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This family includes 14 species of large semi-aquatic reptiles that inhabit tropical areas of the world. Crocodiles tend to congregate in freshwater habitats, such as rivers, lakes, wetlands, and sometimes brackish water. They are ambush hunters who usually wait for their prey, generally fish or land animals, to approach, before attacking them.
Several smaller islands lie off Trinidad, but snakes have been recorded on only one of them, Caledonia Island. Snakes have been recorded on one island off Tobago, Little Tobago . Four species are venomous : two coral snake species ( Micrurus spp. [ note 1 ] ), the fer-de-lance ( Bothrops atrox ) and the South American bushmaster ( Lachesis muta ).
Pages in category "Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago" The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Trinidad and Tobago is home to about 99 species of terrestrial mammals. About 65 of the mammalian species in the islands are bats (including cave roosting, tree and cavity roosting bats and even foliage-tent-making bats; all with widely differing diets from nectar and fruit, to insects, small vertebrates such as fish, frogs, small birds and rodents and even those that consume vertebrate blood).
Oreosaurus shrevei, known commonly as the luminous lizard or Shreve's lightbulb lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. [2] The species is endemic to the Northern Range of mountains of the island of Trinidad in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
The scarlet ibis (above) and rufous-vented chachalaca (below) are the national birds of Trinidad and Tobago. The South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society lists 489 species of birds that have been confirmed on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago as of July 2024.
Location of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean Tityus trinitatis Trinidad. This is a list of the scorpions of Trinidad and Tobago.The first synopsis of the scorpion fauna came from E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering [1] in 1966 with a total of 8 species.
Mammals of Trinidad and Tobago (48 P) R. Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago (79 P) This page was last edited on 26 December 2019, at 02:19 (UTC). ...