Featured Species

Threatened and endangered species under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the U.S. Caribbean (Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands)

Classification: (T= Threatened, E= Endangered, D-R= Delisted due to Recovery, P-E= Proposed Endangered, Ex= Extirpated); Jurisdiction: (PR=Puerto Rico, USVI= U. S. Virgin Island)

Scientific nameSpanish nameEnglish nameClassificationJurisdiction
Amphibians
Eleutherodactylus cookiGuajonPuerto Rican rock frog    TPR
Eleutherodactylus jasperiCoqui doradoGolden coquiT          PR
Eleutherodactylus juanariveroiCoquí llaneroEPR
Peltophryne lemurSapo concho puertorriqueñoPuerto Rican crested toadTPR
Reptiles
Ameiva polopsSiguana de Santa CruzSt. Croix ground lizardEUSVI
Anolis rooseveltiLagartijo gigante de CulebraCulebra giant anoleEPR
Caretta carettaCabezona o CaguamaLoggerhead sea turtleTPR-USVI
Chelonia mydasPeje blancoGreen sea turtleTPR-USVI
Cyclura cornuta stejnegeriIguana de MonaMona ground iguanaTPR
Dermochelys coriaceaTinglarLeatherback sea turtleEPR-USVI
Epicrates inornatus (now known as Chilabothrus inornatus)Culebrón de Puerto RicoPuerto Rican boaEPR
Epicrates monensis granti (now known as Chilabothrus granti)Boa arborea de Islas VirgenesVirgin Islands tree boaEPR-USVI
Epicrates monensis monensis (now known as Chilabothrus monensis)Boa de MonaMona boaTPR
Eretmochelys imbricataCareyHawksbill sea turtleEPR-USVI
Sphaerodactylus micropithecusSalamanquita de MonitoMonito geckoD-RPR
Birds
Accipiter striatus venatorFalcón de sierraPuerto Rican sharp-shinned hawkEPR
Agelaius xanthomusMariquitaYellow-shouldered blackbirdEPR
Amazona vittata vittataCotorra puertorriqueñaPuerto Rican parrotEPR
Buteo platypterus brunnescensGuarguao de bosquePuerto Rican broad-winged hawkEPR
Calidris canutus rufaRufa Red KnotTPR-USVI
Caprimulgus noctitherusGuabairoPuerto Rican nightjarEPR
Charadrius melodusPlayero melódicoPiping ploverTPR-USVI
Corvus leucognaphalusCuervo pescuesiblancoWhite-necked crowExPR
Laterallis jamicensis jamaicensisEastern Black railTPR-USVI
Patagioenas inornata wetmoreiPaloma sabaneraPuerto Rican plain pigeonEPR
Pterodroma hasitataPetrelBlack-capped petrelP-T
Setophaga angelaeReinita de bosque enanoElfin-woods warblerTPR
Sterna dougallii dougalliiPalometaRoseate ternTPR-USVI
Pelecanus occidentalisPelicano pardoBrown pelicanD-RPR-USVI
Insects
Atlantea tulitaMariposa arlequinPuerto Rico harlequin butterflyP-EPR
Mammals
Trichechus manatusManatí antillanoAntillean manateeEPR- USVI
Trees and Shrubs
Auerodendron pauciflorumEPR
Banara vanderbiltiiPalo de ramónEPR
Buxus vahliiVahl’s boxwoodEPR-USVI
Callicarpa amplaCapá rosaEPR
Calyptranthes thomasianaEUSVI
Calyptronoma rivalisPalma manacaTPR
Catesbaea melanocarpaEPR-USVI
Chamaecrista glandulosa var. mirabilisEPR
Cordia bellonis(now known as Varronia bellonis)EPR
Cornutia obovataPalo de NiguaEPR
Crescentia portoricensisHiguero de sierraEPR
Daphnopsis hellerianaEPR
Eugenia haematocarpaUvilloEPR
Eugenia woodburyanaEPR
Goetzea elegansMatabueyBeautiful goetzeaEPR
Gonocalyx concolorEPR
Ilex cookiiCook’s hollyEPR
Ilex sintenisiiEPR
Juglans jamaicensisNogalWest Indian walnutEPR
Lyonia truncata var. proctoriiEPR
Mitracarpus polycladusEPR
Mitracarpus maxwelliaeEPR
Myrcia paganiiEPR
Ottoschulzia rhodoxylonPalo de rosaEPR
Pleodendron macranthumChupacallosEPR
Schoepfia arenariaTPR
Solanum conocarpumMarron bacoraEUSVI
Solanum drymophilumErubiaEPR
Stahlia monosperma (now known as Libidibia monosperma)Cóbana negraTPR
Styrax portoricensisPalo de jazmínEPR
Ternstroemia luquillensisPalo coloradoEPR
Ternstroemia subsessilisEPR
Trichilia triacanthaBariacoEPR
Varronia rupicolaTPR
Vernonia proctoriiEPR
Zanthoxylum thomasianumSt. Thomas prickly ashEPR-USVI
Ferns
Adiantum vivesiiEPR
Cyathea dryopteroidesHelecho arbóreo de bosque enanoElfin tree fernEPR
Elaphoglossum serpensEPR
Polystichum calderonenseEPR
Tectaria estremeranaEPR
Thelypteris inabonensisEPR
Thelypteris verecundaEPR
Thelypteris yaucoensisEPR
Cacti
Harrisia portoricensisHigo chumboTPR
Leptocereus grantianusEPR
Orchids
Cranichis ricartiiEPR
Lepanthes eltoroensisD-RPR
Herbaceous plants and Herbs
Agave eggersianaEUSVI
Aristida chaseaeEPR
Aristida portoricensisPelos del diabloEPR
Gesneria paucifloraTPR
Peperomia wheeleriWheeler's peperomiaEPR