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Agama spinosa
species of reptile
Ceratotherium
Ceratotherium (from Greek: keras κέρας "horn" and thērion θηρίον "beast") is a genus within the family Rhinocerotidae. It comprises one living species, the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), and several extinct fossil species that trace its evolutionary lineage.
Polypedates maculatus
species of amphibian
Delma
Delma is a genus of lizards in the family Pygopodidae. The genus Delma contains 22 valid described species, all of which are endemic to Australia.
Gray's stone loach
species of fish
Sibynophis collaris
species of reptile
Mesoclemmys raniceps
species of reptile
Geckoella
Geckoella is a disputed genus of Gekkonidae endemic to India and Sri Lanka.
Psalidognathus
Psalidognathus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Cerambycidae.
Oriental Leaf-toed Gecko
species of reptile
Cunningham's skink
species of reptile
Smutsia
Smutsia ("Smuts's animal") or African ground pangolin is a genus of pangolins from subfamily Smutsiinae within family Manidae. It was formerly considered a subgenus of genus Manis. Its members are the more terrestrial of the African pangolins. In the past, this genus was also present in Europe.
Aracana
Aracana is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Aracanidae, the deepwater boxfishes or temperate boxfishes. These fishes are endemic to the waters around Australia.
Hemidactylus fasciatus
species of reptile
Diadematidae
The Diadematidae are a family of sea urchins. Their tests are either rigid or flexible and their spines are long and hollow.
Euplectellidae
Euplectellidae is a family of glass sponges (Hexactinellids) belonging to the order Lyssacinosa, first represented in the Ordovician fossil record, substantially older than molecular estimates of the clade's age.
Bronze Anole
species of reptile
Ristella
Ristella is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India. Member species are commonly known as cat skinks because of their retractile claws. This genus can be instantly identified by the presence of only four fingers in forelimbs in all the species (instead of the usual five). All the members look more or less similar, and are drab dark brown to blackish in colouration, with paler undersides. This poorly known group of lizards is diurnal, insectivorous, terrestrial to semi-fossorial in habits. They inhabit deep leaf-litter
Leiocephalus carinatus
species of reptile
Homonota
Homonota is a genus of South American geckos, commonly known as marked geckos.
Heteronotia binoei
species of reptile
Lipinia
Lipinia is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. Species in the genus Lipinia are commonly called lipinias.
Diporiphora
Diporiphora is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. Most species in the genus are endemic to Australia, but two (D. australis and D. bilineata) are also found in New Guinea.
Menetia
Menetia is a genus of skinks endemic to Australia. They are ground-dwellers and live in open forests and open grasslands.
Pleurobranchidae
Pleurobranchidae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs, in the order Pleurobranchida.
Riama
Riama is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.
Hemidactylus depressus
species of reptile
Elseya dentata
species of reptile
Crenadactylus ocellatus
species of reptile
Diceros
Diceros (Greek: "two" (dio), "horn" (keratos)) is a genus of rhinoceros containing the extant black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and several extinct species.
Anadia
genus of reptiles
slender-snouted crocodiles
Mecistops is a genus of crocodiles, the slender-snouted crocodiles, native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Bellatorias major
species of reptile
Sphenomorphus indicus
species of reptile
Veronicellidae
The Veronicellidae, also known by their common name the leatherleaf slugs, are a family of pulmonate terrestrial slugs.
Balitora
Balitora is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Balitoridae endemic to Asia.
Bithyniidae
Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha.
Ablepharus rueppellii
species of reptile
Aporrhaidae
Aporrhaidae is a family of sea snails commonly called the "pelican's foot snails." The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 categorizes Aporrhaidae as marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.
Solemyidae
Solemyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine protobranch bivalve mollusks in the order Solemyida.
Gekko chinensis
species of reptile
spine-bellied sea snake
species of reptile
Nidorellia armata
species of echinoderm
Chamaeleo laevigatus
species of reptile
Abralia
thumb|Abralia astrosticta
Coleonyx elegans
species of reptile
Macrochelys
Macrochelys is a genus of very large freshwater turtles in the family Chelydridae, native to the Southeastern and Midwestern United States. Only a single extant species was recognized until 2014, when a study divided it into two or possibly three species. These turtles are easily recognized by three distinct dorsal ridges with raised spikes.
Pyramidelloidea
Pyramidelloidea is a superfamily of mostly very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks and micromollusks within the clade Panpulmonata.
Japalura variegata
species of reptile
Laudakia tuberculata
species of reptile
Psammophilus dorsalis
species of reptile
Egernia stokesii
species of reptile
Linckia guildingi
species of echinoderm
Sanzinia
Sanzinia is a genus of snakes in the family Boidae.
Brahmaea wallichii
species of insect
Hardwicke's pipefish
species of fish
Barisia
Barisia is a genus of lizards in the family Anguidae. The genus is endemic to Mexico.
Eryx elegans
species of reptile
Phrynosoma blainvillii
species of reptile
Trioceros oweni
species of reptile