Mayotte

Birds found exclusively in Mayotte include the Mayotte Drongo (eBird), the Mayotte Sunbird (eBird), the Chestnut-sided White-eye (eBird), and the Mayotte Scops Owl (eBird). The Mayotte Fody Foudia algondae (iNaturalist) is sometimes considered distinct from the Red-headed Fody Foudia eminentissimus which is also found elsewhere in the Comoros (see p. 39 of CloudBirders pdf).

Reptiles unique to Mayotte include the Mayotte Chameleon (iNaturalist), the Island Day Gecko (ARKive WM), Pasteur’s Day Gecko (IUCN), Mertens' Day Gecko (flickr), the Mayotte Ground Gecko (iNaturalist), Peters' Bright Snake (iNaturalist) (ResearchGate), and a blind snake Madatyphlops eudelini (Species New to Science).

Endemic frogs include Boophis nauticus (ResearchGate) (iNaturalist), Blommersia transmarina (ResearchGate) (iNaturalist), and Blommersia nataliae (ZooKeys).

Butterflies known solely from Mayotte include Charaxes saperanus (iNaturalist) (BOLD), Heteropsis mayottensis (Sysbio WM) (iNaturalist), Neptis mayottensis (Sysbio WM), and Leptotes mayottensis (Sysbio WM). Endemic moths include Exilisia leighi (AfroMoths WM) and Proxhyle comoreana (p. 75 of Cyathea pdf).

Other endemic insects include the grasshoppers Symbellia mayotteana (Sysbio WM) and Mayottea insolens (Google Books), a katydid Comorophisis mayottensis (p. 89 of Cyathea pdf), a cricket Gabusibius dzindzanu (PLAZI), the ants Leptogenys mayotte (AntWiki) and Pheidole loki (AntWiki), the longhorn beetles Sternotomis thomsoni (iNaturalist) and Mastododera rufosericans (p. 62 of Cyathea pdf), a rhinoceros beetle Oryctes mayottensis (GBIF), the jewel beetles Lampetis patruelis (iNaturalist) and Polybothris oberthurii (Jewel Beetles), a flower chafer Doryscelis annaemariae (Le blog des Cetoniidae WM), the scarab beetles Mayataia griveaudi and Komrina villosa (both at Hannetons WM), a water beetle Laccophilus mayottei (fig. 2e at ResearchGate), a mantis Danuriella mayottensis (GBIF), a stick insect Leiophasma mayottensis (iNaturalist), a cicada Yanga mayottensis (Facebook), a cockroach Chorisoblatta denticulara (GBIF), a mayfly Dabulamanzia mayottensis (GBIF), a damselfliy Proplatycnemis agrioides (iNaturalist), and the dragonflies Trithemis maia (iNaturalist) and Zygonyx constellatus (ResearchGate).

Endemic arachnids include a scorpion Grosphus mayottensis (africamuseum.be), the jumping spiders Asemonea bimaculata and Padilla rhizophorae (both at persee.fr) and Heliophanus comorensis (p. 239 of Cyathea pdf), a dewdrop spider Argyrodes chounguii (fr.wikipedia), a bark spider Caerostris mayottensis (iNaturalist), and a social cobweb spider Anelosimus amelie (fig. 3 at Univ. Akron WM pdf). Among the 49 land snail species unique to Mayotte are an endemic genus Pseudelma (ResearchGate), Phaulocystis iris (ResearchGate), Tropidophora moniliata (p. 91 of Cyathea pdf), Rachis comorensis (p. 93 of Cyathea pdf), Gulella pusilla (flickr), Naninia renitens (p. 92 of Cyathea pdf), Edentulina crosseana (BioLib), and Cyclophorus raripilus (flickr). Other endemic terrestrial invertebrates include a millipede Sechelleptus arborivagus (GBIF) (p. 98 of africamuseum pdf) and a flatworm Diversibipalium mayottensis (Wikipedia).

Marine invertebrates known only from Mayotte include a pyramid shell Turbonilla costei (WMSD), a mud shrimp Naushonia latimana (Crustacés de Mayotte WM), and the hermit crabs Cestopagurus caeruleus (CRUSTA WM) and Cheiroplatea stenurus (BHL).

Among about 48 vacular plant species found nowhere else (p. 12 of irevues.inist.fr WM pdf) are Hibiscus comorensis (JSTOR), Colea comorensis (iNaturalist), Adenia barthelatii (iNaturalist), Aloe mayottensis (iNaturalist), Ceropegia mayottae (iNaturalist), Marsdenia mayottae and Tylophora mayottae (both at Ville de Geneve WM pdf), Acalypha mayottensis (PhytoKeys), Psiadia pascalii (JSTOR), Cynometra mayottensis (JSTOR), Gymnosiphon mayottensis (ResearchGate), Cassipourea ovata (JSTOR), Nesogordonia suzannae (JSTOR), Malaxis cardiophylla (flickr), Erythroxylum choungiense (GBIF), Stephanodaphne boivinii (JSTOR), Drypetes darcyana (JSTOR), Ivodea choungiensis (JSTOR), Eugenia choungiensis (ResearchGate), and a yam Dioscorea mayottensis (IUCN).

Endemic trees include a palm Dypsis cabadae (p. 15 of DAF WM pdf), Syzygium labatii (ResearchGate), Noronhia mayottensis (JSTOR), Foetidia comorensis (p. 21 of National Red List WM pdf), Scolopia maoulidae (JSTOR), Polyscias mayottensis (GBIF), Pandanus mayotteensis (JSTOR), Erythrospermum sifarii (GBIF), Eugenia pascaliana (GBIF) (arbres-et-flore.fr), Cassipourea ovata (iNaturalist), Peponidium ovato-oblongum (ResearchGate), Pyrostria heliconioides (GBIF), and Diospyros pascalii (p. 31 of MOBOT pdf).

Fungi known only from Mayotte include Hypoxylon flavocremeum (ResearchGate) and Vararia boidiniana (p. 6 of MNHN pdf). Endemic non-vascular plants include the mosses Neckeropsis pocsii (p. 11 of DAF WM pdf) (SLU WM pdf) and Funaria mayottensis (GBIF) and a liverwort Telaranea maorensis (ResearchGate) (p. 10 of DAF WM pdf).

Mayotte is an overseas region of France, is included in the Comoros Forests ecoregion (WWF WM) and is part of the Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity Hotspots WM). For overviews of the endemic plants and animals of Mayotte see (Comité de l'Eau et de la Biodiversité pdf) and (uicn.fr pdf). For an overview of the insects of Mayotte see (BHL). The Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel provides lists of endemic animals (INPN) and endemic plants (INPN).