Mayotte

Birds found exclusively in Mayotte include the Mayotte Drongo (ARKive), the Mayotte Sunbird (ONCFS), the Chestnut-sided White-eye (IBC), and the Mayotte Scops Owl (BirdQuest).

Reptiles unique to Mayotte include the Island Day Gecko Phelsuma nigristriata (Phelsumania), Robert Mertens' Day Gecko Phelsuma robertmertensi (Wikipedia), and Peters' Bright Snake Liophidium mayottensis (fig. 5h at ZooKeys). Pasteur’s Day Gecko Phelsuma pasteuri (Phelsumania) is sometimes considered a full species distinct from the more widespread Phelsuma v-nigra.

Two undescribed species of frogs in the genera Mantidactylus and Boophis are also known (both at fig. 5 at ZooKeys) which appear to be sister species to the Madagascan Boophis tephraeomystax (wildherps.com) and Mantidactylus (or Gephyromantis) granulatus (AmphibiaWeb).

Arthropods known solely from Mayotte include the butterflies Charaxes saperanus (drlegrain.be) and Neptis mayottensis (fig. 10 at Internet Archive), a damselfly Platycnemis agrioides (Africa Dragonfly), an endemic genus of grasshopper Mayottea insolens (Google Books), a longhorned beetle Sternotomis thomsoni (Lamiaires du Monde), a stag beetle Prosopocoilus viossati (Lucanes du Monde), a jewel beetle Polybothris oberthurii (Jewel Beetles), the scarab beetles Mayataia griveaudi and Komrina villosa (both at Hannetons), and a tangle-foot spider Anelsoimus amelie (p. 4 of Univ. Akron pdf file). Among the land snails unique to Mayotte are an endemic genus Pseudelma (ejour-fup.unifi.it pdf file), Phaulocystis iris (p. 4 of ejour-fup.unifi.it pdf file), and the recently extinct Cyclosurus mariei (Univ. Washington). Marine invertebrates known only from Mayotte include a pyramid shell Turbonilla (or Dunkeria) costei (fig. 7 at Internet Archive), a mud shrimp Naushonia latimana (Crustacés de Mayotte), and a hermit crab Cheiroplatea stenurus (p. 18 of AToL Decapoda pdf file)..

Among about 33 vacular plant species found nowhere else are Hibiscus comorensis (JSTOR), Ophiocolea comorensis (JSTOR), Aloe mayottensis (p. 46 of daf.mayotte.agriculture.gouv.fr 7 MB pdf file), Ceropegia mayottae (JSTOR), Psiadia pascalii (JSTOR), Scolopia maoulidae (JSTOR), Cynometra mayottensis (JSTOR), Noronhia cochleata (JSTOR), Ivodea choungiensis (JSTOR), Labramia mayottensis (JSTOR), Nesogordonia suzannae (JSTOR), Pandanus mayotteensis (JSTOR), Stephanodaphne boivinii (JSTOR), Drypetes darcyana (JSTOR), Pyrostria heliconioides (p. 9 of MNHN pdf file), Rapanea boivinii (JSTOR), Olax mayottensis (JSTOR), Rinorea (or Alsodea) calycina (JSTOR), and a yam Dioscorea mayottensis (MNHN pdf file).

Mayotte is an overseas region of France, is included in the Comoros Forests ecoregion (EoE) and is part of the Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity Hotspots). For an overview of the endemic plants and animals of Mayotte see "Mayotte: Biodiversité et Évaluation Patrimoniale" (ETIC 4 MB pdf file).