The crested gecko, thought to be extinct until the1990's, was then rediscovered. This docile gecko has no eyelids, its eyes topped with tiny points that look like eyelashes.



The Panamanian golden frog, the cultural symbol of Panama, is nearly extinct in wild. Its amber skin, sprinkled with small dark splotches, has waxy appearance



The Parker snake neck turtle whose shell, when hatched, is no bigger than a quarter. Its neck is most of its body mass at hatching



The Vietnamese mossy frog lives in water just a few inches deep and looks like the moss-covered rocks where it hides for protection.



The azure (blue) dart frog is rare, with a limited range. It is very poisonous in the wild, its skin giving off a toxin that can be fatal to its animal predators.



The yellow-throated day gecko is one of the few diurnal (active in the daytime) geckos. It drops its tail when threatened to distract its predator, and most times, the predator is content to eat just the tail.



Perentie, Western Australia



Smooth Knob-tail Gecko,
Northern Territory