Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts
The Spotted Paddle-tail Newt (Pachytriton inexpectatus) is an extraordinary, stream-dwelling salamander endemic to the granite mountain ranges of southern China. Perfectly adapted for life in torrential, tumbling mountain rapids, this specialized aquatic amphibian...
Reptiles > Venomous Snakes
Belcher’s Sea Snake (Hydrophis belcheri), also known as the faint-banded sea snake, is an elapid marine reptile famed in herpetology for possessing one of the most concentrated and lethal neurotoxic venoms of any vertebrate on Earth. Native to the warm coral...
Reptiles > Elapidae & Sea Kraits
The Lake Te-Nggano Sea Krait (Laticauda crockeri), locally known as ‘Tugihono,’ is one of the world’s only known landlocked sea kraits. Confined exclusively to Lake Te-Nggano—a gigantic, brackish, uplifted former coral atoll lagoon situated on...
