Reptiles > Snakes
The Barbados Threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae), described by herpetologist S. Blair Hedges in 2008, holds the extraordinary biological title of the world’s smallest extant species of snake. Measuring barely four inches in length and having the diameter of a...
Reptiles > Snakes
The Calabar Burrowing Boa (Calabaria reinhardtii), also known as the Calabar python or two-headed snake, is a gentle, fossorial constrictor native to the humid equatorial rainforests of West and Central Africa. Historically classified among pythons due to cranial...
Invertebrates > Spiders
The Bornean Neon Blue Tarantula (Birupes simoroxigorum) is one of the most visually breathtaking arachnid discoveries of the 21st century. Formally described by taxonomists in 2019 from the lush rainforests of Sarawak on the island of Borneo, this fossorial...
Reptiles > Squamata
Schlegel’s Reed Snake (Calamaria schlegeli) is a secretive, burrowing colubrid snake native to the humid tropical forests of Sundaland in Southeast Asia. Adapted for a subterranean lifestyle among wet leaf litter and rotting timber, this gentle, non-venomous...
Amphibians > Frogs
The Tapir Frog (Synapturanus danta) is an extraordinary burrowing microhylid frog discovered in 2022 in the pristine peat bogs of the Peruvian Amazon. Famous for its bizarre, downward-curving proboscis resembling a miniature tapir, it lives almost exclusively...
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