Five years of conserving the`world's rarest snake', the Antiguan racer Alsophis antiguae

• Main Authors: Jenny C Daltry, Quentin Bloxam, Gillian Cooper, Mark L Day, John Hartley, Mcronnie Henry, Kevel Lindsay, Brian E Smith
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Bird Island
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1078.4194; http://www.eco-index.org/search/pdfs/1418report_9.pdf

Abstract The Critically Endangered Antiguan racer Alsophis antiguae is con®ned to Great Bird Island, a 9.9-ha (24.5-acre) islet off the north-east coast of Antigua in the Lesser Antilles. This island represents well under 0.1 per cent of the species's historical distribution range. During the p...