Common Crow Butterfly

Invertebrates > Butterflies & Moths

The Common Crow Butterfly (Euploea core), also widely known as the Australian crow or oleander butterfly, is an iconic and exceptionally hardy brush-footed butterfly native to South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia. Clothed in velvety chocolate-brown wings fringed...

Ringed Caecilian

Amphibians > Caecilians

The Ringed Caecilian (Siphonops annulatus) is one of the most remarkable and evolutionary ancient subterranean vertebrates on Earth, representing the poorly known amphibian order Gymnophiona. Native to the damp forest floors and river basins of South America, this...

Painted Wood Turtle

Reptiles > Turtles & Tortoises

The Painted Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima), often celebrated as the ‘ornate wood turtle,’ is widely regarded as one of the most stunningly decorated chelonians on planet Earth. Native to the humid tropical forests and gallery stream corridors of...

Magellanic Woodpecker

Birds > Woodpeckers

The Magellanic Woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus) is the colossal monarch of South America’s temperate woodlands, holding the biological distinction of being the largest woodpecker species on the continent. Inhabiting the wind-swept, moss-cloaked southern...

Whiptail Wallaby

Mammals > Marsupials

The Whiptail Wallaby (Notamacropus parryi), affectionately known throughout eastern Australia as the ‘pretty-face wallaby,’ is one of the most visually distinctive and gregarious medium-sized macropods native to the grassy slopes and open eucalyptus...