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The United Nations Environment Programme named unplanned urbanisation and tourism development, overgrazing, resource exploitation, invasive species, and climate change as threats to Socotra's biodiversity. Socotra has become economically isolated from mainland Yemen since 2014 by the Yemen civil war. As a result the price of cooking gas and ...
Topographic map of Iceland. The wildlife of Iceland is the wild plant and animal life found on the island of Iceland, located in the north Atlantic Ocean just south of the Arctic Circle. The flora, fauna, and funga is limited by the geography and climate of the island. The habitats on the island include high mountains, lava fields, tundras ...
Socotra Island blind snake An illustration of Myriopholis filiformis , and the other Socotran reptiles Parachalcides socotranus and Myriopholis macrura . 2 is M. filiformis , 2a and ab views of its head.
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The only native land mammal on Iceland is the Arctic fox. [1] Walruses were native to Iceland, but disappeared after human settlement, likely as a result of hunting, climate change and/or volcanism. [2] Polar bears have been known to occasionally visit the island, mostly drifting there from Greenland. However, sightings of polar bears are rare ...
There are twenty-eight mammal species in Iceland, of which four are endangered and four are vulnerable. The only native land mammal, not including vagrant species, is the Arctic fox. [1] This list is derived from the IUCN Red List which lists species of mammals and includes those mammals that have recently been classified as extinct (since 1500 ...
The Socotra rock gecko (Pristurus sokotranus) is a species of lizard in the Sphaerodactylidae family found on Socotra Island. [2] References
The Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) is a threatened species of cormorant that is endemic to the Persian Gulf and the south-east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. [2] It is also sometimes known as the Socotran cormorant or, more rarely, as the Socotra shag. Individuals occasionally migrate as far west as the Red Sea coast.