Black Dragonfish

Fish > Stomiidae & Barbeled Dragonfishes

The Black Dragonfish (Idiacanthus atlanticus) is an extraordinary, serpentine predator that roams the pitch-black waters of the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones across the Southern Hemisphere. Belonging to the family Stomiidae, this deep-sea marvel is world-renowned...

Common Agama

Reptiles > Lizards

The Common Agama (Agama agama), famously celebrated as the Red-headed Rock Agama or Rainbow Lizard, is one of the most vividly colored, conspicuous, and familiar reptiles across the African continent. Inhabiting sunny village walls, rocky kopjes, and open savannas,...

Common Flat Lizard

Reptiles > Lizards

The Common Flat Lizard (Platysaurus intermedius) is one of the most widespread and magnificent rock-specialist reptiles of southern Africa’s bushveld. Belonging to the family Cordylidae, this remarkable lizard has undergone extreme morphological flattening,...

Crested Partridge

Birds > Gamebirds

The Crested Partridge (Rollulus rouloul), famously known as the Roul-roul or Red-crested Wood Partridge, is one of the most vividly ornamented and enchanting ground birds of Southeast Asia’s tropical rainforests. Inhabiting the deep, shadowed understory of...

Augrabies Flat Lizard

Reptiles > Lizards

The Augrabies Flat Lizard (Platysaurus broadleyi), also known as Broadley’s Flat Lizard, is a spectacularly colored reptile endemic to the rugged, sun-scorched granite canyons surrounding the Augrabies Falls on the Orange River in southern Africa. Adapted to an...