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The article presents the results of research on the species composition of the flora and fauna of the Chingiztau mountain range for 2013-2016. List of plants of Chingiztau includes 302 species from 126 genera and 52 families. Vascular plants of Chingiztau are grouped into seven groups by life forms: annuals, biennials, perennial grasses, shrubs, semishrubs, shrubs and trees. All plants in relation to the water regime can be divided into three groups: hygrophytes – 10%, mesophytes – 30%, xerophytes – 60%. 325 species of insects from 110 families and 14 orders have been identified in the mountainous area of Chingiztau. Representatives of the Orthoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Coleoptera orders dominate in this region.The vertebrates of Chingiztau include 112 species: fish are represented by 1 species, amphibians by two species, reptiles by three species, birds by 86 species and mammals by 20 species. On the territory of the Chingiztau ridge, 14 species of mosses belonging to 10 families and 10 genera, class 1 were identified.