Amphibians > Salamanders
The Monteverde Moss Salamander (Nototriton gamezi) is an exquisitely tiny, arboreal lungless salamander endemic strictly to the wind-swept, cloud-draped mountain ridges of the Cordillera de Tilarán in north-central Costa Rica. Named in honor of distinguished Costa...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Chiapan Beaded Lizard (Heloderma alvarezi) is a heavy-bodied, venomous squamate native to the dry tropical valleys of southern Mexico and adjacent Guatemala. Formerly classified as a dark subspecies of the Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum), genetic and...
Birds > Barbets
The Scarlet-banded Barbet (Capito wallacei) is a spectacularly plumaged, localized avian species discovered in 1996 during an expedition to the remote, cloud-swathed ridges of the Cordillera Azul in central Peru. Belonging to the New World barbet family Capitonidae,...
Plants > Pitcher Plants
The Ptari Tepui Pitcher Plant (Heliamphora purpurascens) is a breathtaking carnivorous perennial herb found exclusively upon the remote, sheer-walled summit tableland of Ptari-tepui in southeastern Venezuela. Discovered and described in 2004, this magnificent...
Invertebrates > Crayfish
Snowden’s Crayfish (Cherax snowden) is an exceptionally colorful freshwater decapod crustacean discovered in 2015 within the pristine, forested limestone streams of West Papua’s Bird’s Head Peninsula. Long collected by indigenous villagers and sold...
