Puerto Rican Galliwasp
67°0'0"W
66°30'0"W
66°0'0"W
65°30'0"W
Puerto Rican Galliwasp Celestus
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
Diploglossus pleei
Cayos de la Cordillera
Culebra Island
18°0'0"N
18°0'0"N
Vieques Island
¹ Scale: 1:900,000
Caja de Muertos 68°0'0"W
C A R I B B E A N
67°52'0"W
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Lambert Conformal Conic Projection NAD 1983 18°8'0"N
Species Predicted Habitat: Predicted habitat model includes the following landcover types: Moist forest, woodland, shrubland and grasslands along forest edge between 50 m and 700 m of elevation. This species habitat includes 42% (375606 ha) of the island, of which 5.3% occurs in protected areas (PRGAP Status 1 and 2). 18°20'0"N
Species Accounts Summary:
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Mona 18°0'0"N
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The Puerto Rican Galliwasp is widely distributed across Puerto Rico but appears to be absent from the dry 3 2 southwest region , Rivero 1998). D. pleei inhabits deep forest but is also known to occur in teak ( Tectona grandis) plantations in Cambalache State Forest 1, coffee plantations and other mesic wooded situations such 3 2 as borders of pastures and sugarcane fields, limestone ridges and semi-dry haystack hills . It feeds on 4 millipedes, earwigs, beetles, slugs and other invertebrates .
Desecheo
Mona and Monito
Scientific Name: Diploglossus pleei Common Name (ENG): Puerto Rican Galliwasp Common Name (SPA): Celestus Species ID: ARACB03010 Taxonomic Class: Reptilia Taxonomic Order: Squamata Residency Status: Endemic Occurrence Status: Unknown NatureServe Global Rank: G3 Federal U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed PR Natural Heritage Status: Not Listed
Species Predicted Habitat Map 67°0'0"W
1. Joglar, R.L. 2005. Anfibios, En: Biodiversidad de Puerto Rico - Vertebrados Terrestres y Ecosistemas. Ed. Rafael L. Joglar. San Juan: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp.241-278. 2. Rivero, J. A. 1998. Los anfibios y reptiles de Puerto Rico/ The Amphibians and Reptiles of Puerto Rico. Segunda ed. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 510 pp. 3. Schwartz, A. and W. R. Henderson 1 991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History, Univ. Press Florida, Gainesville, FL. pp. 720 4. Thomas, R., and Gaa Kessler, A. 1996. Nonanoline reptiles. In: Reagan and R.B. Waide editors, The Food Web of a Tropical Rain Forest. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Photo courtesy of Iván Vicéns 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
18°0'0"N
18°8'0"N
Monito
66°30'0"W
66°0'0"W
65°30'0"W
Puerto Rican Galliwasp Celestus
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
Diploglossus pleei
Cayos de la Cordillera
Culebra Island
18°0'0"N
18°0'0"N
Vieques Island
¹ Scale: 1:900,000
Caja de Muertos 68°0'0"W
C A R I B B E A N
67°52'0"W
0
S E A
5
10
20
30
40
50 km
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection NAD 1983 18°8'0"N
Species Predicted Habitat: Predicted habitat model includes the following landcover types: Moist forest, woodland, shrubland and grasslands along forest edge between 50 m and 700 m of elevation. This species habitat includes 42% (375606 ha) of the island, of which 5.3% occurs in protected areas (PRGAP Status 1 and 2). 18°20'0"N
Species Accounts Summary:
18°20'0"N
¢
Mona 18°0'0"N
¢
67°30'0"W
d
The Puerto Rican Galliwasp is widely distributed across Puerto Rico but appears to be absent from the dry 3 2 southwest region , Rivero 1998). D. pleei inhabits deep forest but is also known to occur in teak ( Tectona grandis) plantations in Cambalache State Forest 1, coffee plantations and other mesic wooded situations such 3 2 as borders of pastures and sugarcane fields, limestone ridges and semi-dry haystack hills . It feeds on 4 millipedes, earwigs, beetles, slugs and other invertebrates .
Desecheo
Mona and Monito
Scientific Name: Diploglossus pleei Common Name (ENG): Puerto Rican Galliwasp Common Name (SPA): Celestus Species ID: ARACB03010 Taxonomic Class: Reptilia Taxonomic Order: Squamata Residency Status: Endemic Occurrence Status: Unknown NatureServe Global Rank: G3 Federal U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed PR Natural Heritage Status: Not Listed
Species Predicted Habitat Map 67°0'0"W
1. Joglar, R.L. 2005. Anfibios, En: Biodiversidad de Puerto Rico - Vertebrados Terrestres y Ecosistemas. Ed. Rafael L. Joglar. San Juan: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp.241-278. 2. Rivero, J. A. 1998. Los anfibios y reptiles de Puerto Rico/ The Amphibians and Reptiles of Puerto Rico. Segunda ed. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 510 pp. 3. Schwartz, A. and W. R. Henderson 1 991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History, Univ. Press Florida, Gainesville, FL. pp. 720 4. Thomas, R., and Gaa Kessler, A. 1996. Nonanoline reptiles. In: Reagan and R.B. Waide editors, The Food Web of a Tropical Rain Forest. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Photo courtesy of Iván Vicéns 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
18°0'0"N
18°8'0"N
Monito
