MYN / Javier Aznar / Blister beetle (Hycleus scabratus) profile, Oman. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Javier Aznar / Sunspider / Solifuge (Rhagodeca impavida) Oman. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Javier Aznar / Glass frog (Centrolenidae) tadpoles dropping off leaf, Mindo, Ecuador

Javier Aznar / Pebas stubfoot toad (Atelopus spumarius) infected with chytrid fungus, seen through leaf, Ecuador. Overall winner of the Nature Images Awards 2016.

Javier Aznar / Sahara Sand Viper (Cerastes vipera) waiting to ambush prey at night, half buried under sand with only the head visible, Western Sahara Desert.

Javier Aznar / Sahara Sand Viper (Cerastes vipera) waiting to ambush prey at night, half buried under sand with only the head visible, Western Sahara Desert.

Javier Aznar / Desert Mantis (Eremiaphila sp.) in sand, Morocco.

Javier Aznar / Desert Mantis (Eremiaphila sp.) in sand, Morocco.

Javier Aznar / Sahara Sand Viper (Cerastes vipera) buried under sand, waiting to ambush prey, Western Sahara.

Javier Aznar / Cream-coloured Courser (Cursorius cursor) in desert, Western Sahara.

Javier Aznar / Grasshopper (Pamphagidae) in desert, Morocco.

Javier Aznar / Horned Viper (Cerastes cerastes) basking on rock, Morocco.