Mona Blind Snake
67°0'0"W
66°30'0"W
66°0'0"W
65°30'0"W
Mona Blind Snake Víbora de la Mona
18°30'0"N
A T L A N T I C
Puerto Rico GAP Analysis Project
O C E A N
18°30'0"N
Typhlops monensis
Cayos de la Cordillera
Culebra Island
18°0'0"N
18°0'0"N
Vieques Island
C A R I B B E A N 68°0'0"W
S E A
Caja de Muertos Scale: 1:900,000
67°52'0"W
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Lambert Conformal Conic Projection NAD 1983 18°8'0"N
18°8'0"N
Monito 67°30'0"W
Species Predicted Habitat: Predicted habitat model includes the following landcover types: The sinkholes on the Mona Island plateau. This species habitat includes less than 0.1% (106 ha) of the island, of which 100.0% occurs in protected areas (PRGAP status 1 and 2).
18°20'0"N
18°20'0"N
18°0'0"N
18°0'0"N
Mona
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Mona Blind Snake is an endemic species in Mona Island 2. Blind snakes (Typhlops spp.) usually move through yielding soil through paths of least resistance but do not create tunnels 3. They usually feed on pupae, eggs, larvae, and sometimes adults, of ants and termites 1.
Scientific Name: Typhlops monensis Common Name (ENG): Mona Blind Snake Common Name (SPA): Víbora de la Mona Species ID: ARADG02020 Taxonomic Class: Reptilia Taxonomic Order: Squamata Residency Status: Endemic Occurrence Status: Unknown NatureServe Global Rank: G1 Federal U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed PR Natural Heritage Status: Data Deficient (DD)
Species Predicted Habitat Map 67°0'0"W
1. Joglar, R.L. 2005. Reptiles, En: Biodiversidad de Puerto Rico - Vertebrados Terrestres y Ecosistemas. Ed. Rafael L. Joglar. San Juan: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp.241-278.
2. Schwartz, A. and W. R. Henderson 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History, Univ. Press Florida, Gainesville, FL. pp. 720
3. Thomas, R., and Gaa Kessler, A. 1996. Nonanoline reptiles. In: Reagan and R.B. Waide e ditors, The Food Web of a Tropical Rain Forest. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Map Date: November 7, 2006 66°30'0"W
Product developed by the U.S. Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, GIS Remote Sensing Laboratory, Puerto Rico GAP Analysis Project (PRGAP). GIS modeling and cartography by M.Jiménez, S. Martinuzzi, M. Solorzano and B. Fevold. For more information contact Team Leader, W. A. Gould; Jardín Botánico Sur, 1201 Calle Ceiba, San Juan, PR 00926. 787-766-5335; Email: [email protected]. 66°0'0"W
65°30'0"W
17°30'0"N
17°30'0"N
Species Accounts Summary:
Desecheo
Mona and Monito
66°30'0"W
66°0'0"W
65°30'0"W
Mona Blind Snake Víbora de la Mona
18°30'0"N
A T L A N T I C
Puerto Rico GAP Analysis Project
O C E A N
18°30'0"N
Typhlops monensis
Cayos de la Cordillera
Culebra Island
18°0'0"N
18°0'0"N
Vieques Island
C A R I B B E A N 68°0'0"W
S E A
Caja de Muertos Scale: 1:900,000
67°52'0"W
0
5
10
20
30
40
50 km
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection NAD 1983 18°8'0"N
18°8'0"N
Monito 67°30'0"W
Species Predicted Habitat: Predicted habitat model includes the following landcover types: The sinkholes on the Mona Island plateau. This species habitat includes less than 0.1% (106 ha) of the island, of which 100.0% occurs in protected areas (PRGAP status 1 and 2).
18°20'0"N
18°20'0"N
18°0'0"N
18°0'0"N
Mona
d
Mona Blind Snake is an endemic species in Mona Island 2. Blind snakes (Typhlops spp.) usually move through yielding soil through paths of least resistance but do not create tunnels 3. They usually feed on pupae, eggs, larvae, and sometimes adults, of ants and termites 1.
Scientific Name: Typhlops monensis Common Name (ENG): Mona Blind Snake Common Name (SPA): Víbora de la Mona Species ID: ARADG02020 Taxonomic Class: Reptilia Taxonomic Order: Squamata Residency Status: Endemic Occurrence Status: Unknown NatureServe Global Rank: G1 Federal U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed PR Natural Heritage Status: Data Deficient (DD)
Species Predicted Habitat Map 67°0'0"W
1. Joglar, R.L. 2005. Reptiles, En: Biodiversidad de Puerto Rico - Vertebrados Terrestres y Ecosistemas. Ed. Rafael L. Joglar. San Juan: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp.241-278.
2. Schwartz, A. and W. R. Henderson 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History, Univ. Press Florida, Gainesville, FL. pp. 720
3. Thomas, R., and Gaa Kessler, A. 1996. Nonanoline reptiles. In: Reagan and R.B. Waide e ditors, The Food Web of a Tropical Rain Forest. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Map Date: November 7, 2006 66°30'0"W
Product developed by the U.S. Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, GIS Remote Sensing Laboratory, Puerto Rico GAP Analysis Project (PRGAP). GIS modeling and cartography by M.Jiménez, S. Martinuzzi, M. Solorzano and B. Fevold. For more information contact Team Leader, W. A. Gould; Jardín Botánico Sur, 1201 Calle Ceiba, San Juan, PR 00926. 787-766-5335; Email: [email protected]. 66°0'0"W
65°30'0"W
17°30'0"N
17°30'0"N
Species Accounts Summary:
Desecheo
Mona and Monito
