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Guam |
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Guam Governor's Office at Adelup: The Adelup area is a small point jutting into the Philippine Sea that once held a naval officers' club. It was returned to the Government of Guam in the 1980s, and was claimed by the Governor of Guam as an office. He had it landscaped with locally popular fruit trees and flowering shrubs: Hibiscus, Areca palm, Mango (Mangifera) and Morinda citrifolia are among the plantings to be seen here. September, 1990. 143 degr. E. Long; 14 degr. N. Lat. |
| 1294034 |
brown tree snake |
Boiga irregularis |
The "cat eyes" appearance is a distinguishing characteristic. |
| 1294033 |
brown tree snake |
Boiga irregularis |
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| 1294032 |
brown tree snake |
Boiga irregularis |
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coasts and oceans |
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This point, about 175 ft. above the beach, overlooks limestone forest and near-shore reef. The main tourist/hotel district of Guam (Tumon) is nearly out of sight beyond the top of the cliff. Chamorro legend says that two lovers, forbidden to marry, braided their hair together and leaped to their deaths from the cliff, hence the name "Two Lovers' Point." 1995; 143 degr. E Long; 14 degr. N. Lat. |
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brown tree snake |
Boiga irregularis |
The Island of Guam had no snakes of any kind until this species was introduced, probably during the American invasion of Guam in 1944. War material (tanks, trucks, howitzers etc.) were moved to Guam from the New Guinea and Solomon Islands campaigns, and it is likely that some snakes were aboard the equipment. They now number in the millions on Guam, and have been responsible for the extirpation of ten native bird species. This captive snake is about 8 feet long. Brown tree snakes are rear-fang poisonous, and not dangerous to humans larger than baby size. Ca. 1987. |
