Cape Dwarf Chameleon

Reptiles > Chamaeleonidae & Chameleons

The Cape Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion pumilum) is a charismatic, slow-moving reptile endemic exclusively to the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. Famed for its bright kaleidoscope of emerald green, orange, yellow, and violet flank bars, this small arboreal...

Japanese Umbrella Pine

Plants > Sciadopityaceae & Conifers

The Japanese Umbrella Pine (Sciadopitys verticillata), known in Japan as ‘Koyamaki,’ is an ancient and magnificent living fossil conifer endemic strictly to the mountainous cloud forests of central and southern Japan. Occupying its own unique taxonomic...

Gorgon’s Dewy Pine

Plants > Carnivorous Plants

Gorgon’s Dewy Pine (Roridula gorgonias), also known as the flycatcher bush, is one of the most fascinating and scientifically profound ‘proto-carnivorous’ plants on Earth, endemic strictly to a tiny coastal montane corridor within South...

Boyd’s Forest Dragon

Reptiles > Lizards

Boyd’s Forest Dragon (Lophosaurus boydii) is a prehistoric-looking agamid lizard endemic exclusively to the ancient tropical rainforests of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area in northeastern Queensland, Australia. Adorned with a magnificent crest of spiky...

Mozambique Girdled Lizard

Reptiles > Lizards

The Mozambique Girdled Lizard (Smaug mossambicus), famously named after the dragon Smaug from J.R.R. Tolkien’s literature, is a formidable, armored cordylid lizard endemic to the isolated granite inselbergs of central Mozambique and the border ranges of...