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Status of West Indian racers in the Lesser Antilles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2009

Richard A. Sajdak  and
Robert W. Henderson
Richard A. Sajdak
Affiliation:
Milwaukee County Zoo, 10001 W. Bluemound Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
Robert W. Henderson
Affiliation:
Vertebrate Division, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. Wells St, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA.
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Abstract

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The Lesser Antilles are home to four species of snakes of the genus Alsophis, otherwise known as racers. All four have undergone severe range reductions; at least two subspecies are extinct and another, A. antiguae, now occupies only 0.1 per cent of its historical range. The authors investigated the current distribution of the snakes by field surveys and interviews with the people of the islands.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 33 - 38
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1991

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