North Korea
A lizard unique to North Korea is the Korean Skink Plestiodon coreensis (BioLib) (IUCN).
An endemic
freshwater fish is the loach Misgurnus buphoensis
(biotopfish.com),
sometimes considered a synonym of the more widespread Misgurnus nikolskyi (ResearchGate).
A marine fish known only from North Korea is the goby Gymnogobius bungei (BHL)
which is often considered a synonym of the more widespread Gymnogobius mororanus (fishillust.com
WM).
Insects found exclusively in North Korea include the ground beetles Nebria scaphelytra (BHL)
and Synuchus coreanus (p.
5 of ZOBODAT pdf),
the click beetles Oedostethus pektusanicus (Elateridae) (GBIF) and Selatosomus grandis (p.
26 of SSNR
WM pdf),
the rove beetles Atheta hamgyongsani (fig.
3 at ZooKeys)
and Dinaraea koreana (p.
16 of ISEZ
PAN WM pdf), a leaf beetle Chrysomela cyaneoviridis (p.
469 of NIBR pdf), a weevil Ceutorhynchus murzini (NIBR),
a cricket Loxoblemmus spectabilis (p. 2 of ISEZ
PAN WM pdf), a plant bug Psallus amoenus (Discover
Life), a lace bug Uhlerites gracilis (NIBR), a caddisfly Rhyacophila kumgangsanica (NIBR),
the moths Athaumasta koreana (p. 369 of NIBR pdf)
and Rivula dubitatrix (nrm.se
WM), a root-maggot fly Calythea paektusana (NIBR),
the ants Temnothorax cuneinodis (Internet
Archive) (GBIF
WM)
and Temnothorax michali (Internet
Archive).
Other endemic
invertebrates include the springtails Janusius geumgangensis (GBIF)
and Oncopodura yosiiana (p. 5 of ISEZ
PAN WM pdf), a pauropod Acopauropus szeptyckii (ISEZ
PAN WM pdf), a centipede Lithobius mroczkowskii (ChiloBase),
a millipede Skleroprotopus costatus (ResearchGate),
and a land snail Coreovitrea mroczkowskii (p. 2 of RCIN pdf).
Among over 100 endemic vascular plant species are a pasque flower Pulsatilla nivalis (wildgreen.co.kr), Pseudostellaria baekdusanensis (KJPT pdf), the Korean Rhubarb Rheum coreanum (NIBR)
(colnect), Callianthemum insigne (NIBR), Forsythia nakaii (ResearchGate),
a catchfly Silene myongcheonensis (NIBR),
a meadow-rue Thalictrum osmorhizoides (wildgreen.co.kr), Potentilla coreana (Preslia), Spiraea pseudocrenata (NAVER), Euphrasia coreanalpina (blog.daum.net
WM), Saussurea komaroviana (GBIF), Astragalus setsureianus (fig.
3 at ResearchGate), Pedicularis nigrescens (GBIF), Carex ochrochlamys (GBIF),
an alder Alnus vermicularis (IUCN),
a willow Salix cacuminis (GBIF),
a spruce Picea pungsanensis (Edwin
Smits Conifers WM), and Pentactina rupicola
(RBGE) (IUCN).
Endemic non-vascular
plants include the mosses Bryhnia alpicola (p.
5 of J-STAGE pdf)
and Tripterocladium coreanum (p. 3 of J-STAGE pdf).
Important ecoregions include the Changbai Mountains Mixed Forest (EoE) and
the Central Korean Deciduous Forest (EoE). An overview of
North Korea's flora and fauna can be found in its National Biodiversity
Strategy and Action Plan
(CBD pdf). A book on the
endemic species of Korea can be found at (NIBR pdf). Additional
Korean Peninsula endemic species that are shared with South
Korea can be found here.