Togo
The
Togo Mouse Leimacomys
buettneri (Wikipedia)
is an endemic genus known solely from two specimens collected in 1890
and is possibly extinct.
Amphibians found
only in Togo include the Togo Reed Frog Hyperolius laticeps
(SysTax)
and the Togo Screeching Frog Arthroleptis
brevipes (AmphibiaWeb).
Endemic freshwater fish include the Togo Lampeye Aplocheilichthys
(or Micropanchax)
bracheti (Verlag Eugen Ulmer pdf file)
and Keilhack’s Lampeye Aplocheilichthys (or Micropanchax) keilhacki (Killifish of West
Africa).
Grasshoppers unique to Togo include Hyperocnocerus sulculatus
(SysTax),
Parga togoensis
(SysTax),
Thamithericles
quagga (SysTax),
and Parapropacris
nudulus (SysTax).
Other endemic invertebrates include a silk moth Orthogonioptilum chaminadei
(saturniidae.com),
a
cricket Ganoblemmus
rhodocephalus (SysTax),
a water strider Eurymetra
fallaciosa (AMNH),
an ant Pheidologeton
solitarius (BHL),
a goliath beetle Fornasinius
klingbeili (Coleop-Terra),
a leaf beetle Asbecesta
biplagiata (SysTax),
a flower beetle Pachnoda
bousqueti (Le
Monde des Insectes), a goblin spider Triaeris togo (AMNH), a wolf spider Arctosa togona (fr.wikipedia), and a scorpion Androctonus togolensis (Scorpion
Files).
Among about 20 vascular plant species exclusive to Togo are Osbeckia togoensis (JSTOR),
Dioscorea togoensis
(JSTOR),
Stenoschista
togoensis (JSTOR), Digitaria ursulae
(BGBM),
Vangueria
kerstingii (JSTOR),
Schoenoplectiella
raynaliana (BGBM),
Pandanus
crassicollis (BGBM),
Pandanus denudatus
(JSTOR), Phyllanthus eliae (MNHN),
Manilkara
(or Mimusops)
doeringii
(Botanicus),
Rinorea bussei
(JSTOR), Jaundea baumannii (JSTOR),
Gutenbergia foliosa
(JSTOR),
and Eugenia togoensis
(JSTOR).
Parts of Togo are included in the Eastern Guinean
Forests ecoregion (EoE)
and the Guinean Forests of West Africa biodiversity hotspot (CI).