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The endangered Jamaican iguana (Cyclura collei) is restricted to dry forests in the Hellshire Hills.The endemic tree frog Eleutherodactylus cavernicola, two endemic thunder snakes, Tropidophis stullae and Tropidophis jamaicensis, and the endemic blue-tailed galliwasp (Celestus duquesneyi) are restricted to the Portland Ridge.
The region supports one of the largest remaining areas of dry limestone forest in the Caribbean. [2] A 1970 survey of the forest noted 271 species of plants in the forest of which 53 are only found in Jamaica. [3] The forest is home to threatened Jamaican endemic animals, including the Jamaican iguana and the blue-tailed galliwasp.
The forests are home to many insects, including the Jamaican endemic butterflies Eurytides marcellinus and the Jamaican swallowtail (Papilio homerus), the largest butterfly in the Americas. [1] Jamaica has 562 known species of terrestrial snails and slugs, of which 505, or 90%, are endemic. Most inhabit the moist forests.
Trinidad and Tobago dry forest on Chacachacare showing the dry-season deciduous nature of the vegetation. Dry forests tend to exist in the drier areas north and south of the tropical rainforest belt, south or north of the subtropical deserts, generally in two bands: one between 10° and 20°N latitude and the other between 10° and 20°S latitude.
Hispaniolan dry forests (Dominican Republic, Haiti) Jamaican dry forests ( Jamaica ) Lesser Antillean dry forests ( Anguilla , Antigua and Barbuda , Grenada , Martinique , Montserrat , Netherlands Antilles , Saint Lucia , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines )
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On land there are 210 square kilometres (81 sq mi) of dry limestone forests, 60 known caves, [5] and it includes a human population of 50,000. Although the first priority in forming the protected area was to protect the coral reefs , [ 6 ] it also serves to protect vulnerable and endemic species.