Zimbabwe
Vascular
plants found nowhere else the orchids Satyrium
mirum (IOPSE WM)
and
Aeranthes
parkesii (IOPSE WM) and Ypsilopus zimbabweensis (ResearchGate), Encephalartos
concinnus (Cycad
Pages WM), Brachystelma
richardsii (Flora
Africa pdf), Aloe haroniensis (flickr),
Sansevieria richardsii
(Sansevieria
Online WM pdf),
Gladiolus
flavoviridis
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), the Nyanga Fireball Scadoxus pole-evansii
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), Protea asymmetrica (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Adenia karibaensis
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), Lippia
oatesii (Flora
of Zimbabwe), the Great Dyke
Raisin-berry Ozoroa
longipetiolata (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Jamesbrittenia fodina
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), Delosperma steytlerae
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), Cyphia
alba (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Euphorbia wildii (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Lindernia monroi
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), Gymnosporia
matoboensis (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Huernia
occulta (Llifle), Indigofera serpentinicola
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), Lantana
moldenkei (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Marsdenia chirindensis
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), Barleria
molensis (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Ceropegia
cordifolia (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Vitellariopsis
ferruginea (iNaturalist),
Tragia mazoensis
(Flora
of Zimbabwe), Tephrosia
festina (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Syncolostemon
ornatus (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Kalanchoe
wildii (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Dicliptera
nyangana (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Coleus
porphyranthus (Flora
of Zimbabwe), and
Streptocarpus cynandrus
(Flora
of Zimbabwe).
Reptiles
unique to Zimbabwe include Marshall's Pygmy Chameleon (iNaturalist),
Tasman’s House Gecko (iNaturalist)
(colnect),
the Regal Girdled Lizard (BioLib),
the Zimbabwe Blind Legless Lizard (Reptile
Database) (figs. A-B at Sabinet
pdf),
the Nyanga Dwarf Gecko (iNaturalist),
the Ferocious Round-headed Worm Lizard (GBIF),
the Zimbabwe Slug-eater Duberria
rhodesiana (iNaturalist), and the Nyanga Rinkhals (PLOS One).
Arnold's Montane Skink (iNaturalist)
is sometimes considered to exclude related skinks from Malawi.
Endemic amphibians include the Matetsi Reed Frog Hyperolius rhodesianus (CalPhotos), the Cave Squeaker Arthroleptis troglodytes (Species New to Science), the Highland Primitive Rain Frog Probreviceps rhodesianus (GBIF) (p. 14 of BioNames WM pdf), the Inyanga River Frog Amietia inyangae (IUCN), and the Inyanga Toad Vandijkophrynus inyangae (IUCN).
The Selinda Veld Rat Aethomys silindensis (IUCN) (fig. 5 at Google Books) is known with certainty only from Zimbabwe, although it is likely to occur in adjoining areas of Mozambique.
Freshwater fish known only from Zimbabwe include a suckermouth catfish Chiloglanis carnatus (ZooKeys).
Endemic butterflies
include
Charaxes
alpinus (BOLD),
Mashuna mashuna
(Biodiversity
Explorer WM),
Acraea pseudatolmis (p. 17 of CTEET
pdf), Bicyclus condamini (Flora
of Zimbabwe), Aloeides mullini
and Lepidochrysops
violetta (both on p. 22 of ResearchGate
pdf), and Lepidochrysops
barnesi (p. 26 of Metamorphosis
pdf). Endemic moths include a
slug moth Vansoniella
chirindensis
(BHL),
a grass moth Crambus
frescobaldii (BHL),
an ermine moth Yponomeuta
zambesica (AfroMoths WM), and a twirler moth Ethmia
judicialis (African
Moths).
Other insects known only from Zimbabwe include the ants Strumigenys mesahyla (AntWiki) and Hypoponera obtunsa (AntWiki), a masked bee Hylaeus chimani (GBIF), the damselflies Elattoneura lapidaria (ADDO WM) and Platycypha inyangae (Warwick Tarboton) and Pseudagrion vumbaense (Warwick Tarboton), a hoverfly Paragus cooksoni (Ann. Natal Mus. pdf), a dung beetle Onthophagus decedens (fig. 5 at BHL), the scarabs Xinidium davisi (iNaturalist) and Aliaclitopa precalva (Hannetons WM) and Oedanomerus bidentatus (GBIF), a velvet ground beetle Graphipterus mashunus (iNaturalist), a vivid metallic ground beetle Chlaenius simbabwensis (p. 44 of Entomofauna WM pdf), a longhorn beetle Zimbabobrium schmidi (Cerambycidae Species WM), a weevil Tapinomorphus latipennis (GBIF), a katydid Enyaliopsis matabelensis (iNaturalist), and the grasshoppers Rhachitopis brachypterus (OSF) (Smaller Majority) and Coryphosima vumbaensis (OSF). Hypochthonella caeca (Univ. Delaware) is a subterranean planthopper from southern Zimbabwe and is the sole member of the endemic family Hypochthonellidae.
Other endemic invertebrates include a freshwater crab Potamonautes mutareensis (Troutbeck School) (iNaturalist), a fairy shrimp Streptocephalus wirminghausi (Sabinet pdf), the jumping spiders Dendryphantes sanguineus (Jumping Spiders) and Langelurillus sibandai (Jumping Spiders), a ground spider Titus lugens (fig. 3 at BHL), a wolf spider Hogna interrita (fig. 254 at naturalsciences.be pdf), a solifuge Solpuga matabelena (BHL), the millipedes Bicoxidens aridis (ResearchGate) and Spirostreptus batokensis (GBIF), a woodlouse Armadillo salisburyensis (Internet Archive), and several land snails: Cyathopoma chirindae (ResearchGate), Bruggenina sandgroundi (fig. 3 at BHL), Afropunctum quadrisculptum (figs. 15-17 at BHL), and Gulella ceciliae (Internet Archive).
Non-vascular plants known only from Zimbabwe include the mosses Neophoenix matoposensis (ResearchGate) (GBIF) and Barbula salisburiensis (GBIF). Fungi known solely from Zimbabwe include Russula terrena (figs. 7-11 at ResearchGate) and Marasmius cremeopileatus (FFTA).
Parts of Zimbabwe are included in the Eastern Zimbabwe Montane Forest-grassland Mosaic terrestrial ecoregion (WWF WM) and the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity Hotspots WM). For lists of endemic plant species see (Flora of Zimbabwe) and (ResearchGate).