List of endemic species of Taiwan

The endemic species of Taiwan are organisms that are endemic to the island of Taiwan— that is, they occur nowhere else on Earth.

Percentages of endemic animals of all living species in Taiwan.

Category Total species Endemic species (& ssp.) Percentages
Mammals 70 45 64%
Birds 450 84 19%
Reptiles 85 27 32%
Amphibians 37 17 46%
Freshwater fishes 220 36 16%
Butterflies 400 50 13%
Total 1,257 252 20%

Percentages of endemic plants of all living species in Taiwan.[1]

Category Total (native) species Endemic species (& ssp.) Percentages
Pteridophytes 629 72 11%
Gymnosperms 28 18 64%
Dicotyledons 2,410 750 31%
Monocotyledons 1,010 227 23%
Total 4,077 1,067 26%

Endemic mammals

Formosan Serow
Formosan Macaque
  1. Formosan Serow – Naemorhedus swinhoei (Gray)
  1. Formosan Shrew – Soriculus fumidus Thomas
  2. Tada's Shrew – Crocidura tadae Tokuda & Kano
  3. Koshun Shrew – Soriculus sodalis Thomas
  1. Formosan Field Vole – Apodemus semotus Thomas
  2. Spinous Country-rat – Niviventer coxingi (Swinhoe)
  3. Formosan White-bellied Rat – Niviventer culturatus (Thomas)
  4. Kikuchi's Field Vole – Microtus kikuchii (Kuroda)
  1. Formosan Macaque – Macaca cyclopis (Swinhoe)
  1. Formosan Long-eared Bat – Plecotus taivanus Yoshiyuki
  2. Formosan Mouse-eared Bat – Myotis taiwanensis Linde
  3. Formosan Tube-nosed Bat – Murina puta Kishida
  4. Yellow-necked Bat – Arielulus torquatus Gabor & Lee
  5. Formosan Broad-muzzled Bat – Myotis latirostris Kishida
  6. Formosan Leaf-nosed Bat – Hipposideros terasensis Kisida
  7. Formosan Greater Horseshoe Bat – Rhinolophus formosae Sanborn
  8. Formosan Lesser Horseshoe Bat – Rhinolophus monoceros Andersen

Endemic birds

Taiwan Blue Magpie
Taiwan Whistling Thrush
Mikado Pheasant

17 endemic bird species and another 60 endemic subspecies of Taiwan have been identified (out of a total of 569 bird species). The seventeen endemic speacies make up about 3% of all birds living in Taiwan.

  1. Yellow Tit – Parus holsti Seebohm
  2. White-whiskered Laughingthrush – Garrulax morrisonianus (Ogilvie-Grant)
  3. White-eared Sibia – Heterophasia auricularis (Swinhoe)
  4. Taiwan Yuhina – Yuhina brunneiceps Ogilvie-Grant
  5. Taiwan Barwing – Actinodura morrisoniana Ogilvie-Grant
  6. Steere's Liocichla – Liocichla steerii Swinhoe
  7. Taiwan Blue Magpie – Urocissa caerulea (Gould)
  8. Styan's Bulbul – Pycnonotus taivanus Styan
  9. Taiwan Whistling Thrush – Myiophoneus insularis Gould
  10. Collared Bush Robin – Luscinia johnstoniae (Ogilvie-Grant)
  11. Flamecrest – Regulus goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant
  12. Taiwan Bush Warbler – Bradypterus alishanensis
  13. Taiwan Hwamei – Garrulax taewanus
  1. Taiwan Hill Partridge – Arborophila crudigularis (Swinhoe)
  2. Mikado Pheasant – Syrmaticus mikado (Ogilivie-Grant)
  3. Swinhoe's Pheasant – Lophura swinhoii (Gould)
  1. Taiwan Barbet – Megalaima nuchalis

