Bathurst Copper Butterfly

Invertebrates > Butterflies

The Bathurst Copper Butterfly (Paralucia spinifera), also known as the Bathurst Copper or Purple Copper Butterfly, is one of the rarest endemic butterflies in Australia. Confined to high-elevation montane clearings in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, this...

Forty-spotted Pardalote

Birds > Pardalotes

The Forty-spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus) is one of Australia’s rarest passerines, an ultra-specialized canopy dwelling songbird endemic exclusively to the coastal eucalypt woodlands of southeastern Tasmania. Characterized by its tiny stature,...

Carpentarian Pseudantechinus

Mammals > Marsupials

The Carpentarian Pseudantechinus (Pseudantechinus mimulus), also known as the Carpentarian False Antechinus, is a rare and elusive carnivorous dasyurid marsupial native to the rugged rocky landscapes surrounding northern Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria. Adapted...

Beautiful Nursery Frog

Amphibians > Frogs

The Beautiful Nursery Frog (Cophixalus concinnus), also celebrated as the Elegant Frog, is a jewel-like miniature amphibian confined exclusively to the misty, cloud-shrouded mountain peaks of Mount Lewis and the Carbine Tableland in Queensland’s Wet Tropics....

Ewens Pygmy Perch

Fish > Pygmy Perches

The Ewens Pygmy Perch (Nannoperca variegata) is an exquisite, tiny freshwater teleost confined to an exceptionally limited geographic range in southeastern South Australia and southwestern Victoria. Inhabiting the world-famous, crystal-clear karst limestone springs of...