Reptiles > Anniellidae & American Legless Lizards
The Baja California Legless Lizard (Anniella geronimensis) is an exceptionally specialized fossorial squamate endemic strictly to a narrow coastal dune ribbon in northwestern Baja California, Mexico. Belonging to the distinct family Anniellidae, this small, limbless...
Reptiles > Viperidae & Sidewinding Adders
Peringuey’s Adder (Bitis peringueyi), also celebrated by herpetologists as the Namib Desert Sidewinding Adder, is a miniature venomous viper supremely adapted to the shifting dune seas of the Namib Desert. Famous for its specialized sidewinding locomotion and...
Invertebrates > Butterflies
The Zerene Fritillary (Speyeria zerene) is a magnificent, fast-flying brush-footed butterfly native to the coastal bluffs, montane meadows, and conifer woodlands of western North America. Flaunting broad, glowing orange wings richly checkered with bold black veins and...
