Ruth Island (also known as Ruth Cay) is an artificial island off the southern coast of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands near . It was created in the mid-1960s from the dredging of Krauses Lagune and is about 40 acres (16 ha). Because the island is free of small Indian mongooses (Urva auropunctata) biologists introduced the endangered Saint Croix ground lizard (Pholidoscelis polops) from the Protestant Cay population. Today there are about 30 ground lizards on Ruth Island.
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| - Isla Ruth (en inglés: Ruth Island; también conocida como Ruth Cay) es una isla artificial frente a la costa sur de Saint Croix, Islas Vírgenes de EE.UU., cerca de Port Alucroix. Fue creada a mediados de 1960 a partir de lo dragado de la Laguna Krauses es de aproximadamente 40 acres (0,16 km ²). Los biólogos introdujeron el lagarto de tierra de San Croix (Ameiva polops) en peligro de extinción, de la población existente en protestant Cay. Hoy en día hay alrededor de 30 lagartijas de tierra en la isla Ruth. (es)
- Ruth Island (also known as Ruth Cay) is an artificial island off the southern coast of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands near . It was created in the mid-1960s from the dredging of Krauses Lagune and is about 40 acres (16 ha). Because the island is free of small Indian mongooses (Urva auropunctata) biologists introduced the endangered Saint Croix ground lizard (Pholidoscelis polops) from the Protestant Cay population. Today there are about 30 ground lizards on Ruth Island. (en)
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| - Isla Ruth (en inglés: Ruth Island; también conocida como Ruth Cay) es una isla artificial frente a la costa sur de Saint Croix, Islas Vírgenes de EE.UU., cerca de Port Alucroix. Fue creada a mediados de 1960 a partir de lo dragado de la Laguna Krauses es de aproximadamente 40 acres (0,16 km ²). Los biólogos introdujeron el lagarto de tierra de San Croix (Ameiva polops) en peligro de extinción, de la población existente en protestant Cay. Hoy en día hay alrededor de 30 lagartijas de tierra en la isla Ruth. (es)
- Ruth Island (also known as Ruth Cay) is an artificial island off the southern coast of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands near . It was created in the mid-1960s from the dredging of Krauses Lagune and is about 40 acres (16 ha). Because the island is free of small Indian mongooses (Urva auropunctata) biologists introduced the endangered Saint Croix ground lizard (Pholidoscelis polops) from the Protestant Cay population. Today there are about 30 ground lizards on Ruth Island. (en)
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