Beddome’s Leaping Frog

Amphibians > Torrent Frogs

Beddome’s Leaping Frog (Indirana beddomii), named after the pioneering British naturalist Colonel Richard Henry Beddome, is a fascinating riparian anuran endemic to the wet evergreen rainforest slopes of the Western Ghats global biodiversity hotspot in...

Nagao’s Kukri Snake

Reptiles > Colubrids

Nagao’s Kukri Snake (Oligodon nagao), named in honor of the Nagao Natural Environment Foundation for its contributions to wildlife research in Indochina, is an exquisite, secretive colubrid serpent endemic to the limestone karst towers of northern Vietnam....

Swanson’s Worm-skink

Reptiles > Skinks

Swanson’s Worm-skink (Anomalopus swansoni), named in honor of Australian herpetologist Stephen Swanson, is an extraordinary, fossorial burrowing reptile endemic to a restricted coastal and sub-coastal corridor in eastern New South Wales, Australia. Showcasing...

Spinifexbird

Birds > Songbirds

The Spinifexbird (Cincloramphus carteri), formerly classified under Eremiornis carteri, is an enigmatic, highly specialized desert passerine endemic to the sun-scorched interior of Australia. Masterfully adapted to life among formidable, spine-tipped clumps of hummock...

Blue-capped Ifrit

Birds > Songbirds

The Blue-capped Ifrit (Ifrita kowaldi), often known simply as the ifrita, is a small, secretive passerine bird endemic to the rugged, mist-draped mountain rainforests of New Guinea. Placed within its own monotypic family Ifritidae, this unassuming brown-and-ochre...