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FaunaGuide · Highlights for 17/10/2026
A selection of the latest highlights about the living world published by FaunaGuide.
Cryptotis goldmani
Shrew of the family Soricidae endemic to southern Mexico and Guatemala, described by Merriam in 1895.
Read the story →Ctenophorus adelaidensis
*Ctenophorus adelaidensis*, known as the western scrub dragon, is an agamid lizard that inhabits sandy plains with scrub and *Banksia* along the lower west coast of Australia, between Kalbarri and Perth.
Read the story →Cryptotrema seftoni
Cryptotrema seftoni is a deep-water fish species of the family Labrisomidae, known only from Ángel de la Guarda Island in the Gulf of California.
Read the story →Sierra de las Minas hidden salamander
Plethodontid salamander endemic to the Sierra de las Minas in Guatemala, inhabiting cloud forests between 1700 and 2200 m in elevation.
Read the story →Red-faced crimsonwing
A passerine bird of the family Estrildidae, known as Reichenow's estrilda, which inhabits mountainous regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
Read the story →Fomes fomentarius
Perennial fungus with a woody fruiting body, described in temperate Europe mainly in association with beeches and birches; in Armenia it was recorded on oriental beeches and hornbeams.
Read the story →Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris is a saprophytic basidiomycete fungus of the family Agaricaceae, characterized by its white cap, which changes from hemispherical to flattened, and its free gills that darken with maturity. It fruits in meadows and grasslands, where it can form fairy rings or grow solitarily.
Read the story →Cryptotomus roseus
Fish of the family Scaridae, with an elongated body and incomplete beak, that bury themselves in the sand during the night.
Read the story →Cortes salamander
Cryptotriton nasalis is a salamander in the family Plethodontidae, associated with bromeliads and known from humid mountainous areas of Honduras and Guatemala.
Read the story →Waterfall climbing cave fish
Blind fish of fast waters in karst caves in Thailand that walks with a gait similar to that of tetrapods.
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