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Krysko
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) was reported as the East African White-throated
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. However, W. Böhme (personal communication) reidentified this photographic voucher as the Southern White-throated
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,
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, a varanid indigenous to a broad region of southern Africa as far north as extreme southern
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(
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). UF 152520 was correctly identified as the East African White-throated
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,
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(A. Koch personal communication), but it was inadvertently referred to as the “Black-throated
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” in Table 1 of
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Krysko
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. This image was uploaded to Morphobank (M
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), which represents the only known voucher of this taxon to date and increases the number to 138 of known introduced non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles in Florida from
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Krysko
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2011
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) was reported as the Pacific Mangrove
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(
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. However, W. Böhme and A. Koch (personal communication) reidentified this photographic voucher as the Blue-tailed
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,
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<emphasis id="E3F1205D0A61FFF129233CE15C5BB3C3" box="[628,821,920,943]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="67">Varanus doreanus</emphasis>
(
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, a morphologically similar species indigenous to large parts of New
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and neighboring islands, Aru Islands, and northernmost Queensland,
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(
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Böhme
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1994
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,
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;
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).
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<collectingCountry id="A992BCDF0A61FFF12B913C815F8AB463" box="[198,228,1016,1039]" name="American Samoa" pageId="1" pageNumber="67">As</collectingCountry>
for the two varanids (
<taxonomicName id="168587CC0A61FFF12A893C815C5CB463" box="[478,818,1016,1039]" class="Reptilia" family="Varanidae" genus="Varanus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="67" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="albigularis" subSpecies="albigularis">
<emphasis id="E3F1205D0A61FFF12A893C815C5CB463" box="[478,818,1016,1039]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="67">Varanus albigularis albigularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="168587CC0A61FFF1283B3C815C85B463" box="[876,1003,1016,1039]" class="Reptilia" family="Varanidae" genus="Varanus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="67" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="doreanus">
<emphasis id="E3F1205D0A61FFF1283B3C815C85B463" box="[876,1003,1016,1039]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="67">V. doreanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and one skink (
<taxonomicName id="168587CC0A61FFF12FFE3C815AFCB463" box="[1193,1426,1016,1039]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="67" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="perrotetii">
<emphasis id="E3F1205D0A61FFF12FFE3C815AFCB463" box="[1193,1426,1016,1039]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="67">Trachylepis perrotetii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) above, we were limited in our abilities to correctly identify morphologically similar species that we were unfamiliar with based on only a photograph. This is another reason why physical specimens as vouchers are always preferred over photographs, but we also must stress that it is difficult at times to persuade collectors to deposit their animals in a research collection instead of keeping them as pets.
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