LIST OF ENDEMIC FAUNA OF PUERTO RICO

This is a 'list of the endemic fauna of Puerto Rico'. This list is sorted in alphabetical order by the common name of the species. Scientific names are in parentheses.

Contents

Birds

Crustaceans

Insects

Mollusks

Myriapoda

Reptiles/Amphibians

Spiders

Ticks

Extinct animals

See also

Footnotes

References

Birds

★ Adelaide's Warbler (''Dendroica adelaidae'')

★ Elfin-woods Warbler (''Dendroica angelae'')

★ Green Mango (''Anthracothorax viridis'')

★ Puerto Rican Bullfinch (''Loxigilla portoricensis'')

★ Puerto Rican Emerald (''Chlorostilbon maugeaus'')

★ Puerto Rican Flycatcher (''Myiarchus antillarum'')

★ Puerto Rican Lizard‑Cuckoo (''Coccyzus vieilloti'')

★ Puerto Rican Parrot (''Amazona vittata'')

★ Puerto Rican Pewee (''Contopus portoricenis'') ^[1]

★ Puerto Rican Nightjar (''Caprimulgus noctitherus'')

★ Puerto Rican Screech Owl (''Megascops nudipes'') ^[2]

★ Puerto Rican Spindalis (''Spindalis portoricensis'') ^[3]

★ Puerto Rican Tanager (''Nesospingus speculiferus'')

★ Puerto Rican Tody (''Todus mexicanus'')

★ Puerto Rican Vireo (''Vireo latimeri'')

★ Puerto Rican Woodpecker (''Melanerpes portoricensis'')

★ Yellow-shouldered Blackbird (''Agelaius xanthomus'')

Crustaceans

★ ''Alloweckelia gurneei''

★ Puerto Rican sand crab (''Emerita portoricensis'')

Insects

★ ''Camponotus kaura''

★ ''Solenopsis torrei''

Mollusks

★ Puerto Rico shipworm (''Teredo portoricensis'')

Myriapoda

★ ''Cylindromus uniporus''

Reptiles/Amphibians

★ Baker's Worm Lizard (''Amphisbaena bakeri'')

★ Blue-tailed ground lizard (''Ameiva wetmorei'')

★ Cook's Anole (''Anolis cooki'')

★ Cook's Robber Frog (''Eleutherodactylus cooki'')

★ Common Coquí (''Eleutherodactylus coqui'')

★ Culebra Island giant anole (''Anolis roosevelti'')

★ Desecheo Ameiva (''Ameiva desechensis'')

★ Dryland Grass Anole (''Anolis poncensis'')

★ Golden Coquí (''Eleutherodactylus jasperi'')

★ Mottled Coquí (''Eleutherodactylus eneidae'')

★ Mona Ameiva (''Ameiva alboguttata'')

★ Mona Anole (''Anolis monensis'')

★ Mona Blindsnake (''Typhlops monensis'')

★ Mona Coquí (''Eleutherodactylus monensis'')

★ Mona Dwarf Gecko (''Sphaerodactylus monensis'')

★ Mona Ground Iguana (''Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri'')

★ Monito Gecko (''Sphaerodactylus micropithecus'')

★ Ponce Small-fanned Anole (''Anolis poncensis'')

★ Puerto Rican Boa (''Epicrates inornatus'')

★ Puerto Rican crested toad ^[4] (''Bufo lemur'') ^[5]

★ Puerto Rican Dryland Worm Lizard ^[6] (''Amphisbaena xera'')

★ Puerto Rican Galliwasp (''Diploglossus pleei'')

★ Puerto Rican Garden Snake (''Arrhyton exiguum'')

★ Puerto Rican ground lizard (''Ameiva exsul'')

★ Puerto Rican Racer (''Alsophis portoricensis'')

★ Puerto Rican Twig Anole (''Anolis occultus'') ^[7]

★ Puerto Rican Wetland Blind Snake (''Typhlops rostellatus'')

★ Puerto Rican Worm lizard (''Amphisbaena caeca'')

★ Roosevelt's Dwarf Gecko (''Sphaerodactylus roosevelti'')

★ Schmidt's Worm Lizard (''Amphisbaena schmiditi'')

Spiders

This is a list of all spiders endemic to Puerto Rico, according to Platnick.^[8]

★ Anyphaenidae
:
★ ''Anyphaena decora''
:
★ ''Wulfila coamoanus''
:
★ ''Wulfila inconspicuus''
:
★ ''Wulfila isolatus''
:
★ ''Wulfila macropalpus''
:
★ ''Wulfila tropicus''

★ Araneidae
:
★ ''Araneus adjuntaensis''
:
★ ''Lewisepeira maricao''
:
★ ''Metazygia silvestris''

★ Clubionidae
:
★ ''Clubiona desecheonis''
:
★ ''Elaver portoricensis''

★ Corinnidae
:
★ ''Abapeba guanicae''
:
★ ''Abapeba wheeleri''
:
★ ''Corinna javuyae''
:
★ ''Phrurolithus insularis''
:
★ ''Phrurolithus portoricensis''
:
★ ''Trachelas borinquensis''

★ Ctenidae
:
★ ''Celaetycheus modestus''
:
★ ''Celaetycheus strenuus''
:
★ ''Oligoctenus ottleyi''
:
★ ''Trujillina isolata''

★ Dipluridae
:
★ ''Masteria petrunkevitchi''

★ Gnaphosidae
:
★ ''Camillina desecheonis''

★ Hahniidae
:
★ ''Hahnia naguaboi''

