The Incomplete Guide To The Wildlife Of Saint Martin

Mark Yokoyama’s second edition is now out, and available for download for free. Or, if you want to go old school, hard copies are available for purchase on Amazon.

The 128 page guide covers both the native and introduced fauna of Saint Martin, with more than 500 photographs and considerable treatment of invertebrates as well as vertebrates.

Of course, the most important subject of the book are the anoles, two native and two introduced, each of which gets a page. Mark has published previously on the introduced anoles, A. sagrei and A. cristatellus. Both for the moment are restricted in range–to a resort complex and a cruise ship terminal, respectively. If they expand their ranges–and I’m betting they will–it will be interesting to see how they interact with the native A. gingivinus, as well as each other.

The image below on A. pogus will give you a feel for the book. Certainly a must-have if you’re going to St. Martin, and a nice-to-have even if you aren’t.

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Professor of Biology and Director of the Living Earth Collaborative at Washington University in Saint Louis. I've spent my entire professional career studying anoles and have discovered that the more I learn about anoles, the more I realize I don't know.

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