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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 ...
The Antiguan racer originally inhabited Antigua and Barbuda and probably all of the islands on the Antigua Bank. 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]
Santa Catarina's guinea pig, native to a single island in Brazil, is down to its last 40–60 individuals, reduced by hunting and habitat disturbance. The great Indian bustard is threatened by habitat loss resulting from agriculture and human development, and is down to the last 50–249 individuals. [ 6 ]
A new snake species, the northern green anaconda, sits on a riverbank in the Amazon's Orinoco basin. “The size of these magnificent creatures was incredible," Fry said in a news release earlier ...
Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered. Family: Trichechidae. Genus: Trichechus. West Indian manatee, T. manatus VU extirpated
Family Chelydridae (snapping turtles). Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) VU; Family Kinosternidae (mud turtles and musk turtles). Flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus depressus) CR
Garter snakes live in a variety of habitats, including forests, woodlands, fields, grasslands and lawns, but never far from water, often an adjacent wetland, stream or pond. This reflects the fact that amphibians are a large part of their diet. Garter snakes are often found near small ponds with tall weeds.
Eastern Coral Snake: These are found in a wide variety of habitats including wooded areas, fields and pond margins. They have red, yellow and black rings encircling their bodies. They have red ...