Reptiles > Dactyloidae & Anoles
The Blue Anole (Anolis gorgonae) is universally celebrated among herpetologists as one of the most visually mesmerizing lizards on Earth. Confined exclusively to the remote, isolated volcanic rainforests of Gorgona Island off Colombia’s Pacific shore, this...
Reptiles > Cordylidae & Flat Lizards
The Emperor Flat Lizard (Platysaurus imperator) is the undisputed giant and visual monarch among Africa’s rock-dwelling cordylid lizards. Inhabiting ancient granite inselbergs and rocky kopjes scattered across eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique, this brilliantly...
Reptiles > Viperidae & Adders
The Bale Mountains Adder (Bitis parviocula), also recognized as the Ethiopian mountain adder, is one of the rarest, most enigmatic, and visually striking venomous snakes on the African continent. Restricted strictly to the high-elevation volcanic plateaus and misty...
Reptiles > Trionychidae & Softshell Turtles
The Asian Giant Softshell Turtle (Pelochelys cantorii), also known as Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle, is one of the most colossal, bizarre, and critically endangered freshwater reptiles in the world. Native to major river basins across South and Southeast Asia,...
Reptiles > Chamaeleonidae & Chameleons
The Usambara Three-horned Chameleon (Trioceros deremensis) is one of Africa’s most breathtaking, prehistoric-looking, and charismatic montane reptiles. Endemic strictly to the ancient, mist-draped Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, this magnificent canopy lizard...
Reptiles > Viperidae & Vipers
The Arabian Horned Viper (Cerastes gasperettii) is the definitive, iconic venomous serpent of the Arabian Peninsula’s windswept desert sands. Beautifully adapted for survival in one of the most inhospitable arid environments on the planet, this master of stealth...
Reptiles > Diplodactylidae & Geckos
The Golden-tailed Gecko (Strophurus taenicauda) is an extraordinary and visually mesmerizing nocturnal lizard endemic to eastern Australia’s dry woodland interior. Renowned for its brilliant, vivid orange-to-golden longitudinal dorsal stripe running down its...
Reptiles > Gekkonidae & Geckos
The Psychedelic Rock Gecko (Cnemaspis psychedelica) is widely celebrated as one of the most vividly colored reptiles in the world. Described by herpetologists in 2010, this extraordinary diurnal lizard is native exclusively to the tiny island of Hon Khoai off the...
Reptiles > Carphodactylidae & Leaf-tailed Geckos
Discovered during an expedition into the inaccessible granite mountains of northeastern Australia in 2013, the Cape Melville Leaf-tailed Gecko (Saltuarius eximius) represents one of the most remarkable vertebrate discoveries of the twenty-first century. Endemic...
