Chalazodes Bubble-nest Frog

Amphibians > Anura

The Chalazodes Bubble-nest Frog (Raorchestes chalazodes), also known as the white-spotted bush frog, is one of the world’s most elusive amphibians. Feared extinct for over a century until its dramatic rediscovery in 2011 after 137 years, this luminous green...

Kaempfer’s Woodpecker

Birds > Picidae & Woodpeckers

Kaempfer’s Woodpecker (Celeus obrieni) is one of the most remarkable ‘Lazarus species’ in the history of Neotropical ornithology. Originally known only from a single holotype specimen collected in 1926 in Maranhão, Brazil, the species went undetected...

Jungle Glory Butterfly

Invertebrates > Nymphalidae & Morpho Butterflies

The Jungle Glory Butterfly (Thaumantis diores) is a magnificent and reclusive amathusiine nymphalid inhabiting the humid, shadow-draped rainforest floors of South and Southeast Asia. Renowned for the dramatic contrast between its velvety chocolate-black wings and an...

Greater Bamboo Lemur

Mammals > Lemurs

The Greater Bamboo Lemur (Prolemur simus), also historically known as the broad-nosed gentle lemur, is one of the world’s rarest and most ecologically specialized primates, endemic exclusively to the fragmented humid rainforests of eastern Madagascar....
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