Amboli Bush Frog

Amphibians > Bush Frogs

The Amboli Bush Frog (Pseudophilautus amboli) is a charismatic, critically endangered shrub frog native strictly to the northern Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot in southwestern India. Described in 2009 from the misty hill station of Amboli in southern Maharashtra,...

Kume Island Ground Gecko

Reptiles > Eublepharid Geckos

The Kume Island Ground Gecko (Goniurosaurus yamashinae) is an ancient, critically endangered eublepharid gecko endemic exclusively to the small, subtropical island of Kumejima in Japan’s Ryukyu Archipelago. Belonging to the primitive eyelid gecko lineage, this...

Anjouan Scops Owl

Birds > Typical Owls

The Anjouan Scops Owl (Otus capnodes) is an enigmatic, critically endangered miniature nocturnal raptor found nowhere else on Earth except within tiny surviving remnants of cloud forest on Anjouan Island in the Comoro Archipelago. Long feared extinct after its initial...

Grand Cayman Ghost Orchid

Plants > Ghost Orchids & Allies

The Grand Cayman Ghost Orchid (Dendrophylax fawcettii) is an ethereal, critically endangered leafless orchid found nowhere else on Earth except within a fragile remnant of old-growth forest on Grand Cayman. Known for its delicate pale cream-and-green blossom that...

Nano-Chameleon

Reptiles > Chameleons

The Nano-Chameleon (Brookesia nana) is an astounding miniature squamate described in 2021 from a remote mountain massif in northern Madagascar. Measuring barely three-quarters of an inch in total length, adult males of this tiny species represent the smallest known...