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[[Image:USNWRsystemlogo.png|left]]'''Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge''', just north of [[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands]], preserves habitat for the largest remaining population of endangered St. Croix Ground Lizard (''Ameiva polops''). Much smaller populations of ground lizard live on nearby [[Protestant Cay]] ({{coord|17|44|59|N|64|42|10|W|}}) and on [[Ruth Island]]. Its extirpation from the mainland of St. Croix is generally attributed to the introduction of the small Indian mongoose (''[[Herpestes auropunctatus]]''). There are plans to reintroduce the lizard to [[Buck Island Reef National Monument]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nps.gov/buis/pphtml/newsdetail10914.html| title=National Park Service begins management of non-native invasive plants on Buck Island Reef National Monument | author=Zandy Hillis-Starr| accessdate=August 10, 2006}}</ref>
[[Image:USNWRsystemlogo.png|left]]'''Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge''', just north of [[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands]], preserves habitat for the largest remaining population of endangered [[Saint Croix ground lizard]] (''Ameiva polops''). Much smaller populations of ground lizard live on nearby [[Protestant Cay]] ({{coord|17|44|59|N|64|42|10|W|}}) and on [[Ruth Island]]. Its extirpation from the mainland of St. Croix is generally attributed to the introduction of the small Indian mongoose (''[[Herpestes auropunctatus]]''). In 2008, the National Park Service reintroduce the lizard to [[Buck Island Reef National Monument|Buck Island]], translocating 57 individuals from Green Cay.<ref name="Treglia">{{cite web| url=http://people.tamu.edu/~mlt35/Treglia%202010_Thesis.pdf| title=A Translocated Population of the St. Croix Ground Lizard| author=Michael Louis Treglia| accessdate=01-18-2011| }}</ref>


The 14-acre (0.06&nbsp;km²) Green Cay is midway between the town of [[Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands|Christiansted]] and Buck Island Reef National Monument (which provides law enforcement under an interagency agreement).
The 14-acre (0.06&nbsp;km²) Green Cay is midway between the town of [[Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands|Christiansted]] and Buck Island Reef National Monument (which provides law enforcement under an interagency agreement).

Revision as of 15:59, 18 January 2011

Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
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LocationVirgin Islands, USA
Nearest cityChristiansted, VI
Area14 acres (0.06 km²)
Established1977
Visitors0 (in 2006)
Governing bodyU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge, just north of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, preserves habitat for the largest remaining population of endangered Saint Croix ground lizard (Ameiva polops). Much smaller populations of ground lizard live on nearby Protestant Cay (17°44′59″N 64°42′10″W / 17.74972°N 64.70278°W / 17.74972; -64.70278) and on Ruth Island. Its extirpation from the mainland of St. Croix is generally attributed to the introduction of the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus). In 2008, the National Park Service reintroduce the lizard to Buck Island, translocating 57 individuals from Green Cay.[1]

The 14-acre (0.06 km²) Green Cay is midway between the town of Christiansted and Buck Island Reef National Monument (which provides law enforcement under an interagency agreement).

Green Cay NWR is administered as part of the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex.

There is a smaller "Green Cay" off the coast of St. Thomas (18°18′37″N 64°54′28″W / 18.31028°N 64.90778°W / 18.31028; -64.90778).

See also

References

  1. ^ Michael Louis Treglia. "A Translocated Population of the St. Croix Ground Lizard" (PDF). Retrieved 01-18-2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)


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