Amphibians > Ceratophryids & Anura
Cranwell’s Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cranwelli), widely popularized around the globe as the iconic ‘Pacman frog’ due to its round, mouth-dominated body that resembles the legendary arcade character, is an extraordinary, ambush-hunting terrestrial...
Fish > Heterodontids & Heterodontiformes
The Horn Shark (Heterodontus francisci), celebrated across marine biology as a living fossil representing one of the oldest surviving elasmobranch lineages dating back over 200 million years to the Jurassic period, is a small, bottom-dwelling shark belonging to the...
Fish > Antennariids & Lophiiformes
The Giant Frogfish (Antennarius commerson), commonly known as Commerson’s frogfish, is an imposing, heavily disguised benthic predator belonging to the frogfish family Antennariidae. Indigenous to the warm tropical coral reefs and sponge walls of the vast...
Birds > Paradisaeids & Passerines
The King of Saxony Bird-of-Paradise (Pteridophora alberti), celebrated across evolutionary ornithology as one of the most astonishing examples of sexual selection on planet Earth, is an extraordinary passerine belonging to the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae....
Fungi > Mycenaceae & Agaricales
The Pale Green Bioluminescent Mushroom (Mycena chlorophos), celebrated across mycology and ecological photography as one of the brightest glowing mushrooms on Earth, is a delicate, saprotrophic agaric belonging to the bonnet mushroom family Mycenaceae. Indigenous to...
