Amphibians > Anura
The Mashpi Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium mashpi) is a dazzling amphibian species discovered in 2022 in the hyper-biodiverse Chocó-Andean cloud forests of northwestern Ecuador. Noted for its entirely transparent ventral skin, this delicate frog provides a living...
Amphibians > Anura
The Ngongoni Moss Frog (Arthroleptella ngongoniensis) is an exceptionally tiny, jewel-like terrestrial frog endemic to the cool, mist-shrouded mountain highlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Lacking a free-swimming tadpole stage, this micro-endemic amphibian...
Plants > Pinales
The Martinez Spruce (Picea martinezii) is a critically rare, relict conifer tree endemic exclusively to the rugged Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range of northeastern Mexico. Named in honor of prominent Mexican botanist Maximino Martínez, this majestic evergreen...
Invertebrates > Odonata
Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana) is one of North America’s rarest and most endangered odonates. Famous for its dazzling, gem-like emerald-green compound eyes and metallic bronze thorax, this magnificent wetland insect survives only in rare...
Birds > Passeriformes
Apolinar’s Wren (Cistothorus apolinari) is a secretive, highly endangered marsh wren restricted entirely to high-elevation wetlands in the Eastern Andes of Colombia. Named in honor of French-Colombian naturalist Hermano Apolinar María, this diminutive songbird...
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