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See More See Less. Comment on Facebook. Since the Virgin Islands Source — the only online newspaper of general circulation in the U. Virgin Islands — has been providing the community with reliable, accurate and balanced local journalism.
Sign in Join. Home St. Croix Source St. Thomas Business St. Croix Business St. Sign in. Log into your account. Privacy Policy. Sign up. Password recovery. Thomas Source Independent and Trusted since Forgot your password? Get help. Create an account. Tuesday, October 26, Contact Us. In practice, the two island groups are almost universally referred to as the British Virgin Islands and the U. Virgin Islands. No real exotic wildlife just the standard tropical birds and reptiles of the Caribbean like the iguana.
The mongoose species that is found in the Virgin Islands is known as Herpestes Auropunctatus or the small Indian mongoose. Shark attacks are extremely rare in the Virgin Islands.
Prevention: Avoid waters being fished or where fish are being cleaned. Do not swim at night or at dusk and dawn. There are no crocodilians native to the Virgin Islands, and it is illegal to keep them as pets without special permission from DPNR or the V.
Agriculture Department, Angeli said. One of the popular questions that is outside the trip planning box is whether there are any creepy crawly things. Virgin Islands.
Croix only has the Blind Snake and another non-native blind snake the Rhamnotyphlops. Are you a little bugged out by the knowledge that some things slither in the USVI? Rest assured all the snakes mentioned are harmless. Left alone they will quietly slink away. Except the corn snake, all are protected under the Virgin Islands Code. Each of these species has a critical role in the VI ecosystem, and should be respected and admired for their amazing abilities to capture their often larger-than-themselves prey; lizards, frogs, and even the invasive giant cuban treefrog!
This article used to continue with saying that hopefully you feel better now, we have snakes, but they are elusive. That is still true for St. Thomas, St. John, and Water Island, but is not quite the case on St. Croix any longer, so we followed up with Dr. Platenberg for more information and she reported:. The Red-tailed Boa Boa constrictor is a popular pet, being easy to maintain in captivity. But individuals can get big: males up to six feet or so, and females can reach 8 to10 feet.
Animals this size can outgrow their space, and sometimes well-meaning people let them go in suitable habitat. This has become a major environmental threat in the Everglades where giant boas and pythons have become established and are breeding and eating up native wildlife.
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