Montserrat
Among the vertebrates found nowhere else than Montserrat is the national bird, the Montserrat Oriole (ARKive), and an endemic subspecies of the Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira thomasi vulcanensis (BatHead).
Endemic reptiles include the Montserrat Galliwasp Diploglossus montisserrati (ARKive), the Montserrat Anole Anolis
lividus (flickr), and the Montserrat Blindsnake Typhlops monastus (caribherp).
The
Montserrat Racer Alsophis
manselli (caribherp) has recently been elevated to a full species (Zootaxa
pdf file).
The over 120 endemic invertebrates include two species of the
net-winged beetle genus Thonalmus
(UKOTCF
pdf file), a longhorned beetle Strangalia
benitoespinali (p. 26 of Longicornes
des Petites Antilles pdf file), a darkling beetle Nesocyrtosoma lacrima
(BioOne),
a hister beetle Aeletes lissosternus
(BHL), a chafer Phyllophaga montserratensis (CalPhotos),
an undescribed flanged bombardier beetle in the genus Eohomopterus (p. 65
of Durrell
7
MB pdf
file), an undescribed forest cricket in the genus Amphiacusta (p. 141
of Durrell
4 MB pdf file), an undescribed eucharitid wasp in the genus Kapala (p. 148 of Durrell
4
MB pdf
file), and the Montserrat Tarantula Cyrtopholis femoralis (CalPhotos).
The three endemic vascular plant species are the Montserrat
Orchid Epidendrum
montserratense (Kew), the Pribby
Rondeletia
buxifolia (Kew),
and the possibly extinct Xylosma
serratum (p. 4 of Kew
pdf file).
Montserrat
is an overseas territory of the United
Kingdom and part of the Caribbean Islands biodiversity
hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots). The Centre Hills
region of the island (Durrell
7 MB pdf file) is especially rich in endemic species.