An Interesting Reptile Dispersal Event from Continental South America to Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

Authors

  • Stevland P. Charles Department of Biology, Howard University, 415 College Street, N.W. Washington DC, 20059.

Abstract

During the period 19 to 21 August, 2010, a very large quantity of water hyacinths (Eichhornia sp.) appeared and washed ashore in Mayaro Bay in south-east Trinidad. Mats of the hyacinths dotted the beach for about three kilometres. Many of these mats were approximately 6 m² to 15 m². Three species of reptiles were found in association with these mats of vegetation on the beach - Green Anaconda, Eunectes murinus, Spectacled Caiman, Caiman crocodilus and Water Mapipire, Helicops angulatus.

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Published

2013-12-31

Issue

Living World 2013

Section

Nature Notes