In regard to animals, Santa Fe is home to two endemic species and two endemic subspecies:
the Barrington land iguana (Conolophus pallidus), the Barrington leaf - toed gecko (Phyllodactylus barringtonensis), [4] the Santa Fe marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus trillmichi) and the Santa Fe rice rat (Aegialomys galapagoensis bauri).