Amphibians > Anura
The Alcatraz Snouted Treefrog (Scinax alcatraz) is a micro-endemic amphibian confined entirely to a single small granite island, Ilha dos Alcatrazes, located off the Atlantic coast of Brazil. Isolated from mainland ancestral populations thousands of years ago during...
Fish > Sarcopterygii
The West Indian Ocean Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) is among the most legendary zoological discoveries in scientific history. Believed to have gone extinct alongside the dinosaurs roughly 66 million years ago during the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, this...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Miyako Grass Lizard (Takydromus toyamai) is an exquisite, jewel-like lacertid lizard endemic strictly to the Miyako Island group in the southern Ryukyu Archipelago of Japan. Described as a distinct species in 1996, this slender green reptile is renowned for its...
Plants > Malvaceae
Kilauea Hau Kuahiwi (Hibiscadelphus giffardianus), known in Hawaiian as hau kuahiwi (mountain hau), is one of the rarest flowering trees on Earth, belonging to the mallow family (Malvaceae). Endemic strictly to the volcanic slopes of Kilauea on Hawaii Island, this...
Fish > Bony Fish
The Asprete (Romanichthys valsanicola), frequently heralded as a genuine ‘living fossil’ of European freshwater ichthyology, is a critically imperiled percid fish native to the mountain streams of Romania. Discovered in 1956, this unique darter-like fish...
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