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 Bermuda Rock Skink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is a relatively large skink (a kind of lizard): adults reach an average snout-to-vent length of about 8 cm (a bit more than 3 inches).
Adult Bermuda skinks (also known locally as "rock lizards") have dark brown or fl backs and are pinkish or light gray on the underside.
The species occurs only in Bermuda, and exists mainly on some of the smaller islands and one nature reserve on the mainland where the populations are fragmented into isolated pockets.
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 Bermuda - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Bermuda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bermuda is an internally self-governing island Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, situated in the Atlantic Ocean.
Bermuda is often referred to as a tax haven or corporate haven.
Bermuda was discovered in the early 1500s, probably in 1503, although the evidence for the exact year, and the identity of the discoverer, is sketchy.
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 eumeces   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The skink regrows an autotomized tail, which then usually has the same color as the rest of the body and typically is also shorter than the original tail.
Like other reptiles, these skinks are "cold-blooded" — they are ectothermic animals: their metabolism cannot regulate their body temperature.
Finally, there is Eumeces gaigeae, the "Variable Skink" in North America: researchers seem to be unclear about this skink, it is sometimes listed as a separate species, and sometimes as a subspecies of Eumeces multivirgatus, either as Eumeces multivirgatus gaigeae or as Eumeces multivirgatus epipleurotus.
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 Bermuda Rock Skink - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Bermuda Rock Skink   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is a relatively large skink (a kind of lizard): adults reach an average snout-to-vent length of about 8 cm (a bit more than 3 inches).
Adult Bermuda Rock Skinks (also known locally as "rock lizards") have dark brown or fl backs and are pinkish or light gray on the underside.
The Bermuda Rock Skink lives predominantly in rocky coastal areas.
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 Nature Conservation in Bermuda
Bermuda is situated in the western Atlantic Ocean (32°N, 64°W) approximately 917 km from the coast of North Carolina in the USA.
Bermuda is densely populated and only small areas of natural habitat survive, for example at Paget and Devonshire marsh, and the upland hills of Castle Harbour and Walsingham.
The Bermuda petrel Pterodroma cahow, and the Bermuda white-eyed vireo Vireo griseus bermudianus are endemic to Bermuda.
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 Bermuda: In Depth : Environment : The Fauna | Frommers.com
The best-known species is the Bermuda rock lizard (Eumeces longirostris), also known as a skink.
Another bird native to Bermuda is the gray-and-white petrel, known locally as a cahow, which burrows for most of the year in the sands of the isolated eastern islands.
The most prevalent marine animal in Bermuda is responsible for the formation of the island's greatest tourist attraction -- its kilometers of pale pink sand.
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 Bermuda's Fauna
Bermuda does not have alligators, badgers, buffalo, chipmunks, crocodiles, deer, ferrets, giraffes, hedgehogs, lions, moles, mongooses, moose, raccoons, skunks, snakes, squirrels, stoats, tigers, weasels or zebras.
It found its way to Bermuda from the Pacific in 2001 and was reported in a local newspaper on December 28, 2001 when one was caught off a local beach.
Only in all the islands of Bermuda, the islands of the Bahamas including Harbour Island and at least five places in Scotland is the sand pink, but not because of the warm water corals.
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 Bermuda's Environment
Resident population in Bermuda in 2003 was 64,500 in 20.75 square miles, compared to 52,300 in last 30 years, an increase of 19 percent.
The sewage problem arises because Bermuda is both physically isolated and one of the most densely populated countries in the world per square mile, yet with no sewage farms to treat sewage on land instead of at sea, as other countries do.
Bermuda's natural history and importance of proper waste management techniques to continue environmentally clean natural resources are now included as subjects taught in local schools.
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 Bermuda Nature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A native of China, seen throughout Bermuda as a hedging plant.
In old Bermuda the juice of the green fruit was used for ringworm and warts, now it is cooked as a vegetable.
Our Bermuda sand is made up of broken shells, pieces of coral and the calcium carbonate remains of other marine invertebrates.
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 Bermuda Rock Skink   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
NOTOC The Bermuda Rock Skink (Eumeces longirostris) is the only endemic (ecology) terrestrial vertebrate animal of the Bermudas.
