Dutchman’s Pipe Cactus

Plants > Cacti

The Dutchman’s Pipe Cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum), celebrated across the globe as the ‘Queen of the Night’ or ‘Lady of the Night,’ is a magnificent epiphytic cactus native to the lush, humid rainforests of Mesoamerica. Renowned for its...

Curve-winged Sabrewing

Birds > Hummingbirds

The Curve-winged Sabrewing (Campylopterus curvipennis) is a large, vocal trochilid hummingbird native to the verdant foothill forests of eastern Mexico and Central America. Distinguished by the markedly thickened, flattened, and curved primary wing feather shafts of...

Mexican Burrowing Caecilian

Amphibians > Gymnophiona

The Mexican Burrowing Caecilian (Dermophis mexicanus) is a remarkable, limbless fossorial amphibian belonging to the ancient order Gymnophiona. Inhabiting the deep, humid soils and shaded plantations of Central America and southern Mexico, this subterranean survivor...

Lesser Roadrunner

Birds > Cuculidae & Cuckoos

The Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox) is a fast, agile cursorial cuckoo native to the sun-baked thorn scrublands and dry valleys of Mexico and Central America. The smaller, more tropical counterpart of the famous Greater Roadrunner, this charismatic ground predator...

Doflein’s Salamander

Amphibians > Salamanders

Doflein’s Salamander (Bolitoglossa dofleini), also known as the giant mushroom-tongued salamander, is the largest terrestrial lungless salamander in the Neotropics. Inhabiting the pristine lowland wet forests and limestone karst ravines of Mesoamerica, this...