Category
page 1Endemic fauna of Samoa
Tooth-billed Pigeon
species of bird
Samoan Fantail
species of bird
Gymnomyza samoensis
species of bird
Zosterops samoensis
species of bird
Papilio godeffroyi
species of insect
Patu marplesi
species of arachnid
Tapinoma wheeleri
species of insect
Rarahu
Rarahu is a genus of jumping spiders endemic to Samoa. , it contains only one species, Rarahu nitida. Berland probably adapted the genus name Rarahu from Pierre Loti's book of the same name, which was published in 1880. Loti himself either used the rare Tahitian word "rarahu", meaning (amongst other things) "to eat tapu things", or changed the name of the volcano "Raraku". The species name is from Latin nitida "shining", "handsome", or "neat" (a false cognate).
Sphenarches bilineatus
species of insect
Moca chelacma
species of insect