Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe
has 30 vascular plant species found nowhere else (CBAF)
including several orchids: Epidendrum mutelianum
(CBAF),
Specklinia (or Pleurothallus) mazei (CBAF),
Octomeria ffrenchiana
(CBAF),
Stelis dussii
(CBAF),
and Pseudocentrum
guadalupense (CBAF).
Other endemic plants include a bromeliad Aechmea flemingii (fcbs),
a palm Acrocomia
karukerana (CBAF),
Lobelia
persicifolia (CBAF),
a false buttonweed Spermacoce
dussii (Plants
of the Eastern Caribbean), Miconia vulcanica (CBAF),
a rush Juncus
guadeloupensis (SHNLH),
Codonanthe caribaea
(Univ.
Florida Herbarium), Ocotea
l'herminieri (CBAF),
Anthurium
dussii (BGBM),
Echinodorus
zombiensis (MNHN
pdf file), Polygala
planellasi (CBAF),
Meliosma
pardonii (NYBG),
Vernonia albicaulis
(CBAF),
a lacefern Ctenitis
(or Megalastrum)
macrotheca (CBAF),
and a dwarf polypody Grammitis
stipitata
(NYBG).
Vertebrates unique to Guadeloupe include the Guadeloupe Woodpecker (IBC)
and the Guadeloupe Big Brown Bat Eptesicus guadeloupensis
(ASFA
pdf file).
Endemic reptiles include the Guadeloupean Anole Anolis marmoratus (Saumfinger.de), the Marie Gallant Sail-tailed Anole Anolis ferreus (Zoom Guadeloupe), and the extinct Guadeloupe Ameiva Ameiva cineracea (LAMECA). The Guadeloupe Racer Alsophis antillensis (ASFA) and the Terre-de-Haut Racer Alsophis sanctonum (ASFA) have recently been raised to full species status (Zootaxa pdf file). The Guadeloupe Blindsnake Typhlops guadeloupensis (caribherp), the Les Saintes Sphaero Sphaerodactylus phyzacinus (Reptile Database), the Les Saintes Anole Anolis terraealtae (fig. 22 at Internet Archive), the Petite Terre Anole Anolis chrysops (fig. 20 at Internet Archive), and the La Desirade Anole Anolis desiradei (fig. 19 at Internet Archive) are also sometimes considered full species.
Amphibians restricted to Guadeloupe include
the Guadeloupe Stream Frog Eleutherodactylus
barlagnei (CalPhotos)
and the Guadeloupe Forest Frog Eleutherodactylus
pinchoni
(ASFA).
Insects known only from Guadeloupe include a tiger moth Antichloris toddi (INRA),
a geometrid moth Tricentrogyna
crocantha (INRA),
a dragonfly Macrothemis
meurgeyi and a damselfly Protoneura
romanae (both at SHNLH),
the longhorned beetles Rosalba
arawakiana (Lamiaires
du Monde) and Carneades
bicincta (Lamiaires
du Monde), an ox beetle Strategus
syphax (Univ.
Nebraska-Lincoln), a weevil Peridinetus insignis
(p. 3 of Zootaxa
pdf file),
a stick insect Lamponius
guerini (Wikimedia
Commons), and a katydid Acantheremus
bonfilsi
(OSF).
Other endemic invertebrates include a tarantula Holothele sulfurensis
(Zoom
Guadeloupe), a goblin spider Scaphiella etang
(AMNH),
a scorpion Oiclus nanus
(Euscorpius
pdf
file), a centipede Ityphilus
mauriesi (CHILOBASE),
and the land snails Pleurodonte
lychnuchus (AFC), Bulimulus lherminieri
(SNHLH),
and Amphicyclotulus
perplexus (figs. 7 - 9 on plate 11 of Internet
Archive).
Guadeloupe is an overseas region of France
and part of the Caribbean Islands biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots). Most of the island is part of the Leeward Islands
Moist Forests ecoregion (EoE).
An overview of Guadeloupe's biodiversity is provided at (MNHN
pdf file).