Tajikistan
Vertebrates
found
nowhere else include the Buchara Shrew (SZMN),
the Darvaz Snake-eyed Skink Ablepharus
darvazi (Reptile
Database), the Tajik Even-fingered Gecko (Google
Books), Terentjev’s Frog (AmphibiaWeb),
and the Tajik Loach (FishBase).
Butterflies known only from Tajikistan include Karanasa straminea (rusinsects.com),
Hyponephele argyrostigma
(rusinsects.com),
and Colias
sieversi (euroleps.ch). Other endemic
insects include tthe longhorned beetles
Mallosiola regina
(Cerambycidae)
and Miniprionus
pavlovskii (zin.ru),
a scarab Hemictenius
kryzhanovskii (SZMN),
a click beetle Melanotus
hissaricus (Elateridae),
the ground beetles Singilis
makarovi (Species-ID)
and Carabus
tadzhikistanus (Carabidae
of the World), a bark beetle Cynanchophagus
cornutus (p. 4 of zin.ru
pdf file),
a
grasshopper Conophyma
stebaevi (SZMN),
a katydid Pravdiniana
mira (SZMN),
a bee Eremaphanta
zhelochovtsevi (p. 15 of Atlas
Hymenoptera pdf file), a tiger moth Tajigyna
gansoni (SZMN),
a looper moth Entephria
chorogensis (SZMN),
a tussock moth Euproctis
kogistana (SZMN),
and several owlet moths: Dasypolia rjabovi (SZMN),
Ostheldera
kondara (SZMN),
and Lophoterges
transiens (SZMN).
Among over 800 vascular plant species unqiue to Tajikistan include Anemone bucharica (Ornamental
Plants from Russia), Dionysia
involucrata (Wikispecies),
Dianthus baldshuanicus
(MOBOT),
Swida
(or Cornus) darvasica (GardenBreizh), Allium rosenorum
(Univ.
Osnabrück), the irises Iris graeberiana (SIGNA)
and Iris
hoogiana (SIGNA),
a bindweed Convolvulus
tschimganicus (NYBG),
Serratula chartacea
(Virtual
Herbarium), and
several tulips: Tulipa
hissarica (Pacific
Bulb Soc.), Tulipa
praestans (Ornamental
Plants from Russia), and Tulipa
subpraestans (Botanical
Tulips). Catenulina
(BGBM)
is an endemic genus.
Portions
of Tajikistan are included in the Gissaro-Alai Open
Woodlands terrestrial ecoregion (EoE)
and the Mountains of Central Asia biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots). For an overview of Tajikistan's animals
and plants see the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (CBD).