It is a relatively large skink (a kind of lizard): adults reach an average snout-to-vent length of about 8 centimetre (a bit more than 3 inches).
The Bermuda Rock Skink has been listed on the IUCN Red List as Endangered species.
read-and-go.hopto.org /Bermuda/Bermuda-Rock-Skink.html   (183 words)

  
 Flora and Fauna | Bermuda, 2nd | Insiders' Guide®   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Bermuda petrel, or cahow, was the bird that the first settlers saw in such vast numbers.
Easter lilies grown in Bermuda are presented annually to Queen Elizabeth II of England on her birthday.
Deliberately brought to Bermuda in 1885 from what was then British Guiana, the toads were, and still are, useful consumers of cockroaches and other pests.
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 Bermuda Yellow Pages On-Line - Safeguard Your Environment
The Bermuda Skink, or Rock Lizard, which is found only in Bermuda, was once a common sight all over the island.
Young skinks are light brown with a broad fl stripe running up the side of their body.
Skinks also have claws rather than friction pads on their feet so they cannot climb slippery surfaces.
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The most pressing concern to the environmental well-being of Bermuda is the growing cruise ship industry's impact on the island.
Bermuda currently has a policy to restrict visiting cruise ship passengers to 6000 a day, but this policy is often violated and set to expire in 2000.
The concern to Bermuda is the threat to fish, marine life, reefs, and water quality from the dumping of waste products from these ships, as well as the leaching of antifouling paint from the boats' hulls.
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 Bermuda Yellow Pages Online
Helium-filled balloons released in Bermuda are almost certain to land in the ocean.
Skinks look very different from Bermuda’s other three lizards primarily as they have scales.
Skinks have lost much of their prime habitat to development.
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 Bermuda Rock Skink -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bermuda Rock Skink -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
While being more active during summer, the Bermuda Rock Skink does not (Click link for more info and facts about hibernate) hibernate because the warm climate allows it to be active year-round.
The Bermuda Rock Skink has been listed on the (Click link for more info and facts about IUCN Red List) IUCN Red List as (Click link for more info and facts about critically endangered) critically endangered.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/bermuda_rock_skink.htm   (228 words)

  
 Bermuda Rock Skink   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Adult Bermuda Rock Skinks have dark brown backs and are pinkish or light gray on the underside.
They feed on small invertebrates such as cricketss or beetles, but also on small terrestrial crustaceans.
While being more active during summer, the Bermuda Rock Skink does not hibernate—the warm climate allows it to be active year-round.
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 Eumeces Western Skink Western SkinkWestern Skink Western Skink Eumeces...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
(This is an instance of what is called autotomy autotomy: voluntarily shedding a body part in order to escape.) The skink regrows an autotomized tail, which then usually has the same color as the rest of the body and typically is also shorter than the original tail.
Like other reptile reptiles, these skinks are "cold-blooded" — they are ectotherm ectothermic animals: their metabolism metabolism cannot regulate their body temperature body temperature.
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 nativeendemic
There are many native species of terrestrial flora and fauna on the islands of Bermuda.
These species came to Bermuda by wind, water, or the aid of another organism (such as a bird carrying the seed of a plant).
Endemic species are those native species that have been shaped by their environment so much that they have evolved into a different species from their ancestors, those organisms that first came to the area.
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 coins-bermuda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The obverse features the Maklouf portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, surrounded by the inscriptions 'ELIZABETH II', 'BERMUDA' and the face value 'ONE DOLLAR'.
The reverse of the coin features a portrait of a Bermuda skink (rock lizard) sunning itself on a rock.
This is surrounded by the inscription 'WWF CONSERVING NATURE' and the year date '1997'.
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 The Coin Zoo - Coins picturing animals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bermuda issued this attractive 1997 sterling silver Proof dollar in order to raise money for the World Wildlife Fund and to raise awareness of conservation.
The coin pictures the native Bermuda Rock Skink, a type of lizard (sitting on a rock, of course).
The coin is 39mm in diameter and pictures Queen Elizabeth on the obverse.
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