Amphibians > Toads
The Puerto Rican Crested Toad (Peltophryne lemur), known locally as ‘Sapo Concho,’ holds immense ecological significance as the only native toad species in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Once feared completely extinct before being rediscovered in the...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Galapagos Pink Land Iguana (Conolophus marthae) is a critically endangered, colossal reptile discovered by national park rangers in 1986 and formally described to science in 2009. Restricted exclusively to the upper slopes of Wolf Volcano on northern Isabela...
Plants > Pitcher Plants
Attenborough’s Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes attenboroughii) is a colossal carnivorous plant discovered in 2007 on the isolated summit peak of Mount Victoria in Palawan, Philippines. Named in honor of legendary broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough, this...
Reptiles > Squamata
Darevsky’s Viper (Vipera darevskii) is a small, specialized alpine pit-less viper endemic to a tiny, high-altitude volcanic enclave on the border of northwestern Armenia and southern Georgia. Named in honor of the legendary Soviet herpetologist Ilya Darevsky,...
Birds > Passerines
The Rimatara Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus rimitarae) is an extremely rare, critically endangered passerine songbird confined entirely to Rimatara, a tiny, remote volcanic island spanning less than nine square kilometers in the Austral Archipelago of French Polynesia....
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