Plants > Malpighiales
The Yellow Passion Flower (Passiflora citrina) is an exquisitely graceful, evergreen climbing vine native to the misty montane cloud forests and pine-oak woodlands of Central America. Discovered in Honduras in 1989, this botanical gem is distinguished from virtually...
Reptiles > Squamata
Bibron’s Thick-toed Gecko (Chondrodactylus bibronii) is one of the largest, most formidable, and heavily armored geckos inhabiting the rocky arid biomes of southern Africa. Renowned for its robust build, knobby tuberculated skin, and fierce defensive...
Fish > Gobiiformes
The Gold-spotted Mudskipper (Periophthalmus chrysospilos) is a captivating, amphibious oxudercine goby that has famously conquered life on land. Inhabiting the dense intertidal mangrove mudflats and estuarine creek banks of Southeast Asia, this colorful fish spends...
Mammals > Chiroptera
The Western Stone Tomb Bat (Paremballonura tiavato) is an agile, diminutive sheath-tailed bat endemic to the dramatic limestone karst landscapes of western and northern Madagascar. Described to science in 2012 following taxonomic revisions of Malagasy emballonurids,...
Birds > Columbiformes
The Spinifex Pigeon (Lophophaps plumifera) is an unmistakably striking, plumed columbid uniquely adapted to the sun-scorched, arid red-rock heart of the Australian Outback. Instantly recognized by its long, erect slender crest, bold facial mask, and cinnamon-rufous...
