Mammals > Potamogalidae & Otter Shrews
The Nimba Otter Shrew (Micropotamogale lamottei) is an extraordinary, highly specialized semi-aquatic mammal belonging to the archaic afrotherian family Potamogalidae. Strictly endemic to the misty montane river corridors of the Mount Nimba massif in West Africa, this...
Plants > Nepenthaceae & Pitcher Plants
The Hooked Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes hamata) is widely regarded as one of the most dramatically sculpted carnivorous plants on Earth. Endemic strictly to the mist-shrouded montane ridge tops of Central Sulawesi, this tropical climbing pitcher plant is celebrated for...
Reptiles > Chamaeleonidae & Chameleons
The Blade Chameleon (Calumma gallus), also colloquially known as the Pinocchio chameleon, is an exquisite dwarf squamate endemic to the threatened eastern littoral rainforests of Madagascar. Renowned for the male’s exaggerated, dagger-like rostral appendage...
Plants > Nepenthaceae & Tropical Pitchers
The Toilet Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes jamban) is a visually astonishing carnivorous pitcher plant endemic to the cool, mist-drenched volcanic mountain ridges of northern Sumatra. Named after the Indonesian word ‘jamban’ (meaning toilet or privy) due to the...
Fish > Balitoridae & Cave Loaches
The Waterfall Climbing Cave Fish (Cryptotora thamicola), famously known to biologists as the Cave Angel Fish, is a subterranean hillstream loach endemic to deep karst caves of northwestern Thailand. Deprived of eyes and pigmentation by millions of years of...
