Bermuda Skink Project

This study has been assessing the distribution, abundance and status of the Bermuda skinks. [...] Skinks were present at 12 sites (31.6%) of those surveyed and 95.6% were found in the east of the Island within Castle Harbour, confirming that in the event of a hurricane the population is extremely vulnerable. [...] The tags are not only useful for short term on the mark-capture-recapture aspect of the study but will be beneficial for the long term by providing an insight into the population dynamics such as growth and survival rates for the first time with this species. [...] 2017) and for the first time we observed 2% of individuals had bifurcated tails that were captured on island populations most likely the result of increased predation (Turner et al. [...] The data collected from this study will be vital to be able to assess the current size and status of the population that will be used to inform conservation management and used in the implementation of future monitoring programmes.