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Common name(s) Notes Image Caretta caretta: Loggerhead turtle: Endangered. Recorded in water only. Chelonia mydas: Green turtle: Endangered. Recorded nesting on Antigua, Barbuda and some of the offshore Islands. Eretmochelys imbricata: Hawksbill turtle: Critically endangered. Recorded nesting on Antigua, Barbuda and some of the offshore Islands.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Antigua and Barbuda. The avifauna of Antigua and Barbuda included a total of 204 species, according to Bird Checklists of the World as of July 2022. [1] Of them, five have been introduced by humans and 132 are rare or accidental. One species on this list is endemic and three have been extirpated.
The Antiguan racer originally inhabited Antigua and Barbuda and probably all of the islands on the Antigua Bank. By 1995, the species was found only on Great Bird Island, a small island 2.5 km off of the northeast coast of Antigua. [5] The island is extremely small at only 8.4 hectares. [5]
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Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. In December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 460 endangered avian species. [1] Of all evaluated avian species, 4% are listed as endangered. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN.
Alsophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. Species in the genus Alsophis are among those snakes commonly called "racers". Alsophis species are endemic to the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. One species in the genus Alsophis, A. antiguae, is one of the world's rarest known snakes
Here’s a full list of all venomous snakes, facts about each one and where they can each be found: Copperhead Appearance: Copperheads are typically three to four feet, and their coloration can be ...
As of December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 223 critically endangered avian species, including 19 which are tagged as possibly extinct or possibly extinct in the wild. [1] [2] 2% of all evaluated avian species are listed as critically endangered. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN.