Endemic Animals of Angola

The red-crested turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus ) is a turaco, a group of African Otidimorphae birds. It is a frugivorous bird endemic to western Angola. Its call sounds somewhat like a jungle monkey. Less

The Giant sable antelope (Hippotragus niger variani) is a large, rare subspecies of the Sable antelope native and endemic to Angola. It is the national symbol of Angola and is held in great regard by its people. This was perhaps one of the reasons the animals survived the long civil war. In African mythology, just like other antelopes, they symbolize vivacity, velocity, beauty, and visual sharpness. Less

Swierstra's spurfowl (Pternistis swierstrai ) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found only in Angola in the rapidly shrinking Afromontane forests of peaks such as Mount Moco and Mount Soque.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.The scientific name commemorates the South African entomologist Cornelis Jacobus Swierstra. Less

The Gabela helmetshrike (Prionops gabela ) is a species of bird in the Vanga family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.It is endemic to Angola.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Less

Pulitzer's longbill (Macrosphenus pulitzeri ) is a species of bird. Formerly considered an "Old World warbler" and placed in the family Sylviidae, it is now considered to belong to a group of enigmatic African warblers in the family Macrosphenidae. It is found only in Angola.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Less

The Angolan slaty flycatcher (Melaenornis brunneus ) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is sometimes placed in the genus Dioptrornis instead of Melaenornis. As suggested by its common name, it is endemic to Angola. Less

The grey-striped spurfowl (Pternistis griseostriatus ) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae.It is found only in Angola.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss. Less

The golden-backed bishop (Euplectes aureus ) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.It is found in western Angola and São Tomé Island. Less

Braun's bushshrike (Laniarius brauni ) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae.It is endemic to Angola. An alternative name for this bird is the orange-breasted bushshrike, but the English name is also used for Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German collector R. H. Braun who collected in ...
southern Africa. Less

The Gabela akalat (Sheppardia gabela ) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Angola. The name is in part derived from the town where they were first observed, Gabela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Less

The Angolan waxbill (Coccopygia bocagei ) or Angola waxbill is a species of estrildid finch endemic to Angola. Some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific with the swee waxbill. Less

Monteiro's bushshrike (Malaconotus monteiri ) is a species of bird in the bush-shrike family (Malaconotidae). It is found in Angola and Cameroon.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is probably threatened by habitat loss like other birds in its range, but its actual status remains unknown due to its elusiveness. Less

Hartert's camaroptera (Camaroptera harterti ) is a small bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is endemic to Angola.Hartert's camaroptera was described by the German ornithologist Otto Eduard Graf von Zedlitz und Trützschler in 1911 under the trinomial name Camaroptera griseoviridis harterti. The type location in the town of Canhoca in northern Angola. The specific epithet harterti is in honour of the German ornithologist Ernst Hartert who was the ...
curator of the Rothschild Museum in Tring, England. It was at one time treated as a subspecies of the green-backed camaroptera but is now treated as a separate species. Less

The white-fronted wattle-eye (Platysteira albifrons ) is a species of bird in the family Platysteiridae.It is endemic to Angola.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.It is threatened by habitat loss. Less

Hyperolius gularis is a species of frogs in the family Hyperoliidae.It is endemic to Angola.Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. Its taxonomic validity is not certain: It may be a synonym of Hyperolius marmoratus, the marbled reed frog. Less

Arthroleptis carquejai is a species of frog in the family Arthroleptidae. It is known with certainty only from north-western Angola, but there is also a recent record from Gabon. If this is correct, its distribution might also include intervening areas in the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The specific name carquejai honours Bento Carqueja , Portuguese professor, journalist, and philanthropist. The common names ...
Cambondo screeching frog and Carqueja's squeaker have been proposed for it. Less

Anchieta's tree frog (Leptopelis anchietae ), also known as the Huila forest treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Arthroleptidae. It is endemic to Angola. It is closely related to the West Cameroon forest tree frog (Leptopelis nordequatorialis, formerly Leptopelis anchietae nordequatorialis ) and the Garamba forest tree frog (Leptopelis oryi ). Less

Leptopelis jordani is a species of little-known frog in the family Arthroleptidae. Common name Congulu forest treefrog has been coined for it. Less

Hyperolius bocagei is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It occurs in an area spanning from Angola and northwestern Zambia through southern Democratic Republic of the Congo to southwestern Tanzania. It lives in seasonally flooded, lowland grassy pans. It may suffer localized habitat loss and degradation, but is not considered threatened overall. Less

