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Gómez Martínez, M. J., Llano Mejía, J., & Cortés Gómez, Ángela M. (2016). Presence of Eleutherodactylus johnstonei (ANURA: ELEUTHERODACTYLUS) in Ibague, Tolima, Colombia: the role of commercial garden centers. Boletín Científico. Centro De Museos, 20(2), 164–170. https://doi.org/10.17151/bccm.2016.20.2.12
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The "Antilles coquí" frog, Eleutherodactylus johnstonei, is considered an invasive species in several countries of Central and South America which can cause negative effects by putting at risk the health of humans because of its sharp chanting becoming auditory contamination, as well as for being carrier of parasites. In order to identify sources of introduction and mechanisms of dispersion of the species, the contribution of commercial garden centers in the city of Ibagué is reported and described in this article, with the arrival of E. johnstonei to the city and its subsequent dispersion in residential areas through the transportation of ornamental plants. Individuals of the species were observed in residential and commercial downtown areas in 2011, 2012 and 2013. During night visits to commercial garden centers in the city, the presence of the species was identified in nine of the 12 commercial garden centers visited, as well as the acoustic record was done in seven neighborhoods in the city. Semi-structured interviews with keepers helped identifying that the main area from where the plants come is the department of Cundinamarca, specifically from the municipalities of Fusagasugá and Mesitas del Colegio. The E. johnstonei was reported for the first time in the town of Chinauta, Fusagasugá (Cundinamarca). Given the biological implications and potential economic impacts of the invasion, it is necessary to propose mitigation strategies leading to control the presence of the species in wholesale commercial garden centers and those of Ibagué in order to prevent the dispersion to other areas of the city and the country.
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BEARD, K.H. & PITT, W.C., 2005.- Potential consequences of the coqui frog invasion in Hawaii. Divers Distrib, 11(5): 427-433. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00178.x.
BOMFORD, M., KRAUS, F., BARRY, S.C. & LAWRENCE, E., 2009.- Predicting establishment success for alien reptiles and amphibians: a role for climate matching. Biol Invasions, 11: 713-724. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9285-3.
ERNST, R., MASSEMIN, D. & KOWARIK, I., 2011.- Non-invasive invaders from the Caribbean: the status of Johnstone's Whistling frog (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei) ten years after its introduction to Western French Guiana. Biol Invasions, 13: 1767-1777. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9930-5.
FROST, D.R., 2016.- Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 (23 May 2016), Electronic Database - American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Disponible en: http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html.
GOLDBERG, S.R., BURSEY, C.R. & TAWIL, R., 1995.- Gastrointestinal helminths of Eleutherodactylus johnstonei (Leptodactylidae) from Bermuda. J Helminthol Soc Wash, 62 (1): 67-69.
GORZULA, S. & SEÑARIS, J.C., 1998.- Contribution to the herpetofauna of the Venezuela Guyana, I. A. Data base. Scientia Guaianae, (8): 1-269.
HEDGES, B., IBÉNÉ, B., KOENIG, S., LAMARCA, E., IBÁÑEZ, R. & HARDY, J., 2010.- Eleutherodactylus johnstonei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Disponible en: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/56684/0.
KAISER, H., 1992.- The trade-mediated introduction of Eleutherodactylus martinicensis (Anura: Leptodactylidae) on St Barthélémy, French Antilles, and its implications for Lesser Antillean Biogeography. J Herpetol, 26 (3): 264-273. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1564880.
KAISER, H., BARRIO-AMORÓS, C.L., TRUJILLO, J.D. & LYNCH, J.D., 2002.- Expansion of Eleutherodactylus johnstonei in northern South America: rapid dispersal through human interactions. Herpetol Rev, 33 (4): 290-294.
KAISER, H., 1997.- Origins and introductions of the Caribbean frog, Eleutherodactylus johnstonei (Leptodactylidae): management and conservation concerns. Biodivers Conserv, 6 (10): 1391-1407. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1018341814510.
KAISER, H. & HARDY, J.D., 1994.- Eleutherodactylus johnstonei. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles, 581: 1-5.
KRAUS, F., 2009.- Alien reptiles and amphibians - a scientific compendium and analysis. Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology (4). New York: Springer. p. 84-85. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8946-6.
KRAUS, F. & CAMPBELL, E.W., 2002.- Human-mediated Escalation of a Formerly Eradicable Problem: The Invasion of Caribbean Frogs in the Hawaiian Islands. Biol Invasions, 4 (3): 327-332. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1020909205908.
