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dc.contributor.authorBuckner, Sandra D.
dc.contributor.authorKnapp, Charles R.
dc.contributor.authorCant, Shelley V.
dc.contributor.authorIverson, John B.
dc.contributor.editorHorrocks, Julia
dc.contributor.editorWilson, Byron
dc.contributor.editorHailey, Adrian
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-10T00:30:42Z
dc.date.available2021-02-10T00:30:42Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.isbn978-90-04-19408-3 978-90-04-19409-0
dc.identifier.doi10.1163/ej.9789004194083.i-439.21
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12634/859
dc.description.abstract...The native herpetofauna of The Bahamas is derived primarily from Cuba and Hispaniola, and numbers 46 species comprised of three frogs (including one endemic),25 lizards (13 endemic), 11 snakes (7 endemic), two freshwater turtles, and five sea turtles. Of thenative terrestrial species, 85% are either not assessed or data deficient to affirm IUCN listing, thusstressing the need for more research in The Bahamas. Currently, there are few legislative laws directly protecting the herpetofauna of The Bahamas although all three rock iguanas (Cyclura) are technically given full protection under the Wild Animals (Protection) Act of 1968.....
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dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBrill
dc.relation.urlhttps://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004194090/Bej.9789004194083.i-439_005.xml
dc.rights2011 Brill
dc.subjectCARIBBEAN ISLANDS
dc.subjectCUBA
dc.subjectFROGS
dc.subjectLIZARDS
dc.subjectSNAKES
dc.subjectTURTLES
dc.subjectMARINE TURTLES
dc.subjectIUCN
dc.subjectRESEARCH
dc.subjectIGUANAS
dc.subjectCONSERVATION
dc.subjectREGULATIONS
dc.titleConservation Of amphibians And reptiles In The Bahamas
dc.typeBook Chapter
dc.source.booktitleConservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas Volume 2: Regional Accounts of the West Indies
dc.source.beginpage53
dc.source.endpage88
html.description.abstract...The native herpetofauna of The Bahamas is derived primarily from Cuba and Hispaniola, and numbers 46 species comprised of three frogs (including one endemic),25 lizards (13 endemic), 11 snakes (7 endemic), two freshwater turtles, and five sea turtles. Of thenative terrestrial species, 85% are either not assessed or data deficient to affirm IUCN listing, thusstressing the need for more research in The Bahamas. Currently, there are few legislative laws directly protecting the herpetofauna of The Bahamas although all three rock iguanas (Cyclura) are technically given full protection under the Wild Animals (Protection) Act of 1968.....


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