★ Linyphiidae
:
★ ''Lepthyphantes microserratus''

★ Lycosidae
:
★ ''Agalenocosa yaucensis''

★ Mimetidae
:
★ ''Mimetus portoricensis''

★ Oonopidae
:
★ ''Oonops delegenus''
:
★ ''Oonops ebenecus''
:
★ ''Oonops viridans''
:
★ ''Stenoonops econotus''
:
★ ''Stenoonops phonetus''
:
★ ''Stenoonops portoricensis''

★ Pholcidae
:
★ ''Modisimus cavaticus''
:
★ ''Modisimus coeruleolineatus''
:
★ ''Modisimus montanus''
:
★ ''Modisimus montanus dentatus''
:
★ ''Modisimus sexoculatus''
:
★ ''Modisimus signatus''

★ Prodidomidae
:
★ ''Neozimiris nuda''

★ Salticidae
:
★ ''Agobardus blandus''
:
★ ''Corythalia gloriae''
:
★ ''Corythalia tristriata''
:
★ ''Emathis luteopunctata''
:
★ ''Emathis minuta''
:
★ ''Emathis portoricensis''
:
★ ''Emathis tetuani''
:
★ ''Eris illustris''
:
★ ''Habronattus ensenadae''
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★ ''Habronattus facetus''
:
★ ''Hentzia squamata''
:
★ ''Jollas minutus''
:
★ ''Neonella mayaguez''
:
★ ''Sidusa mona''
:
★ ''Siloca monae''

★ Scytodidae
:
★ ''Scytodes dissimulans''

★ Sparassidae
:
★ ''Olios bicolor''
:
★ ''Olios darlingtoni''
:
★ ''Pseudosparianthis jayuyae''
:
★ ''Stasina portoricensis''

★ Tetragnathidae
:
★ ''Chrysometa hamata''
:
★ ''Chrysometa jayuyensis''
:
★ ''Chrysometa yunque''
:
★ ''Glenognatha gloriae''
:
★ ''Tetragnatha bryantae''

★ Theraphosidae
:
★ ''Avicularia caesia''
:
★ ''Cyrtopholis culebrae''
:
★ ''Cyrtopholis portoricae''
:
★ ''Holothele culebrae''

★ Theridiidae
:
★ ''Dipoena puertoricensis''
:
★ ''Styposis lutea''
:
★ ''Theridion ricense''

★ Theridiosomatidae
:
★ ''Baalzebub albonotatus''
:
★ ''Ogulnius gloriae''

★ Thomisidae
:
★ ''Misumenops bubulcus''
:
★ ''Rejanellus mutchleri''
:
★ ''Tmarus vertumus''

★ Uloboridae
:
★ ''Miagrammopes animotus''

Ticks

★ ''Amblyomma arianae''

Extinct animals

★ Corozal Rat (''Puertoricomys corozalus'')

★ Greater Puerto Rican agouti (''Heteropsomys antillensis'')

★ Greater Puerto Rican Ground Sloth (''Acratocnus major'') ^[9]

★ Lesser Puerto Rican agouti (''Heteropsomys insulans'')

★ Lesser Puerto Rican Ground Sloth (''Acratocnus odontrigonus'') ^[10]

★ Mauge's Parakeet (''Aratinga chloroptera maugei'')

★ Puerto Rican Barn Owl (''Tyto cavatica'')

★ Puerto Rican Caracara (''Polyborus latebrosus'')

★ Puerto Rican long-nosed bat (''Monophyllus frater'')

★ Puerto Rican long-tongued bat (''Phyllonycteris major'')

★ Puerto Rican Plate-Tooth (''Elasmodontomys obliquus'') ^[11]

★ Puerto Rican Nesophontes (''Nesophontes edithae'') ^[12]

See also

★ List of amphibians and reptiles of Puerto Rico

★ List of endemic flora of Puerto Rico

★ List of Puerto Rican birds

★ San Juan Botanical Garden

Footnotes

1. The Puerto Rican Pewee is not an official species recognized by the AOU. The species is a proposed split from the Lesser Antillean Pewee (''Contopus latirostris'') by Rafaelle, H., et al. in ''A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies''. 1998.
2. This species was formerly categorized as ''Otus nupides'' but was subsequently renamed.
3. This species was formerly a subspecies of ''Spindalis zena''. In 1997 it was elevated to species status. [1]
4. This species has several common names. These are Ridge-headed Toad, Lowland Caribbean Toad, Puerto Rican Toad and ''Sapo Concho''.
5. This species was formerly categorized as ''Peltophryne lemur'' but was subsequently renamed.
6. This species is also known as the North American Worm Lizard.
7. This species is also known as Pygmy Anole.
8. Platnick, N.I. (2006). world spider catalog, version 7.0. American Museum of Natural History
9. The Greater Puerto Rican Ground Sloth became extinct approximately 3000-4000 years ago.
10. The Lesser Puerto Rican Ground Sloth became extinct approximately 3000-4000 years ago.
11. The Puerto Rican Plate-Tooth or Puerto Rican paca became extinct approximately in the early 16th century.
12. The Puerto Rican Nesophontes became extinct approximately in the early 16th century.

References

★ Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña

★ Bosque Seco de Guánica

★ Integrated Taxonomic Information System

★ Extinct vertebrates of the U.S.A., U.S. territories and Canada since 1492

★ Los anfibios y reptiles de Puerto Rico, , Juan A., Rivero, University of Puerto Rico Press, 1998, ISBN 0-8477-0243-X