. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: the Americas. Lesser Antilles GRENADA 2 3 Scule of miles Suvanna & Grazing Land R3^yy Dr> Scrub-Woodlands Victoria, Rjin Forcsi j Mi>nianc Thickci Y////X Brake Ooi^yav. |*tVtVt| Ellin W.» Secondary Forcsl. Figure The vegetation of Grenada as indicated by Beard in 1949. 5nH«(l991c)hasedon Beard(l949l Biodiversity Beard (1949) recorded 120 tree species, of which 15 were Lesser Antillean endemics. One rain forest tree. Maylenus f> is endemic to the island. Grenada has three native amphibian speci
. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: the Americas. Lesser Antilles GRENADA 2 3 Scule of miles Suvanna & Grazing Land R3^yy Dr> Scrub-Woodlands Victoria, Rjin Forcsi j Mi>nianc Thickci Y////X Brake Ooi^yav. |*tVtVt| Ellin W.» Secondary Forcsl. Figure The vegetation of Grenada as indicated by Beard in 1949. 5nH«(l991c)hasedon Beard(l949l Biodiversity Beard (1949) recorded 120 tree species, of which 15 were Lesser Antillean endemics. One rain forest tree. Maylenus f> is endemic to the island. Grenada has three native amphibian species, Eleiitherodactylus johnstonei, E. urichi and Leptodactylus wag- iieri. the last two of which are found in the Grand Etang forests (Corke, 1992). In addition, the cane toad Bitfo inarinus has been introduced, originally to control pests in sugar-cane fields. There were 15 terrestrial reptile species on the island, but two snakes [Liophis ineUiiiotiis and Pseiiclohoa neiiwiecli) are believed extirpated (Corke. 1992). There is one endemic, a worm snake Txphlops tlontinii luui. Three other species, the lizards Anolis aeneus and A. richardi and the snake Mastigodiyas hruesi are regional endemics (Corke, 1992) and there are two introduced species (a tortoise and a gecko). About 150 species of birds have been recorded in Grenada (Groomc, 1970) but only 35 of these are resident species of land bird (Blockstein, 1988). The only species listed as threatened by Collar et al. (1992) is the endemic Grenada dove Leptotila wellsi. of which only 100 or so remain. It is threatened princi- pally by habitat destruction. It is not, however, an inhabitant of the rain forest, but is found in lowland dry-scrub woodland. The only native mammals in Grenada are its eleven species of bat; none is endemic and little information exists on their sta- tus. Introduced mammals on the island include the greater and lesser Chapman's murine opossums — Mannosa robinsoiii chapmani and M. fitscata carri resp
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