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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 ...
As of April 2009, the introduced population of house crows in Socotra Island, Yemen, has been eradicated to avoid negative ecological effects to endemic species of Socotra. [8] It is associated with human settlements throughout its range, from small villages to large cities.
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.
#4 Dragon Tree In Socotra, Yemen ... The fact that so many species are that tuned in to the moon and sunlight is really amazing to me. ... Eucalyptus trees are invasive to Southern California and ...
Socotra Island blind snake ... The Socotra Island blind snake (Myriopholis filiformis) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. [2] [3] [4] References
The Socotran pipistrelle or Lanza's pipistrelle (Hypsugo lanzai) is an endangered species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is endemic to Socotra Island in Yemen, and is the only mammal thought to be endemic to the island. [2] [3] [4]
Socotra, [a] also known as Saqatri, [b] is a Yemeni island in the Indian Ocean.Situated between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, it lies near major shipping routes.. Socotra is the largest of the six islands in the Socotra archipelago as it comprises around 95% of the landmass of the archipel
The Socotra worm snake (Xerotyphlops socotranus) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. [1] [2] It is found only on the island of Socotra in Yemen. [3]