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Worm snakes (Typhlopidae) Species Common name(s) Notes Image Typhlops monastus: Montserrat worm snake: Regional endemic; found on both main islands and some of the offshore islands. Colubrids Species Common name(s) Notes Image Alsophis antiguae: Antiguan racer: Critically endangered. Endemic; found only on Great Bird Island off the coast of ...
By 1995, the species was found only on Great Bird Island, a small island 2.5 km off of the northeast coast of Antigua. [5] The island is extremely small at only 8.4 hectares. [ 5 ] The Antiguan racer prefers to live in shady woodlands with dense undergrowth, although it is also found on sandy beaches and rocky outcrops.
Barbour's map turtle (Graptemys barbouri) VU; Cagle's map turtle (Graptemys caglei) EN; Yellow-blotched map turtle (Graptemys flavimaculata) VU; Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) EN. Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis) EN, [2] species not recognized by SSAR [3] Ringed map turtle (Graptemys oculifera) VU
The San Francisco garter snake, a subspecies of the common garter snake, is found in scattered wetland areas on the San Francisco Peninsula from approximately the northern boundary of San Mateo County south along the eastern and western bases of the Santa Cruz Mountains, at least to the Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir, and along the Pacific coast south to Año Nuevo Point, and thence to ...
The California condor is a critically endangered species, with only 350 left “and a significant piece of that population lives in ground zero of where these fires have happened,” Corwin noted.
The wildlife of the Channel Islands of California is wide and diverse, including many endemic species. While the land wildlife is slightly limited, there being only one large, naturally predatory, and native mammal, the small island fox , marine life can include anything from kelp forests to great white sharks .
California's Wildlife Conservation Board voted last week to grant more than $10 million to protect a 27,000-acre cattle ranch on the the Central Coast.
The upland habitat provided nesting, shelter, and food for egrets, herons, and raptors that also used the wetlands. View of the reserve from offshore. In 1997, the state of California purchased 880 acres (3.6 km 2) of Hearthside Homes’ holdings. Restoration was completed in 2006 at a cost of $147 million which included opening an inlet to the ...