Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew

Mammals > Sengis & Elephant Shrews

The Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus), also known as the golden-rumped sengi, is the largest member of the sengi family and an extraordinary evolutionary treasure native strictly to the coastal forest fragments of southeastern Kenya. Characterized...

Red-tailed Knobby Newt

Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts

The Red-tailed Knobby Newt (Tylototriton kweichowensis), often known as the Kweichow crocodile newt, is a magnificent, armor-plated caudate native to the misty karst limestone highlands of southwestern China’s Guizhou Plateau. Belonging to the ancient crocodile...

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Amphibians > Poison Dart Frogs

Silverstone’s Poison Frog (Ameerega silverstonei), named in honor of herpetologist Philip Silverstone, is one of the largest and most dramatically colored poison dart frogs on the South American continent. Endemic strictly to a narrow, high-elevation montane...

Australian Sea Lion

Mammals > Marine Mammals

The Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) is Australia’s only endemic pinniped and one of the rarest sea lion species on Earth. Inhabiting the wave-swept granite shores, limestone cliffs, and offshore islands of South and Western Australia, this charismatic...

Alerce

Plants > Conifers

The Alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides), celebrated across South America as the ‘Patagonian cypress’ or ‘Gran Abuelo,’ is a monumental, ancient conifer that reigns as the largest and longest-lived tree species in South America. Endemic strictly to...