Snakes
| Pacific
boa(5) (gata) |
Candoia
bibroni |
N |
| Blind
burrowing snake(6) |
Ramphotyphlops
braminus |
MI |
AMPHIBIANS
| Marine
toad(6) (lage) |
Bufo
marinus |
MI |
Bats
| Common and
Samoan names |
Scientific
name |
| Polynesian
rat (isumu) |
Rattus exulans |
PI |
| Roof
rat (isumu) |
Rattus rattus |
MI |
| Norway
rat (isumu) |
Rattus norvegicus |
MI |
| House mouse (isumu) |
Mus musculus |
MI |
Skinks
| Snake-eyed
skink (pili) |
Ablepharus
boutonii |
N |
| Micronesian
skink (pili) |
Emoia
adspersa |
N |
| Azure-tailed
skink (pili) |
Emoia
cyanura |
N |
| Lawes
skink (pili oua) |
Emoia
lawesii |
N |
| Black
skink (pili uli) |
Emoia
nigra |
N |
| Samoan
skink (pili lape) |
Emoia
samoensis |
N |
| Moth
skink (pili) |
Lipinia
noctua |
N |
| Pig
(pua’a) |
Sus
scrofa |
PI |
| Dogs |
Canis
familiaris |
PI |
| Cats |
Felis
domesticus |
MI |
(1)
N = native, PI = Polynesian introduction, MI = modern introduction.
(2) Also known as flying foxes.
(3) Also known as white-necked, Tongan or insular fruit
bat.
(4) Few found after cyclones in 1990 and 1991; perhaps
locally extinct.
(5) Ta'u Island; formerly present on Ofu Island (T. Malae,
pers. com.) and Tutuila Island (Steadman, D., & G. Pregill. 2004. A prehistoric,
non-cultural vertebrate assemblage from Tutuila Island. Pacific Science 58:615-624).
(6) Tutuila Island.
Source: based primarily on Amerson et al. 1982. Wildlife and wildlife habitat
of American Samoa. Vol.1. Environment and ecology. US Fish & Wildlife Service
(Wash. DC). 119p.
| Samoan
fruit bat(2) (pe’a vao) |
Pteropus
samoensis |
N |
| White-naped
fruit bat(2),(3) (pe’a
fanua) |
Pteropus
tonganus |
N |
| Sheath-tailed
bat(4) (pe’ape’avai) |
Emballonura
semicaudata |
N |
Others
| Pelagic
gecko (mo'o) |
Cyrtodactylus
pelagicus |
N |
| Polynesian
gecko (mo'o) |
Gehyra
oceanica |
N |
| Mourning
gecko (mo'o) |
Lepidodactylus
lugubris |
N |
| Stump-toed
gecko (mo'o) |
Peropus
mutilatus |
N |
| House
gecko (mo'o) |
Hemidactylus
frenatus |
MI |
Geckos
LAND
MAMMALS
LAND
REPTILES
21. Land mammal,
reptile & amphibian checklist for A. Samoa