Grenada
Birds unique to Grenada include the national bird, the Grenada Dove (SCSCB WM) (birdfinding.info), and the Grenada Tanager (birdfinding.info) (iNaturalist).
Endemic amphibians include the Grenada Frog Pristimantis euphronides (flickr) (p. 5 of IRCF WM pdf).
The recently extinct Grenada Giant Rice Rat Megalomys camerhogne (GBIF) was an endemic mammal.
The Flabby Snake-eel Hyphalophis devius (STRI) (Fishes of the Western Atlantic WM) is known from a single specimen.
Insects found solely in Grenada include a mayfly Farrodes
grenadae (p. 12 of Smithsonian
pdf), the caddisflies Neotrichia
nesiotes (BHL)
and Smicridea
grenadensis (p. 28 of Smithsonian
pdf), a stenomid moth Antaeotricha
suffumigata (p. 8 of Smithsonian
pdf), a prominent moth Dasylophia
grenadensis (Smithsonian),
the longhorn beetles Eutrypanus
grenadensis (p. 5 of Steve
Lingafelter pdf) and Decarthria
albofasciata (Cerambycidae
Species WM), a ground beetle Pseudaptinus thaxteri
(GBIF),
a bess beetle Passalus
antillarum (fig. 11 at ResearchGate),
an ox beetle Strategus
tarquinius (p. 106 of Univ.
Nebraska-Lincoln pdf), the flea beetles Monotalla obrienorum
(ZooKeys)
and Lactica grenadensis
(fig. 8 at BHL)
(GBIF),
a darkling
beetle Cyrtosoma
grenadense (fig. 3 at ResearchGate),
a travertine beetle Lutrochus
grenadaensis (GBIF),
the weevils Sicoderus
woodruffi (GBIF)
and Cholus palmarum
(GBIF),
a tumblebug Canthon
perseverans
(BHL),
a flat bug Peggicoris
grenadensis (GBIF),
a sweat bee Habralictus
insularis (ResearchGate),
a chalcidoid wasp Miotropis histrionica (BHL),
and an ant Nylanderia
coveri (GBIF).
Other endemic invertebrates include
a goblin spider Simonoonops
etang (BHL)
(AMNH WM),
a harvestman Geaya
insularis (p. 30 of UFRJ
pdf), a scorpion Didymocentrus
waeringi (BHL),
a centipede Gonethina
grenadensis (BHL),
a millipede Epinannolene
grenadae (BHL),
a woodlouse Venezillo
grenadensis (BHL),
a velvet worm Epiperipatus
barbouri (BHL),
a marine snail Triphora
grenadensis (BHL),
and several land snails: Bulimulus
wiebesi (WMSDB),
Neocyclotus grenadensis
(GBIF),
and Helicina
keatei (Femorale WM)
(p. 10 of ResearchGate
pdf).
Vascular plants found nowhere else include Charianthus
grenadensis (flickr)
(ResearchGate),
Rhytidophyllum
caribaeum (GBIF),
Monteverdia (or Maytenus) grenadensis (GBIF),
a tree fern Cyathea
elliottii (GBIF),
and an orchid Epidendrum
grenadense (IOPSE WM).
Grenada is part of the Caribbean Islands
biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots WM).
For more information on Grenada's plants and animals see the CBD
Strategy & Action Plan (CBD
pdf).