One-spotted Prepona

Invertebrates > Butterflies

The One-spotted Prepona (Archaeoprepona demophon) is a large, powerful nymphalid butterfly renowned for its blistering flight speed and dazzling electric-blue dorsal bands. Ranging across the humid rainforests of Central and South America, this canopy specialist is...

Orange Oakleaf

Invertebrates > Butterflies

The Orange Oakleaf (Kallima inachus), frequently acclaimed as the dead-leaf butterfly, represents one of the most sublime triumphs of evolutionary camouflage in the natural world. Native to the lush hill forests of South and Southeast Asia, this nymphalid butterfly...

Southern Saratoga

Fish > Bonytongues

The Southern Saratoga (Scleropages leichardti), named in honor of the pioneering Australian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt, is an iconic freshwater osteoglossiform fish endemic naturally to the Fitzroy River catchment in eastern Queensland. Recognized by its laterally...

African Arowana

Fish > Bonytongues

The African Arowana (Heterotis niloticus), also known as the slape, is the only extant representative of the family Arapaimidae native to the African continent. Closely allied evolutionarily to South America’s colossal arapaima, this ancient osteoglossiform fish...

Smooth Bug-eyed Frog

Amphibians > Tree Frogs

The Smooth Bug-eyed Frog (Theloderma licin) is an arboreal rhacophorid frog native to the primary dipterocarp rainforests of Sundaland. Unlike the heavily tuberculated and moss-like species that characterize most of the genus Theloderma, Theloderma licin stands apart...