La Roqueta Island, Acapulco, Mexico

La Roqueta is a Mexican island located in the SW of the bay of Acapulco, Guerrero, very close to the beaches of Caleta and Caletilla of that city, which together with the main beach of the island make up one of the most popular places in the port as a sun and beach destination. The island has been administered and protected by the Secretary of the Navy since 1981. There is an advanced project (2019) to declare it a federally protected natural area with a total area of 425-70-69 hectares, of which 85% is represented by the adjacent marine area. 

The predominant vegetation on La Roqueta Island corresponds to a sub deciduous tropical forest, a plant community where the loss of foliage is not as drastic as in the low deciduous forest, because although more than half of its dominant components shed their foliage in one season of the year, many of them are not completely defoliated or the loss of their leaves is for a short period, so it maintains some greenery throughout the year; Another distinctive feature is that many of its components reach heights ranging between 25 and 30 meters. The island also has an area with vegetation typical of low deciduous forest in a strip of approximately 20 meters around the lower part of the island. Vegetation cover is estimated at 43-60-90 hectares with a total of 162 species of terrestrial plants; there is also a record of 71 species of marine algae.