Neotropical realm
| Neotropical realm | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Continents: | North America, South America |
| Biogeography | |
| Udvardy realm: | Neotropical |
| One Earth realms: | 2 |
| Subrealms: | 7 |
| Bioregions: | 29 |
| Ecoregions: | 179 |
| Political geography | |
| Countries: | See text |
| Territories: | See text |
The Neotropical realm is a biogeographic realm spanning all of South America and nearby islands, the entire Caribbean region, most of Central America, and southern Florida.
It borders the Nearctic realm to the north.
Geography
Biogeography
In the Bioregions 2023 framework used by non-governmental organization One Earth, the Neotropical realm is split into the Central America & Caribbean (Upper Neotropic) and Southern America (Lower Neotropic) realms.
Political geography
The countries of Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela are all located entirely within the Neotropical realm. External territories in this realm include Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands, Montserrat, and the Turks and Caicos Islands administered by the United Kingdom; Aruba, the Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) administered by the Netherlands; Clipperton Island, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy, and Saint Martin (French part) administered by France; and Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands administered by the United States.
The contiguous United States (Florida) and Mexico have portions in both the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.