Rankin’s Dragon

Reptiles > Squamata

Rankin’s Dragon (Pogona henrylawsoni), also commonly known as Lawson’s dragon or the dumpy bearded dragon, is a diminutive agamid lizard endemic exclusively to the sun-baked blacksoil plains and Mitchell grass downs of central Queensland, Australia. Named...

Green Catbird

Birds > Passeriformes

The Green Catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris) is a robust, emerald-green passerine bird endemic to the lush subtropical and temperate rainforests of eastern Australia. Belonging to the bowerbird family (Ptilonorhynchidae), this enigmatic bird is famous not for...

Fairy Prion

Birds > Procellariiformes

The Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur) is a small, ocean-going petrel belonging to the order Procellariiformes, widely distributed across the wind-swept, nutrient-rich expanses of the Southern Oceans. Known for its buoyant, erratic flight pattern that resembles a...

Cape Elephant Shrew

Mammals > Macroscelidea

The Cape Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus edwardii), also known as the Cape rock sengi, is a small, cursorial insectivore endemic to the rocky mountainous terrain and arid fynbos shrublands of South Africa. Despite its common moniker, the sengi is not a true shrew;...

Western Australian Mandarinfish

Fish > Callionymidae

The Western Australian Mandarinfish (Synchiropus occidentalis) is a brilliantly patterned dragonet endemic exclusively to the pristine coral reefs and limestone lagoons of Western Australia. Described as a distinct species separated from the widespread Pacific...