Reptiles > Scincidae & Skinks
The Alpine Bog Skink (Pseudemoia cryodroma) is a highly specialized, cold-adapted reptile endemic strictly to the windswept subalpine and alpine peat bogs of southeastern Australia’s high country. Operating in an extreme alpine realm where snow blankets the...
Reptiles > Anguidae & Alligator Lizards
Martin del Campo’s Arboreal Alligator Lizard (Abronia martindelcampoi) is an exquisite, dragon-like anguid reptile endemic strictly to the high-elevation cloud forests of the Sierra Madre del Sur in Guerrero, southwestern Mexico. Adorned in heavily keeled,...
Mammals > Tarsiidae & Tarsiers
Niemitz’s Tarsier (Tarsius niemitzi) is an enigmatic nocturnal primate described scientifically in 2019, endemic exclusively to the isolated Togean Islands situated in the Gulf of Tomini off Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Named in honor of the renowned German...
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...
Plants > Rafflesiaceae & Parasitic Plants
Kerr’s Rafflesia (Rafflesia kerrii), celebrated in Thailand as ‘Bua Phut’ (Wild Lotus), is a colossal, bizarre parasitic plant endemic to the dense rainforests of southern Thailand and northern Peninsular Malaysia. Capable of producing monumental...
