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Cuban moist forests. The Cuban moist forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion that occupies 21,400 km 2 (8,300 sq mi; 5,300,000 acres) on Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. The ecoregion receives more than 2,000 mm (79 in) of rainfall annually, and does not have a dry season. Soils are usually derived from quartz, limestone, or ...
Conservation status. Critical/endangered. Habitat loss. 52.883% [1] Protected. 7.66% [1] The Cuban pine forests are a tropical coniferous forest ecoregion on the Caribbean islands of Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. They cover an area of 6,400 km 2 (2,500 sq mi), occurring in separate sections in eastern Cuba and western Cuba and Isla de la Juventud.
Broad-banded trope, Tropidophis feicki. Cuban dusky trope, Tropidophis fuscus. Escambray white-necked trope, Tropidophis galacelidus. Escambray small-headed trope, Tropidophis hardyi. Cuban khaki trope, Tropidophis hendersoni. Spotted red trope, Tropidophis maculatus. Giant trope, Tropidophis melanurus.
Geology of Cuba. The geology of Cuba differs significantly from that of other Caribbean islands because of ancient 900 million year old Precambrian Proterozoic metamorphic rocks in the Santa Clara province and extensive Jurassic and Cretaceous outcrops. Western and central Cuba are an orogenic belt —mountains formed by crumpling and uplift ...
The Monte Iberia eleuth ( Eleutherodactylus iberia ), also known as the Monte Iberia dwarf frog, is a species of eleutherodactylid frog. It is critically endangered and endemic to rainforest in a small part of easternmost Cuba. [1] [3] It is the smallest frog in the Northern Hemisphere and the third smallest frog in the world, at about 10 mm (0 ...
Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises an archipelago of islands centred upon the geographic coordinates 21°3N, 80°00W. Cuba is the principal island, surrounded by four main archipelagos: the Colorados, the Sabana-Camagüey, the Jardines de la Reina and the Canarreos. Cuba's area is 110,860 km 2 (42,803 sq mi) including ...
Terrestrial ecoregions. Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests. Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests. Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests. Flooded grasslands and savannas. Deserts and xeric shrublands. Mangroves. Freshwater ecoregions. Marine ecoregions.
Fauna[edit] Cuban mangroves are well known spots for many migratory and endemic species of birds, as well as many fish, sponges, crustaceans and mollusks. Cuban mangroves are also the home of choice of the endemic Cuban crocodile ( Crocodylus rhombifer ), Cuban rock iguana ( Cyclura nubila ), and the Cuban hutias ( Capromys family).