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Innovative assembly strategy contributes to understanding the evolution and conservation genetics of the endangered Solenodon paradoxus from the island of Hispaniola
(2018)
Solenodons are insectivores that live in Hispaniola and Cuba. They form an isolated branch in the tree of placental mammals that are highly divergent from other eulipothyplan insectivores The history, unique biology, and ...
Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana) in the Dominican Republic
(2012)
This species was unknown from the Dominican Republic until the early 1990s when Green Iguanas began to be sold as pets. From 10 February through 9 March 2012, we conducted a series of interviews in local communities ...
Catálogo de ballenas jorobadas de la bahía de Samaná : temporada 2013
(2013)
El Centro para la Conservación y Ecodesarrollo de la Bahía de Samaná (CEBSE, Inc.) y la Asociación de Dueños de Barcos de la Bahía de Samaná (ASDUBAHISA) han unido esfuerzos para elaborar el Catálogo de ballenas jorobadas ...
Assessing the efficacy of direct conservation interventions : clutch protection of the leatherback marine turtle in the Dominican Republic
(2015)
The beaches of Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic are the country's last known major nesting site for the leatherback marine turtle Dermochelys coriacea. This nesting aggregation is threatened by widespread ...
Contextualising the last survivors : population structure of marine turtles in the Dominican Republic
(2013)
Nesting by three species of marine turtles persists in the Dominican Republic, despite historic threats and long-term population decline. We conducted a genetic survey of marine turtles in the Dominican Republic in order ...
New records of assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) for the Dominican Republic
(2023)
[English] The Hispaniolan fauna of Reduviidae is only partially known, as it has never been the subject of a comprehensive taxonomic or faunistic inventory. These species belong to Neotropical genera that have Caribbean, ...
Observations of unusual behavior in two invasive carnivores in the Dominican Republic: arboreal foraging in the Small Indian Mongoose (Urva auropunctata) and semi-aquatic hunting in the Domestic Cat (Felis catus)
(2023)
[English] We report unusual foraging events in two of the most invasive terrestrial predators in the world that are well established in the Caribbean islands: the Small Indian Mongoose (Urva auropunctata), locally known ...
A new species of Proctolaelaps Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Melicharidae) from the Dominican Republic
(2023)
A new species, Proctolaelaps elcotoy Gómez-Moya & Martin, n. sp., is described from the Dominican Republic (in the Hispaniola Island), based on adult females and males collected from adults of Conotelus sp. (Coleoptera: ...
Conservation of Cyclura ricordii in the southwestern Dominican Republic and a brief history of the Grupo Jaragua
(2005)
After the IUCN SSC Iguana Specialist Group drafted a species recovery plan for Ricord’s Iguana (Cyclura ricordii) during a workshop in Santo Domingo on 17–18 November 2002, Grupo Jaragua began systematically searching for ...
Preliminary report on the distribution and status of Cyclura ricordii along the southern shore of Lago Enriquillo
(2007)
Ricord’s Iguana (Cyclura ricordii) is endemic to Hispaniola, where it is one of two species of Rock Iguanas on the island. Ricord’s Iguana is critically endangered according to the current IUCN Red List. The population is ...