Invertebrates > Brush-footed Butterflies
The Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius) is a large, charismatic nymphalid butterfly and the undisputed monarch of European butterflies, reigning as the only representative of the tropical Charaxinae subfamily native to the European continent. Frequenting sun-drenched...
Amphibians > Lungless Salamanders
The Mount Lyell Salamander (Hydromantes platycephalus) is a lungless plethodontid amphibian adapted to survive in the frigid, wind-swept alpine boulder fields and snowmelt margins of California’s high Sierra Nevada. Thriving at elevations up to 12,000 feet, this...
Reptiles > Monitor Lizards
Dumeril’s Monitor (Varanus dumerilii) is an arboreal and semi-aquatic monitor lizard uniquely adapted to the tangled mangrove and peat swamp forests of Sundaland. Instantly recognized as a juvenile by an astonishing bright orange head that gradually matures into...
Mammals > Insectivorous Bats
The Shield-nosed Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros scutinares) is an enigmatic cave-dwelling microbat endemic to the dramatic limestone karst landscapes of the Annamite Range in Laos and Vietnam. First scientifically described in 2003, this remarkable chiropteran is...
