Living Stones

Plants > Succulents & Cacti

Living Stones (Lithops aucampiae) is a miniature, stemless succulent perennial belonging to the ice plant family (Aizoaceae), native to the sun-scorched, gravel-strewn deserts of South Africa and southern Botswana. Demonstrating one of the botanical kingdom’s...

Cape Sundew

Plants > Carnivorous Plants

The Cape Sundew (Drosera capensis) is an iconic, rosette-forming carnivorous perennial herb belonging to the sundew family (Droseraceae), endemic to the nutrient-deficient wetlands and boggy sandstone plateaus of South Africa’s Cape Floristic Region. Renowned...

Gaboon Viper

Reptiles > Vipers

The Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica) is an immense, heavy-bodied venomous snake belonging to the true viper family (Viperidae), endemic to the equatorial rainforest floors of Central and West Africa. Celebrated as a marvel of evolutionary engineering, it boasts three...

Veiled Chameleon

Reptiles > Chameleons

The Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus), also known as the Yemen chameleon, is a large, sexually dimorphic arboreal squamate native to the rugged mountainous escarpments and verdant coastal wadis of Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia. Famous for the immense,...

Banded Archerfish

Fish > Archerfishes

The Banded Archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix) is a renowned, laterally compressed perciform fish belonging to the family Toxotidae, famous for its extraordinary ability to shoot high-velocity water jets to dislodge terrestrial insects perched on overhanging mangrove...