Mammals > Phalangeridae & Cuscuses
The Blue-eyed Spotted Cuscus (Spilocuscus wilsoni) is an extraordinary and critically imperiled arboreal marsupial endemic solely to the oceanic islands of Biak and Supiori in eastern Indonesia. Renowned for its captivating, piercing pale blue eyes—a phenotypic...
Plants > Nepenthaceae & Pitcher Plants
The Shield Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes clipeata) is universally recognized as one of the most botanically unique, rarest, and critically endangered carnivorous plants in existence. Strictly endemic to a single isolated granitic inselberg—Mount Kelam in West Kalimantan,...
Reptiles > Geoemydidae & River Turtles
The Northern River Terrapin (Batagur baska) is a colossal, critically imperiled estuarine chelonian native to the vast mangrove deltas and tidal rivers of South and Southeast Asia. Reaching carapace lengths of two feet and weights exceeding 60 pounds, this magnificent...
Birds > Strigiformes & Owls
The Principe Scops Owl (Otus bikegila) is a recently described insular nocturnal raptor endemic strictly to the tiny oceanic island of Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa. Officially confirmed to science in 2022 following extensive bioacoustic surveys and...
Reptiles > Varanidae & Monitor Lizards
The Panay Monitor (Varanus mabitang), known locally in the Visayas as the ‘mabitang,’ is an extraordinarily rare, highly specialized arboreal monitor lizard endemic strictly to Panay Island in the Philippines. Unlike the overwhelming majority of monitor...
