Over-water dispersal of lizards due to hurricanes

Ellen J. Censky (), Karim Hodge and Judy Dudley
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Ellen J. Censky: Section of Amphibians and Reptiles, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Karim Hodge: Anguilla National Trust
Judy Dudley: National Council of the Paper Industry for Air and Stream Improvement, West Coast Aquatic Biology Research Laboratory

Nature, 1998, vol. 395, issue 6702, 556-556

Abstract: Abstract The possibility and probability of over-water dispersal as a mechanism to explain the distribution of terrestrial animal species in the Caribbean has been hotly debated since the early part of this century1,2. Each theory that has been proposed — including land bridges and over-water dispersal — has involved over-water dispersal to some extent in the distribution of animals. Yet many people remain sceptical of over-water dispersal, believing that the use of rafts is improbable, unobservable and consequently untenable. Here we present evidence to support over-water dispersal as the mechanism by which green iguanas colonized Anguilla.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1038/26886

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