Todd Pusser / Star nosed mole {Condylura cristata} in leaf litter, North Carolina, USA. Dead specimen, found by photographer and photographed in-situ.

Morley Read / Close-up portrait of a South American common toad (Rhinella margaritifera) amongst leaf litter, Orellana Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Robert Thompson / Herald moth (Scoliopteryx libatrix) camouflaged in leaf litter, Gosford Forest Park, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland. September

Bernard Castelein / Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) showing roots, Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium

Bernard Castelein / Beech woodland (Fagus sylvatica) Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, November.

Chien Lee / Amazon Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cornuta) camouflaged in leaf litter, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Dead Leaf Katydid (Orophus tessellatus) camouflaged in leaf litter, Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Nick Garbutt / European or Common hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) foraging in leaf litter. Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK, June.

Robert Thompson / Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) camouflaged and resting in leaf litter, Huntly Wood, Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, December.

Cyril Ruoso / Tenrec (Echinops telfairi) walking across leaf litter, Berenty Reserve, Madagascar.

Dong Lei / Crocodile newt (Tylototriton verrucosus) in leaf litter, Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve, Tengchong county, Yunnan Province, China. May.

Chien Lee / Asian Horned Frog (Megophrys nasuta) camouflaged in leaf litter, Danum Valley Field Center, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia