Cameroon

Birds found in Cameroon and nowhere else include Bannerman's Turaco (eBird), the Mount Cameroon Francolin (IUCN) (Mt. Cameroon NP WM), the Mount Cameroon Speirops (ABC), Bates's Weaver (Weaver Watch) (Lost Birds), and the Banded Wattle-eye (eBird).

Mammals unique to Cameroon include the Campo-Ma'an Fruit Bat (fig. B at ResearchGate), the Mbam Minkom Serotine (ResearchGate), the Mount Lefo Brush-furred Rat (BHL) (GBIF), the Mount Oku Brush-furred Rat (Planet' Mammiferes WM), the Cameroon African Climbing Mouse (PLAZI), Hartwig's Soft-furred Mouse (Planet' Mammiferes WM), Mittendorf's Striped Grass Mouse (PLAZI), Burton's Vlei Rat (GBIF), the Mount Oku Wood Mouse (GBIF), the Mount Cameroon Shaggy Rat (GBIF), the Cameroonean Wading Rat (fig. A at ResearchGate), the Rumpi Mouse Shrew (Planet' Mammiferes WM), the Bamenda Forest Shrew (BHL) (GBIF), and the Manenguba White-toothed Shrew (BHL) (GBIF). The Mount Oku Rat (MZ) (Google Books) is an endemic genus.

Reptiles known only from Cameroon include Pfeffer's Chameleon (iNaturalist), the Mountain Chameleon (Chameleons! WM), the Southern Peacock Chameleon (iNaturalist), the Cameroon Chameleon (fig. B at BHL), the skinks Lacertaspis lepesmei (BHL) and Trachylepis mekuana (Rufford) and Leptosiaphos pauliani (p. 2 of Rufford pdf), the Two-scaled Gecko Cnemaspis dilepis (Google Books), the Atlantika Gecko Cnemaspis atlantika (Google Books), Makolowode's Gecko Hemidactylus makolowodei (ResearchGate), Perret's Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus dysmicus (p. 137 of IRD pdf), Weiler's Tree Gecko Urocotyledon weileri (Google Books), the Cameroon Worm Lizard Cynisca schaeferi (Google Books), a blind snake Afrotyphlops rouxestevae (p. 35 of SHF pdf), Zenker's Snake Letheobia zenkeri (BHL), and the Southwest Cameroon Bush Viper Atheris subocularis (Species New to Science) (flickr).

A rich endemic amphibian fauna includes the Alsco Long-fingered Frog (IUCN), Perret's Squeaker (BHL), the Laurent's Night Frog (ARKive WM), the Central Night Frog (iNaturalist), the Redbelly Egg Frog (CalPhotos), the Bamboutos Smalltongue Toad (AmphibiaWeb), the Mount Oku Subalpine Toad (ZooKeys), the Waza Running Frog (fig. c at BHL), the Lake Oku Clawed Frog (CalPhotos), the Bakossi Reed Frog (IUCN), the Sharpsnout Reed Frog (iNaturalist), the Tchabal Mbabo Puddle Frog Phrynobatrachus mbabo (PeerJ), Perret's Water Frog (IUCN), and the Victoria Caecilian (EDGE). The Mebebque Frog Arlequinus (AmphibiaWeb) and the caecilians Crotaphatrema (ZooKeys) and Idiocranium (GBIF) (Wiley) represent endemic genera.

Fish unique to Cameroon include four genera of cichlids restricted to Lake Barombi Mbo: Konia (IUCN), Myaka (IUCN), Stomatepia (Cichlid Room Companion), and Pungu (IUCN). Other genera endemic to Cameroon include another cichlid Etia (FishBase), the Sanaga Pygmy Herring Thrattidion (GBIF) (BHL), a goby Ebomegobius (GBIF), and the minnows Sanagia (FishBase) and Prolabeops (FishBase). Additional fish known only from Cameroon include a soil-dwelling swamp eel Typhlosynbranchus luticolus (Subterranean Fishes), an elephantfish Campylomormyrus phantasticus (Phys.org), the Fissi Sarotherodon caroli (GCCA), a mouthbrooder Chromidotilapia linkei (Cichlid Room Companion), species flocks of cichlids from Lake Ejagham (ZOBODAT pdf) and Lake Bermin (BHL) including Coptodon bythobates (IUCN), the catfishes Synodontis pardalis (PlanetCatfish) and Clarias maclareni (iNaturalist), an African tetra Phenacogrammus major (ZooChat), the Cross River Bichir (Aquarium Glaser), and many killifish such as Aphyosemion edeanum (Killifish of West Africa), Epiplatys esekanus (Killifish of West Africa), and Fundulopanchax rubrolabialis (Killifish of West Africa).

Butterflies restricted to Cameroon include Cymothoe alticola (Michel Liber WM), Euptera aurantiaca (Michel Libert WM), Euphaedra calliope (africamuseum.be), Mimacraea neavei (Michel Libert WM), Lepidochrysops phoebe (ResearchGate), Bicyclus amieti (Michel Libert WM), Bebearia jolyana (africamuseum.be), Falcuna reducta (p. 54 of Metamorphosis pdf), Charaxes musakensis (BOLD), Ceratrichia fako (ABDB), and Andronymus magma (Insect Communities). Endemic moths include a plume moth Alucita bakweri (ZooKeys) and a tiger moth Amerila femina (figs. 2-6 at ResearchGate).

