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Puerto Rico

North America

151

Documented species

2

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3

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Natural phenomena in Puerto Rico

  • Bioluminescence at Mosquito Bay, Vieques — Year-round (best on a new or crescent moon)

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Species documented in Puerto Rico

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State Forest / Biosphere Reserve

Guánica

The best-preserved subtropical dry forest in the Caribbean, with trees over 700 years old

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National Forest

El Yunque

The only tropical rainforest in the United States National Forest System; one of the oldest forest reserves in the western hemisphere

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Reef/Wall

Desecheo Island

An uninhabited island in the Mona Passage with reefs little visited because of its distance from the main coast.

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Coral reef

Culebra Island

A nature reserve with beaches and some of the best preserved coral reefs in the Puerto Rican Caribbean.

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Ocean wall

Mona Island

An uninhabited island nicknamed "the Galápagos of the Caribbean", with underwater cliffs and exceptional biodiversity.

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Least Concern

Yellowfin Mojarra

Gerres cinereus

Endangered

Yellow-shouldered Blackbird

Agelaius xanthomus

Least Concern

Fangtooth

Anoplogaster cornuta

Endangered

Elfin Woods Warbler

Setophaga angelae

Least Concern

Sloane's Viperfish

Chauliodus sloani

Least Concern

Puerto Rican Emerald

Riccordia maugaeus

Least Concern

Common Halfbeak

Hyporhamphus unifasciatus

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Reptiles in Puerto Rico5 species
ParkGuánica
DivingDesecheo Island