Division of Fish and Wildlife Department of Planning and Natural Resources

Government of the Virgin Islands

This is the original List of Endangered Plants and Animals of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Signed June 5th, 1991 by Commissioner Roy E. Adams.

This list is currently under revision.

 

Federally Listed Species

 

Animal

 

 

Genus

Species

Common Name

New Names

Ameiva

polops

St. Croix Ground Lizard

Chelonia

mydas

Green turtle

Dermochelys

coriacea

Leatherback

Epicrates

monensis granti

VI Tree Boa

Eretmochelys

imbricata

Hawksbill Turtle

Falco

peregrinus

Peregrine Falcon

Pelecanus

occidentalis

Brown Pelican

Storna

dougallii

Roseate Tern

Plant

 

 

Buxus

vahlii

Vahl's Boxwood

Zanthoxyllum

thomasianum

Prickly Ash

Catesbaea

melanocarpa 

 

     
     

USVI Listed Species

 

Mabuya

mabouia

Slipperyback Skink

Otus

nudipes newtoni

VI Screech Owl

Chordeiles

gundlachii

West Indian Nighthawk

Anthracothorax

dominicus

Antillean Mango (Hummingbird)

Podiceps

dominicus

Least Grebe

Sterna

antillarum

Least Tern

Phaethon

lepturus

White-tailed Tropicbird

Ardea

herodius

Great Blue Heron

Casmerodius

albus

Great (Common) Egret

Egretta

thula

Snowy Egret

Nycticorax

nycticorax

Black crowned Night Heron

Ixobrychus

exilis

Least Bittern

Anas

bahamensis

Bahama Duck

Oxyura

jamaicensis

Ruddy Duck

Rallus

longirostris

Clapper Rail

Fulica

caribea

Caribbean coot

Charadrius

alexandrinus

Snowy Plover

Catoptrophorus

semipalmatus

Willet

Puffinus

iherminieri

Audobon Shearwater

Aratinga

pertinax

Brown-throated Parakeet

Columba

leucocephala

White-crowned Pigeon

Geotrygon

mystacea

Bridled Quail Dove

Myiarchus

stolidus

Stolid Flycatcher

Noctilio

leporinus

Fisherman Bat

Stenoderma

rufum

Red Fruit Bat

Brachyphylla

cavernarum

Cave Bat

Epinephelus

itajara

Jewfish

 

 

Black Coral

 

 

 

Plant

 

 

Agave

eggersiana

Egger's Agave

Cypselia

humifusa

 

Ilex

sideroxyloides

Central American Oak

Ilex

urbanii

Urban's Holly

Tillandsia

lineatispica

Pinon

Mammilaria

nivosa

Wooly Nipple

Opuntia

triacantha

 

Maytenus

cymosa

 

Operculina

triquetra

 

Croton

fishlockii

 

Erythrina

eggersii

Egger's Cockspur

Galactia

eggersii

Egger's Galactia

Brysonima

sp.

 

Malpighia

infestissima

Stinging Bush

Malpighia

linearis

 

Malpighia

sp.

 

Malpighia

woodburyana

Cowage Cherry

Psidium

amplexicaule

Mountain Guava

Psidium

sp.

 

Sida

eggersi

 

Calyptranthes

thomasiana

St. Thomas Lidflower

Eugenia

sp.

 

Schoepfia

schreberi

 

Brassavola

cuccullata

 

Epidendrum

bifidum

Sandy Point Orchid

Psychilis macconnelliea

Epidendrum

ciliare

Cruzan Christmas Orchid

Epidendrum

cochleatum

 

Habenaria

alata

 

Oncidium

prionochilum

Yellow Dancing Lady Orchid

Oncidium

variegatum

White Dancing Lady Orchid

Polystachya

concreta

 

Ponthieva

racemosa

 

Prescottia

oligantha

 

Prescottia

stachyoides

 

Spiranthes

elata

 

Tetramicra

canaliculata

 

Tetramicra

canaliculata alba

 

Vanilla

barbellata

Vanilla Orchid

Peperomia

myrtifolia

Myrtle-leaved Pepermonia

Coccoloba

rugosa

 

Catesbaea

melanocarpa

 

Machaonia

woodburyana

 

Manilkara

bidentata

Bulletwood

Solanum

conocarpum

 

Solanum

mucronatum

 

Pilea

richardii

Richard's Clearwood

Callicarpa

ampla

Capa Rosa

Nashia

inaguensis

 

Guaiacum

officinale

Lignum Vitae

 

 

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