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Coral reefs in Haiti cover a stretch of 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) of coast. While it is assessed that the coral reefs are over exploited for fishing, with elkhorn coral put on the US Endangered Species List, the reef structure is stated to be stable and the living coral are generally occupy 10% of reefs, and algae and sponge cover about 50% ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Haiti. Of the mammal species in Haiti, one is critically endangered, one is endangered, two are vulnerable, and eleven are considered to be extinct. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
Attalea crassispatha is the most isolated disjunct in the genus Attalea.All the other species in the genus are Central or South American species; the only other species found in the insular Caribbean, A. maripa and A. osmantha, are found in Trinidad and Tobago, at the extreme southern end of the Caribbean.
Conservation International recognizes the region as one of the most conservation-urgent in the world in which 13 of Hispaniola's most critically endangered species (all amphibians) occur. [4] Among the most critically endangered frog species are Eleutherodactylus chlorophenax and Eleutherodactylus parapelates, two frog species endemic to Haiti
Limia fuscomaculata, also called the blotched limia, is a critically endangered poeciliid fish endemic to Haiti.. L. fuscomaculata was described by Luis R. Rivas in 1980 along with seven other new Limia species (L. grossidens, L. garnieri, L. immaculata, L. pauciradiata, L. miragoanensis, L. sulphurophila, and L. yaguajali) and made part of the newly erected subgenus Odontolimia.
Limia grossidens, also called the largetooth limia, is a critically endangered poeciliid fish endemic to Haiti.. L. grossidens was described by Luis R. Rivas in 1980 along with seven other new Limia species (L. fuscomaculata, L. garnieri, L. immaculata, L. miragoanensis, L. pauciradiata, L. sulphurophila, and L. yaguajali) and made the type species of the newly erected subgenus Odontolimia.
Limia nigrofasciata is a critically endangered species. Lake Miragoâne, the only body of water it inhabits, is affected by severe deforestation of the surrounding land, water pollution, and climate change. Currently no species-specific measures are taken to protect L. nigrofasciata. Haiti's forestry laws are lax and
The rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta) is an endangered species of iguana that is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and its surrounding islands. A large lizard, they vary in length from 60 to 136 centimetres (24 to 54 in), and skin colours range from a steely grey to a dark green and ...