Endemic Animals of Namibia

Dune lark

The dune lark (Calendulauda erythrochlamys ) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is endemic to Namibia where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

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Poyntonophrynus hoeschi

Poyntonophrynus hoeschi is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to western and central Namibia. The specific name hoeschi honours Walter Hoesch, a German zoologist. Common names Hoesch's toad, Hoesch's pygmy toad, and Okahandja toad have been proposed for it.

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Poyntonophrynus damaranus

Poyntonophrynus damaranus is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. This species was previously known as Bufo damaranus, which is now considered a synonym. This anuran is endemic to Kaokoveld-Waterberg in area of northern and northwestern Namibia. The validity of this species has been questioned.

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Chersobius solus

Chersobius solus, commonly known as the Nama dwarf tortoise, the Nama padloper, and Berger's cape tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Namibia.

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Typhlacontias brevipes

Typhlacontias brevipes, also known as the FitzSimon's burrowing skink or short blind dart skink, is a skink species endemic to the Namib Desert (Namibia). It was described by Vivian FitzSimons in 1938.

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Narudasia

Narudasia is a monotypic genus of geckos endemic to Namibia better known as festive gecko.Festive gecko, Narudasia festiva - is a diurnal, rock-dwelling gecko, reaching 2 to 3 inches in length, that lives on small insects. Body and head are somewhat flattened. Overall color is grey with alternating brownish bands on the back, edged with black and white towards the rear. The long tail may be yellow.

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Pedioplanis breviceps

Pedioplanis breviceps, known commonly as the short-headed sand lizard, the short-headed sandveld lizard, and Sternfeld's sand lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Namibia.

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Namazonurus campbelli

Namazonurus campbelli, commonly known as Campbell's girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. A small girdled lizard, N. campbelli is endemic to Namibia. It is often mistaken for the more common Herero girdled lizard, N. pustulatus, as they both are similar in size and have flattened bodies. N. campbelli lives in rock crevices and cracks on dry mountain slopes

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Pedioplanis gaerdesi

Pedioplanis gaerdesi, known commonly as the Kaokoland sand lizard, the Kaokoveld sand lizard, and Mayer's sand lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Namibia.

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Pedioplanis rubens

Pedioplanis rubens, called commonly the Waterberg sand lizard and erroneously Ruben's sand lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Namibia.

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Meroles micropholidotus

Meroles micropholidotus, the small-scaled desert lizard, is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. It occurs in Namibia.

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Pedioplanis husabensis

Pedioplanis husabensis, also known commonly as the Husab sand lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Namibia.

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Pedioplanis undata

Pedioplanis undata, known commonly as the plain sand lizard or the western sand lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Southern Africa.

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Dune hairy-footed gerbil

The dune hairy-footed gerbil, or the Namib dune gerbil (Gerbillurus tytonis ) is a species of rodent found only in Namibia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert where it lives in loose sand among sand dunes, feeding opportunistically on arthropods, seeds and green vegetation.

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Macroscelides micus

Macroscelides micus (common name Etendeka round-eared sengi or Etendeka round-eared elephant shrew) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is only found in gravel plains in the Etendeka formation of north-west Namibia. Measuring about 7.3 inches (19 cm) long and weighing less than an ounce (28 grams), the species is the smallest in the elephant shrew family.

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Macroscelides flavicaudatus

Macroscelides flavicaudatus (common name: Namib round-eared sengi or Namib round-eared elephant shrew) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae found in the central Namib desert and southern Namibia.

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Namaqua slender mongoose

The Namaqua slender mongoose (Herpestes sanguineus swalius ), also known as the Namibian slender mongoose, is a subspecies of the common slender mongoose. It is endemic to Namibia.

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Crawford-Cabral's shaggy rat

Crawford-Cabral's shaggy rat or Crawford-Cabral's shaggy marsh rat (Dasymys cabrali ) is a species of shaggy marsh rat endemic to north-eastern Namibia, near the Okavango River.

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Abraliopsis atlantica

Abraliopsis atlantica is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod found in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Benguela Current. Female oocytes are around 1 mm in length and number between 4,000 and 29,000 in mature females. There is a lack of information about the species and it is rated as data deficient by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to this. It ...
was described by Kir Nesis in 1982.

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