Togo
The
Groove-toothed
Forest Mouse Leimacomys
buettneri (Google
Books) (p. 29 of MNHN
pdf)
(PLAZI) is an endemic genus known solely from two specimens collected in 1890
and is possibly extinct.
Amphibians found
only in Togo include the Togo Reed Frog Hyperolius laticeps (fig. 7 at ResearchGate) (IUCN)
and
the Togo Screeching Frog Arthroleptis
brevipes (PLAZI) (CalPhotos)
(iNaturalist).
Endemic freshwater fish include the Togo Lampeye Micropanchax
bracheti (IUCN)
(Killifish
of West Africa)
and Keilhack’s Lampeye Micropanchax keilhacki (Killifish of West
Africa) (Hathi Trust).
Insects
unique to Togo include a silk moth Orthogonioptilum chaminadei
(saturniidae.com
WM),
the carpenter moths Haberlandia
togoensis (African
Moths WM) and Strigocossus
sanbenai (fig. 3 at ResearchGate),
a damselfly Chlorocypha
jejuna (iNaturalist)
(ADDO
WM),
a
katydid Eulioptera
incisa (OSF),
the grasshoppers Parga togoensis (OSF)
and Oxyolena mucronata
(OSF),
a
cricket Ganoblemmus
rhodocephalus (OSF),
a
planthopper Centromeriana
rhinoceros (PLAZI),
the ants Crematogaster
togoensis (AntWiki)
and Pheidologeton
(or Carebara) solitarius (BHL),
a
rove beetle Atheta
togoensis (p. 25 of zobodat
pdf), a
leaf beetle Asbecesta
fulviventris (BHL),
a flower beetle Pachnoda
bousqueti (Le
Monde des Insectes), a carpet beetle Anthrenus crypticus (ResearchGate), and several longhorn beetles: Typocaeta
togoensis (zobodat
pdf), Philomeces
agouensis (fig. 8 at BHL),
and Isochariesthes
undulatovittata (fig. 1 at naturalsciences.be
pdf),
.
Other
endemic invertebrates include a goblin spider Triaeris
togo (BHL),
a wolf spider Arctosa
togona (fr.wikipedia),
a scorpion Androctonus
togolensis (GBIF),
a harvestman Skufia
parva (fig. 6 at UFRJ
pdf), a solifuge Oparba
togona (BHL),
a millipede Peridontopyge
rubolineata (BHL),
a freshwater crab Sudanonautes
granulatus (GBIF),
an earthworm Dichogaster
sokodeana (fig. 3A at BHL),
and several land snails: Gymnarion
ducae (BHL)
(Conchology),
Rachis stahlbergi
(fig. 3 at BHL),
and Limicolaria bourgati
(GBIF).
Among about 20 vascular plant species exclusive to Togo are Pandanus
crassicollis (JSTOR),
Pandanus denudatus
(JSTOR), Manilkara
(or Mimusops)
doeringii (BHL), Cola supfiana (Hathi Trust),
Rinorea bussei
(JSTOR) (GBIF), Kinghamia (or Gutenbergia) foliosa
(JSTOR)
(BHL), Cyphostemma griseorubrum (GBIF),
Syzygium kerstingii
(IUCN)
(GBIF), Nerophila (or Osbeckia) togoensis (GBIF), Digitaria ursulae (GBIF),
Phyllanthus pierlotii
(POWO) (IPNI),
Embelia togoensis (POWO) (BHL), and Eugenia togoensis
(JSTOR)
(BHL).
Endemic
fungi include Lactifluus
longibasidius (ResearchGate)
and Lactifluus melleus
(ResearchGate).
Endemic non-vascular plants include a moss Rhynchostegiella brunelii
(GBIF).
Parts of Togo are included in the Eastern Guinean
Forests ecoregion (Wikipedia)
and the Guinean Forests of West Africa biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots WM).