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The northern end of the island receives more rainfall and is heavily forested with tree species like bamboo, mahogany, rosewood and locust. The drier southern end is dominated by brush including cacti, Copaiba balsam, logwood and acacia. While anole lizards and fer-de-lance snakes are native, mongooses introduced in the 1800s to control snakes have become problematic as they prey on bird eggs and have eliminated or endangered several native bird species.

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Martinique 8

The northern end of the island receives more rainfall and is heavily forested with tree species like bamboo, mahogany, rosewood and locust. The drier southern end is dominated by brush including cacti, Copaiba balsam, logwood and acacia. While anole lizards and fer-de-lance snakes are native, mongooses introduced in the 1800s to control snakes have become problematic as they prey on bird eggs and have eliminated or endangered several native bird species.

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Flora and fauna

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

Anole lizards and fer-de-lance snakes are native to the island. Mongooses (Herpestes
auropunctatus), introduced in the 1800s to control the snake population, have become a
particularly cumbersome introduced species[18] 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.[10]

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