Bhutan

There are two lizards known only from Bhutan: the Bhutan Agama Calotes bhutanensis (biodiversity.bt) (ResearchGate) and the Bhutan Skink Eutropis quadratilobus (BHL) (fig. 6 at ResearchGate).

Amphibians known only from Bhutan include Wangyal's Torrent Frog Amolops wangyali (Species New to Science) (iNaturalist) and the Bhutan Cat-eyed Toad Scutiger bhutanensis (fig. 10 at ResearchGate) (IUCN).

Freshwater fish known solely from Bhutan include Garra bimaculacauda (GBIF), Garra parastenorhynchus (GBIF) (biodiversity.bt), and several torrent catfishes: Creteuchiloglanis bumdelingensis (ResearchGate), Exostoma mangdechhuensis (ResearchGate), Parachiloglanis drukyulensis (ResearchGate), Parachiloglanis benjii (ResearchGate), and Parachiloglanis dangmechhuensis (PlanetCatfish).

Endemic insects include the moths Salassa bhutanensis (biodiversity.bt WM) and Besaia dochula (ResearchGate), the ants Calyptomyrmex friederikae (AntWiki WM) and Strumigenys caniophanoides (AntWiki WM), a potter wasp Antepipona bhutanensis (fig. 20 at JoTT), a sweat bee Sphecodes bluethgeni (ResearchGate), a dragonfly Davidius baronii (biodiversity.bt), the damselflies Megalestes gyalsey (ResearchGate) and Anisopleura bella (p. 6 of JEZS pdf) and Protosticta samtsensis (PLAZI), a longhorn beetle Tetropium confragosum (fig. 3 at Cerambycoidea.com pdf), a scarab Serica pelelaensis (BHL), the ground beetles Xestagonum bhutanensis (biodiversity.bt) and Trilophidius gemmatus (Alpine Entomology), a flea beetle Meishania bhutanensis (GBIF), a weevil Paroplapoderus alleni (fig. 39 at ResearchGate), a rove beetle Othius bhutanensis (p. 21 of ZOBODAT WM pdf), a water strider Onychotrechus jaechi (PLAZI), a hover fly Eumerus druk (ZooKeys), and a stonefly Claassenia drukpa (GBIF).

Arachnids restricted to Bhutan include a goblin spider Camptoscaphiella hilaris (BHL), an endemic genus of wolf spider Dorjulopirata (World Spider Catalog), a money spider Heterolinyphia secunda (ZOBODAT WM pdf), the huntsman spiders Bhutaniella dunlopi (p. 110 of Senckenberg WM pdf) and Heteropoda pekkai (figs. 51-53 at ResearchGate) and Pseudopoda trigonia (PLAZI), and the jumping spiders Telamonia laecta (jumping-spiders.com) and Helicius hillaryi (Figs. 73-76 at ResearchGate). Other endemic invertebrates include a freshwater crab Liotelphusa wuermlii (p. 5 of ZOBODAT WM pdf), the freshwater snails Erhaia wangchuki (ZooKeys) and Erhaia jannei (ZooKeys), and several land snails: Rahula kleini (moaf.gov.bt WM), Pseudonapaeus occibhutanus (figs. 21-29 at ResearchGate), Sinoennea nimai (ResearchGate), Cylindrophaedusa parvula and Cylindrophaedusa tenzini (both at ResearchGate), Pseudopomatias barnai (figs. 2-3 at ResearchGate), Endothyrella bhutanensis (ResearchGate), and Truncatellina bhutanensis (ResearchGate).

There are about 127 vascular plants unique to Bhutan (biodiversity.bt WM) including several orchids: Cheirostylis sherriffii (GBIF), Bhutanthera himalayana (IOSPE WM), Eulophia stenopetala (IOSPE WM), Spathoglottis jetsuniae (Species New to Science), Chiloschista gelephuense (ResearchGate), and Bulbophyllum trongsaense (Species New to Science).

Trees known only from Bhutan include Cryptocarya bhutanica (iNaturalist), Prunus harae (p. 3 of biodiversity.bt pdf), Sorbus lingshiensis and Sorbus rinzenii (both on p. 6 of Kew pdf), Sorbus longii (p. 193 of academia.edu), and Beilschmiedia bhutanica (BHL).

Other endemic vascular plants include the poppies Meconopsis superba (IUCN) and Meconopsis bhutanica (NBC pdf), Rhododendron kesangiae (IUCN), Rhododendron bhutanense (rhododendron.dk), a banana Musa griersonii (p. 140 of Univ. Edinburgh pdf), Primula rebeccae (Primula World WM), Androsace ludlowiana (p. 17 of SRGC WM pdf), Anaphalis cooperi (IUCN), Delphinium muscosum (biodiversity.bt), Buddleja bhutanica (biodiversity.bt WM), Hoya bhutanica (flickr), Saxifraga thiantha (IUCN), Corallodiscus cooperi (iNaturalist), Bistorta griersonii (IUCN), Sorbus karchungii (Google Books), Corydalis calliantha (IUCN), Kickxia membranacea (IUCN), Isodon atroruber (iNaturalist), Lobelia nubigena (iNaturalist), Daphne ludlowii (IUCN), Drepanostachyum annulatum (Asian Flora WM), Keraymonia pinnatifolia (Flora of Bhutan), Allium rhabdotum (IUCN), Artemisia bhutanica (IUCN), Flemingia bhutanica (iNaturalist), 𝐵𝑒𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑏ℎ𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖s (ResearchGate), Impatiens darachuensis (ResearchGate), and Yushania sagittifera (fig. 1 at ABS pdf).

Endemic nonvascular plants include the liverworts Bazzania bhutanica (RBGE WM pdf) and Cephaloziella longii (GBIF) and a moss Lewinskya tortifolia (GBIF). Endemic lichens include Pyrrhospora bhutanensis (tropicallichens.net).

Bhutan is included in the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity Hotspots WM). A listing of freshwater macro-invertebrates described from Bhutan can be found at (p. 5 of UWICE pdf). Endemic spiders are indicated at (IJZS pdf). More information on the natural history of Bhutan can be found in Bhutan's 2014 National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan (CBD pdf).