Saint Lucia
Birds found nowhere else include the Saint Lucia Amazon (ARKive WM) (iNaturalist), the Saint Lucia Warbler (birdfinding.info), the Saint Lucia Oriole (eBird), and the Saint Lucia Black Finch (eBird). Other birds sometimes considered full species include the Saint Lucia Pewee (Birds of St. Lucia) (iNaturalist), the Saint Lucia Wren (birdfinding.info), and the Saint Lucia Thrasher (birdfinding.info). The possibly extinct Semper's Warbler (birdfinding.info) (Scott Weidensaul) is an endemic genus.
The
extinct Saint Lucia Giant Rice Rat (Wikipedia)
(p.
71 of biodiversity.govt.lc
pdf)
was an endemic mammal.
Reptiles unique to Saint Lucia include the Saint Lucia Lancehead (iNaturalist),
the Saint Lucia Threadsnake (ARKive
WM) (ResearchGate),
the Saint Lucia Racer (IUCN)
(ARKive
WM),
the Saint Lucia Cribo (BHL) (p. 99 of CiteSeerX
WM
pdf),
the Saint Lucia Whiptail (ARKive
WM),
the Saint Lucia Dwarf Gecko (iNaturalist)
(ARKive
WM),
the Saint Lucia Skink (PLAZI)
(GBIF),
and the Saint Lucia Anole (iNaturalist).
The Saint Lucia Boa Boa
orophias (flickr)
(iNaturalist)
is also sometimes considered a full species. The Saint Lucia Horned
Iguana (iNaturalist)
(ResearchGate)
is an endemic subspecies.
Beetles known solely from Saint Lucia include a may beetle Phyllophaga blackwelderi
(iNaturalist),
the dung
beetles Pseudocanthon
iuanalaoi (Scarabaeinae)
and Ateuchus luciae
(Scarabaeinae),
a rove beetle Scopaeus
arena (BHL),
a
bark beetle Stevewoodia
minutum (ResearchGate),
a darkling beetle Cyrtosoma
luciae (fig. 5 at ResearchGate),
a water scavenger beetle Oosternum
luciae (GBIF),
a flea beetle Monotalla
viridis (ZooKeys),
a leaf beetle Colaspis luciae (GBIF),
the ground
beetles Megastylulus
pivai and Apenes lucia and Stylulus
isabelae (all at p. 311 of Univ.
Nebraska pdf), and several
longhorn
beetles: Solenoptera
luciae (SEAG)
(iNaturalist),
Solenoptera touroulti
(SEAG), Mesestola brochieri
(GBIF),
and Iyanola romei
(GBIF).
Other endemic insects include a stick insect Clonistria santaluciae (Phasmida WM), the crickets Rhumosa admiralrodneyei (GBIF) and Absonemobius lucensis (GBIF), the moths Iridopsis luciaria (GBIF) and Eucereon clementsi (fig. 25 at BHL), a caddisfly Chimarra diannae (BHL), a planthopper Antillormenis sanctaliciensis (iNaturalist), an ant Camponotus chazaliei (iNaturalist) (AntWiki), a sweat bee Habralictus reinae (ZooKeys), and a termite Glyptotermes amplus (Florida Entomologist pdf).
Other invertebrates restricted to Saint Lucia include a
tarantula Tapinauchenius
polybotes (ZooKeys)
(iNaturalist),
a
wandering spider Ctenus
falcatus (BHL),
a scorpion Tityus
insignis (p. 26 of Euscorpius
pdf) (p. 4 of biodiversity.govt.lc
pdf), a millipede Nanorrhacus
luciae (fig. 7 at BHL),
a slug Veronicella
luciae (p. 20 of ResearchGate
pdf), and the land snails Protoglyptus
sanctaeluciae (GBIF)
and Brachypodella
tatei (WMSDB).
Saint Lucia has nine endemic vascular plant species including Chrysochlamys caribaea
(Plants
of St. Lucia) (p. 11 of biodiversity.govt.lc
pdf), Lobelia
sancta-luciae (Plants
of St. Lucia), Bernardia
laurentii (Plants
of St. Lucia), Daphnopsis
macrocarpa (Plants
of St. Lucia), Gonolobus
iyanolensis (Plants
of St. Lucia), Acalypha
elizabethiae (Plants
of St. Lucia), Miconia
luciana (Plants
of St. Lucia), Miconia
secunda (Plants
of St. Lucia), and the extinct Cuphea
crudyana
(GBIF).
Saint Lucia is part of the Caribbean Islands
biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots WM).
For an overview of the nation's endemic
flora and fauna see the "Biodiversity Assessment of Saint Lucia's
Forests" (ResearchGate).