Malabar Gliding Frog

Amphibians > Rhacophoridae & Gliding Frogs

The Malabar Gliding Frog (Rhacophorus malabaricus), also celebrated as the Malabar Flying Frog, is an iconic arboreal amphibian strictly endemic to the biodiversity hotspot of India’s Western Ghats. Perched high within the humid, moss-covered canopies of...

Sri Lanka Frogmouth

Birds > Frogmouths

The Sri Lanka Frogmouth (Batrachostomus moniliger) is a master of biological crypsis, an extraordinary nocturnal bird inhabiting the dense evergreen rainforests of the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka. Renowned for its enormous, frog-like gape and intricate mottled plumage...

Lion-tailed Macaque

Mammals > Cercopithecidae & Old World Monkeys

The Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus), or ‘wanderoo,’ is one of the most distinctive, imperiled, and behaviorally fascinating Old World primates on the Asian continent. Endemic exclusively to the lush, mist-blanketed tropical evergreen rainforests of...

Black Microhylid Frog

Amphibians > Microhylidae & Narrow-mouthed Toads

The Black Microhylid Frog (Melanobatrachus indicus), also known as the Malabar Black Narrow-mouthed Toad, is an ancient, enigmatic amphibian endemic to the mist-covered montane rainforests of the southern Western Ghats of India. Representing a monotypic genus that...

Denison Barb

Fish > Cyprinids

The Denison Barb (Sahyadria denisonii), celebrated globally among aquarists as the ‘Miss Kerala’ or ‘Roseline Shark’, is a spectacularly vibrant freshwater fish native exclusively to the mountain streams of the Western Ghats. Discovered by...