Reptiles > Gekkonidae & Leaf-tailed Geckos
Günther’s Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus guentheri), named in honor of the pioneering British zoologist Albert Günther, is one of the rarest, most specialized, and most threatened nocturnal lizards endemic to Madagascar. Unlike its rainforest-dwelling cousins that...
Amphibians > Salamandridae & Newts
The Laos Warty Newt (Paramesotriton laoensis) is one of the most visually spectacular and taxonomically unique amphibians discovered in Southeast Asia in recent decades. Described formally by herpetologists in 2002, this formidable salamandrid is the only member of...
Plants > Nepenthaceae & Pitcher Plants
The Truncate Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes truncata) is a colossal, carnivorous botanical wonder endemic exclusively to the tropical island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Celebrated among botanists for its dramatic, heart-shaped (truncate) leathery leaves and gargantuan,...
Amphibians > Brachycephalidae & Saddleback Toads
The White-striped Pumpkin Toadlet (Brachycephalus albolineatus) is an astonishing jewel of the amphibian world, a diurnal micro-frog discovered in 2016 atop the mist-drenched cloud forest peaks of southern Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Measuring barely 11...
Mammals > Chrysochloridae & Golden Moles
Marley’s Golden Mole (Amblysomus marleyi) is an extraordinary, elusive subterranean mammal endemic to an extremely tiny geographic pocket along the eastern escarpment of Southern Africa. Confined to the moist scarp forests and sandy river valleys of the Lebombo...
