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 llanero EPR
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 rufa Rufa Red KnotTPR-USVI
Caprimulgus noctitherusGuabairoPuerto Rican nightjarEPR
Charadrius melodusPlayero melódicoPiping ploverTPR-USVI
Corvus leucognaphalusCuervo pescuesiblancoWhite-necked crowExPR
Laterallis jamicensis jamaicensis Eastern Black railTPR-USVI
Patagioenas inornata wetmoreiPaloma sabaneraPuerto Rican plain pigeonEPR
Pterodroma hasitataPetrelBlack-capped petrel P-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 pauciflorum  EPR
Banara vanderbiltiiPalo de ramón EPR
Buxus vahlii Vahl’s boxwoodEPR-USVI
Callicarpa amplaCapá rosa EPR
Calyptranthes thomasiana  EUSVI
Calyptronoma rivalisPalma manaca TPR
Catesbaea melanocarpa  EPR-USVI
Chamaecrista glandulosa var. mirabilis  EPR
Cordia bellonis(now known as Varronia bellonis)  EPR
Cornutia obovataPalo de Nigua EPR
Crescentia portoricensisHiguero de sierra EPR
Daphnopsis helleriana  EPR
Eugenia haematocarpaUvillo EPR
Eugenia woodburyana  EPR
Goetzea elegansMatabueyBeautiful goetzeaEPR
Gonocalyx concolor  EPR
Ilex cookii Cook’s hollyEPR
Ilex sintenisii  EPR
Juglans jamaicensisNogalWest Indian walnutEPR
Lyonia truncata var. proctorii  EPR
Mitracarpus polycladus  EPR
Mitracarpus maxwelliae  EPR
Myrcia paganii  EPR
Ottoschulzia rhodoxylonPalo de rosa EPR
Pleodendron macranthumChupacallos EPR
Schoepfia arenaria  TPR
Solanum conocarpum Marron bacoraEUSVI
Solanum drymophilumErubia EPR
Stahlia monosperma (now known as Libidibia monosperma) Cóbana negraTPR
Styrax portoricensisPalo de jazmín EPR
Ternstroemia luquillensisPalo colorado EPR
Ternstroemia subsessilis  EPR
Trichilia triacanthaBariaco EPR
Varronia rupicola  TPR
Vernonia proctorii  EPR
Zanthoxylum thomasianumSt. Thomas prickly ash EPR-USVI
     
Ferns    
Adiantum vivesii  EPR
Cyathea dryopteroidesHelecho arbóreo de bosque enanoElfin tree fernEPR
Elaphoglossum serpens  EPR
Polystichum calderonense  EPR
Tectaria estremerana  EPR
Thelypteris inabonensis  EPR
Thelypteris verecunda  EPR
Thelypteris yaucoensis  EPR
     
Cacti    
Harrisia portoricensisHigo chumbo TPR
Leptocereus grantianus  EPR
     
Orchids    
Cranichis ricartii  EPR
Lepanthes eltoroensis  D-RPR
     
Herbaceous plants and Herbs    
Agave eggersiana  EUSVI
Aristida chaseae  EPR
Aristida portoricensisPelos del diablo EPR
Gesneria pauciflora  TPR
Peperomia wheeleri Wheeler's peperomiaEPR