Daily Species Project

Follow for an endangered species art every day. Animals, plants, & fungi. Support the artist: ko-fi.com/pikari bluesky: tokagelizard.bsky.social

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Hey! I'm discounting commissions to $15 right now because I really need to buy food. I'll do pets, animals, fantasy creatures, etc!

Pikari's Commissions

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Just a damsel; occasionally in distress.

Rota Blue Damselfly (Ischnura luta)

island of Rota, Mariana Islands

Status: Endangered

It lives in the Talakhaya stream system, the only streams on the island.

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Having my best hot girl summer. 🏖️

Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi)

Hawaiian islands

Status: Endangered

The Hawaiian name is ʻIlio-holo-i-ka-uaua, or "dog that runs in rough water".

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What has long talons and hates to be photographed? Me. (Also, vampires.)

Shelley's Eagle-owl (Ketupa shelleyi)

East Africa, from DR Congo possibly to Sierra Leone

Status: Vulnerable

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This large owl has only been photographed twice, and only in the last 5 years.

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Sometimes you're just a little fish in a little river in a big world...

Dalmatian Spine Loach (Cobitis dalmatina)

Cetinia river system in Croatia

Status: Endangered

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GOAL: Make it across this branch by next year. In the meantime, mmm, fungi!

Newcomb's Tree Snail (Newcombia cumingi)

Maui, Hawai'i

Status: Endangered

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Hold on, let me remove some of those obstacles in your path...

Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)

India and Southeast Asia

Status: Endangered

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Thought I would use @animalphotorefs for reference pictures this time (thank you for the resource!)

[lizardsaredinosaurs]

Hey! I'm discounting commissions to $15 right now because I really need to buy food. I'll do pets, animals, fantasy creatures, etc!

Pikari's Commissions

Commissions Open! Click to see Pikari's commission menu.

[lizardsaredinosaurs]

I'm still taking $15 commissions here!

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Threatened? Bah! You're gonna be threatened if you mess up my mountain.

Santa Marta Warbler (Myiothlypis basilica)

Santa Marta Mountains, Columbia

Status: Near Threatened

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Sand-surfing is the life for me. All you need is lots of belly!

Florida Sand Skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi)

Central Florida, USA

Status: Threatened

Lives mostly underground and loves bugs. Their front feet only have one toe. Threatened by appropriation of land for development and citrus farms.

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What purpose is a name when you are one with the air?

A sailor (no common name) Neptis katama

two locations in the highlands of Kenya

Status: Endangered

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Sometimes you just want to find a crack in a rock and hide...

Black-flanked Rock Wallaby (Petrogale lateralis)

Western Australia, South Australia, and Northern Territory

Status: Endangered

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You wish you were this fabulous.

Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus)

East Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, India, and western China

Status: protected in India, Nepal

National bird of Nepal, symbolizing peace and harmony

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🏳️‍🌈Happy Pride Month :D🏳️‍🌈

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Gilbert's Potoroo (Potorous gilbertii) AKA Ngilkat

Western Australia

Status: Critically Endangered

Threats: bushfires, disease, limited range

a palm-sized kangaroo wannabe who just wants to eat truffles

They were thought to be extinct until being rediscovered in 1994. Numbers are slowly growing thanks to conservation, but they are still extremely rare and endangered.

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Right now. Stretch your neck forward, lift your feet high, and I'll teach you how to walk like an Aussie.

Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus)

Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia

Status: Vulnerable (IUCN); Endangered in Australia

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If you have pollen, I'll be your friend. 🐝

Hawaiian Yellow-face Bee (Hylaeus spp.) AKA Nalo Meli Maoli

About 64 species in Hawai'i

Status: 7 Hawaiian species are endangered

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Hola, I’m Ectopoglossus Confusus! I’m not actually the Choco Rocket Frog, mi amigo lives over in Columbia but I took his name for a while. I’m in sympatry with a bunch of other frogs, which means the evolution of a new species from a surviving ancestral species while both continue to inhabit the same geographic region. Which also has nothing to do with my bro Choco I mentioned earlier. Sorry, have I confused you?

Confusing Rocket Frog (Ectopoglossus confusus)

Ecuador

Status: Endangered

Threats: copper mining

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Leave it to the confusing frog to have my longest dumb caption ever… (¬_¬") I can’t resist the oddly-named species.