Round Rock, British Virgin Islands

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Round Rock
Geography
Location Caribbean Sea
Coordinates 18°23′55″N64°27′26″W / 18.3985°N 64.4572°W / 18.3985; -64.4572
Archipelago Virgin Islands
Administration
United Kingdom
British Overseas Territory British Virgin Islands
Demographics
Population0
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Time zone
ISO code VG

Round Rock is an uninhabited island in the British Virgin Islands, to the south of Virgin Gorda, east of Ginger Island [1] and close to Fallen Jerusalem Island.

The island provides habitat for the crested anole (Anolis cristatellus wileyae), [2] the common Puerto Rican ameiva (Pholidoscelis exsul exsul), the Lesser Virgin Islands Skink (Spondylurus semitaeniatus), [3] and the big-scaled least gecko (Sphaerodactylus macrolepis). [4]

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References

  1. "Round Rock in the BVI". Bareboats BVI. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  2. Schwartz, Albert; Thomas, Richard; Ober, Lewis D. (1975). First supplement to a check-list of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. pp.  12-13. ISSN   0145-9031. OCLC   886468503.
  3. HEDGES, S. BLAIR; CONN, CAITLIN E. (30 April 2012). "A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae)". Zootaxa. 3288 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3288.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334.
  4. Maclean, William P.; Kellner, Richard; Dennis, Howard (1977). Island Lists of West indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Vol. 40. Washington, D.C.: Division of Reptiles and Amphibians, National Museum of Natural History. p.  34. OCLC   1039859853.