Other insects unique to Cameroon include the flower beetles Mecynorrhina kraatzi (flickr) and Eudicella schultzeorum (flickr), a stag beetle Prosopocoilus estellae (BOLD), a longhorn beetle Anoeme vingerhoedti (naturalsciences.be), a ground beetle Craspedophorus dicranulothorax (GBIF), a dung beetle Janssensellus bicaviventris (GBIF), a rove beetle Ewoma longiscapa (GBIF), a weevil Typoderus telamon (GBIF), a damselfly Chlorocypha aurora (ADDO WM), a mole cricket Gryllotalpa tamessei (PLAZI), a grasshopper Pteropera missoupi (ZooKeys), the katydids Pleothrix conradti (OSF) and Macroscirtus kekeunoui (GBIF) and Bueacola cornigera (OSF), a termite Engelitermes zambo (Species New to Science), a bee Thyreus garouensis (ResearchGate), and the ants Feroponera ferox (AntWiki) and Petalomyrmex phylax (GBIF).

Other endemic invertebrates include a tarantula Hysterocrates crassipes (Birdspiders.com WM), a jumping spider Hasarius cheliceroides (GBIF), the harvestmen Camerobunus okucola (ResearchGate) and Binderella bistriata (iNaturalist), the scorpions Butheoloides savanicola (Scorpion Files) and Buthus prudenti (Euscorpius pdf), the millipedes Hemisphaeroparia bonakanda (ZooKeys) and Eviulisoma bipartitum (ResearchGate), the freshwater crabs Louisea edeaensis (GBIF) and Louisea nkongsamba (Rufford), a freshwater shrimp Caridina okiamnis (GBIF), an earthworm Okudrilus monticolus (ResearchGate), the land snails Archachatina camerunensis (flickr) (landsnails.org) and Pseudachatina liljevalli (conchology.be), a freshwater snail Potadoma nyongensis (Mollusca Types in GB), and the freshwater mussels Coelatura lobensis (MUSSELp) and Galatea schwabi (ResearchGate).

Among over 500 endemic plant species are a red-hot poker Kniphofia reflexa (ARKive WM), Begonia montis-elephantis (ABS), Angraecopsis lisowskii (GBIF), Bulbophyllum teretifolium (Orchidaceae of C Africa WM), Habenaria batesii (IOSPE WM), Afrothismia gesnerioides (ResearchGate), Kupea martinetugei (ARKive WM), Pseudohydrosme ebo (IUCN), Impatiens letouzeyi (IUCN), Ardisia atrobullata and Psychotria yaoundensis (both at ResearchGate), Monanthotaxis couvreurii (ZooKeys), Coleochloa domensis (fig. 21 at ResearchGate), and Ancistrocladus korupensis (fr.wikipedia) .

Trees known only from Cameroon include the coffees Coffea charrieriana (IISE WM) and Coffea montekupensis (IUCN), Berlinia korupensis (POWO), Deinbollia unijuga (Korup Plants), Magnistipula multinervia (POWO), Talbotiella velutina (POWO), Uvariopsis submontana (GBIF), Didelotia korupensis and Tessmannia korupensis (both at Naturalis pdf), Cassipourea korupensis (Korup Plants), Microcos rumpi (ResearchGate), Englerodendron korupense (IUCN), Cola praeacuta (Korup Plants), Colletoecema magna (ResearchGate), Kupeantha kupensis (ResearchGate), Monanthotaxis couvreurii (GBIF), Piptostigma goslineanum (GBIF), and the endemic genus Medusandra (BHL) (Flora of the World WM).

Other vascular plant genera known only from Cameroon include the riverweeds Winklerella (p. 13 of speciesconservation.org pdf) and Djinga (Podostemaceae) and Zehnderia (figs. D-F at ResearchGate).

Endemic fungi include Amanita minima and Amanita luteolamellata (both at ResearchGate), Cantharellus griseoisabellinus (IUCN), and Entoloma bisterigmatum (ResearchGate). Endemic lichens include Graphis lueckingiana (KoreaScience pdf) and Thelotrema zenkeri (GBIF). Endemic non-vascular plants include the mosses Acroporium pocsii (GBIF) and Andreaea camerunensis (GBIF) and a liverwort Radula camerunensis (ResearchGate).

Portions of Cameroon fall within the Guinean Forests of West Africa biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity Hotspots WM). Among ecoregions rich in endemic species are the Mount Cameroon and Bioko Montane Forests (WWF WM), the Cameroonian Highlands Forest (WWF WM), and the Cross-Sanaga-Bioko Coastal Forests (WWF WM). Important freshwater ecoregions include the Western Equatorial Crater Lakes (FEOW WM) and the Southern Gulf of Guinea drainages (FEOW WM). An overview of Cameroon's biota can be found in its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (CBD pdf).