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For Figure: 

Map from: The International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (http://www.inece.org/region_americas.html)

Current Range Data From: IUCN Red List (http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=22103)

Projected Sea Surface Temperature Increase Data from: U.S. Global Climate Change Research Program (http://nca2009.globalchange.gov/observed-and-projected-sea-surface-temperature-change-atlantic-hurricane-formation-region)

Map used to determine where the change in temperature would spread: National Aeronaoutics and Space Administration (http://icp.giss.nasa.gov/research/ppa/1997/oceanchars/temperature.html)