List of species on Caroline Island

Although it remains unclear whether or not the coconut crab is endangered, Caroline Island hosts a substantial population of the arthropod.

Species recorded on Caroline Island, one of the Line Islands in the south-central Pacific Ocean:

Flora

Groves of Pisonia grandis cover the central portions of many islets.

Although not native, coconut palms were planted on many of Caroline's islets in the 1920s and earlier, but are now largely gone.

Large stretches of Heliotropium foertherianum shrub cover many of Caroline's islets.

Caroline Island is a major nesting site for the sooty tern.

The bristle-thighed curlew is among the vulnerable species which occasionally visit Caroline Atoll.

Six species of lizards, including Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus, have been noted on Caroline Island.

The green sea turtle is believed to nest on the beaches of Caroline Island.

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Kepler, A.K.; C.B. Kepler (February 1994). "The natural history of the Caroline Atoll, Southern Line Islands". Atoll Research Bulletin. 397-398. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11.

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