@article{savit_maley_heinz_henderson_powel_2005, title={Distribution and activity periods of Alsophis rufiventris (Colubridae) on The Quill, St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles}, volume={26}, ISSN={["1568-5381"]}, DOI={10.1163/156853805774408621}, abstractNote={Despite being the most geographically widespread colubrid snake genus in the West Indies (the Bahama Islands to and including Dominica), we know surprisingly little about the ecology of most species of Alsophis (the exception being A. antiguae; Daltry et al., 2001).Twelve named species are known from the West Indies (Powell et al., 1996), and five occur in the Lesser Antilles.These five species have historical ranges on 16 islands, although Sajdak and Henderson (1991) noted that these ranges have been reduced to only nine small islands.An almost perfect correlation exists between the presence of the introduced mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) and the absence of Alsophis species on islands in their historical ranges (Sajdak and Henderson, 1991).Some information on diet (Henderson and Sajdak, 1996) and habitat (Schwartz and Henderson, 1991) is available for A. rufiventris.Alsophis rufiventris had a range that at one time included both the Saba and St. Christopher (St.Kitts) banks.Barbour (1930) first noted that A. rufiventris was absent from St. Kitts and Nevis, reducing its range to 10.9% of the original area (Sajdak and Henderson, 1991).The two islands where the species persists, Saba and}, number={3}, journal={AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA}, author={Savit, AZ and Maley, AJ and Heinz, HM and Henderson, RW and Powel, R}, year={2005}, month={Sep}, pages={418–421} } @article{diaz_heinz_parmerlee_powell_2005, title={Population densities and structural habitats of Anolis lizards on St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles}, volume={41}, number={2}, journal={Caribbean Journal of Science}, author={Diaz, P. M. and Heinz, H. and Parmerlee, J. S. and Powell, R.}, year={2005}, pages={296–306} }