North Korea
A lizard unique to North Korea is the Korean Skink Plestiodon coreensis (BioLib) (IUCN).
An
endemic
freshwater fish is the loach Misgurnus
buphoensis (fishillust.com),
sometimes considered a synonym of the more widespread Misgurnus nikolskyi
(ResearchGate). Marine fish known only from North Korea include a snailfish (BHL) (GBIF) and a goby Gymnogobius bungei (BHL)
which is often considered a synonym of the more
widespread Gymnogobius
mororanus (fishillust.com).
Insects found exclusively in North Korea include the ground
beetles Nebria
scaphelytra (BHL)
and Synuchus
coreanus (p. 5 of ZOBODAT
pdf), the click beetles Oedostethus
pektusanicus (Elateridae)
and Selatosomus
grandis (p. 26 of SSNR WM
pdf), the rove beetles Atheta
hamgyongsani (fig. 3 at ZooKeys)
and Dinaraea koreana
(p. 16 of ISEZ
PAN WM pdf), a leaf beetle Chrysomela cyaneoviridis
(p. 469 of NIBR
pdf), a
click beetle Oedostethus
pektusanicus (GBIF),
a
weevil Ceutorhynchus
murzini (NIBR),
a cricket Loxoblemmus
spectabilis (p. 2 of ISEZ
PAN WM pdf), a plant bug Psallus
amoenus (Discover
Life), a lace bug Uhlerites
gracilis (NIBR),
a
caddisfly Rhyacophila
kumgangsanica (NIBR),
the moths Athaumasta
koreana (p. 369 of NIBR
pdf) and Rivula
dubitatrix (nrm.se),
a root-maggot fly Calythea paektusana
(NIBR),
the ants Temnothorax
cuneinodis (Internet
Archive) (GBIF)
and Temnothorax
michali (Internet
Archive).
Other
endemic invertebrates include the springtails Janusius geumgangensis
(GBIF)
and Oncopodura yosiiana
(p.
5 of ISEZ
PAN WM pdf), a pauropod Acopauropus szeptyckii
(ISEZ
PAN WM pdf), a centipede Lithobius
mroczkowskii (ChiloBase),
a millipede Skleroprotopus
costatus (ResearchGate),
and a land snail Coreovitrea
mroczkowskii (p. 2 of RCIN
pdf).
Among over 100 endemic vascular plant species are a pasque flower Pulsatilla
nivalis (wildgreen.co.kr), Pseudostellaria baekdusanensis
(KJPT
pdf), the Korean Rhubarb Rheum coreanum (NIBR)
(colnect),
Callianthemum insigne
(NIBR),
Forsythia nakaii
(ResearchGate),
a catchfly Silene
myongcheonensis (NIBR),
a meadow-rue Thalictrum
osmorhizoides
(wildgreen.co.kr),
Potentilla coreana
(Preslia),
Spiraea pseudocrenata
(blog.naver.com),
Euphrasia coreanalpina
(blog.daum.net),
Saussurea komaroviana
(GBIF),
Astragalus setsureianus
(fig. 3 at ResearchGate),
Pedicularis nigrescens
(GBIF),
Carex ochrochlamys
(GBIF),
an alder Alnus
vermicularis (IUCN),
a willow Salix cacuminis
(GBIF),
a spruce Picea
pungsanensis (Edwin
Smits Conifers), and
Pentactina rupicola
(blog.daum.net) (IUCN).
Endemic
non-vascular plants include the mosses Bryhnia alpicola
(p. 5 of J-STAGE
pdf) and Tripterocladium
coreanum (p. 3 of J-STAGE
pdf).
Important ecoregions include the Changbai Mountains Mixed
Forest (EoE) and the Central
Korean Deciduous Forest (EoE). An overview of North
Korea's flora and fauna can be found in its National Biodiversity
Strategy and Action Plan (CBD
pdf). A
book on the endemic species of Korea can be found at (NIBR
pdf).
Additional
Korean Peninsula endemic species that are shared
with South Korea can
be found here.