India

Checklist of Endemic Animal and Plant Families

This list of animal and plant families found exclusively in India is based on the taxonomy used in the Mammal Diversity Database (2020) for mammals, del Hoyo & Collar (2014 & 2016) for birds, the Reptile Database (2018) for reptiles, AmphibiaWeb (2018) for amphibians, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (2023) for fishes, and Mabberley (2017) for vascular plants. Invertebrates are based on Zhang (2013), Zhang (2011), and Roskov et al. (2014) depending on the group. Families described after these sources are indicated by the year of description. For further details on the sources and possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

Hirodaiidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Copepoda)  2024

Kotumsaridae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Adiaphorostreptidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Diplopoda Spirostreptida)

Podabrocephalidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera)

Mastacideidae 2 gen. 10 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera)

Micrixalidae 1 gen. 24 spp. (Chordata Amphibians)

Nasikabatrachidae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Chordata Amphibians)

Ranixalidae 2 gen. 18 spp. (Chordata Amphibians)

Aenigmachannidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Actinopteri Anabantiformes)

Kryptoglanidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Actinopteri Siluriformes)

Staffordiidae 1 gen. 3 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda)