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Flora and Fauna of Tasmania

New Zealand spinach 1
Tetragonia tetragonioides
Waxlip Orchid 2
Glossodia major
Australian Indigo 1
Indigofera australis
Spiny-headed Mat-rush 3
Lomandra longifolia
Pterostylis curta
Diuris sulphurea
Blackthorn 2
Bursaria spinosa
Grasstrees 4
Xanthorrhoea
Milkmaids 2
Burchardia umbellata
Myrtle Beech
Nothofagus cunninghamii
Button Grass 4
Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus
Tasmanian Christmas Bell 5
Blandfordia punicea
Allanaspides helonomus
Allanaspides hickmani
Lowlands Copperhead 6
Austrelaps superbus
Swamp Flat-tail 7
Austrothemis nigrescens
Bold-striped Cool-skink 8
Bassiana duperreyi
Brown Skua 9
Catharacta lonnbergi
Swamp Bluet
Coenagrion lyelli
Antipodean Albatross 10
Diomedea antipodensis
Northern Royal Albatross 11
Diomedea sanfordi
White-lipped Snake 12
Drysdalia coronoides
Australian Emerald 13
Hemicordulia australiae
Ancient Greenling 14
Hemiphlebia mirabilis
Aurora Bluetail 15
Ischnura aurora
Eastern Pygmyfly
Nannophya dalei
Boulder Cool-skink 12
Niveoscincus microlepidotus
Paranaspides lacustris
Eastern Swamp Emerald
Procordulia jacksoniensis
Entrecasteaux's Skink 16
Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii
Tasmanian Spotwing
Synthemiopsis gomphomacromioides
Blind Velvet Worm 17
Tasmanipatus anophthalmus
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross 18
Thalassarche carteri
Campbell Albatross 19
Thalassarche impavida
White-capped Albatross
Thalassarche steadi
Australian Reed Warbler 20
Acrocephalus australis
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 21
Cacatua galerita
Galah 22
Cacatua roseicapilla
Little Corella 23
Cacatua sanguinea
Long-billed Corella 24
Cacatua tenuirostris
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo 13
Calyptorhynchus funereus
Little Grassbird 25
Megalurus gramineus
Eastern Whipbird 13
Psophodes olivaceus
Centaurium spicatum
Alpine Coral-fern 26
Gleichenia alpina
Oxylobium ellipticum
Domestic Cat 27
Felis catus
King billy pine 4
Athrotaxis selaginoides
British Soldier Lichen 28
Cladonia cristatella
Ophyiulus pilosus 29
Xanthosia dissecta
Stylidium dilatatum 5
Utricularia monanthos 30
Portuguese Millipede 12
Ommatoiulus moreleti
Drosera spatulata 30
Drosera pygmaea 4
Allocasuarina verticillata
Tasmanian Waratah 31
Telopea truncata
Jack Jumper Ant 4
Myrmecia pilosula
Hen and Chicks Fern 32
Asplenium bulbiferum
Jawed Leeches
Gnatbobdellida
Tasmanian flax-lily 33
Dianella tasmanica
Utricularia dichotoma 12
Celery-top Pine 4
Phyllocladus aspleniifolius
Pindi Moth 30
Abantiades latipennis
Shield Sundew 34
Drosera peltata
Shining Tea-tree 5
Leptospermum nitidum
Xanthorrhoea australis 5
Tasmanian Glow Worm 4
Arachnocampa tasmaniensis
Dicksonia
Waratah Anemone 35
Actinia tenebrosa
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
Acacia genistifolia
Oyster Bay Pine 4
Callitris rhomboidea
Purple Dewplant 36
Disphyma crassifolium
Silver Banksia 37
Banksia marginata
Spotted Snake Millipede 38
Blaniulus guttulatus
Choneiulus palmatus
Brachyiulus pusillus
Cylindroiulus brittanicus
Amastigogonus tasmanianus
Procyliosoma leae
Procyliosoma tasmanicum
Australian Bristle Millipede
Phryssonotus novaehollandiae
Propolyxenus forsteri
Propolyxenus australis
Ooperipatellus decoratus
Ooperipatellus cryptus
Giant Velvet Worm 12
Tasmanipatus barretti
Mole Creek Harvestman
Hickmanoxyomma gibbergunyar
Hickmanoxyomma cavaticum
Tasmanian Cave Spider 4
Hickmania troglodytes
Mole Creek Cave Beetle
Tasmanotrechus cockerilli
Blind Cave Beetle
Goedetrechus mendumae
Podocarpus lawrencei
Diselma archeri
Athrotaxis laxifolia
Athrotaxis cupressoides
Canary Worm 30
Fletchamia sugdeni
Selaginella uliginosa

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