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The wildlife of Equatorial Guinea is composed of its flora and fauna. Overview ... Flora de Guinea, Spanish-language database about flora of Equatorial Guinea.
Endemic fauna of Equatorial Guinea (3 C, 22 P) F. Fauna of Annobón (1 C, 15 P) Fauna of Bioko (1 C, 26 P) I. Important Bird Areas of Equatorial Guinea (5 P)
This category contains the native flora of Equatorial Guinea as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions.Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic.
However extensive areas of forest remain and the fauna is still especially rich in the southern parts of Equatorial Guinea and in Gabon, which has designated large areas as national parkland, including Loango National Park in this ecoregion. [4] A 2017 assessment found that 43,768 km 2, or 23%, of the ecoregion is in protected areas. [5]
The São Tomé, Príncipe, and Annobón forests, also known as the São Tomé, Príncipe, and Annobón moist lowland forests, is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion that covers the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, which form the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe, as well as the island of Annobón, which is part of Equatorial Guinea.
The ecoregion includes the distinct montane forests on the higher elevations of two volcanic peaks, Mount Cameroon, which lies in Cameroon near the coast, and Bioko, a volcanic island to the southwest in Equatorial Guinea. The montane forests occur as low as 500 meters elevation on Mount Cameroon.
The wildlife of Guinea is very diverse due to its wide variety of habitats. The southern part of the country lies within the Guinean Forests of West Africa biodiversity hotspot , while the north-east is characterized by dry savanna woodlands.
The Gran Caldera de Luba Scientific Reserve (Spanish: Reserva Científica de la Gran Caldera de Luba) is a protected area of 51,000 hectares (130,000 acres) on the volcanic island of Bioko (formerly called Fernando Pó), a part of Equatorial Guinea.