Navassa Island
Reptiles
unique to
Navassa (all at Robert
Powell WM pdf and Caribherp WM) include
the Navassa
Anole Anolis
longiceps (Anole
Annals),
the Navassa Galliwasp Celestus
(or Comptus) badius (Univ.
Texas pdf) (fig. 15A at GBIF), Cochran’s Croaking Gecko Aristelliger cochranae
(Univ.
Texas pdf),
the Navassa Dwarf Gecko Sphaerodactylus
becki (Univ.
Texas pdf), and several extinct species: the Navassa
Curlytail Leiocephalus
eremitus (Univ.
Texas pdf) (GBIF), the Navassa Iguana Cyclura onchiopsis
(Univ.
Texas pdf), and the Navassa Dwarf Boa Tropidophis
bucculentus (Univ.
Texas pdf).
Marine fish known solely from Navassa include the Flagfin Stargazer Gillellus
inescatus (STRI WM)
(p.
2 of Smithsonian
pdf) and
the Whitesaddle Blenny Starksia
leucovitta (STRI WM)
(p. 4 of Smithsonian
pdf).
Invertebrates exclusive to Navassa include a longhorn beetle Plectromerus navassae
(ResearchGate) (Smithsonian WM),
a may beetle Phyllophaga
navassa (GBIF),
a wall crab spider Selenops
trifidus (BHL),
a caponiid spider Nops
navassa (GBIF),
the scorpions Centruroides
luceorum (p. 8 of Euscorpius WM
pdf) and Cazierius
alayoni (Internet
Archive) and Heteronebo
clareae (p. 2 of Euscorpius WM
pdf), a shorttailed whipscorpion Rowlandius
steineri
(SEA WM
pdf), a millipede Macroxenodes
navassaensis (GBIF),
a tanaid crustacean Saltipedis
navassensis (GBIF),
and an isopod crustacean Stenetrium
kensleyi (BHL).
Endemic land snails include Eutrochatella
circumlineata (BHL) (GBIF),
Chondropoma navassense
(BHL)
(GBIF),
and Zaphysema gaussoini
(BHL)
(figs. 1-3 at BHL).
Vascular plant species restricted to Navassa include the Navassa
Flatsedge Cyperus
subcaracasanus (GBIF) (NYBG)
and
the Navassa Clearweed Pilea
perfragilis (La
Jornada) (GBIF) (NYBG).
Navassa Island is a territory of the United
States of America, is protected as a national
wildlife refuge (fws.gov WM
pdf), and is part of the Caribbean
Islands biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots WM).
A checklist of the vascular plant species is at (NYBG).
A number of undescribed endemic spiders are mentioned in (p. 18 of CNHG
WM
pdf). For an overview of the plants and animals of Navassa see (CoRIS WM).