Hairy Frogfish from Indonesia

Common name:Frogfish or Anglerfish
Scientific name:Antennariidae
Family:Antennariidae
Order:Lophiiformes

Specific Features: Frogfish, resembles to the common amphibians, Range of size is from 5cm to the giant frogfish's colossal 40cm. They do resemble frogs where their fins are like legs, in which they use to walk very slowly over the sea bed and atop sponges and corals to lie and wait for their prey.

Color Variations: Depending on the species, the color might change it take seconds or weeks. Some of the frogfish's skin is festooned by bumps, tassles, flaps, and hairs which further allow for mimicking the nearby seabed, corals, sponges, etc.

Gender distinguishes: It is very difficult to distinguish between the sexes or species. Short of getting out your scalpel, there is no way to tell male from female. Number of eye spots and the number of spines will be found.

Place of Hairy Frog fish:- Rare Hairy Frogfish is a bright orange fuzzy animal and mostly found in Indonesia.

Interesting Aspects:- Interesting feature of the frogfish, apart from a camouflage is the way it attracts its prey. If we note some other fish, they lie and wait until the prey swims close to their mouth, but this frogfish lures the prey actively to where it can smack. The lure mimics food animals like worms, small shrimps or small fish. The prey approaches to catch the lure and then is engulf by the waiting frogfish.

FIJI CRESTED IGUANA

The Fiji crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) is a vitally scarce species of iguana.

Kingdom -Animalia

Phylum -Chordata

Class -Reptilia

Family -Iguanidae

Genus -Brachylophus

Size Length -75

Weight -300 g

The Fiji crested is related to the Fiji banded iguana and it has been recently found that it is the children of old world iguanid (extinct) which belong to Paleogene family. It is a bulky squat lizard, which was exposed in 1979 by Dr John Gibbons. It is green in color having 3 slim white bands at the back.The rear end of the iguana is broader and blue in color. It is the largest species when compared to their relatives, where the spines are 1.2cm long, the eyes are red in color and the most interesting fact in the iguana as it can able to change the color from green to black.

SPECIALTIES

• It is controlled in dry forest.

• It is in the perth zoo.

• It is a herbivores animal.

• It is having the longest incubation period.

DISTRIBUTION

It was the first known animal from the 14 islands in Fiji. Now it is spread to Yadua Taba, Monuriki, Macuata.Where Yadua contains nearly 98% of iguana that is nearly 6000 animal. This is the only officially sheltered population.

BIOLOGY

The procreation period frequently occurs between March and April where mating occurs on January .iguanas have one of the longest incubation periods of any reptile (over eight months) and females guard the nest, which contains around four eggs, during this time. Hatchlings come out from their eggs in the rainy season and acquire wetness by thrashing soaked plants.

YETI CRAB

It is a blind white crab rage with hairs has been squeeze from the deep. It is the crustacean belongs to Kiwaidae family. It is famous for the magnitude of shiny pale setae which is similar to fur. The walking legs are about six inches and the fur is covering the thoracic, legs and claws. The animal has powerful eyes that require stain, the ‘hairy’ tongs contain filamentous bacteria .The special name for the yeti crab is” yeti lobster”.

FACTS

• Other names: Kiwa hirsuta.
  

• Legs and claws are enclosed by shiny pale setae.
  

• A filamentous bacterium present in the setae is used to de-toxicity materials.
  

• It survival was found on 2005

• The species was resolute to be an utterly latest genus.
  

• South Pacific Ocean is the only place where the animal is living till now.
  

• It was originated using the underwater.
  

• There is no information about the breeding till now.
  

• It will be only at the depth of 2400 meters.

• It lays the eggs in the fur of the Abdominal Snowman.

• The enemies of the yeti crab is fish, octopus, snails, starfish, birds.

FOOD HABITS

It is a flesh eating animal. Since this crab is new to everyone, no one knows what it will eat exactly. It may eat bacteria and additional gear. Though it is a flesh eating animal it will eat any species which are used as food and it will eat algae too.

BLYTH’S TRAGOPAN(Tragopan blythii )

It is a susceptible bird belongs to Phasianidae family. It is also called as Grayed-bellied Tragopan. The growth rate of this bird is small and it is rapidly decreasing. At present the total population will be 2,500 to 9,999 birds. The growth is very small when compared to other birds. This Blyth’s has a higher distance from the ground than other birds that normally ranges above 1,800 meters.

HOW IT LOOKS?

It is the largest bird of all the tragopans.The male is in bright color and it is identified by corroded head, yellow facial skin and it is having a white dot at the back. The male have two soft blue horns that become stiff during mating time. Its lappet is fiercely colored. The females are not as bright as male because they don’t want to attract the male .They are dark brown in color and the female tragopans is simple and tedious appearance.

