Invasive Snakes Impacting on Biodiversity (IMAGE)

University of Adelaide

Invasive Snakes Impacting on Biodiversity

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Lead author Pablo García-Díaz handles an invasive wolf snake (Lycodon capucinus) in the rainforest of Christmas Island. Predation by invasive wolf snakes is believed to be one of the factors of the decline of native species of reptiles in Christmas Island.

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Pablo García-Díaz

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