Malta

About 16 vascular plant species are found exclusively in Malta including Malta's national plant, the Maltese Rock Centaury (MaltaWildPlants.com). Other endemic plants include the Maltese Cliff Orache (ARKive), the Maltese Dwarf Garlic (MaltaWildPlants.com), the Maltese Leek (MaltaWildPlants.com), the Maltese Sea Chamomile (Malta Virtual Field Sites), the Maltese Fleabane (flickr), the Maltese Everlasting (ARKive), the Maltese Spurge (Malta Virtual Field Sites), the Maltese Romulea (MaltaWildPlants.com),the Maltese Hyoseris (ARKive), the Maltese Spider Orchid (MaltaWildPlants.com), the Maltese Pyramidal Orchid (MaltaWildPlants), the Maltese Salt Tree (ARKive), the Maltese Sea Lavender (MaltaWildPlants.com), Zerapha's Sea Lavender (MaltaWildPlants.com), and the Maltese Horned Pondweed (MaltaWildPlants.com).

Insects unique to Malta include a hawk moth Hyles sammuti (Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic), DeLucca’s Moth Mniotype deluccai (Lepiforum), an owlet moth Nyctobrya segunai (BioLib), a bagworm moth Stichobasis postmeridianus (Times of Malta), Schembri’s Darkling Beetle Stenosis schembrii (Fauna Europaea), the Maltese Blind Weevil Alaocyba melitensis (landesmuseum.at pdf file), and the Maltese Slave-keeping Ant Strongylognathus insularis (HymLitviewer). Endemic snails include Muticaria macrostoma and Lampedusa imitatrix (both at Maltese Endemic Landsnails), Spratt’s Top-snail Trochoidea spratti (b-cabinet), Trochoidea gharlapsi (flickr), Marmorana melitensis (flickr), and the marine Maltese Top-shell Gibbula nivosa (idscaro.net). Other endemic invertebrates include a trapdoor spider Nemesia arboricola (MaltaWildPlants.com), a micro whipscorpion Eukoenenia christiani (p. 3 of Joel Hallan pdf file) and a cave-dwelling woodlouse Armadillidium aelleni (Maltese Islands Multimedia Encyclopedia).

Vertebrates found only in Malta include four of the five subspecies of the Maltese Wall Lizard Podarcis filfolensis (lacerta.de) and a subspecies of the Sicilian Shrew Crocidura sicula calypso (SysTax).

Malta is included in the Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity Hotspots). For an overview of Malta's endemic animals see (p. 33 of MEPA pdf file) and for plants see (MaltaWildPlants.com).