Birds > Barbets & Piciformes
Whyte’s Barbet (Stactolaema whytii) is an attractive, stocky woodland barbet native to the extensive miombo savannas and wooded granite inselbergs of south-central Africa. Named after British naturalist Alexander Whyte who collected the type specimen in Malawi,...
Reptiles > Acrochordidae & File Snakes
The Little Wart Snake (Acrochordus granulatus), also known as the Marine File Snake, is an entirely aquatic, non-venomous serpent native to coastal marine and estuarine waters across the vast Indo-Pacific. Famous for its loose, flaccid skin covered in tiny, pyramidal...
Birds > Cotingas & Passeriformes
The Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana) is one of the most visually breathtaking canopy birds of the Amazon Basin. Famed for the incandescent turquoise-blue plumage of the adult male, contrasted against a deep wine-purple throat and black-spangled wing accents, this...
Mammals > Cingulata & Armadillos
The Screaming Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus) is a small, heavily armored burrowing xenarthran native to the arid scrublands and savannas of central and southern South America. Named for its abundant shaggy coat of pale bristles protruding between its...
Fungi > Geoglossaceae & Earth Tongues
The Hairy Earth Tongue (Trichoglossum hirsutum) is an enigmatic, velvety club-shaped ascomycete fungus that emerges from undisturbed, moss-laden soils in ancient meadows and acidic heathlands. Looking like a miniature, pitch-black tongue protruding directly from...
