Saint Vincent

Birds unique to Saint Vincent include the national bird, the Saint Vincent Amazon (ARKive WM) (eBird), the Saint Vincent Tanager (birdfinding.info), and an endemic genus, the Whistling Warbler (birdfinding.info) (eBird). The Saint Vincent Wren (birdfinding.info) is also sometimes considered a full species.

The Saint Vincent Big-eared Bat Micronycteris buriri (Bathead WM pdf) (Upper right at BHL) is a recently described endemic mammal. The Saint Vincent Pygmy Rice Rat Oligoryzomys victus (Wikipedia) (p. 12 of INABIO pdf) is believed extinct.

Reptiles found only in Saint Vincent include Cook’s Tree Boa Corallus cookii (iNaturalist) (pp. 1 & 24 of IRCF WM pdf), the Saint Vincent Racer Chironius vincenti (p. 10 of Michael L. Treglia pdf) (Univ. Texas pdf), the Saint Vincent Tree Anole Anolis griseus (tiracoon.fr) (iNaturalist), the Saint Vincent Bush Anole Anolis trinitatus (iNaturalist), and the Union Island Gecko Gonatodes daudini (flickr) (ResearchGate). The Grenada Bank Blindsnake Amerotyphlops tasymicris (ResearchGate), formerly also known from Grenada, may survive now only on Union Island (IUCN).

The Saint Vincent Frog Pristimantis shrevei (Univ. Texas pdf) (iNaturalist) is the sole endemic amphibian.

The Caribbean Sand Lance Protammodytes sarisa (STRI WM) is a marine fish known from only a single specimen.

Among over 100 species of beetles restricted to Saint Vincent (Univ. Nebraska pdf) are the longhorn beetles Tethlimmena basalis (Cerambycidae Species WM) and Leptocometes luneli (GBIF), an ant-loving beetle Rybaxis geminata (Harvard), the leaf beetles Coscinoptera intermedia (Harvard) and Oedionychis sharpi (Harvard), the darkling beetles Lorelopsis pilosus (fig. 7 at BHL) and Cyrtosoma vincenti (fig. 6 at ResearchGate), a false blister beetle Oxycopis frontalis (fig. 13 at BHL), a masked chafer Cyclocephala vincentiae (Bio-Nica WM pdf), a narrow-waisted bark beetle Serrotibia obrieni (Fig. 8 at ResearchGate), a wrinkled bark beetle Clinidium guildingii (p. 311 of Univ. Nebraska pdf), a soft-winged flower beetle Astylus gorhami (iNaturalist), and the weevils Sicoderus contiguous (GBIF) and Palliolatrix silacea (GBIF).

Other endemic insects include the Saint Vincent Hairstreak Pseudolycaena cybele (Butterflies of America WM), the White-patterned Skipper Chiomara vincenta (Butterflies of America) (tiracoon.fr), a grasshopper Nesonotus superbus (OSF), a katydid Phyllopectis crepitans (OSF), the crickets Rhumosa captainblighei (GBIF) and Absonemobius vincenti (GBIF), a treehopper Enchophyllum rileyi (GBIF), a cockroach Riatia bipunctulata (fig. 1 at BHL), a shore fly Athyroglossa dubia (BHL), the bees Exomalopsis cyclura (GBIF) and Habralictus claviventris (ZooKeys), and a wasp Zethus woodruffi (fig. 1 on p. 4 of Univ. Nebraska pdf).

Other endemic invertebrates include a scorpion Tityus pictus (p. 5 of Euscorpius pdf) (p. 134 of Caribbank pdf), the tarantulas Tapinauchenius sanctivincenti (BirdSpiders.com WM) and Tapinauchenius rasti (ZooKeys) (iNaturalist), a trapdoor spider Ummidia salebrosa (ZooKeys), a goblin spider Simonoonops princeps (GBIF), the jumping spiders Stoidis pygmaea (jumping-spiders.com) and Corythalia metallica (fig. 2 at BHL), a cave-dwelling silverfish Anelpistina musticensis (ResearchGate), the land snails Pleikocheilus aurissileni (tiracoon.fr) and Simpulopsis vincentina (ZooKeys), and the marine snails Eratoidea unionensis (GBIF) and Gibberula quatrefortis (GBIF). Saint Vincent's most distinctive endemic is a freshwater sea slug Tantulum elegans that is the sole member of the family Tantulidae (BHL) (Google Books).

The vascular plant species found nowhere else include Begonia pensilis (tiracoon.fr), a bromeliad Pitcairnia sulphurea (tiracoon.fr), Lobelia brigittalis (tiracoon.fr), Pleroma (or Chaetogastra) cistoides (GBIF) (iNaturalist), Acalypha vincentina (GBIF), Gonolobus youroumaynensis (p. 34 of NCSU WM pdf) (GBIF), Solanum urens (colnect) (GBIF), Rudgea vincentina (JSTOR), Lepidaploa pallescens (GBIF), Rondeletia americana (Univ. Florida WM), Besleria elongata (JSTOR), Clidemia (or Miconia) vincentina (JSTOR), Lindernia (or Vandellia) brucei (BHL), and the ferns Pteris longibrachiata (JSTOR) and Amauropelta (or Thelypteris) cooleyi (GBIF).

Fungi known only from Saint Vincent include Marasmius catervatus (figs. 16-18 at BHL) (GBIF). Endemic lichens include Clathroporina elliottii (GBIF).

Saint Vincent is part of the Caribbean Islands biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity Hotspots WM). For an overview of the biota see the "Fifth National Report to the CBD" (CBD pdf).