more than 520 species
- Endemic species:
- Threatened species:
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ANIMALS:
Birds: 333 bird species
- 117 resident species
- 142 migratory
- 14 resident-migratory
- The wetlands sustain the largest number of nesting pairs (89 percent) of the Greater
Flamingo in mainland North America
- Endemic or near-endemic to the Yucatan:
- Threatened species:
- Seldom seen elsewhere in Mexico:
- Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Reptiles: 95 species
- 4 marine turtle species, two endangered by extinction
Fish: 71 species
- Of special commerical value:
- Dark Sea Catfish (Arius melanopus)
- Western Atlantic Seabream (Archosargus rhomboidalis)
- Mayan Cichlid (Cichlasoma urophtalmus)
- Pigfish (Orthopristis chrysoptera)
- Mullet (Mugil sp.)
- Robalo (Centropomus ronchus)
Mammals: 55 species
- Notable species:
- Jaguar, Panthera onca
- Ocelote, Leopardus pardalis
- Margay, Felis wiedii
- Jaguarundi, Herpailurus yagouaroundi
Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve is enlisted as Ramsar Wetland Site #331,
described as a "wetland reserve of importance especially for the conservation
of aquatic birds." Read more about this distinction on our Ramsar Page.
Mexico's CONANP agency (Comisión Nacional
de Areas Naturales Protegidas) provides a detailed look at many aspects of Ría
Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, including lists of plants and animals, in a freely
downloadable PDF document in Spanish entitled Programa de Conservación y Manejo Reserva de La Biosfera Ría Lagartos
