Plants > Droseraceae & Sundews
The Magnificent Sundew (Drosera magnifica) is one of the most astonishing botanical discoveries of the 21st century, reigning as the largest sundew species in the New World. Endemic exclusively to the isolated, mist-shrouded quartzite summit of Pico Padre Ângelo in...
Amphibians > Hylidae & Tree Frogs
Rabb’s Fringe-limbed Treefrog (Ecnomiohyla rabborum) is a legendary, enigmatic canopy anuran formally described in 2008 from the mist-shrouded montane cloud forests of central Panama. Named in honor of conservationists George and Mary Rabb, this magnificent...
Amphibians > Arthroleptidae & Squeaker Frogs
The Krokosua Squeaker Frog (Arthroleptis krokosua) is an extraordinarily rare terrestrial amphibian endemic to the diminishing Upper Guinean rainforests of West Africa. Discovered scientifically in the early 2000s in the hilly forests of southwestern Ghana, this...
Plants > Nepenthaceae & Pitcher Plants
The Diabolical Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes diabolica) is one of the most visually dramatic and extraordinary carnivorous plants on Earth, formally described by botanists in 2020 from a single windswept mountain peak in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Renowned for its...
Mammals > Cervidae & Muntjacs
The Large-antlered Muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis) is an enigmatic, secretive ungulate native strictly to the dense, cloud-draped wet evergreen forests of the Annamite Mountain range bordering Vietnam and Laos. Scientifically discovered only in 1994, this remarkable...