• Male size: 65 – 70 cm

• Male weight: c. 1930 g

• Female size: c. 58 cm

• Female weight: 1 – 1.5 kg

DWELLING

It is located in many areas where

• Bhutan

• Myanmar

• North –east India

• Tibet

• China

HAUNT

The tragopans usually gather in wooden areas, because it prefers the bushes of evergreen oak and rhododendron forests, and other dark calm places. It proceedings are at stuck between 1,800 and 2,400 meters above sea level .it is always founded in wooded valleys and hillsides.

VICTUALS

It primarily feed on assortment of leaves, seeds, berries, fruits, buds, Invertebrates and it will eat even frog.

REPRODUCTION

It primarily breeds from the month of march to may ,after the mating the female will nest either on the land surface or in the trees, usually it will lay the egg only in an vacant nest of another species.
Clutch size: 2 to 6 eggs
Incubation: 28 to 30 days
The male will bring the food to the female while it is in the nest and when it is imprisoned.When the female vacated the nest for the search of food the male will take over the incubation.

COERCION

• Deforestation

• Conversion of land for cultivation

• Forest clearance

As a consequence of this pressure, the inhabitants of Blyth’s are believed to be waning, and little subpopulations are becoming increasingly sprinkled within a cruelly scrappy range.

KATIPO

It is the rare species of spider. Katipo is a Māori means "night-stinger”. It is dangerous to human and it is capable of delivering highly venomous bite. The attractive name for the katipo is the tangle-web spiders. People call them as the night stinger because they believe that it will bite only at the night time. It is also called as Australian red back spider.

DESCRIPTION

The adult spider is medium sized spider having a huge black stomach. Sometimes it may have white markings at the front of the stomach. There is a hoop in the middle of the abdomen and proceeds towards the back end of the spider. There is also a red hour glass shape on the base of the belly.the male spider are different from female, they are smaller in size and having a white abdomen .they look like juveniles when they are fully grown.the size of the female is 0.31inches.

RANGE

• New Zealand

• North Island

• Banks peninsula,Foxton

• Wanganui,Auckland,Wellington coastline

HABITAT

The preferential localities are coastal sand dunes and beaches. They generally reside on the dunes close to the coast. They are most sheltered from storms and sand. Webs are normally recognized in low-growing hill plants and other plants such as the native Pingao.The webs are always constructed near the grounds and open sand to catch the insects for food. The web is curved mesh of well textured silk. They generally prefers grasses, sedges, driftwood to live and construct the web.




DIET

• Beetles

• Moths

• Other spiders

• Flies

PREDATORS

The katipo has only one direct predator, it is a small wasp which feeds on katipo eggs.

SYMPTOMS

It is generally found by the heavy pain. Normally it will have a pain, but after sometimes it will feel like burning heavily. Within 24 hours severe local pain with local sweating Pain, the swelling may spread from the site.

Connected features

• malise, nausea, vomiting, chest pain, head ache, fever

Rare complications

• Coma, skin infection, seizure

EASTERN GLASS LIZARD (Ophisaurus ventral’s)

Is it a snake?

No, it is reptile that looks like a snake but they are actually lizards. The special name for the glass lizard is glass snake. It is a legless lizard and currently there is no subspecies present.

COLOR

The glass snake is light brown or yellowish to greenish in coloration.

HOW IT LOOKS

Glass snakes are long, slim, legless lizards that actually resemble snakes. They differ from snakes, but they have suitable eyelids, exterior ear openings, and hard jaws. It is the highest and heaviest glass lizard. This lizard is different from other glass lizards by the lack of a dim dorsal hoop .The tail is easily broken and it is often broken at the tip. It is the only limbless lizard in the United States.

• Weight -46 to 108 cm

HOME

• Georgia

• Southern Carolina

• Florida

• Louisiana

• Oklahoma

HABITAT

They are found in dirty areas of coastal plain. They are most common in smooth forest, grassland and swamp. Additionally, glass lizards are very familiar in coastal hill and sometimes even found below garbage at the wave line.

HABITS

They hunt actively during daytime, but are commonly found taking shelter under boards and other rubbish. When it is arrested the lizard break of all the parts of their tail where more than half the length will be reduced, but it will not worry about it because the tail will regrow .now its free to escape from the enemies.

PREY

They eat large varieties of snakes, insects, reptiles and they are mostly fond of grasshoppers, beetles, spiders and snails. They eat the eggs of other reptiles too. The glass lizard does not have teeth’s and jaws so this limit for the lizards to eat. They search the prey above the ground and beneath ground in hole.

REPRODUCTION

The female lizard lays egg in the summer under the panel, log and other closed entity. Around 8-17 eggs are laid and they take 56-61 days to hatch. The female take care of the eggs carefully until they hatch.