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Saltuarius Salebrosus
''Saltuarius salebrosus'', also known as the rough-throated leaf-tailed gecko or Central Queensland leaf-tailed gecko, is a gecko found in Australia. It is endemic to dry areas in mid-eastern and south-central Queensland. ''Saltuarius salebrosus'', commonly called the rough-throated leaf-tailed gecko, is a species of gecko belonging to the genus '' Saltuarius'' which translates to the "keeper of the forest". The genus '' Saltuarius'' was established in 1993 to accommodate a monophyletic group of larger species of geckos with unique interior and exterior morphological characteristics and a distinctly different chromosome number to Phyllurus. The genus ''Saltuarius'' is a long, self-sufficient, evolutionary lineage of leaf-tailed geckos, described as an innocuous, moderately sized species. Geckos are an ancient taxon of primarily nocturnal lizards, exhibiting great diversity and a worldwide distribution, occupying a wide variety of habitats and external conditions. Rough-throated l ...
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Jeanette Covacevich
Jeanette Adelaide Covacevich (1945–2015) was a herpetologist in Queensland, Australia. As a senior curator of vertebrates at the Queensland Museum, she discovered and studied many reptiles and frogs in Queensland. Covacevich is most famous for rediscovering and describing the Inland Taipan snake (''Oxyuranus microlepidotus''), the world's most venomous snake.Covacevich, J., McDowell, S.B., Tanner, C. & Mengdon, G. (Aust. Herp. Symposium, 1980)The relationship of the taipan (''Oxyuranus scutellatus'') and the small-scaled snake (''O. microlepidotus''), Serpentes: Elapidae(page 32). kingsnake.com Retrieved 15 November 2013 In addition, she described over thirty new species and genera including the Cape York striped blind snake (''Ramphotyphlops chamodracaena''), the Nangur spiny skink ('' Nangura spinosa''), and the Bulburin leaf-tailed gecko (''Phyllurus caudiannulatus''). On 12 June 1995 she was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to science, i ...
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Oviparity
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and monotremes. In traditional usage, most insects (one being '' Culex pipiens'', or the common house mosquito), molluscs, and arachnids are also described as oviparous. Modes of reproduction The traditional modes of reproduction include oviparity, taken to be the ancestral condition, traditionally where either unfertilised oocytes or fertilised eggs are spawned, and viviparity traditionally including any mechanism where young are born live, or where the development of the young is supported by either parent in or on any part of their body. However, the biologist Thierry Lodé recently divided the traditional category of oviparous reproduction into two modes that he named ovuliparity and (true) oviparity respectively. He distinguished ...
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Orthoptera
Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grasshoppers, locusts, and close relatives; and Ensifera – crickets and close relatives. More than 20,000 species are distributed worldwide. The insects in the order have incomplete metamorphosis, and produce sound (known as a " stridulation") by rubbing their wings against each other or their legs, the wings or legs containing rows of corrugated bumps. The tympanum, or ear, is located in the front tibia in crickets, mole crickets, and bush crickets or katydids, and on the first abdominal segment in the grasshoppers and locusts. These organisms use vibrations to locate other individuals. Grasshoppers and other orthopterans are able to fold their wings (i.e. they are members of Neoptera). Etymology The name is derived from the Greek � ...
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Blattaria
Cockroaches (or roaches) are a paraphyletic group of insects belonging to Blattodea, containing all members of the group except termites. About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. Some species are well-known as pests. The cockroaches are an ancient group, with their ancestors, known as " roachoids", originating during the Carboniferous period, some 320 million years ago. Those early ancestors, however, lacked the internal ovipositors of modern roaches. Cockroaches are somewhat generalized insects lacking special adaptations (such as the sucking mouthparts of aphids and other true bugs); they have chewing mouthparts and are probably among the most primitive of living Neopteran insects. They are common and hardy insects capable of tolerating a wide range of climates, from Arctic cold to tropical heat. Tropical cockroaches are often much larger than temperate species. Modern cockroaches are not considered to be a monophyletic group, as it ...
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Aranae
''Arales'' is an order of flowering plants. The name was used in the Cronquist system for an order placed in subclass ''Arecidae'', circumscribed as (1981): * order ''Arales'' *: family '' Acoraceae'' *: family ''Araceae'' *: family ''Lemnaceae'' In the classification system of Dahlgren the Arales were in the superorder Ariflorae (also called Aranae), but did not include Acoraceae as a separate family. Instead, ''Acorus'', its only genus, was included in the Araceae. Arales was the only order included in the Ariflorae. The APG II system elevates the first of these three families to become an order ''Acorales'' of its own (consisting of the single genus, ''Acorus'') and unites the last two of these families into the one family ''Araceae'' assigning this to the order ''Alismatales The Alismatales (alismatids) are an order of flowering plants including about 4,500 species. Plants assigned to this order are mostly tropical or aquatic. Some grow in fresh water, some in mar ...
