Herptiles are vertebrates and include both reptiles and amphibians. The animal world is inhabited with approximately 58,000 species of vertebrates, which seems like a lot, yet is only about 3% of all animal species. Invertebrates make up the bulk of the animals at 97% of the species.
There are 220 lane miles in the City of Freeport in which our Street Department maintains. The population of Freeport is 25,638 (2010 Census) The following information is from the 2008-2010 American Community Survey.
Freeport is a 230-square-mile (600 km 2) free trade zone on Grand Bahama Island, established in 1955 by the government of The Bahamas. The city of Freeport emerged from a land grant comprising 50,000 acres (200 km 2) of swamp and scrub to become a cosmopolitan centre.