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Species in the genus Hispaniolana include: Hispaniolana angustata (Férussac, 1822) Hispaniolana audebardi (Reeve, 1854) Hispaniolana crispatus (Férussac, 1821) Hispaniolana dissita (Deshayes, 1850) Hispaniolana dominicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1850) Hispaniolana gabbi (Pilsbry, 1933) Hispaniolana gigantea (Scopoli, 1786) Hispaniolana mcleani ...
There are many bird species in Hispaniola, and the island's amphibian species are also diverse. There are many species endemic to the island including insects and other invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, fishs, birds and mammals (originally animals, native animals) and also (imported animals, introduced animals, not native animals or invasive ...
A member of the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae), it is endangered from habitat loss and introduced species, such as rats or feral dogs. The Hispaniolan hutia is the only living species of the genus Plagiodontia; the other two species, also native to Hispaniola, are extinct.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Hispaniola. The avifauna of Hispaniola included a total of 327 species, according to Bird Checklists of the World as of November 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Of them, 14 have been introduced by humans and 111 are rare or accidental .
Unlike most woodpeckers, the Hispaniolan woodpecker is a social species that takes advantage of having a large number of individual adult birds in the colony to protect a nesting bank or tree. There may be twenty pairs of birds in a colony, with several nesting in the same tree.
The Hispaniolan emerald was formerly placed in the genus Chlorostilbon.Based on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 and a 2017 publication, the North American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society, the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), and the Clements taxonomy moved it to the resurrected genus Riccordia.
The Hispaniolan common tree frog, Hispaniolan laughing tree frog (Osteopilus dominicensis), or Dominican tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to the island of Hispaniola (both the Dominican Republic and Haiti). [2]
Anolis hispaniolae is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. [2] It is endemic to Hispaniola and is found in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Males grow to 67 mm (2.6 in) and females to 56 mm (2.2 in) in snout–vent length. [1]