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Selected Sites and Priority Species referred to at l! above^are: 
* The Syndicate area, home to the two endemic , 
iper ialis ( "Sisserou" ) irld^tT^ 
red necked ("Jacko") Amazona Ar au ^ ' Ba**d on field 
done , between 1982-87 (Evans 1988) estimated that ? 
as P aboat°60 f Sis theSe endan ^ ercd species reached levels as low 
us about 6u bxsserous and 200 Jackos. However - h” i qqn w ^ K 
tn«mpl e te? > ' ed • i9 " 8 ° f reCOVery; but that analysis ia still 
?es^vr n to iS li U f n t de M Pre K 3SUr6 £rom ora,,9e bordering the 
eserve to lift the ban on the killing of the Jarkn* 4? 
par.icuiai , as these birds have developed a taste for oranges * 
The Government does not have the necessary dat a t D tR 
informed position on the matte* «nrf «<■ «-, { 1 , take an 
wishes of the fanners " d 30 ” ay have to b ow bo the 
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Several internationally led efforts ’mue , j 
K' thf ShTo’tr 1 inq iS " eeded ^ngthen and 
protection. ai P“ bllc *«n ess campaign for their 
?ora “a? ln th * CoW soufriere area, 
fact that thi lot?, V S* e ^ 0il Prefers warmer areas, so the 
7e! ta. ; , cavaiage harem) of snakes is located in a cold 
h™ hl£! lnt rrgued local environmentalists, but no research 
has been carried out on this phenomenon so far. 
There is speculation also that the Boa rAnnfrGh,^ . _ . . 
9t be * Candldate for the endangered species list. 
The Crapaud ("Mountain Chicken") a •. . 
along the West Coast at low tomidilwaS-^, 1 *”, tound 
it r re^i al end f m )= reduced in numbers on all the island/whe^e 
" h i U C ted *« Protein. A ccmblnatfon of 
)ve, harvesting and habitat modification is quite Hkeiv 
responsible for the decline in both species. 1 ' ~ Ueiy 
3oeri ta Lkes d of the Fresh Water and the 
irarsi *ss 
Lakes Region. Gorge, the Trafalgar Falls, and the 
*.L. an southeast coast of Dominie* ‘ »_j 
C f t * th ^ a,ainlaod opposite tho islet. L‘ iLt « one of fh t 
iologically fichest areas of Dominica - 4 c hrtm <- 
marine birds land , mn , a 1S home to many 
■ n l- Yw’a ~ , crabs, snakes and snails. The ruaned 
_'.nLand coast opposite T • Hi at- t, , , lilK ^uggea 
’s iarnPof'L,f ■, • L “ et bods what seems to be 
largest bat population. 
