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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.
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.
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Jamaica is home to three terrestrial ecoregions, the Jamaican moist forests, Jamaican dry forests, ... [204] [205] [206] The free-trade zones at Kingston, ...
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.
Cockpit Country Forest Reserve was designated in 1950, and covers an area of 221.75 km 2. [9] In 1979 an unpublished paper proposed preserving the area as a National Park. [ 10 ] In 1994 the geographer Alan Eyre [ 11 ] proposed that the Cockpit Country be designated as a World Heritage Site to preserve its environment.
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