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U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Caribbean Endangered Species Map Mapa de Especies Caribeñas en Peligro de Extinción Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Caribbean Ecological Services Field Office DISCLAMER: The Endangered Species Map is provided as a tool for developers, consultants, land management agencies, resource agency staff and the general public as a quick reference for the evaluation of possible effects that may result from development projects. The information provided in this map identifies general areas where the species may be located. The information does not represent the absolute distribution of a particular species. The map and table were developed with the best information available to the Service, but additional sightings of the species may occur. If the project is located within the currently known distribution of a species, additional information may be required to determine the presence of suitable habitat within the project area, and in some cases, specialized surveys may be required to determine presence/absence of the species. Aviso legal: El mapa de especies caribeñas en peligro de extinción se ofrece como una herramienta para los desarrolladores, consultores, agencias de manejo de tierras, personal de agencias de recursos y al público en general como una referencia rápida para la evaluación de los posibles efectos que pudieran derivarse de los proyectos de desarrollo. La información proporcionada en este mapa identifica las áreas generales donde la especie se encuentra. La información no representa la distribución absoluta de una especie en particular. El mapa y la tabla se han desarrollado con la mejor información disponible en la oficina del Servicio , pero otros avistamientos de la especie se pueden producir. Si el proyecto se encuentra dentro de la distribución actualmente conocida de una especie, información adicional puede ser necesaria para determinar la presencia de un hábitat adecuado en el área del proyecto, y en algunos casos, censos especializados pueden ser necesarios para determinar la presencia / ausencia de las especies. CONTINUE TO MAP Updated on July 2017 Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Federally Listed Species Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands Adjuntas Caguas Culebra Isabela Maunabo Quebradillas Trujillo Alto Aguada Camuy Dorado Jayuya Mayaguez Rincón Utuado Aguadilla Canóvanas Fajardo Juana Díaz Moca Río Grande Vega Alta Aguas Buenas Carolina Florida Juncos Mona Island Sabana Grande Vega Baja Aibonito Cataño Guánica Lajas Monito Island Salinas Vieques Añasco Cayey Guayama Las Marías Morovis San Germán Villalba Arecibo Ceiba Guayanilla Lares Naguabo San Juan Yabucoa Arroyo Ciales Guaynabo Las Piedras Naranjito San Lorenzo Yauco BltBarceloneta Cidra GbGurabo LíLoíza OiOrocovis SSbtiSan Sebastian Barranquitas Coamo Hatillo Luquillo Patillas Santa Isabel St. Croix Bayamón Comerio Hormigueros Manatí Peñuelas Toa Alta St. John Cabo Rojo Corozal Humacao Maricao Ponce Toa Baja St. Thomas ADJUNTAS COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME SPANISH GROUP STATUS DISTRIBUTION Puerto Rican Sharp- Accipiter striatus venator Shinned Hawk Falcon de Sierra Bird E Monte Guilarte State Forest Buteo platypterus Puerto Rican Broad- brunnescens winged Hawk Guaraguao de Bosque Bird E Monte Guilarte State Forest Helecho de Bosque Cyathea dryopteroides Elfin Tree Fern Enano Plant E Monte Guilarte State Forest Forested Mountains with elevations Eleutherodactylus jasperi Golden Coqui Coqui Dorado Amphibian T, CH over 700m Forested Volcanic and Limestone Epicrates inornatus Puerto Rican Boa Boa Puertorriqueña Reptile E (Karst) Hills Monte Guilarte State Forest (La Silla de Juglans jamaicensis West Indian Walnut Nogal Plant E Calderon) No Tiene Nombre Monte Guilarte State Forest (La Silla de Polystichum calderonense No Common Name Comun Plant E Calderon) Status E=Endangered T=Threatened BACK CH=Critical Habitat AGUADA COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME SPANISH GROUP STATUS DISTRIBUTION Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Peje Blanco Reptile T, CH Coastal Zones Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Tinglar Reptile E, CH Coastal Zones Forested Volcanic and Limestone Epicrates inornatus Puerto Rican Boa Boa Puertorriqueña Reptile E (Karst) Hills Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Carey Reptile E, CH Coastal Zones Pelecanus occidentalis Brown Pelican Pelicano Pardo Bird D, MP Coastal Zones, No Nesting Trichechus manatus manatus Antillean Manatee Manati Antillano Mammal T Coastal Zones Status E=Endangered T=Threatened CH=Critical Habitat D=Delisted due to Recovery BACK