Critter Science

The Great Basin Rattlesnake

8 February, 2024
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The great basin rattlesnake is a smaller species of venomous pit viper which dwells in California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. They are a subspecies of the western, aka prairie rattlesnake. Due to a lack of major

The Bleeding Toad

7 February, 2024
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The bleeding toad, aka fire toad or Indonesian tree toad, hails only from western Java, the Mount Gede Pangrango National Park area, and from Mount Halimun Salak National Park. They prefer boundary zones between the moist

The Red-Necked Falcon

6 February, 2024
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The red-necked falcon hails from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. There are 2 disjunct populations, 1 in India and the other 1 in Africa. They prefer savannah, semi-desert, and other dry, open countrysides with light tree

The Tree Pangolin

5 February, 2024
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The tree pangolin, aka three-cusped pangolin or white-bellied pangolin, can be found in western and central Africa. They are the most frequently seen of the African forest pangolins. They prefer forest-savanna mosaics,

The African Manatee

2 February, 2024
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The African manatee, aka West African manatee, can still be spotted along the western coast of Africa (from Senegal to Angola) and into certain fresh water bodies. They favor coastal estuaries, lakes, oceans, rivers,

The Addax

1 February, 2024
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The addax, aka screwhorn antelope or white antelope, hails from Africa; more explicitly in Chad, Maritania, Niger, and Mali. These once prolific antelopes have been reduced to a mere fraction of their original populations. It is

The Karpathos Frog

31 January, 2024
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The Karpathos frog belongs to the Ranidae (true frog) family. They can only be found on the island of Karpathos, in the South Aegean Sea, in Greece. They prefer rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent

The Painted Turtle

30 January, 2024
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The painted turtle is the only North American aquatic turtle species that can be found throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico. They extend from the west coast to the east coast of all 3 countries. Even though they

The Andean Flamingo

29 January, 2024
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The Andean flamingo can be found in the Andean Mountains in South America, which includes northwestern Argentina, northern-central Chile, southern Peru, and western Bolivia. They prefer highland salt lakes with light vegetation.

The Red-Crowned Roofed Turtle

26 January, 2024
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The red-crowned roofed turtle, aka Bengal roof turtle, hails from northeast India and Nepal. They prefer deeper flowing freshwater river habitats. Due to habitat segregation at the hands of dam constructions; harvesting