Reptiles > Eublepharidae & Cave Geckos
The Hainan Cave Gecko (Goniurosaurus hainanensis) is an exquisitely colored, nocturnal rupicolous reptile endemic strictly to the rugged limestone karst forests of Hainan Island in southern China. Belonging to the family Eublepharidae—the eyelid geckos—this striking...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Orchids
The Red Disa (Disa uniflora), affectionately celebrated as the ‘Pride of Table Mountain,’ is an iconic terrestrial orchid native exclusively to the mountain streams and waterfall gorges of the Western Cape in South Africa. Renowned for its enormous,...
Amphibians > Hemiphractidae & Horned Frogs
Boulenger’s Backpack Frog (Cryptobatrachus boulengeri) is a remarkable hemiphractid amphibian endemic to the isolated, high-altitude slopes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia. Inhabiting high-energy, spray-drenched rocky stream cascades,...
Reptiles > Crocodylidae & Crocodiles
The Central African Slender-snouted Crocodile (Mecistops leptorhynchus) is a distinct, medium-sized crocodilian native to the vast, densely forested freshwater networks of the Congo Basin and Central Africa. Historically classified alongside its critically endangered...
Plants > Aristolochiaceae & Hydnoras
Subterranean Jackal Food (Hydnora triceps) is undeniably one of the most astonishing, bizarre, and secretive flowering plants on planet Earth. Endemic exclusively to a tiny hyper-arid expanse of the Richtersveld and southern Namibia, this extreme holoparasitic plant...
