Invertebrates > Araneae
The Puritan Pirate Spider (Mimetus puritanus) is a stealthy, specialized predatory arachnid belonging to the family Mimetidae. Unlike typical web-weaving spiders that construct intricate silk snares to capture airborne insects, this diminutive woodland hunter...
Reptiles > Squamata
The Mount Jerai Reed Snake (Pseudorabdion mhor), scientifically described in 2017, is a secretive, miniature fossorial serpent endemic strictly to the isolated granite summit plateau of Mount Jerai in northwestern Peninsular Malaysia. Rising steeply above the...
Amphibians > Anura
The Cave-dwelling Tree Frog (Ranoidea cavernicola), formerly classified in Litoria, is an astonishing lithophilic amphibian native strictly to the rugged sandstone escarpments and canyon gorges of the remote Kimberley region in northwestern Australia. While most tree...
Mammals > Rodentia
The Mount Isarog Hairy-tailed Rat (Batomys uragon), scientifically described in 2015 by Philippine and American mammalogists, is an adorable, high-altitude rodent endemic strictly to a single dormant volcano—Mount Isarog—in southern Luzon, Philippines. Belonging to an...
Fish > Gadiformes
The Silver Rockling (Gaidropsarus argentatus), also known as the Arctic three-bearded rockling, is a specialized, cold-adapted gadiform fish inhabiting the dark, frigid continental slope waters of the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans. Perfectly suited for life in...
