Table 1 in Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803): distribution and oldest record of collection dates in Oceania, with report of a newly established population in French Polynesia (Tahiti Island, Society Archipelago)

Table 1. Earliest known arrival dates of the snake Indotyphlops braminus on the Oceanian islands and archipelagos according to publications or collection vouchers.
CountryEarliest dateReferenceMariana Islands1819A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron 1844Mariana Islands, Guam1819A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron 1844New Guinea1912Barbour 1912Hawai'i1930Slevin 1930Carolines (Pohnpei)1936Buden 2000Mariana Islands, Tinian1945Cagle 1946Mariana Islands, Saipan1945Cagle 1946Marshall Islands1954Knight 1984Palau (Belau)1955Crombie & Pregill 1999Solomon Isl.1961McDowell 1974Vanuatu1971Medway & Marshall 1975Bonin Island1971Shigei 1971New Caledonia1974Ineich & Bauer 1992Fiji1983Clunie 1983Mariana Islands, Rota1987Wiles et al. 1990Loyalty Islands1991Shea & Wallach 2000American Samoa1992CAS 195919Midway Atoll1998Wallach 2008Nauru2007Buden 2008Kiribati (Gilbert Isl.)2007Craven & Shea 2010Western Samoa2009Bonin & Shea 2009Tahiti Island, French Polynesia2014This paper