Zambia
Mammals
found nowhere
else include the Bangweulu Tsessebe (durban.gov.za
pdf file), the Zambian Mole-rat (ARKive),
Rosevear’s Striped Grass Mouse (IUCN Red List),
Ansell's Shrew (ZFMK
pdf file),
and the Sakeji Horseshoe Bat (Planet'
Mammiferes). Recently
elevated to full species are the Black Lechwe (ARKive)
and the Kafue Flats Lechwe (kafueflats.org).
The Zambian Barbet (ARKive)
is a bird unique to Zambia. The White-chested Tinkerbird Pogoniulus makawai (BirdLife
Int'l)(N.J.
Collar pdf file) is known from a single specimen.
The Kafue Round-snouted Worm Lizard Zygaspis kafuensis (Reptile Database) is an endemic reptile.
Endemic
amphibians
include the Barotse Shovel-snout Frog Hemisus barotseensis
(BioOne)
and the Kafue Reed Frog Hyperolius
pyrrhodictyon (CalPhotos).
Lake Tanganyika cichlids known solely from Zambia include Xenotilapia rotundiventralis
(Science),
Cyprichromis
zonatus (Cichlid
Room Companion), Cyprichromis
coloratus (Cichlid
Room Companion), Benthochromis horii
(Destination
Tanganyika), Lepidiolamprologus mimicus
(p. 3 of Zootaxa
pdf file), and
Neolamprologus
prochilus (Destination
Tanganyika). Other endemic freshwater fish include
the Kafue Killifish Nothobranchius
kafuensis (FishBase),
Nothobranchius rosenstocki (jjphoto.dk), Barbus lornae
(IUCN
Red List), Synodontis
lucipinnis (FishBase),
a suckermouth catfish Chiloglanis
productus (Deep
Blue pdf file), and the Banded Neolebias Neolebias lozii (ARKive).
Butterflies exclusive to Zambia include Charaxes
variata (BOLD),
Charaxes williami
(BOLD),
Cerautola fisheri
(Michel
Libert), Acraea
lofua (Dominique
Bernaud), and Cigaritis
pinheyi (BOLD),.
Other endemic insects include a
longhorned beetle Phantasis
rhodesiana (Smithsonian),
a ground beetle Chlaenius
deuvei (p. 41 of Entomofauna
pdf file), the leaf beetles Aspidomorpha
zambiana (Cassidinae
of the World) and Afrophthalma
medvedevi (Cassidinae
of the World pdf file), a dragonfly Onychogomphus kitchingmani
(IUCN
Red List), and a damselfly Prodasineura flavifacies
(p. 22 of KD
Dijkstra pdf file). Other endemic invertebrates
include a baboon spider Pterinochilus
leetzi (tarantulas.tropica.ru)
and a freshwater crab Platythelphusa
praelongata (p. 9 of Saskia
Marijnissen pdf file).
Among over 200 species of vascular plants restricted to Zambia are Crinum jasonii and Crinum binghamii
(both on p. 19 of Sopp
og Nyttevekster pdf file), Euphorbia debilispina
(euphorbia.de),
Euphorbia
jubata (euphorbia.de)
Amorphophallus richardsiae
(Plantes
Botanique), Aloe
luapulana (JSTOR),
Gladiolus
serenjensis (JSTOR),
Cucumis zambianus
(JSTOR),
Mechowia
redactifolia (JSTOR),
Bidens rubicundula
(JSTOR),
Cystostemon
mwinilungensis (JSTOR), Wahlenbergia
cephalodina (JSTOR),
Ipomoea richardsiae
(JSTOR),
Nemum raynalii
(JSTOR),
Chionanthus richardsiae
(ARKive), Aeollanthus
alternatus (JSTOR),
Adenia ovata
(JSTOR),
Dissotis glandulosa
(JSTOR),
Asparagus richardsiae
(SpringerLink),
Fadogia luangwae
(Kew),
and several orchids: Polystachya
moreauae (flickr),
Habenaria argentea
(JSTOR),
and Eulophia richardsiae
(JSTOR).
Micrargeriella
(Zürcher
Herbarien) and Dacryotrichia
(JSTOR)
are endemic genera.
Lake Tanganyika (FEOW)
is one of the richest lakes in the world for endemic freshwater
species. An important terrestrial ecoregion is the Central
Zambezian Miombo Woodlands (EoE).
For a list of endemic plant species see (National
Red Lists 7 MB
pdf file).