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Including marine turtles and introduced species on all islands, there are 19 reptile species reported in Antigua and Barbuda, with an additional species unconfirmed. Nine species are present on both main islands. Six species are endemic to the islands of Antigua and Barbuda, of which five are only found on one island.
There are 9 known species of casque heads. 6 of which occur in Guatemala. Brown basilisk – Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828; Helmeted iguana – Corytophanes cristatus (Merrem, 1821) Hernandez's helmeted basilisk – Corytophanes hernandesii (Wiegmann, 1831) Guatemalan helmeted basilisk – Corytophanes percarinatus Duméril, 1856
While the majority of sharks are solely marine, a small number of shark species have adapted to live in freshwater. The river sharks (of the genus Glyphis) live in freshwater and coastal marine environments. The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), can swim between salt and fresh water, and are found in tropical rivers around the world.
The following is a list of the islands of Guatemala. Bahia de Amatique. Several very small islands; Pacific Ocean. Several very small islands; Inland islands
Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands) Puyango-Tumbes (Ecuador, Peru) Rio Santa Cruz-Rio Chico (Argentina) Santiago (Mexico) Sinaloan Coastal (Mexico) Southeast Mata-Atlantica (Brazil) Southern Veracruz (Mexico) Tehuantepec (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua)
Antigua is 650 km (400 mi) southeast of Puerto Rico; Barbuda lies 48 km (30 mi) due north of Antigua, and the uninhabited island of Redonda is 56 km (35 mi) southwest of Antigua. [1] The largest island of Antigua, is 21 km (about a dozen miles) across and 281 km 2 (about a hundred square miles) in area. [1] Barbuda covers 161 km 2 (62 sq mi ...
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Desmarest's hutia (Capromys pilorides), a member of a rodent family known only from the Caribbean.. The Caribbean region is home to a diverse and largely endemic rodent fauna. . This includes the endemic family Capromyidae (hutias), which are largely limited to the Greater Antilles, and two other groups of endemic hystricognaths, the heteropsomyines and giant hutias, including the extinct bear ...