Reptiles > Viperidae & Sidewinding Adders
Peringuey’s Adder (Bitis peringueyi), also celebrated by herpetologists as the Namib Desert Sidewinding Adder, is a miniature venomous viper supremely adapted to the shifting dune seas of the Namib Desert. Famous for its specialized sidewinding locomotion and...
Plants > Succulents & Desert Plants
Baby Toes (Fenestraria rhopalophylla), also known as the Window Plant or Five Fingers, is one of the most exquisitely specialized, subterranean succulent plants in the botanical world. Belonging to the ice plant family Aizoaceae (mesembs), this tiny marvel is native...
Invertebrates > Arachnids
The Six-eyed Sand Spider (Sicarius hahni) is one of the most enigmatic, ancient, and biochemically lethal arachnids on the planet. Inhabiting the wind-scoured sand dunes and gravel plains of southern Africa’s Namib and Kalahari deserts, this cryptic crab-like...
