Western Spadefoot Toad

Amphibians > Spadefoot Toads

The Western Spadefoot Toad (Spea hammondii) is a stocky, specialized amphibian endemic to the Mediterranean-climate grasslands, coastal scrub, and oak woodlands of California and northern Baja California. Despite being termed a toad, it belongs to the nearctic family...

Seri’s Tree-kangaroo

Mammals > Marsupials

Seri’s Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus stellarum) is a rare, thick-coated arboreal marsupial endemic to the cloud-draped mountain crests of the Central Range of western New Guinea. Long treated as a subspecies of the Doria’s tree-kangaroo, taxonomic and...

Grizzled Tree-kangaroo

Mammals > Marsupials

The Grizzled Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus inustus) is a remarkable, heavy-bodied arboreal macropod native to the dense tropical rainforests of northern and western New Guinea. Reversing the evolutionary path of terrestrial kangaroos that bounded across prehistoric...

Red-crowned Toadlet

Amphibians > Frogs & Toads

The Red-crowned Toadlet (Pseudophryne australis) is an enchanting, miniature myobatrachid amphibian endemic strictly to the Hawkesbury sandstone geological formations of the Sydney Basin in New South Wales, Australia. Instantly recognizable by a fiery orange-red...

Brothers Island Tuatara

Reptiles > Rhynchocephalians

The Brothers Island Tuatara (Sphenodon guntheri) is an extraordinary reptilian relic endemic to the rugged Cook Strait region of New Zealand. Representing one of only two surviving species of the ancient order Rhynchocephalia, which flourished over 200 million years...