Hyperolius vilhenai is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It is only known from its type locality, Cuílo, along the Luita River in northern Angola, although it is likely to occur in adjacent Democratic Republic of the Congo. Additional specimens from the Cangandala National Park have been provisionally assigned to this species. The specific name vilhenai honours Ernesto Jardim de Vilhena, a Portuguese naval officer, politician, and ...
businessman. Common names Luita River reed frog and Vilhena's reed frog have been proposed for this frog. Less

Hyperolius maestus is a species of frog of questionable status in the family Hyperoliidae. Described more than a century ago, it is only known from its type locality, Landana, in the Cabinda Province of northern Angola. The holotype was originally deposited in Museo Bouvier and—if it survives at all—now presumably lies unidentified in the National Museum of Natural History, France. Hyperolius maestus might be a synonym of Hyperolius mar ...
moratus.Common name Cabinda reed frog has been proposed for this species. Less

Hyperolius cinereus, Monard's reed frog or ashy reed frog, is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae.It is found in Angola and possibly Democratic Republic of the Congo.Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. Less

Hyperolius rhizophilus is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae.It is endemic to Angola.Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. Less

Poyntonophrynus grandisonae (common name: Grandison's toad or Mossamedes toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Namibe Province, Angola. Its range may be more widespread than currently known, including the nearby Iona National Park. It is only known from a few specimens because there has not been much research in the surrounding area, and thus its 2014 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species assessment remained at "Data ...
Deficient".It is named for Alice Georgie Cruickshank Grandison (born 1927), a Curator of Herpetology at Natural History Museum, London. Less

Leptopelis marginatus is a species of frog in the family Arthroleptidae. It is endemic to western Angola and only known from the holotype collected from Quissange. The holotype was lost in the fire of the Natural History Museum of Lisbon in 1978. The validity of this species is in question; it might be a synonym of Leptopelis bocagii or considered a nomen dubium. Common name Quissange forest treefrog has been proposed for it. Less

Hyperolius bicolor is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae.It is endemic to Angola.Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. Less

Hyperolius lucani is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae.It is endemic to Angola.Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. Less

Hyperolius protchei is a species of frog of questionable status in the family Hyperoliidae. Described more than a century ago, it is only known from its type locality, Landana, in the Cabinda Province of northern Angola. The holotype was originally deposited in Museo Bouvier and—if it survives at all—now presumably lies in the National Museum of Natural History, France. Hyperolius maestus might be a synonym of Hyperolius marmoratus.The etymology of ...
the specific name protchei is not known, but Beolens and colleagues suggest that this species is named for a certain Protche, taxidermist who also collected samples for the French National Museum of Natural History. Common name Rochebrune's reed frog has been proposed for this species. Less

Hyperolius fasciatus is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. Less

Hyperolius fuscigula is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae.It is endemic to Angola.Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. Less

Bitis heraldica is a venomous viper species endemic to Angola. It is easily distinguished from B. caudalis by its heavily speckled belly and lack of any supraocular "horns". No subspecies are currently recognized. Less

The Angolan girdled lizard (Cordylus angolensis ), also known as the Angolan spiny-tailed lizard, is a species of lizard in the genus Cordylus. The species is endemic to Angola, as its names testify, and is ovoviviparous. Less

Pedioplanis huntleyi is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Angola. Less

Pedioplanis haackei is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Angola. Less

Nucras scalaris, the scaled sandveld lizard, is a wall lizard in the family of true lizards (Lacertidae). It is endemic to Angola. Less

Rhoptropus montanus, the mountain day gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Angola. Less

Rhoptropus benguellensis, the Benguela day gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Angola. Less

Machadoe's girdled lizard (Cordylus machadoi ) is a flattened girdled lizard from southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia. They are found as solitary individuals or in pairs on rock outcrops in arid savannah. It can be identified, along with Cordylus vittifer, by have an elongate first row of dorsal scales. Machadoe's girdled lizard is uniform yellow brown above and paler below. The head is dark brown with pale lips. The pale vertebral ...
stripe found in the Cordylus vittifer is not present. Adults reach 78 mm in length from snout to vent. Less

Dalophia welwitschii is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Angola. Less

Monopeltis luandae is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Angola. Less

Monopeltis perplexus is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Angola. Less

Monard's skink (Trachylepis monardi ) is a species of skink. It is endemic to Angola. It is named after Albert Monard , the original species descriptor; the current name is a replacement name to solve secondary homonymy with Euprepis angolensis Bocage, 1872. Less