Amphibians > Brachycephalidae & Saddleback Toads
The Brazilian Flea Toad (Brachycephalus didactylus), also celebrated in biological literature as the ‘Psyllophryne,’ holds the esteemed scientific record as one of the smallest terrestrial vertebrates on Earth. Measuring barely seven to eight millimeters...
Amphibians > Sooglossidae & Seychelles Frogs
The Seychelles Palm Frog (Sechellophryne pipilodryas) is a minuscule amphibian jewel belonging to the ancient family Sooglossidae, an archaic lineage of frogs that diverged from all other anurans over 65 million years ago when the Seychelles micro-continent broke away...
Mammals > Pitheciidae & Titi Monkeys
Coimbra Filho’s Titi (Callicebus coimbrai) is one of the most imperiled and rarely seen primates in South America, endemic exclusively to tiny, fragmented remnants of the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil. Named in honor of legendary Brazilian primatologist...
Fish > Galaxiidae & Galaxias
The Pedder Galaxias (Galaxias pedderensis) is an ancient, delicate freshwater fish endemic to the wilderness of southwestern Tasmania, Australia. Historically celebrated as the crown jewel of the pristine Lake Pedder basin, this slender, scaleless galaxiid features an...
Amphibians > Brevicipitidae & Rain Frogs
The Bale Mountains Treefrog (Balebreviceps hillmani) is a relict amphibian species representing a monotypic genus endemic strictly to a minuscule high-altitude belt of the Bale Mountains in southeastern Ethiopia. Despite its misleading common name, this species is not...
