Sarasin’s Giant Gecko

Reptiles > Geckos

Sarasin’s Giant Gecko (Correlophus sarasinorum), also known as the Suras Gecko, is a majestic arboreal diplomat of New Caledonia’s ancient Gondwanan ecosystems. Sharing its genus with the celebrated Crested Gecko (Correlophus ciliatus), this much larger,...

Palawan Porcupine

Mammals > Old World Porcupines

The Palawan Porcupine (Hystrix pumila), locally known as the landak, is a distinctive Old World hystricid rodent endemic strictly to the Palawan faunal region of the southwestern Philippines. Smaller and more compact than its continental cousins, this armored...

Mount Tahan Ant Plant

Plants > Ant Plants

The Mount Tahan Ant Plant (Dischidia astephana) is an exquisite, high-altitude myrmecophytic epiphyte endemic to the windswept, mist-shrouded mossy summits of Peninsular Malaysia, including Mount Tahan and the Cameron Highlands. Clambering along the gnarled,...

Gollum Snakehead

Fish > Snakeheads

The Gollum Snakehead (Aenigmachanna gollum) is an astonishing, subterranean ‘living fossil’ fish discovered in 2019 following catastrophic monsoon flooding in Kerala, southern India. Named after Tolkien’s cavern-dwelling character Gollum, this...

Nilevina Burrowing Frog

Amphibians > Burrowing Frogs

The Nilevina Burrowing Frog (Rhombophryne nilevina) is an extraordinary, rotund microhylid frog endemic to the misty, cloud-enveloped montane rainforests of northern Madagascar. Described by herpetologists in 2017, this stout diamond frog takes its name from the...