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
- 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 lizardâ€'cuckoo (Coccyzus vieilloti)
- Puerto Rican pewee (Contopus portoricenis)
- Adelaide's warbler (Dendroica adelaidae)
- Elfin-woods warbler (Dendroica angelae)
- Puerto Rican oriole (Icterus portoricensis)
- Puerto Rican bullfinch (Loxigilla portoricensis)
- Puerto Rican screech owl (Megascops nudipes)
- Puerto Rican woodpecker (Melanerpes portoricensis)
- Puerto Rican flycatcher (Myiarchus antillarum)
- Puerto Rican tanager (Nesospingus speculiferus)
- Puerto Rican spindalis (Spindalis portoricensis)
- Puerto Rican tody (Todus mexicanus)
- Puerto Rican vireo (Vireo latimeri)
Crustaceans
- Alloweckelia gurneei
- Puerto Rican sand crab (Emerita portoricensis)
Insects
- Camponotus kaura-was first described by Roy R. Snelling & Juan A. Torres
- Solenopsis torrei-was first described by Juan A. Torres
Mollusks
- Puerto Rico shipworm (Teredo portoricensis)
Myriapoda
- Cylindromus uniporus
- Scolopendra alternans
Reptiles/amphibians
- Puerto Rican racer (Alsophis 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 (Amphisbaena xera)
- Cook's anole (Anolis cooki)
- Mona anole (Anolis monensis)
- Puerto Rican twig anole (Anolis occultus)
- Ponce anole (Anolis poncensis)
- Culebra Island giant anole (Anolis roosevelti)
- Puerto Rican garden snake (Arrhyton exiguum)
- Puerto Rican crested toad (Bufo lemur)
- Dryland grass anole (Ctenonotus poncensis)
- Mona ground iguana (Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri)
- Puerto Rican galliwasp (Diploglossus pleei)
- Puerto Rican cave dwelling frog (Eleutherodactylus cooki)
- Common coquà (Eleutherodactylus coqui)
- Mottled coquà (Eleutherodactylus eneidae)
- Golden coquà (Eleutherodactylus jasperi)
- Mona coquà (Eleutherodactylus monensis)
- Puerto Rican boa (Epicrates inornatus)
- Monito gecko (Sphaerodactylus micropithecus)
- Mona dwarf gecko (Sphaerodactylus monensis)
- Roosevelt's dwarf gecko (Sphaerodactylus roosevelti)
- Mona blindsnake (Typhlops monensis)
- Puerto Rican wetland blind snake (Typhlops rostellatus)
Spiders
This is a list of all spiders endemic to Puerto Rico, according to Platnick.
- Anyphaenidae
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- Anyphaena decora
- Wulfila coamoanus
- Wulfila inconspicuus
- Wulfila isolatus
- Wulfila macropalpus
- Wulfila tropicus
- Araneidae
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- Araneus adjuntaensis
- Lewisepeira maricao
- Metazygia silvestris
- Clubionidae
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- Clubiona desecheonis
- Elaver portoricensis
- Corinnidae
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- Abapeba guanicae
- Abapeba wheeleri
- Corinna javuyae
- Phrurolithus insularis
- Phrurolithus portoricensis
- Trachelas borinquensis
- Ctenidae
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- Celaetycheus modestus
- Celaetycheus strenuus
- Oligoctenus ottleyi
- Trujillina isolata
- Dipluridae
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- Masteria petrunkevitchi
- Gnaphosidae
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- Camillina desecheonis
- Hahniidae
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- Hahnia naguaboi
- Ixodidae (ticks)
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- Amblyomma arianae
- Linyphiidae
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- Lepthyphantes microserratus
- Lycosidae
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- Agalenocosa yaucensis
- Mimetidae
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- Mimetus portoricensis
- Oonopidae
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- Oonops delegenus
- Oonops ebenecus
- Oonops viridans
- Stenoonops econotus
- Stenoonops phonetus
- Stenoonops portoricensis
- Pholcidae
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- Modisimus cavaticus
- Modisimus coeruleolineatus
- Modisimus montanus
- Modisimus montanus dentatus
- Modisimus sexoculatus
- Modisimus signatus
- Prodidomidae
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- Neozimiris nuda
- Salticidae
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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
- Scytodidae
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- Scytodes dissimulans
- Sparassidae
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- Olios bicolor
- Olios darlingtoni
- Pseudosparianthis jayuyae
- Stasina portoricensis
- Tetragnathidae
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- Chrysometa hamata
- Chrysometa jayuyensis
- Chrysometa yunque
- Glenognatha gloriae
- Tetragnatha bryantae
- Theraphosidae
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- Avicularia laeta
- Cyrtopholis culebrae
- Cyrtopholis portoricae
- Holothele culebrae
- Theridiidae
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- Dipoena puertoricensis
- Styposis lutea
- Theridion ricense
- Theridiosomatidae
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- Baalzebub albonotatus
- Ogulnius gloriae
- Thomisidae
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- Misumenops bubulcus
- Rejanellus mutchleri
- Tmarus vertumus
- Uloboridae
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- Miagrammopes animotus
Extinct animals
- Greater Puerto Rican ground sloth (Acratocnus major)
- Lesser Puerto Rican ground sloth (Acratocnus odontrigonus)
- Mauge's parakeet (Aratinga chloroptera maugei)
- Puerto Rican caracara (Caracara latebrosus)
- Puerto Rican plate-tooth (Elasmodontomys obliquus)
- Greater Puerto Rican agouti (Heteropsomys antillensis)
- Lesser Puerto Rican agouti (Heteropsomys insulans)
- Puerto Rican long-nosed bat (Monophyllus frater)
- Puerto Rican nesophontes (Nesophontes edithae)
- Puerto Rican flower bat (Phyllonycteris major)
- Corozal rat (Puertoricomys corozalus)
- Puerto Rican barn owl (Tyto cavatica)
- Puerto Rican gharial (Aktiogavialis puertoricensis)
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
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. ISBNÂ 0-8477-0243-X.Â