Hong Kong
Reptiles unique to Hong Kong include Bogadek’s Burrowing Lizard Dibamus bogadeki (Reptiles of Hong Kong) (HKBIH), the Hong Kong Slender Gecko Hemiphyllodactylus hongkongensis (ResearchGate) (iNaturalist), the Hong Kong Blind Snake Indotyphlops lazelli (GBIF) (BHL), and Hollinrake's Bronzeback Dendrelaphis hollinrakei (GBIF) (Reptiles of Hong Kong).
Romer’s Tree Frog Liuixalus romeri (iNaturalist) (Amphibians of Hong Kong) is an endemic amphibian.
Marine fish known only from Hong Kong include a sole Brachirus swinhonis (BHL) (FishBase), a velvetfish Paraploactis hongkongiensis (BHL), and a goby Cryptocentrus pretiosus (Google Books).
Endemic moths include Athetis hongkongensis (iNaturalist), Sigilliclystis kendricki (iNaturalist), Spininola kendricki (iNaturalist), Thalassodes maipoensis (iNaturalist), Stereodytis brevignatha (iNaturalist), and Sauris victoriae (iNaturalist). Other endemic insects include the fireflies Oculogryphus chenghoiyanae (IUCN) and Lamprigera taimoshana (iNaturalist) and Luciola tuberculata (HK Fireflies WM), the tiger beetles Probstia astoni (iNaturalist) and Protocollyris ngaungakshani (HKES WM pdf), a ground beetle Asioreicheia guenardi (GBIF), a darkling beetle Laena hongkongica (GBIF), a rove beetle Zyras pygmaeus (BHL), the ants Paratopula bauhinia (AntWiki) (iNaturalist) and Strumigenys lantaui (ZooKeys), an earwig Challia hongkongensis (iNaturalist), the potter wasps Orientalicesa nigra (ResearchGate) and Parancistrocerus hongkongensis (iNaturalist), a mayfly Alainites acutulus (Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of HK), and the stick insects Phraortes stomphax (iNaturalist) and Entoria hei (iNaturalist).Other
endemic invertebrates include the freshwater
crabs Haberma tingkok
(Species
New to Science) and Orisarma
patshuni
(iNaturalist),
the jumping spiders Habrocestum hongkongiense
(iNaturalist)
and Uroballus carlei
(ResearchGate),
a tarantula Phlogiellus
bogadeki (ResearchGate),
the land snails Kaliella
hongkongensis (iNaturalist)
and Microcystis
stenomphala (figs. 71-72 at BHL),
the sea slugs Gascoignella
aprica
(Sea
Slug Forum WM) and Marionia
echinomuriceae (fig. 3L on p. 17 of Zool.
Studies WM pdf), a bee shrimp Caridina logemanni (GBIF),
a marine isopod Colanthura
daguilarensis (Google
Books), a cave-dwelling marine amphipod Podocerus cuspiclunis
(PLAZI),
the sun corals Tubastraea
megacorallita (iNaturalist)
and Tubastraea violacea
(ResearchGate),
a box jellyfish Tripedalia
maipoensis (Zool.
Studies pdf), and a placazoan Hoilungia
hongkongensis
(PLOS).
Among about 20 species of vascular plants unique to Hong Kong are
Guile's Boeica (HK
Herbarium), the Shiuying Bamboo (HK
Herbarium), the Woon-young Bamboo (HK
Herbarium), Thismia
hongkongensis (ResearchGate),
the Lantau Star-anise (HK
Herbarium), the Hong Kong Asarum (HK
Herbarium),
the Hong Kong Croton (HK
Herbarium), the Small-flowered Holly (HK
Herbarium), a beautyberry Callicarpa longibracteata
(HKBIH),
Justicia
championii (iNaturalist),
a hornbeam Carpinus
insularis (HKCWW),
Aster striatus (HK
Herbarium),
the Subglabrous Cane (HK
Herbarium), the Entire Lip Ginger (HK
Herbarium), Syzygium
impressum (Life
Discovery), Begonia
hongkongensis (HK
Herbarium), Beilschmiedia
glandulosa (HKCWW), and the caterpillar
orchids Cheirostylis
monteiroi (HKBIH)
and
Cheirostylis
jamesleungii (fpcn.net
WM).
Sinopora
(HK
Herbarium) (iNaturalist)
represents an endemic genus.
Lichens
known only from Hong Kong include Biatorella
saxicola (Tropical
Lichens) and.Anisomeridium
tetrasporum (p. 3 of J-STAGE
pdf). Endemic
non-vascular plants include the mosses Macromitrium subincurvum
(GBIF)
and Syrrhopodon
hongkongensis (ResearchGate)
(GBIF).
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China,
is part of the
South China-Vietnam Subtropical Evergreen Forests ecoregion (EoE),
and is part of the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots WM). For a list of
species first described from Hong
Kong with many endemic species indicated see (Wikipedia).
Many other species apparently known only from Hong Kong can be found in
the checklist at (ResearchGate).