Amphibians > Pipidae & Clawed Frogs
The Lake Oku Clawed Frog (Xenopus longipes) is a genetically extraordinary and critically imperiled amphibian restricted entirely to the waters of a single volcanic crater lake in the Cameroon Highlands. Discovered by herpetologists in 1979 in Lake Oku at an elevation...
Fish > Carcharhinidae & Requiem Sharks
The Northern River Shark (Glyphis garricki) is one of the rarest, most mysterious, and heavily threatened elasmobranchs in the world. Belonging to the enigmatic genus of true river sharks (Glyphis), this elusive apex predator is specialized for living within muddy,...
Amphibians > Bufonidae & True Toads
The Mount Nimba Viviparous Toad (Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis) is one of the most evolutionarily distinct amphibians on planet Earth. Confined strictly to a razor-thin subalpine grassland belt along the mist-shrouded crest of Mount Nimba in West Africa, this miniature...
Birds > Sarothruridae & Flufftails
The White-winged Flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi) is one of the rarest, most secretive, and critically imperiled avian species in Africa. Belonging to the specialized flufftail family Sarothruridae, this diminutive marsh dweller leads a hyper-elusive existence concealed...
Amphibians > Bufonidae & Harlequin Toads
The Darien Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus certus), also known as the Darién Harlequin Toad, is an exquisitely jewel-like amphibian micro-endemic to the cloud-enshrouded crests of Cerro Pirre in eastern Panama’s Darién National Park. Adorned in a striking tapestry of...
