The Socotra cormorant is a threatened species of cormorant that is endemic to the Persian Gulf and the south-east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is also sometimes known as the Socotran cormorant or, more rarely, as the Socotra shag. Individuals occasionally migrate as far west as the Red Sea coast. Despite its name, it was only confirmed in 2005 that it breeds on the Socotra islands in the Indian Ocean.
Abd al Kuri is a rocky island in the Guardafui Channel. As a part of the Socotra Archipelago of the Socotra Governorate of Yemen, it lies about 65 miles (105 km) southwest of the island of Socotra. It consists of granite and diorite covered by limestone.The island’s population is currently unknown because of Reports of the expulsion of the native population by gunpoint and the establishment of a military base and airstrip.
Hypericum balfourii is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae. It is endemic to Socotra, an island archipelago that is part of Yemen. It grows in mountain shrubland dominated by Cephalocroton. It is usually found on granite terrain above 600 meters in elevation.
Hypericum fieriense is a species of flowering plant in the St. John's wort family Hypericaceae. It is endemic to Socotra, an island archipelago that is part of Yemen. It grows in mountain shrubland dominated by Cephalocroton, where it can be found with the endemic tree Dracaena cinnabari. It is rarer than other local shrubby Hypericum species. It can be distinguished from them by its pubescent herbage.
Hypericum scopulorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae. It is endemic to Socotra, an island archipelago that is part of Yemen. It is a common plant in shrubland habitat, and it is a dominant species in some areas along with Cephalocroton and another local endemic, Libinhania rosulata.
Euphorbia kuriensis is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is endemic to Abd al Kuri in the Socotra Archipelago of Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Gymnocarpos kuriensis is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to the islands of Socotra and Abd al Kuri in Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and rocky areas.
Polycarpaea balfourii is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to Socotra in Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.
Polycarpaea is a genus of plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It contains 79 species native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Africa and Madagascar, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, the Philippines, New Guinea, and Australia. The genus was named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1792.
Polycarpaea caespitosa is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to Socotra in Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and rocky areas.
Polycarpaea hassalensis is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to the island of Abd al Kuri in Yemen's Socotra Archipelago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.
Polycarpaea hayoides is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to Socotra in Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and plantations.
Polycarpaea paulayana is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to northern Socotra and Samhah in Yemen's Socotra Archipelago. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Polycarpaea spicata is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Distribution; North West of India, Arabia, Egypt, N. Australia.
Polygala kuriensis is a species of plant in the family Polygalaceae. It is endemic to Yemen, where it is found on the island of Socotra. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.
Portulaca kuriensis is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family, Portulacaceae, that is endemic to Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.
Ruellia kuriensis is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is a subshrub endemic to the island of Abd al Kuri in the Socotra archipelago off the coast of northeastern Africa, which is politically part of Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
The Socotra golden-winged grosbeak or Socotra grosbeak is a finch endemic to Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Yemen. R. socotranus is by some authorities held to be the only species of the then-monotypic genus Rhynchostruthus, including all other golden-winged grosbeaks therein as subspecies. But in recent times the three populations are usually considered a distinct species, with R. socotranus being limited to the Socotra population, the Arabian golden-winged grosbeak becoming R. percivali, and the Somali golden-winged grosbeak R. louisae.
The Socotran pipistrelle or Lanza's pipistrelle is an endangered species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is endemic to Socotra Island in Yemen, and is the only mammal thought to be endemic to the island.
