Successful reintroduction of the Critically Endangered Antiguan racer Alsophis antiguae to offshore islands in Antigua, West Indies

• Published in: International Zoo Yearbook
• Main Authors: Daltry, J. C., Lindsay, K., Lawrence, S. N., Morton, M. N., Otto, A., Thibou, A.
• Other Authors: Mohammed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, Organization of American States, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Bird Island; York Island; Rattus rattus; Green Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/izy.12153; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fizy.12153; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/izy.12153

The Critically Endangered Antiguan racer Alsophis antiguae is endemic to Antigua and Barbuda (441 km 2 area) but declined following the arrival of invasive mammals. By 1995, only an estimated 51 Antiguan racers survived on an offshore islet (Great Bird Island: 8·4 ha), many of which had injuries con...