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Chorthippus Vagans Male
''Chorthippus'' is a large genus of acridid grasshoppers with around 230 described species. The genus may be subdivided into subgenera including: ''Altichorthippus'', ''Chorthippus'' and ''Glyptobothrus'', with other species not placed. Species The ''Orthoptera Species File'' includes: # '' Chorthippus abchasicus'' Ramme, 1939 # '' Chorthippus acroleucus'' (Müller, 1924) (white-tipped grasshopper) # ''Chorthippus aktaci'' Ünal, 2010 # '' Chorthippus albomarginatus'' (De Geer, 1773) (lesser marsh grasshopper) type species (as ''Acrydium albomarginatum'' De Geer = ''C. albomarginatus albomarginatus'') # ''Chorthippus albonemus'' Zheng & Tu, 1964 # ''Chorthippus almoranus'' Uvarov, 1942 # ''Chorthippus alticola'' Ramme, 1921 (alpine grasshopper) # ''Chorthippus alxaensis'' Zheng, 2000 # ''Chorthippus amplilineatus'' Ma & Guo, 1995 # ''Chorthippus amplimedilocus'' Zheng & Yang, 1997 # ''Chorthippus amplintersitus'' Liu, 1981 # ''Chorthippus angulatus'' Tarbinsky, 1927 # ''Cho ...
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Spider
Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms. Spiders are found worldwide on every continent except for Antarctica, and have become established in nearly every land habitat. , 50,356 spider species in 132 families have been recorded by taxonomists. However, there has been debate among scientists about how families should be classified, with over 20 different classifications proposed since 1900. Anatomically, spiders (as with all arachnids) differ from other arthropods in that the usual body segments are fused into two tagmata, the cephalothorax or prosoma, and the opisthosoma, or abdomen, and joined by a small, cylindrical pedicel, however, as there is currently neither paleontological nor embryological evidence that spiders ever had a sep ...
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Cockroach
Cockroaches (or roaches) are a Paraphyly, paraphyletic group of insects belonging to Blattodea, containing all members of the group except termites. About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. Some species are well-known as Pest (organism), pests. The cockroaches are an ancient group, with their ancestors, known as "Roachoid, roachoids", originating during the Carboniferous period, some 320 million years ago. Those early ancestors, however, lacked the internal ovipositors of modern roaches. Cockroaches are somewhat generalized insects lacking special adaptations (such as the sucking Insect mouthparts, mouthparts of aphids and other Hemiptera, true bugs); they have chewing mouthparts and are probably among the most primitive of living Neopteran insects. They are common and hardy insects capable of tolerating a wide range of Köppen climate classification, climates, from Arctic cold to Tropics, tropical heat. Tropical cockroaches are often much larg ...
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State Map Of Queensland
State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * '' Our State'', a monthly magazine published in North Carolina and formerly called ''The State'' * The State (Larry Niven), a fictional future government in three novels by Larry Niven Music Groups and labels * States Records, an American record label * The State (band), Australian band previously known as the Cutters Albums * ''State'' (album), a 2013 album by Todd Rundgren * ''States'' (album), a 2013 album by the Paper Kites * ''States'', a 1991 album by Klinik * ''The State'' (album), a 1999 album by Nickelback Television * ''The State'' (American TV series), 1993 * ''The State'' (British TV series), 2017 Other * The State (comedy troupe), an American comedy troupe Law and politics * State (polity), a centralized political organiz ...
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Blackdown Tableland National Park
Blackdown Tableland is a national park in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography The park is in Central Queensland, northwest of Brisbane. The mountainous terrain of the tablelands provides a unique landscape featuring gorges, waterfalls and diverse vegetation. The Blackdown Tableland is a sandstone plateau rising abruptly from the plains below. Many creeks on the Tableland have developed gorges and waterfalls along their courses, the most notable of which drains in to the spectacular Rainbow Falls (Gudda Gumoo) over a drop. Some of the creeks on the Tableland are catchment fed by rain and often dry up, and some are spring fed and always flow even just a small amount. The national park is located in the north east of the central Queensland sandstone belt. The tablelands are positioned at the junction of the Shotover, Expedition and Dawson Ranges. Evidence of folding is shown in the rises and depressions amongst the ranges. History It is the tra ...
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Habitat Photo Of Blackdown Tableland, Queensland C
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ecological niche. Thus "habitat" is a species-specific term, fundamentally different from concepts such as environment or vegetation assemblages, for which the term "habitat-type" is more appropriate. The physical factors may include (for example): soil, moisture, range of temperature, and light intensity. Biotic factors will include the availability of food and the presence or absence of predators. Every species has particular habitat requirements, with habitat generalist species able to thrive in a wide array of environmental conditions while habitat specialist species requiring a very limited set of factors to survive. The habitat of a species is not necessarily found in a geographical area, it can be the interior ...
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Blackdown Tableland
Blackdown or Black Down may refer to: Places Australia * Blackdown, Queensland, a locality in the Central Highlands Region *Blackdown Tableland National Park in Queensland. Canada *Blackdown Cadet Training Centre, a Canadian Cadet training centre (Tri-Force) located at CFB Borden, Ontario. England * Blackdown, Dorset, a village near Chard * Black Down, Dorset, a hill near Portesham * Blackdown, Hampshire, a village near Winchester * Black Down, Somerset, a hill in the Mendip Hills * Blackdown, Warwickshire, a village near Leamington Spa * Blackdown, West Sussex, a hill also spelt Black Down * Blackdown Hill, Dorset, one of Dorset's highest points * Blackdown Hills, a range of hills in Somerset and Devon * Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut (Blackdown Camp), a World War II army camp near Aldershot, Hampshire Computing * Blackdown Java, a port of Sun's Java virtual machine to Linux. Popular culture * "Blackdown", a song by Patrick Wolf from '' The Bachelor'' * "Blackdown ...
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