Back Tropische Regenwälder von Samoa German Samoaj tropikaj humidaj arbaroj Esperanto جنگلهای مرطوب حارهای ساموآ Persian Foreste umide tropicali delle Samoa Italian Тропические влажные леса Самоа Russian Вологі тропічні ліси Самоа Ukrainian Samoa tropik yomgʻirli oʻrmonlari Uzbek
| Samoan tropical moist forests | |
|---|---|
 Lowland rain forest on Savai'i | |
 Map of the Samoan Islands | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Oceanian |
| Biome | tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests |
| Geography | |
| Area | 2,763 km2 (1,067 sq mi) |
| Countries | |
| Conservation | |
| Conservation status | Critical/endangered[1] |
| Protected | 231 km2 (8%)[2] |
The Samoan tropical moist forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Samoan Islands of the Pacific Ocean.
Approximately 30% of Samoa's biodiversity is endemic, found only in Samoa, with new species still being discovered including two new butterflies in 2009 and freshwater fish new to science. The country has more native species of ferns and butterflies than New Zealand, a country 85 times larger.[3]
- ^ "Samoa tropical moist forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
sprepwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).