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Saint Lucia skink Endemic, extinct since the early 20th century. Worm snakes (Typhlopidae) Species Common name(s) Notes Image Leptotyphlops breuili [4] St. Lucia threadsnake: Endemic. First described as a separate species in 2008. Boas Species Common name(s) Notes Image Boa constrictor: Boa constrictor: Colubrids Species Common name(s) Notes
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Saint Lucia.Of the mammal species in Saint Lucia, two are vulnerable and two 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:
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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Saint Lucia. The avifauna of Saint Lucia included a total of 197 species according to Bird Checklists of the World as of October 2024. [ 1 ] Of them, five are endemic , three have been introduced by humans, and 122 are rare or accidental .
Saint Lucia is a Small Island Developing State, a designation similar to a developing country with a few substantial differences due to Saint Lucia's island nature. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] The service sector is the largest sector of the economy, accounting for 86.9% of GDP in 2020, followed by industrial and agricultural sectors at 10.9% and 2.2% ...
Opossums (order Didelphimorphia), the largest group of American marsupials, [10] are of limited diversity in the Caribbean. The large opossum Didelphis marsupialis is found on Trinidad and Tobago [11] and in the Windward Islands up to Dominica, being found on Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Grenada, and the Grenadines of Carriacou, Mustique, and Bequia. [12]
Saint Kitts forms the nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis together with nearby Nevis. Dasyprocta leporina, an introduced northern South American agouti. The subspecies on Saint Kitts is D. l. noblei. [44] This agouti has also been round in an archeological site. [45] Pennatomys nivalis, an extinct oryzomyine, is known from archeological sites. [43]
The St. Lucia wren (Troglodytes mesoleucus) is a very small passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae that is found on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia.The name troglodytes means "hole dweller", and is a reference to the bird's tendency to disappear into crevices when hunting insects or to seek shelter.