Caribbean Endangered and Threatened Animals

Animales amenazados y el peligro de extinción en el Caribe Lista de animales en Español, pdf

In Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands there are 74 federally protected plants and animal species, 25 animals and 49 plants.

Recovery Plans for Animals in the Caribbean 

4 amphibians
11 reptiles
9 birds (after delisting the brown pelican in 2009)
1 mammal                                

E = Endangered Species/Especies en peligro de extinción

T = Threatened Species/Especies amenazadas

T/E	Scientific Name Nombre Científico	Picture Fotos	Common Name in English Nombre Común en Español	Fact Sheet Información
Amphibians/ Amfibios (4)
E	Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi	view	Coquí llanero	pdf
T	Eleutherodactylus jasperi (HC)	view	Golden coquí / coquí dorado	pdf (237 KB)
T	Peltrophryne lemur	Male view view	Puerto Rican crested toad/  sapo concho puertorriqueño	pdf (353 KB) PRCT Poster
T	Eleutherodactylus cooki	Male Female	Puerto Rican rock frog/ coqui guajón	pdf (209 KB)
Reptiles/ Reptiles (11)
E	Ameiva polops (HC)		St. Croix ground lizard / Siguana de Santa Cruz	pdf  (266 KB)
E	Anolis roosevelti (HC)		Culebra giant anole / Lagartijo Gigante de Culebra	pdf (252 KB)
T	Caretta caretta	view	Loggerhead sea turtle	pdf (768 KB)
T	Chelonia mydas	view	Green sea turtle / tortuga verde / peje blanco	pdf (353 KB)
T	Cyclura stejnegeri (HC)	view	Mona ground iguana/ iguana de Mona	pdf (303 KB)
E	Dermochelys coriacea (HC)	view	Leatherback sea turtle / tinglar	pdf (350 KB)
E	Epicrates inornatus	view view	Puerto Rican boa/ boa Puertorriqueña	pdf (383 KB)
E	Epicrates monensis granti	view view	Virgin Islands tree boa / boa de Islas Vírgenes
T	Epicrates monensis monensis (HC)	view	Mona Island boa/ boa de Mona	pdf (306 KB)
E	Eretmochelys imbricata (HC)	view	Hawksbill sea turtle / carey /carey de concha	pdf (344 KB)
E	Sphaerodactylus micropithecus (HC)	view	Monito gecko/ Salamanquita de monito	pdf (280 KB)
Birds/ Aves (10)
E	Accipiter striatus venator	view	Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk / falcón de sierra	pdf (342 KB)
E	Agelaius xanthomus (HC)	view view	Yellow-shouldered blackbird / mariquita	pdf (374 KB)
E	Amazona vittata vittata	view view view	Puerto Rican parrot / Iguaca / cotorra Puertorriqueña	html
E	Buteo platypterus brunnescens	view	Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk / guaraguao de bosque
E	Caprimulgus noctitherus	view	Puerto Rican nightjar / guabairo	pdf (293 KB) ID sheet
T	Charadrius melodus	view	Piping plover / playero melódico	pdf  (304 KB)
E	Columba inornata wetmorei	view	Puerto Rican plain pigeon / paloma sabanera	pdf (763 KB)
E	Corvus leucognaphalus	presumed extinct	White-necked crow / cuervo pescueciblanco
R	Pelecanus o. occidentalis	view	Brown pelican / pelicano pardo	html
T	Sterna d. dougalii	view	Roseate tern /  palometa	pdf (322 KB)
Mammals/ Mamíferos (5)
E	Trichechus manatus manatus	view view	West Indian manatee/ manatí antillano	pdf (385 KB)