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
(biotopfish.com),
sometimes considered a synonym of the more widespread Misgurnus nikolskyi
(ResearchGate).
A marine fish known only from North Korea is the goby Gymnogobius bungei
(BHL)
which is often considered a synonym of the more widespread Gymnogobius mororanus
(fishillust.com
WM).
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)
(GBIF) 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 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
WM), a root-maggot fly
Calythea
paektusana (NIBR),
the ants Temnothorax
cuneinodis (Internet
Archive) (GBIF
WM)
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 (NAVER),
Euphrasia
coreanalpina (blog.daum.net
WM), 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 WM), and Pentactina rupicola
(RBGE) (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.