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The 'trigonocéphale', night rattlesnake from South America,
specific to this island, is only found in the forests and the plantations; It is
dangerous but fortunately rare.
The mongoose was imported from the Indies to
fight the " trigo ". Unfortunately they do not live at the same time of the day
and the latter eats hens and eggs, in a so important quantity that a number of
birds, like parrots, disappeared.
The "cliff matoutou", a not very dangerous
and not mortal 'mygale' (tropical spider), is only there to affraid, Matoutou
are discrete, only the attentive walkers will have the chance to see one of
them, as well as the toad-buffalo. Visit Patrice Martin's website, a passionate
who tells you all about the
matoutou and their cousins.
For the insects, in addition to the
eternal cockroach, prolific and inoffensive, the mosquito remains very present,
especially near water.
The mini frog, small as your thumb nail, greets its
feast of mosquitos by songs of a colossal power.
For the birds, the "frigate
gloutonne"(2,5 m of scale) and the hummingbird (2,5 cm length) the population is
not very significant.
The 'country' blackbird (black with yellow eyes) is in
the West Indies particularly familiar if you can throw him some
crumbs.
The iguana, protected
specy.
The tourloulou, ground crab, reddish and that you will often meet on
the paths.
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