Malayan Fairy Lantern

Plants > Fairy Lanterns

The Malayan Fairy Lantern (Thismia neptunis) is one of the most mysterious and otherworldly flowering plants on Earth. First discovered by Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari in 1866 in the rainforests of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, the plant vanished from human...

Tarzan Chameleon

Reptiles > Chameleons

The Tarzan Chameleon (Calumma tarzan) is an extraordinary, critically endangered arboreal reptile discovered in 2010 in the dwindling rainforest fragments of eastern Madagascar. Named after the nearby village formerly known as Tarzanville (now Ambodiriana) and...

Dwarf Rafflesia

Plants > Parasitic Plants

The Dwarf Rafflesia (Rafflesia consueloae) is an astounding botanical wonder discovered in 2016 in the mountains of Nueva Ecija, northern Luzon, Philippines. While the genus Rafflesia is globally famous for producing the largest single flowers on Earth, R. consueloae...

Cantillana Spiny-chest Frog

Amphibians > Spiny-chest Frogs

The Cantillana Spiny-chest Frog (Alsodes cantillanensis) is a critically endangered, ancient anuran endemic exclusively to a single isolated mountain massif, Cerro Cantillana, in the Coastal Range of central Chile. Surviving in relict patches of Mediterranean...

Pehuenche Spiny-chest Frog

Amphibians > Spiny-chest Frogs

The Pehuenche Spiny-chest Frog (Alsodes pehuenche) is an ancient, highly specialized alpine anuran restricted to a tiny watershed near the Pehuenche Pass in the high Andes along the Chile-Argentina border. Surviving in freezing glacial meltwater streams at elevations...