Shibai Xiao / Tire track eel (Mastacembelus armatus) in rainforest ecosystem, Yinggeling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Shibai Xiao / Tire track eel (Mastacembelus armatus) two photographed on white background in rainforest ecosystem, Yinggeling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Shibai Xiao / Dwarf snakehead (Channa gachua) photographed on white background in rainforest ecosystem, Yinggeling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Shibai Xiao / Catfish (Siluriformes) captured in net with local fisherman on boat, Hainan Island, China, January 2007.

Shibai Xiao / Scientists conducting research on rainforest freshwater fish populations, Yinggeling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China, January 2007.

Shibai Xiao / Water monitor (Varanus salvator) captured by poachers, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China, January 2007.

Shibai Xiao / Giant tropical stick insect (Pharnacia sp) in spiky bushes with body length over 25cm, Longgang National Nature Reserve, Guangxi Province, China.

Shibai Xiao / Burmese false blood sucker (Calotes microlepis) resting in forest branch, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Shibai Xiao / Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans) feeding on dead Spot-legged treefrog (Rhacophorus megacephalus) Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Shibai Xiao / Collared scops owl (Otus bakkamoena lempiji) left and Asian barred owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides) on right, held captive in mans hands, being sold on market, Guangxi Province, China, November 2011.

Shibai Xiao / Brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) perched in tree, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Shibai Xiao / Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) footprint in sand near the valley, Linzhi, Tibet, China, October 2010.