Djibouti
Djibouti is the only
home of two vertebrate species: the critically endangered
Djibouti
Francolin (ARKive) and a recently described racer Platyceps afarensis
(CAT.INIST).
Invertebrates known only from Djibouti include a longhorned beetle Eunidia djiboutiana (Lamiares du Monde),
a dung beetle Trichonotulus
secquorum (eol), a leaf beetle Galerudolphia martini (SysTax), a grasshopper Lophothericles popovi
(OSF),
a cricket Cryncus
dmitrievi (OSF),
and a nursery web spider Euprosthenopsis
vachoni (World Spider Catalog).
Plants unique to Djibouti include Aloe
djiboutiensis (PlantFiles)
and Aloe ericahenriettae (JSTOR),
Euphorbia
godana (Int'l
Euphorbia Soc.), Euphorbia amicorum (JSTOR),
Phagnalon lavranosii (JSTOR),
Cynoglossopsis
somaliensis (JSTOR), Caralluma (or Caudanthera) mireillae (Google Books), Polygala
goudahensis (JSTOR),
and Matthiola
puntensis (JSTOR).
Djibouti is included in the Horn of Africa biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots) and the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden coral reef
hotspot (Reef
Guardian pdf file).