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Species with Funny English Common Names

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Tomato Frog 1
Dyscophus antongilii
Satanic Leaf Tailed Gecko 2
Uroplatus phantasticus
Screaming Hairy Armadillo 3
Chaetophractus vellerosus
Lesser Fairy Armadillo 4
Chlamyphorus truncatus
Gang-gang Cockatoo 5
Callocephalon fimbriatum
Whip-poor-will 6
Caprimulgus vociferus
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu 7
Uraeginthus bengalus
devil's coach-horse beetle 8
Ocypus olens
Chuck-will's-widow 9
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Bare-faced Go-away Bird 10
Corythaixoides personatus
Sapito Rojo Del Yapacana
Minyobates steyermarki
Boobies 11
Sula
Masked Booby 12
Sula dactylatra
Tufted Tit-Tyrant 13
Anairetes parulus
Strange-tailed Tyrant 14
Alectrurus risora
Cock-tailed Tyrant 15
Alectrurus tricolor
Willie Wagtail 10
Rhipidura leucophrys
Bananaquit 16
Coereba flaveola
Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler 17
Macronous ptilosus
Screaming Piha
Lipaugus vociferans
Handsome Fruiteater
Pipreola formosa
Andean Cock-of-the-rock 18
Rupicola peruvianus
Guianan Cock-of-the-rock 19
Rupicola rupicola
strange big-eared brown bat
Histiotus alienus
Acrobatic Cavy
Kerodon acrobata
Pacarana 20
Dinomys branickii
Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Sphiggurus pruinosus
bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil
Gerbillurus vallinus
Yellow-bellied Marmot 8
Marmota flaviventris
Fingerprint Toby 21
Canthigaster compressa
Black Margate 22
Anisotremus surinamensis
Pomadasys incisus 23
Slippery Dick 24
Halichoeres bivittatus
Puddingwife 24
Halichoeres radiatus
Aequidens rivulatus 25
Sargochromis carlottae
Monkey-faced Prickleback 26
Cebidichthys violaceus
Calumia godeffroyi 27
Coral Cardinalfish 28
Sphaeramia nematoptera
tubícola chusco 29
Neoclinus blanchardi
Cyclopterus lumpus 30
Eumicrotremus spinosus 31
Psychrolutes phrictus 32
Lipstick leporinus 33
Leporinus arcus
Bagarius bagarius 23
Oneirodes epithales
Astronesthes richardsoni 34
Smalltooth Sand Tiger 23
Odontaspis ferox
Dumb Gulper Shark 23
Centrophorus harrissoni
Cookiecutter Shark 35
Isistius brasiliensis
Holsingeria unthanksensis 36
Nerite 37
Nerita peloronta
Dwarf Cuttlefish 38
Sepia bandensis
Flamboyant Cuttlefish
Metasepia pfefferi
Pleurobema strodeanum
The Slowpoke 39
Athetis tarda
Grateful Midget 39
Elaphria grata
Delightful Dagger Moth 39
Acronicta vinnula
Cynical Quaker 39
Orthodes cynica
Ulolonche modesta 40
Sideridis congermana 40
Nycteola metaspilella 41
Battaristis concinusella 39
Beewolves 42
Philanthus
Neoconocephalus exiliscanorus 43
Triatoma sanguisuga
Palibythus magnificus
Egg-yolk Jelly 44
Phacellophora camtschatica
Estrella de mar
Nidorellia armata
Chocolate Chip Sea Star 45
Protoreaster nodosus
Pepino de mar 46
Holothuria impatiens

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