Presence
| Recorded on | |
| Presence status | |
| Endemic to | Lesser Antilles |
| Distribution description | Once occurred on Saba and the entire St. Kitts Bank, but is now extirpated from St. Kitts and Nevis. |
| Notes on presence status | One or few individuals introduced on St. Maarten, but no population established (Powell, 2006). |
Publications
- Bos, O.G., Bakker, P.A.J., Henkens, R., Debrot, A.O. & Freitas, J. de 2018. Preliminary checklist of extant endemic species and subspecies of the windward Saba and the Saba Bank. 65. Wageningen Marine Research Report no. C067.18.
- Brongersma, L.D. 1959. Some snakes from the lesser Antilles. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 9: 50-60.
- 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..
- Rojer, A. 1997. Biological Inventory of Saba. 87 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
- Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of Sint Eustatius. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
- Wagensveld, T. van, Kluskens, B. 2017. Guide to the monitoring of reptiles and amphibians of St. Eustatius. 40. Stichting RAVON. [link]