Saint Lucia
Birds found nowhere else include the Saint Lucia Parrot (ARKive), the Saint Lucia Warbler (Neotropical Birds), and the Saint Lucia Oriole (ARKive). The Saint Lucia Pewee Contopus oberi (Birding in St. Lucia) has recently been considered distinct from the more widespread Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris. Representing endemic genera are the Saint Lucia Black Finch (Birds of St. Lucia) and the possibly extinct Semper's Warbler (BirdLife Int'l).
The extinct Saint Lucia Giant Rice Rat (ARKive)
was an endemic mammal. A subspecies of the Little Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira lilium luciae (p. 35 of SLBIT
pdf file) is restricted to Saint Lucia.
Reptiles unique to Saint Lucia include the Saint Lucia Lancehead Bothrops caribbaeus
(flickr),
the recently described Saint Lucia Threadsnake Leptotyphlops breuili
(ARKive),
the Saint Lucia Racer Liophis
ornatus (ARKive),
the Saint Lucia Cribo Clelia
errabunda (p. 99 of SLBIT
5 MB pdf file), the Saint Lucia Whiptail Cnemidophorus vanzoi
(ARKive),
the Saint Lucia Dwarf Gecko Sphaerodactylus
microlepis (ARKive),
and the Saint Lucia Anole Anolis
luciae (ARKive). The Saint Lucia Boa Boa orophias (caribherp) is also sometimes considered a full species. The taxonomic status of the Saint Lucia Iguana (p. 81 of SLBIT
5 MB pdf file) is unresolved, but may also be a full species.
Invertebrates known solely from Saint Lucia include the longhorned
beetles Solenoptera
luciae (BioLib)
and Paraclytemnestra
lineata (Smithsonian), the dung beetles Pseudocanthon iuanalaoi (Scarabaeinae Dung Beetles) and Ateuchus luciae (eol), a rove beetle Scopaeus
arena (Internet
Archive), a bark beetle Stevewoodia minutum (Zookeys), a
stick insect Clonistria
santaluciae (Phasmida), a
termite Glyptotermes
amplus (Florida
Entomologist pdf file), a wandering spider Ctenus falcatus (Google
Books), and the land snails Brachypodella tatei (Bram's Snail Site) and Naesiotus luciae (Bram's Snail Site).
Saint Lucia has nine endemic vascular plant species including Chrysochlamys caribaea
(Plants
of St. Lucia), 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
elizabethae (Plants
of St. Lucia), Miconia
luciana (Plants
of St. Lucia), Miconia
secunda (Plants
of St. Lucia), and the extinct Cuphea
crudyana (Botanicus).
Saint Lucia is part of the Caribbean Islands biodiversity
hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots). For an overview of the nation's endemic
flora and fauna see the "Biodiversity Assessment of Saint Lucia's
Forests" (SLBIT
4 MB pdf file).