palm Beach Counties Map

Oustalet’s chameleons 6 surveys 12 removed 1 hatchling found this year Will decrease surveys to target hatchlings and months when most have been found map

Veiled and panther chameleons New veiled locations in Dade and Broward Property ownership issues hinders removal of veileds No panther chameleons found in follow-up surveys since last July

Nile crocodile

Chekika, Everglades National Park February 22, 2014March 9, 2014

Thank you! Mike Rochford (UF) Joy Vinci (UF) Michiko Squires (UF) Michelle Curtis (UF) Larry Connor (FWC) Jake Edwards (FWC)...and many more… Jenny Ketterlin Eckles University of Florida Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center Davie, Florida fehabitats/nonnatives/