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Genus Melanotus
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Insects in the family Elateridae are commonly called click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them from the related families Cerophytidae, Eucnemidae, and Plastoceridae). Other names include elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or skipjacks. This family was defined by William Elford Leach (1790–1836) in 1815. They are a cosmopolitan beetle family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess. There are a few closely relate
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Australasian Swamphen
(Porphyrio melanotus)
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The Australasian swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus) is a species of swamphen occurring in eastern Indonesia, the Moluccas, Aru and Kai Islands, as well as in Papua New Guinea and Australia. It is also found in New Zealand, where it is known as the pūkeko, a term derived from the Māori language. The Australasian swamphen used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen.
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Pectoral Sandpiper
(Calidris melanotos)
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The pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) is a small, migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania. It eats small invertebrates. Its nest, a hole scraped in the ground and with a thick lining, is deep enough to protect its four eggs from the cool breezes of its breeding grounds. The pectoral sandpiper is 21 cm (8.3 in) long, with a wingspan of 46 cm (18 in).
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Genus Deconica
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Deconica is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Strophariaceae. It was formerly considered synonymous with Psilocybe until molecular studies showed that genus to be polyphyletic, made of two major clades: one containing bluing, hallucinogenic species, the other non-bluing and non-hallucinogenic species. Deconica contains species formerly classified in the sections Deconica and Coprophila of Psilocybe.
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Southeastern Australasian Swamphen
(Porphyrio melanotus ssp. melanotus)
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Knob-billed Duck
(Sarkidiornis melanotos)
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Sarkidiornis is sometimes considered a monotypic genus with its sole member the knob-billed duck (S. melanotos), a cosmopolitan species. Most taxonomic authorities split the species into two:
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Wood Oysterling
(Deconica horizontalis)
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Deconica horizontalis is a species of agaric fungus in the family Strophariaceae.
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Chestnut-footed Click Beetle
(Melanotus castanipes)
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Melanotus castanipes is a species of click beetle in the family Elateridae.
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Western Mangrove Cat Snake
(Boiga melanota)
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Boiga melanota, the western mangrove cat snake is a species of the mangrove snake, one of the biggest cat snake species in Asia. It is shiny bluish black in colour, marked with 40-50 yellow stripes. The mouth and throat area are yellow, whereas the ventral part of the body is yellowish black. The eyes are greyish in colour. It is categorised as a mildly venomous snake.
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Black-backed Snake
(Erythrolamprus melanotus)
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Shaw's dark ground snake or Shaw's black-backed snake (Erythrolamprus melanotus) is a species of colubrid snake endemic to northern South America.
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Drakensberg Crag Lizard
(Pseudocordylus subviridis)
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Southwestern Australian Swamphen
(Porphyrio melanotus ssp. bellus)
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Stump-tailed Macaque
(Macaca arctoides)
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The stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides), also called the bear macaque, is a species of macaque found in South Asia. In India, it is found in south of the Brahmaputra River, in the northeastern part of the country. Its range in India extends from Assam and Meghalaya to eastern Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.
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Highveld Crag Lizard
(Pseudocordylus melanotus)
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Pseudocordylus melanotus or Common Crag Lizard is an ovoviviparous lizard, tolerant of temperatures no lower than -5 °C and consequently occurring on rocky outcrops, hills and mountains throughout Southern Africa - various subspecies are found in the inland mountains of the Eastern Cape (Amatole-Great Winterberg) and Cape Fold Mountains, the Natal and Transvaal Drakensberg and foothills, Lesotho and Swaziland with an isolated population at Suikerbosrand, and also at the Magal
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Melanotus punctolineatus
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Melanotus punctolineatus, commonly known as the sandwich click beetle, is a species of beetle from the family Elateridae and the genus Melanotus.
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Melanotus villosus
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Melanotus villosus is a species of beetle in the family Elateridae and the genus Melanotus.
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Melanotus longulus
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Melanotus longulus is a species of click beetle in the family Elateridae.
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Trinidad Black-backed Snake
(Erythrolamprus melanotus ssp. nesos)
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