Central African Republic

The Sangha Forest Robin Stiphrornis sanghensis (p. 6 of AMNH pdf file) known only from the Dzanga-Sangha Forest Reserve is sometimes considered a distinct species. 

Endemic mammals include the Oubangui Mouse (IUCN Red List) and the Gounda Mouse (IUCN Red List).

Reptiles unique to the Central African Republic include a blind snake Rhinotyphlops debilis (SysTax) and a skink Trachylepis (or Mabuya) pendeana (Google Books). 

Endemic amphibians include a reed frog Hyperolius acuticephalus (IUCN Red List) and Sternfield's River Frog Phrynobatrachus (Arthroleptis) sternfeldi (SysTax). Buala am Uam, the type locality for three other river frogs (Phrynobatrachus elberti (SysTax), Phrynobatrachus nanus (SysTax), and Phrynobatrachus pygmaeus (African Amphibians Lifedesk), was formerly assumed to be in Chad, but appears to correspond to what is now known as Bouala (06° 24’ N 15° 35’ E)..

Freshwater fish endemic to the Central African Republic include the killifish Epiplatys mesogramma (D Brown) and Aphyosemion decorsei (Killifish of West Africa), a barb Barbus stigmasemion (p. 2 of SNSD pdf file), the loach catfishes Psammphiletria nasuta (p. 51 of CAS pdf file) and Tetracamphilius clandestinus (p. 53 of CAS pdf file), and a mochokid catfish Synodontis vaillanti (ACSI).

Butterflies solely found in the C.A.R. include Graphium abri (NHM-London), Euphaedra sangbae (metafro), Charaxes octavus (BOLD), Cephetola karinae (metafro), and Acraea peetersi (Dominique Bernaud). Other endemic invertebrates include an ant Asphinctopone lucidus (Antbase), a ground beetle Graphipterus crampeli (Carabidae of the World), a flower beetle Aphelinis krikkeni (Naturalis pdf file), a parisitoid wasp Oreiscelio aequalis (MorphBank), a leafhopper Dwightia hercules (AMNH), a grasshopper Galeicles teocchii (SysTax), a cricket Paragryllodes centralis (p. 23 of MNHN pdf file), and a freshwater crab Sudanonautes sangha (IUCN Red List).

Among roughly 100 species of vascular plants known from nowhere else are a bladderwort Utricularia letestui (JSTOR), the mints Pycnostachys chevalieri (JSTOR) and Vitex chariensis (JSTOR), Drypetes bakembei (JSTOR), Basananthe kottoensis (JSTOR), Leptactina deblockiae (MNHN pdf file), an iris Zygotritonia hysterantha (JSTOR), Fadogia latifolia (JSTOR), Crotalaria gracilipes (JSTOR), Eriocoelum dzangensis (JSTOR), Cyathula mollis (JSTOR), Dipcadi ndelleense (JSTOR), Cochlospermum intermedium (Kew), a spurge Euphorbia tisserantii (JSTOR), and a sedge Eleocharis monantha (JSTOR). Among the orchids restricted to the Central African Republic are Aerangis bouarensis (JSTOR), Ancistrorhynchus brevifolius (JSTOR), and Disperis raiilabris (JSTOR).

Important terrestrial ecoregions in the Central African Republic include the Northwest Congolian Lowland Forests (EoE) and the East Sudanian Savanna (EoE). An important freshwater ecoregion is the Sudanic Congo - Oubangi (FEOW).