Endemic reptiles

  1. Formosan Smooth Skink – Scincella formosensis (Van Denburgh)
  2. Taiwan Forest Skink – Sphenomorphus taiwanensis Chen & Lue
  3. Lanyu Scaly-toed Gecko – Lepidodactylus yami Ota
  4. Kikuchi's Gecko – Gekko kikuchii (Oshima)
  5. Lue's Japalura – Japalura luei Ota, Chen & Shang
  6. Maki's Japalura – Japalura makii Ota
  7. Swinhoe's Japalura – Japalura swinhonis Gunther
  8. Short-legged Japalura – Japalura brevipes Gressitt
  9. Formosan Legless Lizard – Ophisaurus formosensis Kishida
  10. Formosan Grass Lizard – Takydromus formosanus Boulenger
  11. Sauteri Grass Lizard – Takydromus sauteri Van Denburgh
  12. Hsuehshan Grass Lizard – Takydromus hsueshanesis Lin & Cheng
  13. Stejneger's Grass Lizard – Takydromus stejnegeri Van Denburgh
  14. Hengchun Blind Snake – Typhlops koshunensis Oshima
  15. Taiwan Slug-eating Snake – Pareas formosensis (Van Dengurgh)
  16. Formosa Odd-scaled Snake – Achalinus formosanus Boulenger
  17. Black Odd-scaled Snake – Achalinus niger Maki
  18. Maki's Keelback – Amphiesma miyajimae Maki
  19. Swinhoe's Grass Snake – Phabdophis swinhonis (Gunther)
  20. Formosa Coral Snake – Hemibungarus sauteri (Steindachner)
  21. Taiwan Pit-viper – Trimeresurus gracilis Oshima

Endemic amphibians

  1. Central Formosan Toad – Bufo bankorensis
  2. Stejneger's Narrow-mouthed Toad – Micryletta steinegeri
  3. Swinhoe's Brown Frog — Odorrana swinhoana
  4. Taipa frog — Rana longicrus
  5. Sauter's Brown Frog — Rana sauteri
  6. Robust Buerger's Frog – Buergeria robusta
  7. Temple Treefrog – Kurixalus idiootocus
  8. Farmland Green Treefrog – Rhacophorus arvalis
  9. Orange-belly Treefrog – Rhacophorus aurantiventris
  10. Moltrecht's Green Treefrog – Rhacophorus moltrechti
  11. Emerald Green Treefrog – Rhacophorus prasinatus
  12. Taipei Green Treefrog – Rhacophorus taipeianus
  1. Alishan Salamander – Hynobius arisanensis
  2. Formosan Salamander – Hynobius formosanus
  3. Taiwan Lesser Salamander – Hynobius fuca
  4. Nanhu Salamander – Hynobius glacialis
  5. Sonani's Salamander – Hynobius sonani

Endemic freshwater fishes

Formosan Landlocked Salmon
  1. Taitung River Loach – Hemimyzon taitungensis Tzeng et Shen
  2. Formosan River Loach – Hemimyzon formosanus (Boulenger)
  3. Shen's river loach – Hemimyzon sheni Chen et Fang
  4. River Loach – Formosania lacustris (Steindachner)
  5. Pulin River Loach – Sinogastromyzon puliensis Liang
  6. Rasborinus macrolepis (Regan) (Extinct)
  7. Pararasbora moltrechti Regan
  8. Acrossocheilus paradoxus (Günther)
  9. Lake Candidus Dace – Candidia barbata (Regan)
  10. Microphysogobio alticorpus Banarescu et Nalbant
  11. Taiwan Ku Fish – Onychostoma alticorpus (Oshima)
  12. Freshwater Minnow – Opsariichthys pachycephalus Günther
  13. Gobiobotia cheni Banarescu et Nalbant
  14. Microphysogobio brevirostris (Günther)
  15. Aphyocypris kikuchii (Oshima)
  16. Squalidus iijimae (Oshima)
  1. Goby – Rhinogobius gigas Aonuma et Chen
  2. Goby – Rhinogobius formosanus Oshima
  3. Goby – Cryptocentrus yatsui Tomiyama
  4. Goby – Rhinogobius nantaiensis Aonuma et Chen
  5. Goby – Rhinogobius henchuenensis Chen et Shao
  6. Goby – Rhinogobius delicatus Chen et Shao
  7. Goby – Rhinogobius maculafasciatus Chen et Shao
  8. Goby – Rhinogobius rubromaculatus Lee et Chang
  9. Goby – Myersina yangii (Chen) (Extinct)
  10. Goby – Rhinogobius lanyuensis Chen, Miller et Fang
  1. Formosan Trooent Catfish – Liobagrus formosanus Regan
  2. Bagrid Catfish – Pseudobagrus adiposalis Oshima
  3. Bagrid Catfish – Pseudobagrus brevianalis Regan
  1. Ariake Icefish – Salanx acuticeps Regan (Extinct)
  1. Formosan landlocked salmon – Oncorhynchus formosanus (Jordan et Oshima)

References

  1. ↑ Hsieh, C. F. (2002) Composition, endemism and phytogeographical affinities of the Taiwan Flora. Taiwania 47(4): 298-310.

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