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View from the Three Peaks (Tres Picachos) in El Yunque. The area of the El Yunque National Forest has been notable since the pre-Columbian era. The forest today is home to several archaeological sites related to the indigenous Taínos, such as the Río Blanco petroglyphs, although no evidence of permanent settlement has been found in the area, which suggests that it was possibly avoided and ...
Aquatic fauna of the bosque include the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow. Mammalian residents include desert cottontail , white-footed mouse , North American porcupine , North American beaver , long-tailed weasel , common raccoon , coyote , mountain lions , and bobcats .
The climate of the Chiquitano dry forests is tropical, with a strong dry season during the southern hemisphere winter. Average precipitation ranges between 1,000mm in the south and 2,000mm in the northwest, varying with orography.
The dry forest area of southwestern Puerto Rico protected under the jurisdiction of the Guánica Dry Forest was first established in 1919 as a forest reserve. The United Nations recognized the ecological value of the forest in 1981 when it was designated a Biosphere Reserve, the second in Puerto Rico after El Yunque National Forest (then called the Caribbean National Forest).
Fauna and flora Tree Fern (foreground) and Palm forest (background) Bird of the Month - September 2006, Reinita del Bosque Enano (Dendroica angelae; English: Elfin-woods Warbler). Maga - Montezuma eciosissima Sessé & Moc. Caribbean National Forest/Luquillo Experimental Forest. Frank Wadsworth: Tropical Research and Technology Transfer. Barry ...
Guajataca State Forest is located in the middle of the karst landscape country, particularly the Northern Karst zone of Puerto Rico. A karst is a topographical zone formed by the dissolution of soluble porous rocks, in this case limestone, with features such as mogotes, canyons, caves, sinkholes, streams and rivers, all of which are common on this region of the island.
Many tropical snakes from Central America range into this region like the Central American boa constrictor (Boa imperator), Central American indigo snake (Drymarchon melanurus), blunthead tree snake (Imantodes cenchoa), Mexican parrot snake (Leptophis mexicanus), brown vine snake (Oxybelis aeneus), tropical ratsnake (Pseudelaphe flavirufa ...
The Monte Choca State Forest (in Spanish: Bosque Estatal de Monte Choca) is a 244.6-acre (0.990 km 2), tropical moist forest, [1] located in the municipality of Corozal in Puerto Rico. It is owned and maintained by the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and co-maintained by local conservation groups. [2]