List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico

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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.

1 Birds
2 Crustaceans
3 Insects
4 Mollusks
5 Myriapoda
6 Reptiles/Amphibians
7 Spiders
8 Ticks
9 Extinct animals
10 See also
11 Footnotes
12 References

[edit] Birds

Elfin-woods Warbler

Puerto Rican Parrot

Puerto Rican Spindalis

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 Puerto ricos)
Puerto Rican Vireo (Vireo latimeri)
Puerto Rican Woodpecker (Melanerpes portoricensis)
Yellow-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius xanthomus)

[edit] Crustaceans

Alloweckelia gurneei
Puerto Rican sand crab (Emerita portoricensis)

[edit] Insects

Camponotus kaura-was first described by Roy R. Snelling & Juan A. Torres

Solenopsis torrei-was first described by Juan A. Torres

[edit] Mollusks

Puerto Rico shipworm (Teredo portoricensis)

[edit] Myriapoda

Cylindromus uniporus

[edit] Reptiles/Amphibians

Coquí

Mona Ground Iguana

Puerto Rican Boa

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)

[edit] 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
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

[edit] Ticks

Amblyomma arianae

[edit] 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]

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

^ 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.
^ This species was formerly categorized as Otus nupides but was subsequently renamed.
^ This species was formerly a subspecies of Spindalis zena. In 1997 it was elevated to species status. [1]
^ This species has several common names. These are Ridge-headed Toad, Lowland Caribbean Toad, Puerto Rican Toad and Sapo Concho.
^ This species was formerly categorized as Peltophryne lemur but was subsequently renamed.
^ This species is also known as the North American Worm Lizard.
^ This species is also known as Pygmy Anole.
^ Platnick, N.I. (2006). world spider catalog, version 7.0. American Museum of Natural History
^ The Greater Puerto Rican Ground Sloth became extinct approximately 3000-4000 years ago.
^ The Lesser Puerto Rican Ground Sloth became extinct approximately 3000-4000 years ago.
^ The Puerto Rican Plate-Tooth or Puerto Rican paca became extinct approximately in the early 16th century.
^ The Puerto Rican Nesophontes became extinct approximately in the early 16th century.

[edit] References

Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña (Spanish)
Bosque Seco de Guánica (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.

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