Benin
Reptiles unique to Benin include the leaf-toed geckos Hemidactylus beninensis (GBIF) (p. 228 of IRD pdf) and Hemidactylus lamaensis (p. 234 of IRD pdf) (p. 43 of BIODEV 2030 pdf. Siebenrock's Longtail Lizard Latastia siebenrocki (IUCN) (BHL) is known from a single specimen supposedly from Benin, but is considered to be of questionable origin and validity.
Freshwater
fishes known solely from Benin include a darter Nannocharax
signifer (NHM-London
WM) (GBIF),
a barb Enteromius
parablabes (Fig. J at ResearchGate),
a miniature barb Barboides
britzi (p. 12 of IUCN
WM
pdf) (GBIF),
and an African tetra Micralestes
comoensis (GBIF) (IUCN).
Possible undescribed species of catfish Synodontis sp. and
killifish Fundulosoma
sp. (ResearchGate)
have been collected in Pendjari National Park.
Endemic insects include a grasshopper Pododula guielodorum
(GBIF),
a
jewel beetle Brachelytrium
beninense (GBIF),
the scarabs Paraholotrichia
rainoni (ResearchGate)
and Microplidus rainoni
(GBIF),
a rove beetle Scopaeus
lescuyeri (ResearchGate),
a ground beetle Brachinus
havai (ResearchGate),
a darkling beetle Cossyphodinus
goergeni (GBIF),
a rhinoceros beetle Temnorhynchus
minor (GBIF),
a tortoise beetle Aspidimorpha
rainoni (ResearchGate),
a longhorn beetle Calanthemis
jossomonforti (ResearchGate),
a carpet beetle Anthrenus
sarahae (ResearchGate),
the hairy fungus beetles Litargus
annettae and Litargus
jacquesi (ResearchGate),
a brentid weevil Pericordus
goergeni (ResearchGate),
an ant Camponotus
desantii (AntWiki),
a noctuid moth Acrapex
zoutoi (figs. 11c-f at Academia
pdf), a
fly Drosophila
dossoui (DGRC
WM
pdf), and a leafhopper Oliarus (or
Atonorus) peregrinus (p. 12 of FLOW
pdf).
Other endemic invertebrates include a ground spider Ladissa semirufa (BHL), a scorpion Microananteroides (or Akentrobuthus) atakora (AMNH pdf), a copepod crustacean Allocyclops spinifer (Subterranean Biology), a genus of ostracods Benincandona (Zootaxa), a centipede Ctenophilus nitidus (BHL) (Google Books), a millipede Plethocrossus acutiformis (BHL), a land snail Pseudotrochus lechatelieri (Africa Museum) (BHL), and a freshwater snail Lanistes chaperi (figs. 3-6 at BHL).
Plants known only from Benin include Ipomoea beninensis (Rufford) (fig. 5b of ResearchGate), Sansevieria (or Dracaena) specksii ( figs. 4-5 at ResearchGate pdf), a palm Hyphaene macrosperma (Hyphaene) (BHL), Kyllinga (or Cyperus) beninensis (p. 50 of BIODEV 2030 pdf) (BHL), Kyllinga (or Cyperus) carinalaevis (NSO), Eriosema gironcourtianum (BHL), Fadogia rostrata (GBIF), Lepidagathis dahomensis (GBIF), and Aframomum sceleratum (GBIF).
Fungi known solely from Benin include Phylloporia
beninensis (ResearchGate),
Inosperma flavobrunneum
(GBIF),
Pseudosperma brunneopilosum (ResearchGate), and Cantharellus
guineensis (EFTA).
Parts of Benin belong to the Guinean Forests of West Africa
hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots WM).
The Atacora Mountains in the far north
within the West Sudanian Savanna ecoregion (WWF
WM)
are important for endemic plants. For an overview of the
wildlife of Benin see (Univ.
Frankfurt pdf).