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Endangered Species in Puerto Rico

Endangered and threatened species with a current range in this state

Listed species
72
Endangered
52
Threatened
20

Species are listed under the Endangered Species Act as endangered or threatened, with the counties where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service records their current range. A county listing means the species is known or believed to occur there, not that it lives at any particular property. Some species protected only by NOAA Fisheries may not be listed.

Flowering Plants (41)

  • BariacoTrichilia triacanthaEndangeredListed 02/05/1988 · 7 counties
  • Beautiful goetzeaGoetzea elegansEndangeredListed 04/19/1985 · 13 counties
  • Capa rosaCallicarpa amplaEndangeredListed 04/22/1992 · 13 counties
  • ChupacallosPleodendron macranthumEndangeredListed 11/25/1994 · 3 counties
  • Cobana negraStahlia monospermaThreatenedListed 04/05/1990 · 4 counties
  • Cook's hollyIlex cookiiEndangeredListed 06/16/1987 · 4 counties
  • ErubiaSolanum drymophilumEndangeredListed 08/26/1988 · 3 counties
  • Higo ChumboHarrisia portoricensisThreatenedListed 08/08/1990 · 2 counties
  • Higuero de sierraCrescentia portoricensisEndangeredListed 12/04/1987 · 4 counties
  • No common nameAuerodendron pauciflorumEndangeredListed 03/02/1994 · 31 counties
  • No common nameVernonia proctoriiEndangeredListed 04/27/1993 · 2 counties
  • No common nameCordia bellonisEndangeredListed 01/10/1997 · 19 counties
  • No common nameMitracarpus maxwelliaeEndangeredListed 09/09/1994 · 2 counties
  • No common nameGonocalyx concolorEndangeredListed 10/09/2014 · 4 counties
  • No common nameCatesbaea melanocarpaEndangeredListed 03/17/1999 · 4 counties
  • No common nameLyonia truncata var. proctoriiEndangeredListed 04/27/1993 · 2 counties
  • No common nameChamaecrista glandulosa var. mirabilisEndangeredListed 04/05/1990 · 3 counties
  • No common nameTernstroemia subsessilisEndangeredListed 04/22/1992 · 8 counties
  • No common nameMitracarpus polycladusThreatenedListed 09/09/1994 · 3 counties
  • No common nameCranichis ricartiiEndangeredListed 11/29/1991 · 3 counties
  • No common nameEugenia woodburyanaThreatenedListed 09/09/1994 · 17 counties
  • No common nameAristida chaseaeEndangeredListed 04/27/1993 · 2 counties
  • No common nameGesneria paucifloraThreatenedListed 03/07/1995 · 4 counties
  • No common nameSchoepfia arenariaThreatenedListed 04/19/1991 · 10 counties
  • No common nameMyrcia paganiiEndangeredListed 02/18/1994 · 2 counties
  • No common nameVarronia rupicolaThreatenedListed 10/09/2014 · 7 counties
  • No common nameLeptocereus grantianusEndangeredListed 02/26/1993 · 1 county
  • No common nameDaphnopsis hellerianaEndangeredListed 06/23/1988 · 7 counties
  • No common nameIlex sintenisiiEndangeredListed 04/22/1992 · 5 counties
  • Palma de manacaCalyptronoma rivalisThreatenedListed 02/06/1990 · 8 counties
  • Palo coloradoTernstroemia luquillensisEndangeredListed 04/22/1992 · 8 counties
  • Palo de jazminStyrax portoricensisEndangeredListed 04/22/1992 · 5 counties
  • Palo de niguaCornutia obovataEndangeredListed 04/07/1988 · 8 counties
  • Palo de ramonBanara vanderbiltiiEndangeredListed 01/14/1987 · 26 counties
  • Palo de rosaOttoschulzia rhodoxylonThreatenedListed 04/10/1990 · 55 counties
  • Pelos del diabloAristida portoricensisEndangeredListed 08/08/1990 · 3 counties
  • St. Thomas prickly-ashZanthoxylum thomasianumEndangeredListed 12/20/1985 · 4 counties
  • UvilloEugenia haematocarpaEndangeredListed 11/25/1994 · 10 counties
  • Vahl's boxwoodBuxus vahliiEndangeredListed 08/13/1985 · 6 counties
  • West Indian Walnut (=Nogal)Juglans jamaicensisEndangeredListed 01/13/1997 · 19 counties
  • Wheeler's peperomiaPeperomia wheeleriEndangeredListed 01/14/1987 · 6 counties

Birds (10)

Reptiles (8)

  • Culebra Island giant anoleAnolis rooseveltiEndangeredListed 08/22/1977 · 1 county
  • Green sea turtleChelonia mydasGreen sea turtles originating from the North Atlantic Ocean, bounded by the following lines and coordinates: 48 degrees N. Lat. in the north, along the western coasts of Europe and Africa (west of 5.5 degrees W. Long.); north of 19 degrees N. Lat. in the east; bounded by 19 degrees N., 65.1 degrees W. to 14 degrees N., 65.1 degrees W. then 14 degrees N., 77 degrees W. in the south and west; and along the eastern coasts of the Americas (north of 7.5 degrees N., 77 degrees W.)ThreatenedListed 05/06/2016 · 43 counties
  • Hawksbill sea turtleEretmochelys imbricataEndangeredListed 06/02/1970 · 43 counties
  • Leatherback sea turtleDermochelys coriaceaEndangeredListed 06/02/1970 · 43 counties
  • Mona boaEpicrates monensis monensisThreatenedListed 03/06/1978 · 1 county
  • Mona ground IguanaCyclura stejnegeriThreatenedListed 03/06/1978 · 1 county
  • Puerto Rican boaChilabothrus inornatusEndangeredListed 10/13/1970 · 76 counties
  • Virgin Islands tree boaChilabothrus grantiEndangeredListed 10/13/1970 · 6 counties

Ferns and Allies (7)

  • Elfin tree fernCyathea dryopteroidesEndangeredListed 06/16/1987 · 6 counties
  • No common nameThelypteris inabonensisEndangeredListed 07/02/1993 · 2 counties
  • No common nameTectaria estremeranaEndangeredListed 06/09/1993 · 14 counties
  • No common nameThelypteris yaucoensisEndangeredListed 07/02/1993 · 4 counties
  • No common namePolystichum calderonenseEndangeredListed 06/09/1993 · 5 counties
  • No common nameElaphoglossum serpensEndangeredListed 06/09/1993 · 5 counties
  • No common nameThelypteris verecundaEndangeredListed 07/02/1993 · 4 counties

Amphibians (4)

  • Golden coquiEleutherodactylus jasperiThreatenedListed 11/11/1977 · 1 county
  • GuajonEleutherodactylus cookiThreatenedListed 06/11/1997 · 9 counties
  • Llanero CoquiEleutherodactylus juanariveroiEndangeredListed 10/04/2012 · 1 county
  • Puerto Rican crested toadPeltophryne lemurThreatenedListed 08/04/1987 · 18 counties

Insects (1)

Mammals (1)

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ECOS