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Distribution, abundance and habitat preference of an undescribed species of blind snake (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) on Ant Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia
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| Author | Buden, Donald W. Panuel, Jesse |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | Twenty-eight specimens of an undescribed species of blind snake (Ramphotyphlops sp.) have been recorded from Ant Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia since 1999; 25 were collected and preserved, two were captured and released, and another was observed but not collected. All are from Pasa Island and nearly all were found inside rotting coconut logs. None was observed during a search of 26.9 man-hours among the 11 other islands on the atoll during June and July 2009. Food resources (ants and termites) are abundant on all the islands. If the snake is proven to be confined to Pasa, we suggest that potential predators such as rats, cats and pigs, all of which are widely distributed among the islands, are main factors in limiting its distribution on the atoll. Pasa, along with Wolouna, a tiny isolated islet with little suitable habitat for blind snakes, are the only two islands on the atoll where rats (Rattus spp.) are unrecorded. The snake remains unknown outside of Ant Atoll, but possibly differentiated elsewhere and colonised Ant from an unknown source. |
| Starting Page | 8 |
| Ending Page | 14 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.thebhs.org/publications/the-herpetological-bulletin/issue-number-114-winter-2010/37-04-distribution-abundance-and-habitat-preference-of-an-undescribed-species-of-blind-snake-serpentes-typhlopidae-on-ant-atoll-federated-states-of-micronesia/file |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
