Lear’s Macaw

Birds > Parrots

Lear’s Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari), also known as the indigo macaw, is a majestic, rare psittacine endemic to the harsh, semi-arid Caatinga badlands of northeastern Brazil. Named in honor of the renowned English poet and natural history artist Edward Lear, this...

Luzon Peacock Swallowtail

Invertebrates > Butterflies

The Luzon Peacock Swallowtail (Papilio chikae) is an astonishingly gorgeous, endangered papilionid butterfly discovered in 1965 on Mount Santo Tomas near Baguio City in the northern Philippines. Revered by lepidopterists as one of the most magnificent swallowtails on...

Leaf-horned Lizard

Reptiles > Agamid Lizards

The Leaf-horned Lizard (Ceratophora tennentii), also known as Tennent’s horn-nosed lizard, is a morphologically extraordinary agamid endemic exclusively to the misty Knuckles Mountain Range of Sri Lanka. Named after Sir James Emerson Tennent, this...

Proserpine Rock-wallaby

Mammals > Rock-wallabies

The Proserpine Rock-wallaby (Petrogale persephone) is an endangered, agile macropod native strictly to a tiny coastal enclave and offshore islands along the Whitsunday coast in Queensland, Australia. Renowned for its remarkable acrobatic leaps among sheer granite...

Ezra’s Cross Frog

Amphibians > Microhylid Treefrogs

Ezra’s Cross Frog (Oreophryne ezra) is an astonishing microhylid amphibian discovered in 2009, restricted solely to the windswept cloud-forest summit of Saddle Mountain in eastern Papua New Guinea. It is famous in evolutionary biology for displaying one of the...