Amphibians > Strabomantidae & Rainfrogs
James Cameron’s Rainfrog (Pristimantis jamescameroni) is an extraordinary high-altitude micro-endemic amphibian restricted entirely to the flat, cloud-veiled plateau summit of Aprada-tepui in the Guiana Shield of southern Venezuela. Discovered during scientific...
Amphibians > Ceratobatrachidae & Triangle Frogs
Gunther’s Triangle Frog (Platymantis guentheri), named in honor of celebrated British zoologist Albert Günther, is an extraordinarily cryptic arboreal anuran endemic strictly to the rainforests of the southern Philippines. Belonging to the family...
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...
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...
Amphibians > Leiopelmatidae & Archaic Frogs
Hochstetter’s Frog (Leiopelma hochstetteri) is one of the most evolutionarily primitive living amphibians on Earth, an ancient living fossil endemic exclusively to New Zealand. Belonging to the endemic archaic family Leiopelmatidae, which diverged from all other...
