Zimbabwe
Vascular
plants found nowhere else include several orchids such as Habenaria subaequalis
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), Polystachya
valentina (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Aeranthes
parkesii (IOPSE),
and the endemic genus Oligophyton (JSTOR).
Other endemic species include Encephalartos
concinnus (Cycad
Pages), Aloe collina (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Gladiolus
flavoviridis
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), the Nyanga Fireball Scadoxus pole-evansii
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), Protea asymmetrica (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Gomphocarpus tenuifolius
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), Adenia karibaensis
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), the Great Dyke Raisin-berry Ozoroa
longipetiolata (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Jamesbrittenia fodina
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), Delosperma steytlerae
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), Euphorbia wildii (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Struthiola rhodesiana
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), Indigofera serpentinicola
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), Cyphia
alba (Flora
of Zimbabwe), and
Streptocarpus cynandrus
(Flora
of Zimbabwe).
Reptiles
unique to Zimbabwe include Tasman’s House Gecko Hemidactylus tasmani
(Johan
Marais)
and the Ferocious Round-headed Worm Lizard Zygaspis ferox (eol).
Endemic amphibians include the Matetsi Reed Frog Hyperolius rhodesianus (CalPhotos), the Cave Squeaker Arthroleptis (or Schoutedenella) troglodytes (eol), the Highland Rain Frog Probreviceps rhodesianus (eol), the Inyangani River Frog Afrana (or Amietia) inyangae (IUCN Red List), the Inyanga Toad Bufo (or Vandijkophrynus) inyangae (eol).
The
Selinda Veld Rat Aethomys
silindensis (IUCN Red List)
is known with certainty only from Zimbabwe.
Hypochthonella caeca
(p. 18 of Prof.
Dr. Hannelore Hoch pdf file) is
a subterranean planthopper from southern Zimbabwe and is the sole
member of the endemic family Hypochthonellidae. Other insects
known only from Zimbabwe include the butterflies Charaxes alpinus (BOLD)
and Acraea pseudatolmis
(Dominique
Bernaud), a skipper Kedestes
marshalli (Naturhistorhiska
riksmuseet), a hawk moth Temnora
swynnertoni (BOLD),
the Chirinda Chafer Leucocelis amoena (Ento
Ceramics), a scarab Oedanomerus
snizeki (Hannetons),
a
ground
beetle Chlaenius
simbabwensis (p. 44 of Entomofauna
pdf file), a skin beetle Thaumaglossa holubi
(Andreas
Herrmann), and several katydids: Dioncomena grandis (OSF),
Acilacris incisus
(OSF),
and Anarytropteris
chirinda (OSF).
Other endemic invertebrates include a baboon spider Ceratogyrus dolichocephalus
(Baboonspiders.de),
a jumping spider Monomotapa
principalis (Salticidae
of the World), a millipede Bicoxidens aridis (ZooKeys),
and a snail Gulella
ceciliae (p. 11 of Naturalis
pdf file).
Parts of Zimbabwe are included in the Eastern Zimbabwe
Montane Forest-grassland Mosaic terrestrial ecoregion (EoE)
and the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots). For a list of endemic plant species see (Flora
of Zimbabwe).