Flores Crow

Birds > Corvidae & Crows

The Flores Crow (Corvus florensis) is an exceptionally rare, intelligent island corvid endemic strictly to the Indonesian island of Flores and neighboring Rinca in the Lesser Sundas. Unlike typical open-country crows, this forest-dwelling corvid is an obligate...

Cardinal Shrimp

Invertebrates > Atyidae & Freshwater Shrimps

The Cardinal Shrimp (Caridina dennerli) is a dazzling, gem-like freshwater crustacean endemic exclusively to the ancient tectonic waters of Lake Matano in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Celebrated globally among aquarists and evolutionary biologists for its intense,...

Marañón Poison Frog

Amphibians > Dendrobatidae & Poison Frogs

The Marañón Poison Frog (Excidobates mysteriosus) is one of the most uniquely patterned and celebrated anurans in the Neotropics, endemic strictly to a tiny canyon enclave in the Marañón River basin of northwestern Peru. Rediscovered in the late 1990s after decades of...

Guenther’s Marsupial Frog

Amphibians > Hemiphractidae & Marsupial Frogs

Guenther’s Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca guentheri) is one of the most biologically astonishing and scientifically significant amphibians on planet Earth. Inhabiting the cloud-shrouded, moss-draped canopies of the northern Andes in Colombia and Ecuador, this...

Ruspoli’s Turaco

Birds > Musophagidae & Turacos

Ruspoli’s Turaco (Tauraco ruspolii), also celebrated as Prince Ruspoli’s Turaco, is one of the most vividly plumaged and rarest avian endemics of the African continent. Restricted exclusively to a tiny pocket of highland forest in southern Ethiopia, this...