Grenada
Birds unique to Grenada include the national bird, the Grenada Dove (SCSCB WM) (birdfinding.info), and the Grenada Tanager (birdfinding.info) (iNaturalist). The Grenada Wren (birdfinding.info) is also sometimes considered a full species.
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 WM)
(Fishes
of the Western Atlantic WM) is known from a single specimen.
Endemic beetles include the longhorn beetles Eutrypanus
grenadensis (p. 5 of Steve
Lingafelter pdf) and Decarthria
albofasciata (Cerambycidae
Species WM), the ground beetles Pachyteles telesfordi (p.
311 of ResearchGate
pdf) and Pseudaptinus
thaxteri
(GBIF),
a bess beetle Passalus
antillarum (fig. 11 at ResearchGate),
a lady beetle Cryptognatha
melanura (fig. 6 at BHL),
a soldier beetle Silis
grenadensis (p. 332 of ResearchGate
pdf), a tumblebug Canthon
perseverans
(BHL),
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),
a rove beetle Holobus
smithi (p. 316 of ResearchGate
pdf), a darkling beetle Phymatestes
charbonnelae (Persée)
(GBIF),
and the weevils Sicoderus
woodruffi (GBIF)
and Cholus palmarum
(GBIF).
Other 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), 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 (JSTOR),
and an orchid Epidendrum
grenadense (IOSPE
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).