The fauna of the national park of Guadeloupe...

Next to the nasty mosquitoes and the (singing) frogs, there are plenty of other animals on the island. The huge (up to 20 cm) snail on the picture can live up to 10 years and its called "escargot achatine".

One of the (more or less) local mammals is the racoon (the washing bear), who arrived on the island in the XVIII century from a boat that sank close to Guadeloupe.

There are turtles not only underwater but also on the ground, the most common one here is the yellow-footed tortoise ("tortue charbniere").

The National Park of Guadeloupe

The National Park of Guadeloupe is to be found in the south part of the island Basse Terre (Guadeloupe consists of 2 islands: Basse Terre and Grande Terre). It includes the area around the volcano La Soufrière, some 17300 hectars, and its exists since 1989.