1
Eastern chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
EN
Kibale National Park, Uganda
Location may be incorrect: "Two chimpanzees in Ngogo National Park groom each other. © Silverback Films" (https://www.bbcearth.com/news/mind-blowing-animal-mating-habits)
2
MacGregor's bowerbird
Amblyornis macgregoriae
LC
Papua New Guinea
3
Yellow-crested Jackson's chameleon
Trioceros jacksonii xantholophus
LC
Meru National Park, Kenya
Filmed in Meru National Park according to Silverback Films instagram [1]: "Crews also had to spot the Jackson's chameleon in amongst the Meru National Park and use the expert eye of experienced researchers Joash to capture this quirky and intimate behaviour". Subspecies identified by location at foothills of Mt. Kenya and by the fact that the female shown has no nasal horn.
[Link 1]
[Link 1]
4
Mandrill
Mandrillus sphinx
VU
Lékédi Park, Gabon
Lékédi Park is the home of the Mandrillus Project, which is credited at the end of the episode.
5
Tree-running mantis sp.
[genus Ciulfina]
?
![Tree-running mantis sp. ([genus Ciulfina]) as shown in The Mating Game - Jungles: In the Thick of It](The Mating Game/Jungles: In the Thick of It - 17 Oct 2021/00_24_17-2024-04-12-09h28m10s132.webp)
![Tree-running mantis sp. ([genus Ciulfina]) as shown in The Mating Game - Jungles: In the Thick of It](The Mating Game/Jungles: In the Thick of It - 17 Oct 2021/00_24_02-2024-04-12-09h28m03s931.webp)
![Tree-running mantis sp. ([genus Ciulfina]) as shown in The Mating Game - Jungles: In the Thick of It](The Mating Game/Jungles: In the Thick of It - 17 Oct 2021/00_25_43-2024-04-12-09h29m13s602.webp)
Australia
There are 9 recognised species of Ciulfina mantis, many of which were described by G. I. Holwell on the basis of male genital morphology. It's unlikely, I'll be able to pin down the exact species here.
6
False garden mantis
Pseudomantis albofimbriata
NE
Australia
7
Firefly
Pteroptyx tener
NE
Selangor River, Kampung Kuantan, Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
The species of firefly most dominant in Kuala Selangor is Pteroptyx tenerm where this sequence was filmed [1]: "Cameraman Howard Bourne and assistant Owen Carter on board a boat at Kuala Selangor's Kampung Kuantan at dusk, preparing to film the iconic fireflies also known in Malay as kelip-kelip'."
[Link 1]
[Link 1]
8
Bornean great argus
Argusianus argus grayi
VU
Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, Indonesia
This was filmed in the Gunung Palung National Park [1]: "A male great argus pheasant unfurls its wing and tail feathers in a sexy courtship display to woo its female mate at the Gunung Palung National Park in Borneo"
[Link 1]
[Link 1]
8
Southern pig-tailed macaque
Macaca nemestrina
EN
Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, Indonesia
Among the pig-tailed macaque group, only this species, the Southern pig-tailed macaque, is found on Borneo [1].
[Link 1]
[Link 1]
8
Bornean bearded pig
Sus barbatus barbatus
VU
Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, Indonesia
9
Purple-throated carib
Eulampis jugularis
LC
Mt. Diablotin, Dominica
Professor Ethan Temeles, who supported the filmmakers to capture this sequence, confirmed to me via email that this was filmed on Mt. Diablotin. He also explained the sad truth that 80% of the hummingbirds died from food shortages in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017. On top of this, the hummingbirds are under immense pressure from habitat destruction. As a result of increasing human development, Prof. Temeles loses another study site every year.
9
Lesser Antillean Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola bartholemica
LC
Mt. Diablotin, Dominica
C. f. bartholemica is the subspecies of Bananaquit found in Dominica [1].
[Link 1]
[Link 1]
10
Surinam horned frog
Ceratophrys cornuta
LC
Nourages National Nature Reserve, French Guiana
10
Fitzinger tree frog
Dendropsophus counani
NE
Nourages National Nature Reserve, French Guiana
Based on the two cream-coloured lines below the eye, I believe this is a tree frog of the genus Dendropsophus, and the species found in French Guiana is counani [1].
I later came across a BBC article [2], which confirms that Dendropsophus counani was among the species filmed for this sequence: "We filmed these beautiful tree frogs called Dendropsophus counani that lay their eggs on a leaf. They do this before the heavy rains arrive, in the knowledge that eventually the eggs will drop down in this kind of jelly sac and you can see the tadpoles wriggling in there. But they then eventually fall into the pond that then forms so the frogs are aware that the rains coming."
[Link 1] [Link 2]
[Link 1] [Link 2]
10
Surinam golden-eyed tree frog
Trachycephalus coriaceus
LC
Nourages National Nature Reserve, French Guiana
10
Cayenne slender-legged tree frog
Osteocephalus leprieurii
LC
Nourages National Nature Reserve, French Guiana
Prof. Walter Hödl, who assisted the filmmakers in French Guiana, confirmed to me via email that this species was among those filmed in the breeding pools.
10
Humming frog
Chiasmocleis shudikarensis
LC
Nourages National Nature Reserve, French Guiana
Prof. Walter Hödl, who assisted the filmmakers in French Guiana, confirmed to me via email that this species was among those filmed in the breeding pools.