Reptiles > Pythonids & Squamata
The Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis), celebrated across the herpetological world as the undisputed jewel of the Australasian rainforest canopy, is a breathtaking, highly specialized arboreal boid serpent belonging to the python family Pythonidae within the order...
Reptiles > Helodermatids & Squamata
The Mexican Beaded Lizard (Heloderma horridum), celebrated across Mexico as the escorpion or lagarto de cuentas, is a massive, heavily built venomous helodermatid lizard belonging to the family Helodermatidae within the order Squamata. Native to the Pacific drainage...
Amphibians > Pipids & Anura
The African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis) is an ancient, obligately aquatic tongueless anuran amphibian belonging to the primitive clawed frog family Pipidae within the order Anura. Indigenous to the warm, stagnant ponds, muddy irrigation dams, and sluggish streams of...
Amphibians > Salamandrids & Urodela
The Alpine Newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) is a breathtaking, jewel-colored semi-aquatic caudate amphibian and the sole living species in the genus Ichthyosaura within the true salamander and newt family Salamandridae (order Urodela). Indigenous to the montane forests,...
Fish > Gymnotids & Gymnotiformes
Vari’s Electric Eel (Electrophorus varii) is a massive, bioelectrically formidable neotropical teleost fish belonging to the electric knifefish family Gymnotidae within the order Gymnotiformes. Described scientifically in 2019 following groundbreaking taxonomic...
