Puerto Rico

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Population: 3,926,698
GDP: $70.23 billion (2008 est.)
Total Area: 13,790 sq km
Annual carbon emissions per capita: 10.55
Annual carbon emissions as percent of world's total: .1419%

Tropical lizards like the yellow-chinned anole may be able to adapt to a warmer environment, but [author Raymond] Huey remains skeptical: “we don't think it's likely because of their long generation times."

If warmer temperatures lead to changes in the forest structure, such as a more open canopy and therefore increased sunlight, rainforest lizards may find that their ecosystem has changed faster than they can keep up.”
--“Climate change could devastate lizards in the tropics”, Mongabay.com, March 4, 2009