Namibia

Among over 600 species of vascular plants found nowhere else are the Namib Coral-tree Erythrina decora (Eileen Gästefarm), the Lüderitz Living Stone (PlantZAfrica.com), the Queen of the Namib (Desert-Tropicals.com), the Namibian Grape (PlantZAfrica.com), the Rock Corkwood (Bihrmann's Caudiciforms), the Brandberg Acacia (Acacia World), the Brandberg Plumbago (PlantZAfrica.com), and Aloe erinacea (JSTOR). Endemic genera include Namibia (JSTOR), Jensenobotrya (PlantZAfrica.com), Baynesia (Huntington), Ruschianthus (Desert-Tropicals.com), Lavrania (RSA Succulents), Arthraerua (Terry Thormin), Eremothamnus (p. 29 of National Red Lists 7 MB pdf file), Chamaegigas (Kew), Manuleopsis (Kyffhäuser plants), Neoluederitzia (p. 148 of NBRI 7 MB pdf file), and Ondetia (Kyffhäuser plants).

Reptiles unique to Namibia include the Festive Gecko (Jon Boone), Carp’s Barking Gecko (Trevor Hardaker), the Kaokoland Rock Gecko (Johan Marais), the Brandberg Gecko (Pachydactylus.com), Bradfield’s Namib Day Gecko (Trevor Hardaker), the Herero Girdled Lizard (Reptile Database), the Etosha Agama (Reptile Database), the Husaben Sand Lizard (Trevor Hardaker), the Slender Blind Legless Skink Typhlosaurus braini (Namibian Biodiversity Database), the Karasburg Tree Skink (Trevor Hardaker), the Zebra Racer (reptile-stamps.de), the Damara Thread Snake Namibiana labialis (p. 29 of CNAH 3 MB pdf file), and the recently described Nama Padloper (Homopus Research Foundation).

Mammals known solely from Namibia include the Dune Hairy-footed Gerbil (Mammalian Species pdf file) and perhaps a water rat Dasymys cabrali (Mammal Species of the World).

The Dune Lark Certhilauda erythrochlamys (African Bird Image Database) is an endemic bird species if Barlow's Lark Certhilauda barlowi (Birdlife Int'l) is considered a distinct species.

Endemic amphibians include Hoesch's Toad (iNaturalist), the Damara Sand Frog (IUCN Red List), and the Mapacha Ridged Frog (IUCN Red List).

Freshwater fish unique to Namibia include the Cave Catfish (ARKive) and the Otjikoto Tilapia (jjphoto.dk).

Insects restricted to Namibia include the gladiators Mantophasma zephyra (Biodiversity Explorer) and Tyrannophasma gladiator (Biodiversity Explorer), the butterflies Acraea hypoleuca (Dominique Bernaud) and Iolaus obscurus (Naturhistorhiska riksmuseet), a dune cricket Comicus calcaris (Namibian Biodiversity Database), a fog-basking beetle Onymacris rugatipennis (Namibian Biodiversity Database), a flower beetle Eudicella hereroensis (Beetles of Africa), a jewel beetle Julodis egho (Jewel Beetles), a dung beetle Pachysoma rotundigena (Beetles of Africa), a longhorned beetle Ontochariesthes namibianus (flickr), and an ant Camponotus detritus (flickr). Other endemic invertebrates include the White Lady Spider Leucorchestris arenicola (eol), a solifuge Ceroma inerme (WNS Stamps), a scorpion Lisposoma josehermana (p. 4 of AMNH pdf file), and a land snail Xerocerastus subteres (p. 18 of Naturalis pdf file).

Portions of Namibia are included in the Succulent Karoo hotspot (Biodiversity Hotspots). The Namib Desert (EoE) and Etosha Pan Halophytics (EoE) ecoregions are confined to Namibia. Other terrestrial ecoregions important for endemic species include the Kaokoveld Desert (EoE) and the Namibian Savanna Woodlands (EoE).