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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This species is nocturnal and terrestrial, occurring in both mesic and xeric areas, forests, caves, beaches, nurseries, gardens, and urban areas. It is also found in arboreal bromeliads on Grand Cayman. It occurs in many habitat types, from natural to disturbed, although it will select more mesic microhabitats within these areas. It breeds by direct development, with eggs hatching as quickly as 13 days after laying (Lazell 1989). It is most frequently encountered after rains and in irrigated areas.
Range:
This species is native to Cuba, Little Bahama Bank, Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac. The three subpopulations on the Great Bahama Bank (New Providence, Athol Island, and South Bimini) are likely introductions (Reynolds and Giery 2020).
Introduced populations occur on Great Inagua, Bahamas; Turks and Caicos Cays of Providenciales, North Caicos, Middle Caicos, Big Ambergris Cay, and Grand Turk (Reynolds and Niemiller 2010, Reynolds 2011); Jamaica (Hedges 1999); Grenada (Kraus et al. 1999 - although assumed to be extirpated; see Powell and Henderson 2020); Caicos Islands (Schwartz and Henderson 1991); St. Martin/St. Maarten (Yokoyama 2012); the United States [Florida (Johnson et al. 2003, Mendelson III and Kelly 2017), Alabama (Carey 1982, Kraus 2009, Elliott et al. 2009), Georgia (Winn et al., 1999, Graham et al. 2007), Louisiana (Dundee and Rossman 1989, Meshaka et al. 2009, Williams 2017), Mississippi (Mann et al. 2014, Lee and Rojo 2017), Hawaii (Kraus et al., 1999, Zug 2013)]; Guam (Christy et al. 2007, Zug 2013); Mexico [central Veracruz (Schwartz 1974, Contreras-Calvario et al. 2018) and the Yucatán Peninsula (Cedeño-Vázquez et al. 2014, García-Balderas et al. 2016, Pavón-Vázquez et al. 2016, Gómez-Salazar and Cedeño-Vázquez 2017, Ortíz-Medina et al. 2017, Cedeño-Vázquez and Beuetelspacher-García 2019)]; Honduras [Isla de Guanaja and in San Pedro Sula (Cortés), La Ceiba (Atlantida), El Progreso (Yoro), La Paz (La Paz), Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), and Tegucigalpa (Francisco Morazán) (McCranie et al. 2008, McCranie and Valdés-Orellana 2014, Solis et al. 2014, McCranie and Gutsche 2014, Herrera et al. 2017, Honduras Red List Assessment Workshop 2019)]; the Miskito Cays of Nicaragua (Heinicke et al. 2011); Costa Rica (Barquero and Araya 2016); Suriname (Ouboter and Jairam 2012), the Philippines (Olson et al. 2014, Sy et al. 2015, Sy and Salgo 2015, Ducao et al. 2017, Sy 2017), Singapore (Groenewoud and Law 2016, Yeo et al. 2018) and Hong Kong, China (Lee et al. 2016). Although waifs of this species entered St. Vincent and St. Barthélemy in the Lesser Antilles, no evidence suggests that a population is established on those islands (Powell and Henderson 2020).
Its elevational range is from 0–1,030 m asl.
Introduced populations occur on Great Inagua, Bahamas; Turks and Caicos Cays of Providenciales, North Caicos, Middle Caicos, Big Ambergris Cay, and Grand Turk (Reynolds and Niemiller 2010, Reynolds 2011); Jamaica (Hedges 1999); Grenada (Kraus et al. 1999 - although assumed to be extirpated; see Powell and Henderson 2020); Caicos Islands (Schwartz and Henderson 1991); St. Martin/St. Maarten (Yokoyama 2012); the United States [Florida (Johnson et al. 2003, Mendelson III and Kelly 2017), Alabama (Carey 1982, Kraus 2009, Elliott et al. 2009), Georgia (Winn et al., 1999, Graham et al. 2007), Louisiana (Dundee and Rossman 1989, Meshaka et al. 2009, Williams 2017), Mississippi (Mann et al. 2014, Lee and Rojo 2017), Hawaii (Kraus et al., 1999, Zug 2013)]; Guam (Christy et al. 2007, Zug 2013); Mexico [central Veracruz (Schwartz 1974, Contreras-Calvario et al. 2018) and the Yucatán Peninsula (Cedeño-Vázquez et al. 2014, García-Balderas et al. 2016, Pavón-Vázquez et al. 2016, Gómez-Salazar and Cedeño-Vázquez 2017, Ortíz-Medina et al. 2017, Cedeño-Vázquez and Beuetelspacher-García 2019)]; Honduras [Isla de Guanaja and in San Pedro Sula (Cortés), La Ceiba (Atlantida), El Progreso (Yoro), La Paz (La Paz), Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), and Tegucigalpa (Francisco Morazán) (McCranie et al. 2008, McCranie and Valdés-Orellana 2014, Solis et al. 2014, McCranie and Gutsche 2014, Herrera et al. 2017, Honduras Red List Assessment Workshop 2019)]; the Miskito Cays of Nicaragua (Heinicke et al. 2011); Costa Rica (Barquero and Araya 2016); Suriname (Ouboter and Jairam 2012), the Philippines (Olson et al. 2014, Sy et al. 2015, Sy and Salgo 2015, Ducao et al. 2017, Sy 2017), Singapore (Groenewoud and Law 2016, Yeo et al. 2018) and Hong Kong, China (Lee et al. 2016). Although waifs of this species entered St. Vincent and St. Barthélemy in the Lesser Antilles, no evidence suggests that a population is established on those islands (Powell and Henderson 2020).
Its elevational range is from 0–1,030 m asl.
Conservation:
This species occurs in many protected areas. No conservation or research actions are recommended.