Reptiles as Invasive species: Effects on
environment and public health.
A. Martínez SilvestreDVM, MSc, PhD
Dipl ECZM (Herpetology)Acred AVEPA (Exotic Animals)
C.R.A.R.C.Catalonian Reptile and Amphibian Rescue Center
[email protected], Barcelona, Spain
The world is crazy…
Cities full of exotic animals…
Invasive Species!
• Wild populations.
• Adapted to a new habitats.
• Breeding.
• Extend through new ecosystems.
• Competence with native species.• American crab, Argentine paraqueet, rainbow trout, Carpobrotus
edulis, Argentine ant, Appel snail, Astrilda bird, Jamaican duck,
bullhead fish……….
Mauritius
Islands
Ashton & Ashton (1985) : Reptiles and
Amphibians of Florida
Florida (USA): Iguana iguana
Florida (USA): Breeding control in feral
iguanas: ablation of the hemipenis(Mader, 2008)
Florida: Python molurus
What can we do?
• Commitee Ford Lauderdale CITES 1994
- IUCN
• Remove all the invasive species
• Rescue Center
• Auction
• Assignation
• Adoption
• Human euthanasia
The management and control of the California kingsnake inGran Canaria (Canary Islands): Project LIFE+ Lampropeltis.Miguel Ángel Cabrera-Pérez, Ramón Gallo-Barneto, Isahac Esteve, Clara Patiño-Martínez,Luis Felipe López-Jurado. (2012) ALIENS JOURNAL. 32: 20-25.
Common slider Trachemys scripta (Schoepff, 1792)
• Control of invaders in the last 10 years. Confirmedbreeding populations in:– Algarbe
– Andalucia
– Basque country
– Catalonia
– Valencia
• Different kinds of traps (adapted to the area).
• Results from catching, tracking, surveis, etc…
Exotic turtles in Iberian Peninsula
•Trachemys scripta elegans 82 %
•Trachemys scripta scripta 13 %
•Trachemys decussata 0,2 %
•Trachemys emolli 1,6 %
•Pseudemys concinna 0,6 %
•Graptemys pseudogeographica 1,8
•Mauremys reveesii 0,2 %
•Pelodiscus sinensis 0, 2 %
•Ocadia sinensis 0,3 %
ConfirmedConfirmed ExoticExotic TurtlesTurtlesCataloniaCatalonia (1999(1999--2013)2013)
Biological Interference I
PathologicPathologic analysisanalysis
Salmonella subspecie 1, (6,14:d:e,n,x.)
serovariant lindern / charitySalmonella sbespecie 4,
(44:z4,z23:-.)
