Puerto Rican Wetland Blind Snake
67°0'0"W
66°30'0"W
66°0'0"W
65°30'0"W
Puerto Rican Wetland Blind Snake Víbora de Pico
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 rostellatus
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
Caja de Muertos Scale: 1:900,000
67°52'0"W
0
5
18°8'0"N
18°8'0"N
50 km
Predicted habitat model includes the following landcover types: Mesic to wet vegetation. This species habitat includes 27.7% (247592 ha) of the island, of which 8.3% 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
17°30'0"N
40
Species Predicted Habitat:
Species Accounts Summary:
Desecheo
d
The Puerto Rican Wetland Blind Snake is apparently widely distributed in the northern part of the island1. It is the most commonly encountered Typhlops species within the forest at El Verde3. It inhabits coffe plantations, rocky hillsides, open pastures, forested and upland habitats, and can be found under fallen logs and rocks2,3. It feeds on Parvitermes, ants, minute beetle larvae3.
Scientific Name: Typhlops rostellatus Common Name (ENG): Puerto Rican Wetland Blind Snake Common Name (SPA): Víbora de Pico Species ID: ARADG02040 Taxonomic Class: Reptilia Taxonomic Order: Squamata Residency Status: Endemic Occurrence Status: Unknown NatureServe Global Rank: G3G4 Federal U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed PR Natural Heritage Status: Not Listed
67°0'0"W
30
67°30'0"W
Mona
Species Predicted Habitat Map
20
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection NAD 1983
Monito
Mona and Monito
10
1. Rivero, J.A. 1998. Los anfibios y reptiles de Puerto Rico/The Amphibians and Reptiles of Puerto Rico. Segunda ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. Editorial Universitaria, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 510 pp.
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 editors, 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
68°0'0"W
S E A
66°30'0"W
66°0'0"W
65°30'0"W
Puerto Rican Wetland Blind Snake Víbora de Pico
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 rostellatus
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
Caja de Muertos Scale: 1:900,000
67°52'0"W
0
5
18°8'0"N
18°8'0"N
50 km
Predicted habitat model includes the following landcover types: Mesic to wet vegetation. This species habitat includes 27.7% (247592 ha) of the island, of which 8.3% 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
17°30'0"N
40
Species Predicted Habitat:
Species Accounts Summary:
Desecheo
d
The Puerto Rican Wetland Blind Snake is apparently widely distributed in the northern part of the island1. It is the most commonly encountered Typhlops species within the forest at El Verde3. It inhabits coffe plantations, rocky hillsides, open pastures, forested and upland habitats, and can be found under fallen logs and rocks2,3. It feeds on Parvitermes, ants, minute beetle larvae3.
Scientific Name: Typhlops rostellatus Common Name (ENG): Puerto Rican Wetland Blind Snake Common Name (SPA): Víbora de Pico Species ID: ARADG02040 Taxonomic Class: Reptilia Taxonomic Order: Squamata Residency Status: Endemic Occurrence Status: Unknown NatureServe Global Rank: G3G4 Federal U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed PR Natural Heritage Status: Not Listed
67°0'0"W
30
67°30'0"W
Mona
Species Predicted Habitat Map
20
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection NAD 1983
Monito
Mona and Monito
10
1. Rivero, J.A. 1998. Los anfibios y reptiles de Puerto Rico/The Amphibians and Reptiles of Puerto Rico. Segunda ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. Editorial Universitaria, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 510 pp.
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 editors, 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
68°0'0"W
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