animals such as snakes and lizards can be seen here also - as the vegetation on the islands is typical of sandbank vegetation.

there are 175 species of plants, flowers, herbs and trees here, including the gymnanthes nervosa, which has not been registered in rio de janeiro since the 1940s, and many bromeliads, clusias, orchids, anthuriums, philodendrons, and some palm and fig trees.

known as a good diving location, one hundred and forty species of fish have been recorded on the coast of the cagarras islands.