MP= Monitoring Plan AGUADILLA COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME SPANISH GROUP STATUS DISTRIBUTION Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Peje Blanco Reptile T, CH Coastal Zones Columba (Patagioenas) Lower Montane Forest and Riparian inornata wetmorei Puerto Rican Plain Pigeon Paloma Sabanera Bird E Habitats Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Tinglar Reptile E, CH Coastal Zones Forested Volcanic and Limestone Epicrates inornatus Puerto Rican Boa Boa Puertorriqueña Reptile E (Karst) Hills Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Carey Reptile E, CH Coastal Zones Pelecanus occidentalis Brown Pelican Pelicano Pardo Bird D, MP Coastal Zones, Nesting Trichechus manatus manatus Antillean Manatee Manati Antillano Mammal T Coastal Zones Status E=Endangered T=Threatened CH=Critical Habitat D=Delisted due to Recovery BACK MP= Monitoring Plan AGUAS BUENAS COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME SPANISH GROUP STATUS DISTRIBUTION Columba (Patagioenas) Puerto Rican Plain Lower Montane Forest and Riparian inornata wetmorei Pigeon Paloma Sabanera Bird E Habitats Forested Volcanic and Limestone (Karst) Epicrates inornatus Puerto Rican Boa Boa Puertorriqueña Reptile E Hills Status E=Endangered T=Threatened BACK CH=Critical Habitat AIBONITO COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME SPANISH GROUP STATUS DISTRIBUTION Columba (Patagioenas) Lower Montane Forest and Riparian inornata wetmorei Puerto Rican Plain Pigeon Paloma Sabanera Bird E Habitats Status E=Endangered T=Threatened BACK CH=Critical Habitat AÑASCO COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME SPANISH GROUP STATUS DISTRIBUTION Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Peje Blanco Reptile T, CH Coastal Zones Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Tinglar Reptile E, CH Coastal Zones Forested Volcanic and Limestone Epicrates inornatus Puerto Rican Boa Boa Puertorriqueña Reptile E (Karst) Hills Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Carey Reptile E, CH Coastal Zones Pelecanus occidentalis Brown Pelican Pelicano Pardo Bird D, MP Coastal Zones, Sometimes Nesting Coastal Areas and Offshore Cays, No Sterna dougallii Roseate Tern Palometa Bird T Nesting Trichechus manatus manatus Antillean Manatee Manati Antillano Mammal T Coastal Zones Status E=Endangered T=Threatened CH=Critical Habitat D=Delisted due to Recovery BACK MP= Monitoring Plan ARECIBO (1-2) COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME SPANISH GROUP STATUS DISTRIBUTION Puerto Rican Sharp- Accipiter striatus venator Shinned Hawk Falcon de Sierra Bird E Rio Abajo State Forest Amazona vittata vittata Puerto Rican Parrot Cotorra Puertorriqueña Bird E Rio Abajo State Forest No Tiene Nombre Auerodendron pauciflorum No Common Name Comun Plant E Rio Abajo State Forest Puerto Rican Broad- Buteo platypterus brunnescens winged Hawk Guaraguao de Bosque Bird E Rio Abajo State Forest Calyptronoma rivalis No Common Name Palma de Manaca Plant T Rio Abajo State Forest Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Peje Blanco Reptile T, CH Coastal Zones No Tiene Nombre Cordia bellonis No Common Name Comun Plant E Rio Abajo State Forest Rio Abajo State Forest, Near Arecibo Cornutia obovata No Common Name Palo de Nigua Plant E Observatory No Tiene Nombre Daphnopsis hellerana No Common Name Comun Plant E Northern Limestone (Karst) Hills Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Tinglar Reptile E, CH Coastal Zones Forested Volcanic and Limestone Epicrates inornatus Puerto Rican Boa Boa Puertorriqueña Reptile E (Karst) Hills Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Carey Reptile E, CH Coastal Zones Goetzea elegans Beautiful Goetzea Matabuey Plant E Cambalache State Forest **Continues on Next Page** Status E=Endangered T=Threatened BACK CONTINUE CH=Critical Habitat ARECIBO (2-2) COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME SPANISH GROUP STATUS DISTRIBUTION No Tiene Nombre Myrcia paganii No Common Name Comun Plant E Biafara Arrozal Cambalache State Forest, Sabana Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon No Common Name Palo de Rosa Plant T Hoyos Coastal Zones, Inland Waterbodies, Pelecanus occidentalis Brown Pelican Pelicano Pardo Bird D, MP No Nesting Puerto Rican Crested Peltophryne lemur Toad Sapo Concho Amphibian T Northern Karst Regions Pleodendron macranthum No Common Name Chupacallos Plant E Rio Abajo State Forest No Tiene Nombre Schoepfia arenaria No Common Name Comun Plant T Rio Abajo State Forest Solanum drymophilum No Common Name Erubia Plant E Rio Abajo State Forest Coastal Areas and Offshore Cays, Sterna dougallii Roseate Tern Palometa Bird T Nesting No Tiene Nombre Rio Abajo State Forest, Near Arecibo Tectaria estremerana No Common Name Comun Plant E Observatory Trichechus manatus manatus Antillean Manatee Manati Antillano Mammal T Coastal Zones Status E=Endangered T=Threatened CH=Critical Habitat BACK PREVIOUS D=Delisted due to Recovery MP= Monitoring Plan ARROYO COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME SPANISH GROUP STATUS DISTRIBUTION Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Peje Blanco Reptile T, CH Coastal Zones Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Tinglar
