Reptiles > Gekkonidae & Leaf-tailed Geckos
The Cork Bark Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus pietschmanni) is one of the most astonishing masters of crypsis in the reptile world. Endemic to a severely restricted belt of humid mid-altitude rainforest in eastern Madagascar, this specialized nocturnal gecko possesses...
Amphibians > Microhylidae & Narrow-mouthed Toads
The Black Microhylid Frog (Melanobatrachus indicus), also known as the Malabar Black Narrow-mouthed Toad, is an ancient, enigmatic amphibian endemic to the mist-covered montane rainforests of the southern Western Ghats of India. Representing a monotypic genus that...
Reptiles > Eublepharidae & Cave Geckos
The Chinese Cave Gecko (Goniurosaurus luii) is an exceptionally striking, primitive eyelid gecko native to the dramatic karst limestone landscapes of southern China and northern Vietnam. Renowned for its captivating crimson-red eyes and high-contrast banded skin, this...
Amphibians > Rhacophoridae & Flying Frogs
The Vampire Flying Frog (Rhacophorus vampyrus) is a bizarre, high-altitude arboreal anuran discovered in 2008 atop the cloud-enveloped Langbian Plateau of southern Vietnam. Named for the astonishing discovery that its aquatic tadpoles possess curved, jet-black...
Mammals > Cercopithecidae & Colobine Monkeys
The Zanzibar Red Colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii), locally celebrated as Kirk’s red colobus or kima punju, is a strikingly patterned, arboreal primate found nowhere else on Earth outside the tropical island of Unguja in Zanzibar. Named in honor of Sir John Kirk,...
