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

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

2 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: 30-32 live traps 17-22 camera traps 252 removed – Trap lines = 162 – Residential trapping = 59 – Other = 31 Three females tracked by UF Moving to dispersal mode

3 Camera traps Live traps 20+ 130+ 0 0 1 1 2 0

4 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

5 Recent gold tegu locations

6 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 SR7/441 151073:4 C-51 Canal west of SR7/441 7420:2 Total221493:6

7 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 15-20 Continued confirmed sightings in western Broward Efforts will increase in Palm Beach and Broward

8 Northern African pythons Dog incident Outreach efforts Three large surveys conducted over 2013- 14 dry season Shed skin at the rock pit Increasing efforts dramatically in 2014-15

9 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

10 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

11 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

12 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

13 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

14 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

15 Nile crocodile

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

17 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 954-577-6408 Jennifer.Eckles@myfwc.com http://www.myfwc.com/wildli fehabitats/nonnatives/

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