Isla Escudo de Veraguas

Isla Escudo de Veraguas is a small (4.3 km2) isolated Caribbean island of the Republic of Panama.

The island is located about an hour away from Rio Caña, an Indigenous Ngäbe-Buglé community that is part of a recently established tourism network in Panama.

Although located only 17  km from the coastline in the Golfo de los Mosquitos and isolated for only about 9000 years, several animals found on the island are distinct from their mainland counterparts, and two mammals are recognized as being endemic to the island: a subspecies of Thomas's fruit-eating bat and the pygmy three-toed sloth.

These and the worm salamander Oedipina maritima are considered to be critically endangered due to their restricted range.

[3] The island has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of white-crowned pigeons and rufous-tailed hummingbirds.