Presence
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| Presence status | |
| Natural distribution | |
| Distribution description | Native to the Indian subcontinent, but widely spread throughout the tropics (including West Indies) via humans. |
| Notes on presence status | St. Maarten population probably introduced via Florida (Powell et al., 2005). |
Publications
- Burg, M.P. van den, Hylkema, A. & Debrot, A.O. 2021. Establishment of two nonnative parthenogenetic reptiles on Saba, Dutch Caribbean: Gymnophthalmus underwoodi and Indotyphlops braminus. Caribbean Herpetology 79: 1-5. [link]
- Buurt, G. van, & Debrot, A.O. 2012. Exotic and invasive terrestrial and freshwater animal species in the Dutch Caribbean. 1-37. IMARES, Wageningen.
- Jesse, W.A.M., Madden, H., Molleman, J. & Wagensveld, T. van 2016. First recorded introduction for the Saba Anole (Anolis sabanus) and an overview of introduced amphibians and reptiles on St. Eustatius. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 23: 144-146.
- Powell, R. 2006. Conservation of the herpetofauna on the Dutch Windward Islands: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten. Applied Herpetology 3: 293-306.
- Powell, R., Henderson, R.W. & Parmerlee, J.S. Jr. 2005. The Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dutch Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten. 192 pp. STENAPA.
- Powell, R., Henderson, R.W., Parmerlee, J.S. jr. 2015. The Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dutch Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten. Second edition, revised and expanded Nature Guide Series, No. 004: 343. Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance, Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean..
- Wagensveld, T. van, Kluskens, B. 2017. Guide to the monitoring of reptiles and amphibians of St. Eustatius. 40. Stichting RAVON. [link]
- Yokoyama, M. 2010. The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of Saint Martin. 129 pp. sxm wildlife.
- Yokoyama, M. 2013. The Incomplete guide to the wildlife of Saint Martin. Revised and expanded second edition. 131. sxm wildlife.