Animals of Trinidad & Tobago

The Anaconda is Trinidad's largest snake and one of the heaviest snakes in the world, found in the rivers, swamps, and lagoons of the island's eastern and…

The bananaquit is a very small bird and is popular for their distinctive appearance and behavior and is also known as sugar bird. The feathers on the head…

The Barn Owl is a medium sized raptor with long, rounded wings and a short, square tail. These birds have distinct heads with a white heart-shaped faces…

The Beh-Belle Chemin is a small, slender, diurnal colubrid found on both Trinidad and Tobago. Its local French Creole name translates loosely as "stays on…

The Black and white worm lizard is also known as speckled or spotted worm lizard but is locally known as "two headed snake". This species can easily be…

The Black Cribo is one of the most ecologically important snakes in Trinidad, a large, powerful colubrid that preys extensively on other snakes, including…

The Black-Headed Snake is one of the smallest snakes in T&T and is unmistakable at close range: its glossy jet-black head contrasts sharply with a pale…

The Blue and Gold Macaw gets its name from its beautiful bright yellow and blue feathers. The wings and tail are blue while the under parts are golden…

The Blue Land Crab or Giant Land Crab is usually Blue to violet in colour, ovigerous females (females with eggs) differ in colour and are mostly light…

The brown pelican is a large bird with a white head, pale yellow on the crown, the long bill is greyish in colour. Their back, rump and tail are streaked…

Bull Sharks are a medium-sized Shark that are found in shallow, warmer waters worldwide. They are well camouflaged with grey to light brown upper bodies…

The Burrowing False Coral, locally called the Rouleau, is an ancient, primitive snake of the family Aniliidae and the only member of that family in T&T.…

The Burrowing Snake is a small, blind, cylindrical snake of the family Typhlopidae found in Trinidad. Like the related Ground Puppy, it spends virtually…

The Caribbean Flamingo is a large wading bird (long-legged bird that walks in water in search of food) and is also called the American Flamingo outside of…

The Caribbean Spiny Lobster is also known as the Florida Spiny Lobster. They get their name from the foward - pointing spines that cover their bodies.…

The Cascabel Dormillon, also called the Cook's Tree Boa or Dormillon, is a slender, strongly arboreal non-venomous boa found on both Trinidad and Tobago.…

The Cascadura is an armoured catfish woven into the folklore and cuisine of Trinidad. A Trinidadian saying holds that those who eat the Cascadura will, no…

The Cat-Eyed Snake, locally called the False Mapepire, is a nocturnal arboreal colubrid named for its large, distinctively cat-like elliptical pupils,…

The channel-billed toucan gets its name from the deep channel-like groove located on either side of the bill. Adults are black with red plumage below the…

The Checkerbelly is a slender, arboreal colubrid found in forest habitats on Trinidad. Named for the distinctive black and white or black and cream…

The Cloudy Snake is an arboreal, nocturnal dipsadine colubrid found on both Trinidad and Tobago. Like the Snail-Eating Snake (Dipsas variegata), it has…

The Collared Peccary is a medium-sized mammal and is locally known as quenk. They have grey - black coarse, bristled hair that covers their entire body.…

The Collared Snake is a small, distinctively marked colubrid found on both Trinidad and Tobago. Named for the pale collar that separates its dark head…

Common black hawks are a medium-sized raptor. Adults are typically black with a greyish - brown hue, the tail is short and black with a broad white band…