See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228771286 Amphibians and reptiles of the French West Indies: Inventory, threats and conservation Article in Applied Herpetology · April 2007 DOI: 10.1163/157075407780681356 CITATIONS READS 23 140 4 authors, including: Michel Pascal Philippe Feldmann French National Institute for Ag… Cirad - La recherche agronomiq… 33 PUBLICATIONS 799 CITATIONS 62 PUBLICATIONS 1,083 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Available from: Philippe Feldmann Retrieved on: 17 November 2016 Amphibians and reptiles of the French West Indies: Inventory, threats and conservation Olivier Lorvelec1,4,5, Michel Pascal1, Claudie Pavis2,4, Philippe Feldmann3,4 1 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Station Commune de Recherches en Ichtyophysiologie, Biodiversité et Environnement, IFR 140, Équipe Gestion des Populations Invasives, Campus de Beaulieu, 35000 Rennes, France 2 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité de Recherche en Productions Végétales, Domaine Duclos, 97170 Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, FWI 3 Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Département Amélioration des Méthodes pour l’Innovation Scientifique, 34000 Montpellier, France 4 Association pour l’Etude et la Protection des Vertébrés et Végétaux des Petites Antilles, c/ Claudie Pavis, Hauteurs Lézarde, 97170 Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, FWI 5 Corresponding author; e-mail:
[email protected] Abstract. At least five marine turtles and 49 terrestrial or freshwater amphibians and reptiles have been listed from the French West Indies since the beginning of human settlement. Among terrestrial or freshwater species, two groups may be distinguished. The first group comprises 35 native species, of which seven are currently extinct or vanished.