Category: Animals


Eastern American Toad

Posted by:admin Posted On:3 Aug 2026

Same template, matched to the live format. Eastern American Toad Anaxyrus americanus americanus Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: AmphibiaOrder: AnuraFamily: BufonidaeGenus: AnaxyrusSpecies: Anaxyrus americanusSubspecies: Anaxyrus americanus americanusBinomial Name: Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836)Synonym: Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 Common Names by Region American


Harvester

Posted by:admin Posted On:2 Aug 2026

Feniseca tarquinius Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaOrder: LepidopteraFamily: LycaenidaeSubfamily: MiletinaeTribe: SpalginiGenus: FenisecaSpecies: Feniseca tarquiniusBinomial Name: Feniseca tarquinius (Fabricius, 1793) Common Names by Region Harvester (English, general)Harvester Butterfly (English, expanded)Wanderer (English, older literature — now largely disused)Le moissonneur (French, Canada) Description


Banded Rock Rattlesnake

Posted by:admin Posted On:31 Jul 2026

Crotalus Lepidus Klauberi Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Look-alikes Range Habitat & Behavior Diet The diet is one of the better-documented aspects of the subspecies. The principal study, drawing on field and museum specimens, found: Reproduction Venom


Western Lowland Gorilla

Posted by:admin Posted On:30 Jul 2026

Gorilla gorilla gorilla Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: MammaliaOrder: PrimatesFamily: HominidaeGenus: GorillaSpecies: Gorilla gorillaSubspecies: Gorilla gorilla gorilla (Savage, 1847) Common Names by Region Western Lowland Gorilla — international / scientific useLowland Gorilla — common shorthand in zoological collectionsGorille des plaines de


Panther Grouper

Posted by:admin Posted On:28 Jul 2026

Cromileptes altivelis Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Range Habitat & Behavior Diet Reproduction Threats / Conservation / Notes Additional Notes Ecology & Significance In Exhibits & the Aquarium Trade All Cernunnos Foundation materials are free to use


Central Bearded Dragon

Posted by:admin Posted On:27 Jul 2026

Pogona Vitticeps Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Range Habitat & Behavior Diet Reproduction Threats / Conservation / Notes Additional Notes Ecology & Significance The bearded dragon occupies a specific niche in the arid interior — a mid-sized


Indian Peafowl (Pied Black-Shoulder)

Posted by:admin Posted On:26 Jul 2026

Pavo Cristatus Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Range Habitat & Behavior Diet Reproduction Threats / Conservation / Notes Additional Notes Genetics Two separate recessive traits are stacked in this individual. Black shoulder (nigripennis) is a simple autosomal


Greater Kudu

Posted by:admin Posted On:25 Jul 2026

Tragelaphus strepsiceros Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Range Habitat & Behavior Diet Reproduction Threats / Conservation / Notes Additional Notes Ecology & Significance In Exhibits All Cernunnos Foundation materials are free to use for any educational purpose.


American cockroach

Posted by:admin Posted On:25 Jul 2026

Periplaneta americana Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Range Habitat & Behavior Diet Reproduction Pests / Threats / Notes Additional Notes Ecology & Significance As an Encounter All Cernunnos Foundation materials are free to use for any educational


Golden Poison Frog

Posted by:admin Posted On:25 Jul 2026

Phyllobates terribilis Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Range Habitat & Behavior Diet Reproduction Threats / Conservation / Notes Additional Notes Ecology & Significance In Exhibits All Cernunnos Foundation materials are free to use for any educational purpose.