The lake was named Santa Lucia by Manuel Perestrello on 13 December 1575, the day of the feast of Saint Lucy.[1] It was later renamed to St. Lucia.
Hippos in Lake St Lucia
Flora and fauna
More than 2,180 species of flowering plants have been documented in the St Lucia lake system.[2]
St Lucia Lake harbours rich fauna, including crocodiles, hippopotami, monitor lizards, over 400 bird species, invertebrates, and the occasional bull shark.[3][4]
References
^Santa Lucia: http://www.santalucia.co.za/history.php Archived 2015-09-10 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 8 August 2015
^Thieme, Michele; Abell, Robin; Burgess, Neil; Lehner, Bernhard; Dinerstein, Eric; Olsen, David (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press. p. 331.
^Nel, H.A., Perissinotto, R. & Taylor, R.H. 2012. Diversity of bivalve molluscs in the St Lucia Estuary, with an annotated and illustrated checklist. African Invertebrates53 (2): 503-525."Bivalvia from St Lucia Estuary". Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
^Perissinotto, R., Taylor, R.H., Carrasco, N.K. & Fox, C. 2013. Observations on the bloom-forming jellyfish Crambionella stuhlmanni (Chun, 1896) in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa. African Invertebrates54 (1): 161–170."Observations on the bloom-forming jellyfish Crambionella stuhlmanni (Chun, 1896) in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa | Perissinotto | African Invertebrates". Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.