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Malaclemys terrapin Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Range Habitat & Behavior Diet Reproduction Pests / Threats / Conservation Additional Notes Ecology & Significance In Exhibits Open Reference / Educational Use (CF Standard) This profile is provided for
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Sula leucogaster Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: AvesOrder: SuliformesFamily: SulidaeGenus: SulaSpecies: Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783) Common Names by Region General / English: Brown BoobyScientific / Conservation: Sula leucogasterSpanish: Bobo Pardo, Piquero PardoFrench: Fou BrunRegional Maritime Use: Booby Description Overview The Brown
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Dryophytes chrysoscelis Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: AmphibiaOrder: AnuraFamily: HylidaeGenus: DryophytesSpecies: Dryophytes chrysoscelisAuthority: Cope, 1880Older / Synonymous Usage: Hyla chrysoscelis Common Names by Region Cope’s Gray TreefrogCope’s Grey TreefrogCope’s TreefrogTree Toad — informal regional nameGray Treefrog Complex — when visual identification
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The correction helps a lot — that soft blue body with the faint greenish cast on the flanks, the forked tail, and the single dorsal all hold up. I’m confident on blue-green chromis (Chromis viridis). Here’s the profile, built on
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Cynomys ludovicianus Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataSubphylum: VertebrataClass: MammaliaOrder: RodentiaSuborder: SciuromorphaFamily: SciuridaeSubfamily: XerinaeTribe: MarmotiniGenus: CynomysSpecies: Cynomys ludovicianus Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Separating from relatives Known Range Habitat & Social Structure Habitat Towns and coteries The burrow (foreground
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Chamaeleo calyptratus Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: ReptiliaOrder: SquamataFamily: ChamaeleonidaeGenus: ChamaeleoSpecies: Chamaeleo calyptratus Common Names by Region The species name calyptratus comes from the Greek for “covered” or “veiled,” a reference to the tall helmet, or casque, that crowns the head.
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Bubo bubo Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description General Appearance Bubo bubo is one of the largest and most powerfully built owls on earth — a barrel-chested nocturnal predator with a broad head, prominent ear tufts, and a forward stare
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Heteroconger hassi Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description General Appearance Heteroconger hassi is a slender, elongated marine eel that spends virtually its entire adult life with the rear two-thirds of its body anchored vertically in a sandy seafloor burrow, the
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Canis lupus Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description General Appearance Canis lupus is a large, powerfully built cursorial predator with long legs, a deep chest, and a broad, blocky head that distinguishes it immediately from domestic dogs and coyotes at
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Halichoeres bivittatus Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description General Appearance The Slippery Dick is a moderately elongate, laterally compressed wrasse with a pointed snout, thick lips, and a protrusible terminal mouth. Its overall profile is cigar-shaped and streamlined, built for