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 name | Spanish name | English name | Classification | Jurisdiction |
Amphibians | ||||
Eleutherodactylus cooki | Guajon | Puerto Rican rock frog | T | PR |
Eleutherodactylus jasperi | Coqui dorado | Golden coqui | T | PR |
Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi | Coquí llanero | E | PR | |
Peltophryne lemur | Sapo concho puertorriqueño | Puerto Rican crested toad | T | PR |
Reptiles | ||||
Ameiva polops | Siguana de Santa Cruz | St. Croix ground lizard | E | USVI |
Anolis roosevelti | Lagartijo gigante de Culebra | Culebra giant anole | E | PR |
Caretta caretta | Cabezona o Caguama | Loggerhead sea turtle | T | PR-USVI |
Chelonia mydas | Peje blanco | Green sea turtle | T | PR-USVI |
Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri | Iguana de Mona | Mona ground iguana | T | PR |
Dermochelys coriacea | Tinglar | Leatherback sea turtle | E | PR-USVI |
Epicrates inornatus (now known as Chilabothrus inornatus) | Culebrón de Puerto Rico | Puerto Rican boa | E | PR |
Epicrates monensis granti (now known as Chilabothrus granti) | Boa arborea de Islas Virgenes | Virgin Islands tree boa | E | PR-USVI |
Epicrates monensis monensis (now known as Chilabothrus monensis) | Boa de Mona | Mona boa | T | PR |
Eretmochelys imbricata | Carey | Hawksbill sea turtle | E | PR-USVI |
Sphaerodactylus micropithecus | Salamanquita de Monito | Monito gecko | D-R | PR |
Birds | ||||
Accipiter striatus venator | Falcón de sierra | Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk | E | PR |
Agelaius xanthomus | Mariquita | Yellow-shouldered blackbird | E | PR |
Amazona vittata vittata | Cotorra puertorriqueña | Puerto Rican parrot | E | PR |
Buteo platypterus brunnescens | Guarguao de bosque | Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk | E | PR |
Calidris canutus rufa | Rufa Red Knot | T | PR-USVI | |
Caprimulgus noctitherus | Guabairo | Puerto Rican nightjar | E | PR |
Charadrius melodus | Playero melódico | Piping plover | T | PR-USVI |
Corvus leucognaphalus | Cuervo pescuesiblanco | White-necked crow | Ex | PR |
Laterallis jamicensis jamaicensis | Eastern Black rail | T | PR-USVI | |
Patagioenas inornata wetmorei | Paloma sabanera | Puerto Rican plain pigeon | E | PR |
Pterodroma hasitata | Petrel | Black-capped petrel | P-T | |
Setophaga angelae | Reinita de bosque enano | Elfin-woods warbler | T | PR |
Sterna dougallii dougallii | Palometa | Roseate tern | T | PR-USVI |
Pelecanus occidentalis | Pelicano pardo | Brown pelican | D-R | PR-USVI |
Insects | ||||
Atlantea tulita | Mariposa arlequin | Puerto Rico harlequin butterfly | P-E | PR |
Mammals | ||||
Trichechus manatus | Manatí antillano | Antillean manatee | E | PR- USVI |
Trees and Shrubs | ||||
Auerodendron pauciflorum | E | PR | ||
Banara vanderbiltii | Palo de ramón | E | PR | |
Buxus vahlii | Vahl’s boxwood | E | PR-USVI | |
Callicarpa ampla | Capá rosa | E | PR | |
Calyptranthes thomasiana | E | USVI | ||
Calyptronoma rivalis | Palma manaca | T | PR | |
Catesbaea melanocarpa | E | PR-USVI | ||
Chamaecrista glandulosa var. mirabilis | E | PR | ||
Cordia bellonis(now known as Varronia bellonis) | E | PR | ||
Cornutia obovata | Palo de Nigua | E | PR | |
Crescentia portoricensis | Higuero de sierra | E | PR | |
Daphnopsis helleriana | E | PR | ||
Eugenia haematocarpa | Uvillo | E | PR | |
Eugenia woodburyana | E | PR | ||
Goetzea elegans | Matabuey | Beautiful goetzea | E | PR |
Gonocalyx concolor | E | PR | ||
Ilex cookii | Cook’s holly | E | PR | |
Ilex sintenisii | E | PR | ||
Juglans jamaicensis | Nogal | West Indian walnut | E | PR |
Lyonia truncata var. proctorii | E | PR | ||
Mitracarpus polycladus | E | PR | ||
Mitracarpus maxwelliae | E | PR | ||
Myrcia paganii | E | PR | ||
Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon | Palo de rosa | E | PR | |
Pleodendron macranthum | Chupacallos | E | PR | |
Schoepfia arenaria | T | PR | ||
Solanum conocarpum | Marron bacora | E | USVI | |
Solanum drymophilum | Erubia | E | PR | |
Stahlia monosperma (now known as Libidibia monosperma) | Cóbana negra | T | PR | |
Styrax portoricensis | Palo de jazmín | E | PR | |
Ternstroemia luquillensis | Palo colorado | E | PR | |
Ternstroemia subsessilis | E | PR | ||
Trichilia triacantha | Bariaco | E | PR | |
Varronia rupicola | T | PR | ||
Vernonia proctorii | E | PR | ||
Zanthoxylum thomasianum | St. Thomas prickly ash | E | PR-USVI | |
Ferns | ||||
Adiantum vivesii | E | PR | ||
Cyathea dryopteroides | Helecho arbóreo de bosque enano | Elfin tree fern | E | PR |
Elaphoglossum serpens | E | PR | ||
Polystichum calderonense | E | PR | ||
Tectaria estremerana | E | PR | ||
Thelypteris inabonensis | E | PR | ||
Thelypteris verecunda | E | PR | ||
Thelypteris yaucoensis | E | PR | ||
Cacti | ||||
Harrisia portoricensis | Higo chumbo | T | PR | |
Leptocereus grantianus | E | PR | ||
Orchids | ||||
Cranichis ricartii | E | PR | ||
Lepanthes eltoroensis | D-R | PR | ||
Herbaceous plants and Herbs | ||||
Agave eggersiana | E | USVI | ||
Aristida chaseae | E | PR | ||
Aristida portoricensis | Pelos del diablo | E | PR | |
Gesneria pauciflora | T | PR | ||
Peperomia wheeleri | Wheeler's peperomia | E | PR |