Djibouti
Djibouti
is the only
home of two vertebrate species: the critically endangered
Djibouti
Francolin (ARKive)
and a recently described racer Platyceps
afarensis
(CAT.INIST).
Invertebrates known only from Djibouti include a longhorned beetle Eunidia djiboutiana
(Lamiaires
du Monde), a dung beetle Trichonotulus
secquorum (eol),
a
leaf beetle Galerudolphia
martini (SysTax),
a grasshopper Lophothericles
popovi
(OSF),
a cricket Cryncus
dmitrievi (OSF),
a planthopper Oliarus
balachowskyi (FLOW),
a solifuge Rhagodippa
albatra (solpugid.com),
a pseudoscorpion Halominniza
parentorum (Pseudoscorpions
of the World), a wall crab spider Selenops sabulosus (World
Spider Catalog), and a nursery web
spider Euprosthenopsis
vachoni (World
Spider Catalog).
Plants unique to Djibouti include Aloe
djiboutiensis (PlantFiles)
and Aloe ericahenriettae
(JSTOR),
Euphorbia
godana (PlantWorlds)
(flickr),
Euphorbia amicorum
(JSTOR),
Phagnalon lavranosii
(JSTOR),
Cynoglossopsis
somaliensis (JSTOR),
Caralluma
(or Caudanthera) mireillae (Google
Books), Polygala
goudahensis
(JSTOR),
and Matthiola
puntensis
(JSTOR).
Djibouti is included in the Horn of Africa biodiversity
hotspot (CI) and the Red Sea and
Gulf of Aden coral reef
hotspot (Reef
Guardian pdf file).