LEVER, C., 2003.- Naturalized reptiles and amphibians of the world. Oxford, U.K: Oxford University Press.
LLANO-MEJÍA, J., CORTÉS-GÓMEZ, Á.M., GÓMEZ-MARTÍNEZ, M.J., CERTUCHE-CUBILLOS, J.K., SÁNCHEZ, A., CORTÉS, M., GARZÓN, D., QUINTERO, D., OSORIO, L., TOLOSA, Y. & GUZMÁN, L., 2014.- Eleutherodactylus johnstonei en la ciudad de Ibagué: algunas anotaciones sobre su proceso de invasión. En: Memorias IV Congreso Colombiano de Zoología, X Congreso Latinoamericano de Herpetología, X Congreso de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos (SOLAMAC) y VII Encuentro Colombiano Sobre Abejas Silvestres. Cartagena de Indias, Colombia - Diciembre 1 al 5 de 2014.
MANICKCHAN, S.A., STARR, C.K., RAMJOHN, C., MAHABIR, S.V., MAHABIR, K. & MOHAMMED, R.S., 2011.- The Distribution of the Frog Eleutherodactylus johnstonei (Amphibia: Eleutherodactylidae) in Trinidad, West Indies. Living World, 46-49.
MELO, M.M., LYRA, M.L., BRISCHI, A.N., GERALDI, V.C. & HADDAD, C.F.B., 2014.- First record of the invasive frog Eleutherodactylus johnstonei (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Salamandra, 50(3):177-180.
MONTES, C.M. & BERNAL, M.H., 2012.- Geographic distribution: Eleutherodactylus johnstonei. Herpetol Rev, 43: 439.
MURPHY, J.C., 1997.- Amphibians and Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago. Florida: Krieger Publishing Company.
ORTEGA, J.E., JEREZ, A. & RAMÍREZ, M.P., 2001.- Geographic distribution: Eleutherodactylus johnstonei. Herpetol Rev, 32:269.
ORTEGA, J.E., SERRANO, V.H. & RAMÍREZ, M.P., 2005.- Reproduction of an introduced population of Eleutherodactylus johnstonei of Bucaramanga, Colombia. Copeia, 3: 642-648.
OVASKA K., 1991.- Reproductive phenology, population structure and habitat use of the frog Eleutherodactylus johnstonei in Barbados, West Indies. J Herpetol, 25 (4): 424-430. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1564764.
PITT, W.C., BEARD, K.H. & DORATT, R.E., 2012.- Management of Invasive Coqui Frog Populations in Hawaii. USDA National Wildlife Research Center - Staff Publications. Paper 1181. Disponible en: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm_usdanwrc/1181.
POUGH, F.M., STEWART, M.M. & THOMAS, R.G., 1977.- Physiological basis of habitat portioning in Jamaican Eleutherodactylus. Oecologia, 27 (4): 285-293. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00345561.
RÖDDER, D., 2009.- Human footprint, facilitated jump dispersal, and the potential distribution of the invasive Eleutherodactylus johnstonei Barbour, 1914 (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae). Trop Zool, 22: 205-217.
RUIZ-CARRANZA, P.M., ARDILA-ROBAYO, M.C. & LYNCH, A.D., 1996.- Lista actualizada de la fauna amphibia de Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 20 (77): 365-415.
SAVAGE, J.M., 2002.- The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 271-274.
SCHWARTZ, A. & HENDERSON, R.W., 1991.- Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Description, Distribution and Natural History. Florida: University of Florida Press. p. 72-75.
VALENCIA-ZULETA, A., JARAMILLO-MARTÍNEZ, A.F., ECHEVERRY-BOCANEGRA, A., VIÁFARA-VEGA, R., HERNÁNDEZ-CÓRDOBA, O., CARDONA-BOTERO, V.E., GUTIÉRREZ-ZÚÑIGA, J. & CASTRO-HERRERA, F., 2014.- Conservation status of the herpetofauna, protected areas, and current problems in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 8 (2): 1-18.
VAN BUURT, G., 2006.- Conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Applied Herpetol, 3 (4): 307-321. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157075406778905027.
WATKINS, W.A., BAYLOR, E.R. & BOWEN, A.T., 1970.- The call of Eleutherodactylus johnstonei, the whistling frog of Bermuda. Copeia, 3: 558-561.
