Hellshire Hills is a region of dry limestone hills in St Catherine Parish, Jamaica, which forms part of the Portland Bight Protected Area.[1] The region supports one of the largest remaining areas of dry limestone forest in the Caribbean,[2] and supports endangered Jamaican endemics include the Jamaican iguana and the blue-tailed galliwasp.[3][4][5]
A 1970 survey of the forest noted 271 species of plants in the forest of which 53 are only found in Jamaica.[6]
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17°54′N 76°57′W / 17.900°N 76.950°W / 17.900; -76.950