Mozambique
Reptiles
found nowhere
else than Mozambique include the Mozambique Centipede Eater Aparallactus nigriceps
(SysTax),
the Pungwe Worm Snake Leptotyphlops
pungwensis
(Reptile
Database), the Mecula Girdled Lizard Cordylus meculae (Johan
Marais), the Montane Skink Proscelotes aenea (Reptile
Database), the Bazaruto Writhing
Skink Lygosoma
lanceolatum (Reptile
Database),
and the recently described Mount Mabu Forest Viper Atheris mabuensis (Species
New to Science)
and a chameleon Nadzikambia
baylissi (Guardian).
Endemic mammals include Vincent’s Bush Squirrel Paraxerus vincenti (Planet'
Mammiferes) and Vinson's
Slit-Faced Bat (IUCN
Red List).
The Namuli Apalis Apalis
lynesi (BirdLife
Int'l) is sometimes considered an endemic bird species
distinct from the more widespread Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica (African
Bird Images).
Killifish unique to Mozambique include Nothobranchius hengstleri
(AKA),
Nothobranchius
kadleci (Zootaxa
pdf file),
and Nothobranchius
krammeri (FishBase).
Other endemic freshwater fish include
a sleeper Eleotris
soaresi (#
4 in BHL),
and several cichlids: the Red
Zebra Maylandia
(or Pseudotropheus)
estherae (MalawiCichlids.com), Melanochromis
mossambiquensis and Melanochromis
wochepa (both on p. 18
of Zootaxa
pdf file), Metriaclima
phaeos (Cichlid
Room Companion), and the Buzi River Bream Chetia brevicauda
(p. 6 of Univ.
Toronto 10 MB pdf file). Marine fish known only
from
Mozambique include the Pinafore Goby Drombus simulus (FishBase),
the Lace Goby Oxyurichthys
lemayi (FishBase),
the Many-lined Grunter Pomadasys laurentino
(FishBase),
the Rattail Skate
Dipturus lanceorostratus
(eol),
and the Mud Blenny Parablennius
lodosus (FishBase). The Streaky
Clingfish Lissonanchus
lusheri (FishBase)
represents an endemic genus.
Marine
invertebrates known
only
from Mozambique include a cone snail Conus baeri (Eddie
Hardy),
a cowrie Nesiocypraea
aenigma (Eddie
Hardy),
a wentletrap Epitonium
repandior (Femorale),
a miter snail Charitodoron
rosadoi (Eddie
Hardy),
a murex Orania rosadoi
(Eddie
Hardy), a margin
snail Marginella monicae
(Eddie
Hardy),
a nutmeg
snail Trigonostoma
mozambicense (Eddie
Hardy), and a polychaete worm Antonbruunia
viridis (CSIS
pdf file).
Other endemic invertebrates include a land snail Gulella delgada (p.
20 of African
Invertebrates pdf file), a dung beetle Onitis janssenii (IICT),
a water beetle Haliplus
watsoni (BBC),
a longhorned beetle Aphelogaster
thomsoni
(p. 7 of IRD
pdf file), some undescribed butterflies (p. 63 of Kew
7 MB pdf file), a millipede Hadrobolus crassicollis
(p. 32 of Zootaxa
5 MB pdf file), and a centipede Orphnaeus
heteropodus (CHILOBASE).
Among over 200 vascular plant species restricted to Mozambique are
several cycads: Encephalartos
munchii (Cycad
Pages), Encephalartos
pterogonus (PACSOA),
and Encephalartos
turneri (PACSOA).
Other endemic plants include Aloe
decurva (Flora
of Mozambique), the legumes Acacia torrei (Kew)
and Millettia
mossambicensis (Flora
of Mozambique), Streptocarpus
brachynema (Flora
of Mozambique), Euphorbia
graniticola (Flora
of Mozambique), Euphorbia
bougheyi
(Water
When Dry), Euphorbia
unicornis (flickr),
Jatropha
subaequiloba (Flora
of Mozambique), Dichapetalum zambesianum
(Flora
of Mozambique), a mistletoe Helixanthera schizocalyx
(Kew),
and an iris Tritonia
moggii (Flora
of Mozambique). Endemic genera include Gyrodoma
(Flora
of Mozambique), Emicocarpus
(JSTOR),
Icuria (JSTOR),
Micklethwaitia
(flickr),
and Baptorhachis
(JSTOR).
Mozambique includes portions of three biodiversity hotspots: the
Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa (Biodiversity
Hotspots), the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany (Biodiversity
Hotspots), and the Eastern Afromontane (Biodiversity
Hotspots). The Zambezian Coastal Flooded Savanna (EoE)
is an ecoregion unique to Mozambique. Important freshwater
ecoregions include Lake Malawi (FEOW)
and Coastal East Africa (FEOW).
An overview of Mozambique's biodiversity can be found at (CBD
pdf file).