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    ATOLL RESEARCH BULLETIN NO. 251 BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE PUERTO RICAN BANK by Harold Heatwole, Richard Levins and Michael D. Byer Issued by THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Washington, D. C., U.S.A. July 1981 VIRGIN ISLANDS CULEBRA PUERTO RlCO Fig. 1. Map of the Puerto Rican Island Shelf. Rectangles A - E indicate boundaries of maps presented in more detail in Appendix I. 1. Cayo Santiago, 2. Cayo Batata, 3. Cayo de Afuera, 4. Cayo de Tierra, 5. Cardona Key, 6. Protestant Key, 7. Green Key (st. ~roix), 8. Caiia Azul ATOLL RESEARCH BULLETIN 251 ERRATUM The following caption should be inserted for figure 7: Fig. 7. Temperature in and near a small clump of vegetation on Cayo Ahogado. Dots: 5 cm deep in soil under clump. Circles: 1 cm deep in soil under clump. Triangles: Soil surface under clump. Squares: Surface of vegetation. X's: Air at center of clump. Broken line indicates intervals of more than one hour between measurements. BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE PUERTO RICAN BANK by Harold Heatwolel, Richard Levins2 and Michael D. Byer3 INTRODUCTION There has been a recent surge of interest in the biogeography of archipelagoes owing to a reinterpretation of classical concepts of evolution of insular populations, factors controlling numbers of species on islands, and the dynamics of inter-island dispersal. The literature on these subjects is rapidly accumulating; general reviews are presented by Mayr (1963) , and Baker and Stebbins (1965) . Carlquist (1965, 1974), Preston (1962 a, b), ~ac~rthurand Wilson (1963, 1967) , MacArthur et al. (1973) , Hamilton and Rubinoff (1963, 1967), Hamilton et al. (1963) , Crowell (19641, Johnson (1975) , Whitehead and Jones (1969), Simberloff (1969, 19701, Simberloff and Wilson (1969), Wilson and Taylor (19671, Carson (1970), Heatwole and Levins (1973) , Abbott (1974) , Johnson and Raven (1973) and Lynch and Johnson (1974), have provided major impetuses through theoretical and/ or general papers on numbers of species on islands and the dynamics of insular biogeography and evolution.
  • Us Caribbean Regional Coral Reef Fisheries Management Workshop

    Us Caribbean Regional Coral Reef Fisheries Management Workshop

    Caribbean Regional Workshop on Coral Reef Fisheries Management: Collaboration on Successful Management, Enforcement and Education Methods st September 30 - October 1 , 2002 Caribe Hilton Hotel San Juan, Puerto Rico Workshop Objective: The regional workshop allowed island resource managers, fisheries educators and enforcement personnel in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to identify successful coral reef fishery management approaches. The workshop provided the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force with recommendations by local, regional and national stakeholders, to develop more effective and appropriate regional planning for coral reef fisheries conservation and sustainable use. The recommended priorities will assist Federal agencies to provide more directed grant and technical assistance to the U.S. Caribbean. Background: Coral reefs and associated habitats provide important commercial, recreational and subsistence fishery resources in the United States and around the world. Fishing also plays a central social and cultural role in many island communities. However, these fishery resources and the ecosystems that support them are under increasing threat from overfishing, recreational use, and developmental impacts. This workshop, held in conjunction with the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Meeting, brought together island resource managers, fisheries educators and enforcement personnel to compare methods that have been successful, including regulations that have worked, effective enforcement, and education to reach people who can really effect change. These efforts were supported by Federal fishery managers and scientists, Puerto Rico Sea Grant, and drew on the experience of researchers working in the islands and Florida. The workshop helped develop approaches for effective fishery management strategies in the U.S. Caribbean and recommended priority actions to the U.S.