ecologie des tricots rayes de nouvelle-caledonie jury - Cebc - CNRS

Chapitre 1, Article I
FIG. 1 - Study area: the South-West lagoon of New Caledonia. Black areas indicate emergent
land (mainland and islands); grey areas represent coral reef flats. The barrier reef and other
fringing reefs are represented by the light grey areas.
2.2 Captures and measurements
As the snakes are mostly visible when they cross the shore, moving between the
sea and the land, the whole perimeter of each islet was surveyed, both during the
day and at night. The inland was also regularly surveyed. Most of the snakes were
captured by hand and kept in cotton bags until processed. They were released after
completion of the measurements 1h to 24h after capture. For each individual, the
species, the sex, and the age class were recorded. We measured the size, snout vent
length (SVL, ±1cm) by gently stretching the snake over a flexible ruler; the body
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