Baseball Plant

Plants > Succulents & Desert Plants

The Baseball Plant (Euphorbia obesa), also affectionately known as the Gingham Golf Ball or Living Baseball, is one of the most famous and geometrically perfect succulent plants in the botanical world. Strictly endemic to a tiny, arid pocket of South Africa’s...

King Protea

Plants > Flowering Plants

The King Protea (Protea cynaroides), also known as the Giant Protea, is a botanical masterpiece and the proud national flower of South Africa. Belonging to the ancient family Proteaceae, this magnificent woody shrub is the undisputed royalty of the UNESCO-inscribed...

Cape Rain Frog

Amphibians > Frogs & Toads

The Cape Rain Frog (Breviceps gibbosus), also celebrated historically as the first African frog species scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, is an endearing and comical amphibian endemic to South Africa’s Cape Peninsula. With its nearly spherical...

Giant Golden Mole

Mammals > Afrosoricida

The Giant Golden Mole (Chrysospalax trevelyani) is an enigmatic and extraordinarily specialized subterranean mammal endemic to the ancient afrotemperate forests of South Africa’s Eastern Cape. As the largest member of the family Chrysochloridae (an ancient...

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...