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 scientific name of the species.
Birds
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- Yellow-shouldered blackbird (Agelaius xanthomus)
- Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata)
- Green mango (Anthracothorax viridis)
- Puerto Rican nightjar (Caprimulgus noctitherus)
- Puerto Rican emerald (Chlorostilbon maugeaus)
- Puerto Rican lizard‑cuckoo (Coccyzus vieilloti)
- Puerto Rican pewee (Contopus portoricenis)[1]
- Adelaide's warbler (Dendroica adelaidae)
- Elfin-woods warbler (Dendroica angelae)
- Puerto Rican oriole (Icterus portoricensis)
- Puerto Rican bullfinch (Loxigilla portoricensis)
- Puerto Rican owl (Gymnasio nudipes)[2]
- Puerto Rican woodpecker (Melanerpes portoricensis)
- Puerto Rican flycatcher (Myiarchus antillarum)
- Puerto Rican tanager (Nesospingus speculiferus)
- Puerto Rican spindalis (Spindalis portoricensis)[3]
- Puerto Rican tody (Todus mexicanus)
- Puerto Rican vireo (Vireo latimeri)
- Puerto Rican euphonia (Chlorophonia sclateri)[4]
Crustaceans
[edit]- Buruquena (Epilobocera sinuatifrons)
- Puerto Rican sand crab (Emerita portoricensis)
Insects
[edit]- Camponotus kaura-[page needed] was first described by Roy R. Snelling & Juan A. Torres
- Solenopsis torrei-[page needed] was first described by Juan A. Torres
- Puerto Rican cave cockroach (Aspiduchus cavernicola)
Myriapoda
[edit]- Cylindromus uniporus[page needed]
- Anadenobolus arboreus[page needed]
- Rhinocricus parcus[page needed]
Reptiles/amphibians
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- Puerto Rican racer (Borikenophis portoricensis)
- Mona ameiva (Ameiva alboguttata)
- Desecheo ameiva (Ameiva desechensis)
- Puerto Rican ground lizard (Ameiva exsul)
- Blue-tailed ground lizard (Ameiva wetmorei)
- Baker's worm lizard (Amphisbaena bakeri)
- Puerto Rican worm lizard (Amphisbaena caeca)
- Schmidt's worm lizard (Amphisbaena schmiditi)
- Puerto Rican dryland worm lizard, North American worm lizard (Amphisbaena xera)
- Guánica pallid anole, Cook's pallid anole, Cook's anole (Anolis cooki)
- Puerto Rican giant anole (Anolis cuvieri)
- Mona anole (Anolis monensis)
- Dwarf anole, pygmy anole, Puerto Rican twig anole (Anolis occultus)
- Ponce anole (Anolis poncensis),[5] which is the same as the Dryland grass anole (Ctenonotus poncensis)[6]
- Puerto Rican garden snake (Magliophis exiguus subspadix)
- Puerto Rican crested toad, ridge-headed toad, lowland Caribbean toad, Puerto Rican toad and sapo concho (Bufo lemur)[7]
- Mona ground iguana (Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri)
- Puerto Rican galliwasp (Diploglossus pleei)
- Puerto Rican cave dwelling frog (Eleutherodactylus cooki)
- Common coquí (Eleutherodactylus coqui)
- Mottled coquí (Eleutherodactylus eneidae)
- Golden coquí (Eleutherodactylus jasperi)
- Mona coquí (Eleutherodactylus monensis)
- Melodius coquí (Eleutherodactylus wightmanae)
- Puerto Rican boa (Chilabothrus inornatus)
- Mona Island boa (Chilabothrus monensis)
- Monito gecko (Sphaerodactylus micropithecus)
- Mona dwarf gecko (Sphaerodactylus monensis)
- Puerto Rico upland gecko (Sphaerodactylus klauberi)
- Desecheo dwarf gecko (Sphaerodactylus levinsi)
- Gaige's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus gaigeae)
- Townsend's dwarf gecko (Sphaerodactylus townsendi)
- Nichols' dwarf gecko (Sphaerodactylus nicholsi)
- Puerto Rican dwarf gecko (Sphaerodactylus grandisquamis)
- Isla Vieques dwarf gecko (Sphaerodactylus inigoi)
- Roosevelt's dwarf gecko (Sphaerodactylus roosevelti)
- Mona blindsnake (Typhlops monensis)
- Puerto Rican wetland blind snake (Typhlops rostellatus)
Spiders
[edit]This is a list of all spiders endemic to Puerto Rico, according to Platnick.[8]
- Ixodidae (ticks)
Extinct animals
[edit]- Greater Puerto Rican ground sloth (Acratocnus major) - The greater Puerto Rican ground sloth became extinct approximately 3000–4000 years ago.
- Lesser Puerto Rican ground sloth (Acratocnus odontrigonus) - The lesser Puerto Rican ground sloth became extinct approximately 3000–4000 years ago.
- Puerto Rican caracara (Caracara latebrosus)
- Puerto Rican plate-tooth (Elasmodontomys obliquus) - The Puerto Rican plate-tooth, giant hutia or Puerto Rican paca became extinct approximately in the early 16th century.
- Greater Puerto Rican agouti (Heteropsomys antillensis)
- Lesser Puerto Rican agouti (Heteropsomys insulans)
- Puerto Rican nesophontes (Nesophontes edithae) - The Puerto Rican nesophontes became extinct approximately in the early 16th century.
- Corozal rat (Puertoricomys corozalus)
- Puerto Rican parakeet, Mauge's parakeet (Psittacara chloroptera maugei syn. Psittacara maugei)
- Puerto Rican barn owl (Tyto cavatica)
See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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. (1998) in A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0691087369.
- ^ This species was formerly categorized as Otus nupides, but was subsequently moved to the genus Megascops, and then moved again to its own monospecific genus Gymnasio.
- ^ This species was formerly a subspecies of Spindalis zena. In 1997 it was elevated to species status: O. H. Garrido; K. C. Parkes; G. B. Reynard; A. Kirkconnell; R. Sutton (1997). "Taxonomy of the Stripe-Headed Tanager, Genus Spindalis (Aves:Thraupidae) of the West Indies". Wilson Bulletin. 109 (4): 561–594.
- ^ This species was split from Chlorophonia musica based on significant differences in plumage in Species Updates IOC Version 13.2 https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/species-updates/
- ^ "Anolis poncensis". Zipecodezoo.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ "Ctenonotus Poncensis". Zipcodezoo.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ This species was formerly categorized as Peltophryne lemur but was subsequently renamed[permanent dead link].
- ^ Platnick, N.I. (2006). world spider catalog, version 7.0. American Museum of Natural History
References
[edit]- Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña (in Spanish)
- Bosque Seco de Guánica (in Spanish)
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Extinct vertebrates of the U.S.A., U.S. territories and Canada since 1492
- Rivero, Juan A. (1998). Los anfibios y reptiles de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico: University of Puerto Rico Press. ISBN 0-8477-0243-X.