Uzbekistan
Severtzov's Argali (ZGAP pdf file) has recently been elevated to a full species.
Moltschanov’s Toad Agama Phrynocephalus moltschanowi (econews.uz) is sometimes treated as a full species distinct from the more widespread Spotted Toadhead Agama Phrynocephalus guttatus.
A
freshwater fish found solely in Uzbekistan is the loach Dzihunia ilan (FishBase).
Insects known only from Uzbekistan include the butterflies Hyponephele murzini
(rusinsects.com)
and Melitaea permuta (rusinsects.com),
a
grasshopper Conophyma
turkestanicum (SZMN),
a longhorned beetle Psilotarsus
turkestanicus (cerambycidae.cz),
a ground beetle Carabus
zarudnyi (econews.uz),
a leaf beetle Pilemostoma
bucharica (Cassidinae
of the World), a click beetle Melanotus mamillanus
(Elateridae),
a soft-winged flower beetle Hypebaeina
andreevae (SZMN),
and a chalcidoid wasp Entedon
tobiasi (zin.ru
pdf file). Other endemic invertebrates include the jumping
spiders Yllenus
tamdybulak (Salticidae
of the World) and Yllenus
bucharensis (Salticidae
of the World), a tree trunk spider Hersiliola esyunini
(ZooKeys),
a scorpion Orthochirus
feti (František
Kovarík), Zhadin’s Spring Snail Sogdamnicola shadini
(econews.uz),
and the Kokand Freshwater Clam Colletopterum
kokandicum (econews.uz).
Vascular plants unique to Uzbekistan include Iris hippolyti (rareplants.co.uk), Iris capnoides (p.
5 of Kew
pdf file), Tulipa
butkovii (plantarium.ru),
Tulipa
uzbekistanica (econews.uz),
Allium haneltii
(IPK),
Allium motor
(econews.uz),
Otostegia bucharica
(UNEP/GRID-Arendal),
Dionysia hissarica
(econews.uz),
Dianthus
uzbekistanicus (plantarium.ru),
Salvia korolkovii (plantarium.ru),
Gagea deserticola
(Historia
Gagearum), Gagea
ludmilae (econews.uz),
Lagochilus
vvedenskyi (econews.uz),
Eremostachys
eriolarynx (econews.uz),
Euphorbia triodonta
(econews.uz),
Cousinia adenophora
(WNS
Stamps), Echinops
babatagensis (WNS Stamps),
and Astragalus nuratensis
(econews.uz).
Endemic genera include Calispepla
(econews.uz),
Kuramosciadium
(BioOne), Vvedenskya (econews.uz),
and Sphaerosciadium
(econews.uz).
Portions of Uzbekistan are included in the Mountains of Central Asia
biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots). Important terrestrial ecoregions include
the Gissaro-Alai Open Woodlands (EoE),
the Alai-Western Tian Shan Steppe (EoE),
the Central Asian Southern Desert (EoE)
and the Central Asian Northern Desert (EoE).
For more information on the country's endemic animals and
plants see the Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (CBD
pdf file).