Our National Heritage

Flora and Fauna of T&T

Trinidad
Climatic Zones
 Climate of T&T
Trinidad and Tobago has a tropical marine
climate, that is, a climate influenced by the sea.
There are two main seasons the wet season and
the dry season.
The annual rainfall is 1000 to over 1500 mm.
The temperature ranges from 25C to 35C.
The trade winds blow all year round.
The trade winds are moist as they have passed
over warm seas.
 Effect of Climate
Environment People
Agriculture - the choice of
crops grown and animals
Vegetation raised
Animal life Clothing
Water resources Housing
Sports
Tourism
 Forests

Types of
vegetation
in T&T

Coastal
vegetation Savannah
(swamp)
 Forests
Tropical Rainforests Tropical Dry Forests
Rainforests
Tropical Rainforests
The tropical rainforests
encompass some of the
most varied and
species-rich places on
earth.
The rainforests has
frequent rain showers
with a minimum 2,000
mm of rainfall a year.
 T&Ts Rainforests
Trinidads rainforests Tobago Rain Forest
are located in the Reserve
higher mountain peaks The oldest forest
of the Northern Range reserve in the western
hemisphere is located in
the central ranges of
Tobago
 Trinidads Tropical Dry Forests

Tropical dry forests are located primarily in

western and southern parts of Trinidad.
 Tropical Dry Forests
These forests occur in year-round warm climates,
where there is a wet and a dry season.

A couple of hundred centimetres of rain per year

is not uncommon in the wet or rainy season but
there is also a long dry seasons of several
months when there is little rain.

The trees shed their leaves to cope with the dry

season.
Tropical dry forest

The major areas of tropical

dry forest in Trinidad
include:
1. The Chaguaramas
peninsula
2. Areas along the south
coast of the island,
from Cedros to Morne
Diablo, and
3. Areas along the east
coast including parts
of Guayaguayare,
Mayaro & Manzanilla
Savannah
 Coastal Vegetation

Mangrove swamp
Coconut grove
 Coastal Vegetation

Marsh land
Animals in Trinidads forests

Agouti
Birds
Paca/Agouti paca
Armadillo
Opossum (Mongoose)
Deer
Ocelots
Howler Monkey
Iguanas
 Butterflies

There are 617

types of butterflies
in T&T.
Endangered Animals
Manatee
Leatherback Turtles
Flora of T&T
Hawaiian Torch
Butterfly Orchid