Mitchell’s Rainforest Snail

Invertebrates > Gastropods

Mitchell’s Rainforest Snail (Thersites mitchellae) is a large, strikingly patterned terrestrial pulmonate land snail in the family Camaenidae, endemic to the highly fragmented lowland rainforests and coastal swamp forests of far northern New South Wales....

Margaret River Hairy Marron

Invertebrates > Crustaceans

The Margaret River Hairy Marron (Cherax tenuimanus) is one of the largest and rarest freshwater crayfish species on Earth, found exclusively within the upper reaches of Western Australia’s Margaret River. Characterized by dense, sensitive sensory bristles...

Kroombit Tinker Frog

Amphibians > Torrent Frogs

The Kroombit Tinker Frog (Taudactylus pleione) is a critically endangered, secretive torrent frog found exclusively in the mist-shrouded montane rainforest gullies of Kroombit Tops, approximately 85 kilometers southwest of Gladstone in central Queensland. Named for...

Western Ringtail Possum

Mammals > Marsupials

The Western Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus occidentalis), known traditionally by the Indigenous Noongar people as the ngwayir, is a small, nocturnal arboreal marsupial strictly endemic to the southwest corner of Western Australia. Distinguished by its tightly curling...

Armoured Mistfrog

Amphibians > Tree Frogs

The Armoured Mistfrog (Litoria lorica), also known as the Little Waterfall Frog, is a critically endangered torrent-adapted tree frog endemic to the high-elevation streams of the Wet Tropics in northeastern Queensland. Possessing heavily armored, spiny nuptial pads on...