Honduras - Flora and fauna Honduras has a rich and varied flora
and fauna. Tropical trees, ferns, moss, and orchids abound,
especially in the rain forest areas. Mammal life includes the
anteater, armadillo, coyote, deer, fox, peccary, pocket gopher,
porcupine, puma, tapir, and monkeys in several varieties. Fish
and turtles are numerous in both freshwater and marine
varieties. Among the reptiles are the bushmaster, coral snake,
fer-de-lance, horned viper, rattlesnake, and whip snake, caiman,
crocodile, and iguana. Birds include the black robin,
hummingbird, macaw, nightingale, thrush, partridge, quail,
quetzal, toucanet, wren, and many others.