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, which are in parentheses.
Birds
Crustaceans
Insects
- Camponotus kaura-was first described by Roy R. Snelling & Juan A. Torres
- Solenopsis torrei-was first described by Juan A. Torres
Mollusks
Myriapoda
Reptiles/Amphibians
Spiders
This is a list of all spiders endemic to Puerto Rico, according to Platnick.[10]
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- Anyphaena decora
- Wulfila coamoanus
- Wulfila inconspicuus
- Wulfila isolatus
- Wulfila macropalpus
- Wulfila tropicus
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- Araneus adjuntaensis
- Lewisepeira maricao
- Metazygia silvestris
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- Clubiona desecheonis
- Elaver portoricensis
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- Abapeba guanicae
- Abapeba wheeleri
- Corinna javuyae
- Phrurolithus insularis
- Phrurolithus portoricensis
- Trachelas borinquensis
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- Celaetycheus modestus
- Celaetycheus strenuus
- Oligoctenus ottleyi
- Trujillina isolata
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- Lepthyphantes microserratus
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- Oonops delegenus
- Oonops ebenecus
- Oonops viridans
- Stenoonops econotus
- Stenoonops phonetus
- Stenoonops portoricensis
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- Modisimus cavaticus
- Modisimus coeruleolineatus
- Modisimus montanus
- Modisimus montanus dentatus
- Modisimus sexoculatus
- Modisimus signatus
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- 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
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- Olios bicolor
- Olios darlingtoni
- Pseudosparianthis jayuyae
- Stasina portoricensis
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- Chrysometa hamata
- Chrysometa jayuyensis
- Chrysometa yunque
- Glenognatha gloriae
- Tetragnatha bryantae
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- Avicularia caesia
- Cyrtopholis culebrae
- Cyrtopholis portoricae
- Holothele culebrae
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- Dipoena puertoricensis
- Styposis lutea
- Theridion ricense
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- Baalzebub albonotatus
- Ogulnius gloriae
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- Misumenops bubulcus
- Rejanellus mutchleri
- Tmarus vertumus
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Extinct animals
See also
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- ^ 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 is also known as the North American Worm Lizard.
- ^ This species is also known as Pygmy Anole.
- ^ "Anolis poncensis". Zipecodezoo.com. http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/A/Anolis_poncensis/. Retrieved 04 January 2009.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ctenonotus Poncensis". Zipcodezoo.com. http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/C/Ctenonotus_poncensis/. Retrieved 04 January 2009.
- ^ 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.
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