Bonaire Talk: Bonaire's Only Snake Species

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Bonaire Nature & Nature Organizations: Bonaire's Only Snake Species - the Silver Snake Bonaire Talk: Bonaire Nature & Nature Organizations: Insects and Arachnids of Bonaire: Bonaire's Only Snake Species - the Silver Snake

By Jake Richter - NetTech/Bonaire Insider (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6364) on Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 12:41 pm:

Okay, while this is not an insect or arachnid (maybe a Moderator can add "reptiles and amphibians" to the topic header for this sections?), after 11 years on Bonaire, we finally saw last night, for the first time, our very first Bonaire Silver Snake:

Full details are here:

http://www.thetravelingrichters.com/2008/07/31/bonaires-only-snake-species-leptotyphlops-albifrons

Jake

(Message edited by jake on July 31, 2008)

By Jan Klos - ( Hamlet Bonaire ) (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #704) on Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 2:35 pm:

Wow, what an exciting find!! Now I know what to look for. So what I though was a millipede ( and squished it) could have been a Silver Snake. next time I will be more carefull

By Tribs, at home. (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6540) on Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 2:50 pm:

Excellent! Thanks for posting this!

By Seb (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3441) on Sunday, August 3, 2008 - 11:40 am:

Smaller, smaller, smallest
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14453-worlds-smallest-snake-discovered.html

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