Editing Martinique (section)

===Flora and fauna===
{{see also|Parc naturel régional de la Martinique}}

[[File:Trou d'eau, Trace des jesuites.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|The Trou d'eau of the Pitons du Carbet forest, [[Rivière du Lorrain]], as seen from the Trace des Jésuites trail]]
[[File:Anse Grosse Roche, le Marin.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Beach of Anse Grosse Roche, St Anne peninsula]]
[[File:Artibeus jamaicensis.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=A Jamaican fruit bats hanging from a tree|The [[Jamaican fruit bat]] can be found throughout the island.]]

The northern end of the island catches most of the rainfall and is heavily forested, featuring species such as [[bamboo]], [[mahogany]], [[rosewood]] and [[Hymenaea courbaril|West Indian locust]]. The south is drier and dominated by savanna-like brush, including [[cacti]], [[Copaifera langsdorffii|Copaiba balsam]], [[logwood]] and [[acacia]].

[[Anole]] lizards and [[Bothrops lanceolatus|fer-de-lance snakes]] are native to the island. [[Mongoose]]s (''[[Small Indian mongoose|Urva auropunctata]]''), introduced in the 1800s to control the snake population, have become a particularly cumbersome [[introduced species]]<ref>{{citation |title=Global Invasive Species Database:Martinique |url=http://www.issg.org/database/species/search.asp?st=sss&sn=&rn=Martinique&ri=18239&hci=-1&ei=-1&fr=1&sts=&lang=EN |access-date=23 December 2014 |archive-date=16 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016010743/http://www.issg.org/database/species/search.asp?st=sss&sn=&rn=Martinique&ri=18239&hci=-1&ei=-1&fr=1&sts=&lang=EN |url-status=live }}</ref> as they prey upon bird eggs and have exterminated or endangered a number of native birds, including the [[Martinique trembler]], white-breasted trembler and [[White-breasted Thrasher]].<ref name="LP"/> Bat species include the [[Jamaican fruit bat]], the [[Antillean fruit-eating bat]], the [[Little yellow-shouldered bat]], [[Davy's naked-backed bat]], the [[Greater bulldog bat]], [[Schwartz's myotis]], and the [[Mexican free-tailed bat]].