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F. villosa is a climbing vine that is reported to reach 2.4 m in length in the home garden, [2] but in the wild, it will grow several feet high on trees. When fully mature, its alternate, stalked leaves have thick, leathery blades up to 30cm long with sunken venation on the upper surfaces.
Scolopendra subspinipes is a species of very large centipede found throughout southeastern Asia. One of the most widespread and common species in the genus Scolopendra, it is also found on virtually all land areas around and within the Indian Ocean, all of tropical and subtropical Asia from Russia to the islands of Malaysia and Indonesia, Australia, South and Central America, the Caribbean ...
The Cinclosomatidae is a family containing jewel-babblers and quail-thrushes. Painted quail-thrush, Cinclosoma ajax; Spotted jewel-babbler, Ptilorrhoa leucosticta; Blue jewel-babbler, Ptilorrhoa caerulescens; Dimorphic jewel-babbler, Ptilorrhoa geislerorum (A) Chestnut-backed jewel-babbler, Ptilorrhoa castanonota
The jungle had other plans, though: mosquitoes descended upon me in relentless swarms. Over 40 minutes, I amassed more than 150 bites across my body, including my face, lips, and ears. The ...
Crocker jungle flycatcher: Cyornis ruficrissa: Montane forest Not recognised by IUCN Sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the Philippine jungle flycatcher. 157 52 Eyebrowed jungle flycatcher: Vauriella gularis: Lower and upper montane forest [30] LC: 157 53 Bornean forktail: Enicurus borneensis: Streams in lower to upper montane forest ...
According to the Conservation International List Vietnam is identified as the fifth biodiversity hot spot in the world, on account of its exotic flora and fauna. Between 1997 and 2007, almost 1000 new species have been discovered. However, many areas still remain to be explored, and more species are likely to appear in the future.
The green junglefowl (Gallus varius), also known as Javan junglefowl, forktail or green Javanese junglefowl, is the most distantly related and the first to diverge at least 4 million years ago among the four species of the junglefowl. [2]
Male in North Carolina. The ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) is a species of broad-winged damselfly.One of about 150 species of Calopterygidae, it is found in the eastern U.S. and southeastern Canada, ranging west to the Great Plains.