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Black-and-yellow sineyazyky skink
Black-and-yellow sineyazyky skink ( Tiliqua nigrolutea) - Plate-tailed lizard of the family, inhabiting both the mountain and in the plain areas in the south-eastern Australia, and in the northern part of the the island of Tasmania.
Black and yellow sineyazyky skink is a fairly large lizard reaching a length of 50 Centimeters. The body color is from the top of a lizard from chocolate brown to black with small patches of cream, pink or orange, which merge into transverse stripes, head is usually lighter colored body. Individuals living in the northern part of the island of Tasmania, usually larger and darker colored, than skinks living in the south-east of the country, in Victoria.
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Chernovisochnaya giant lizard
Chernovisochnaya giant lizard (Tiliqua occipitalis) - Species of lizards of the genus sineyazykih skinks, dwell in the wilderness, semi-desert and scrub in West, South Australia, New South Wales, State Victoria and in the far south Northern Territory.
Chernovisochnaya giant lizard has a light brown or cream with broad dark horizontal stripes irregular coloration of the upper body,in the temporal area. from the eye to the neck,is a broad black band, tip of muzzle dark, forelimbs light, the upper side of the hind limbs black. Length chernovisochnoy giant lizard reaches 45 Centimeters.
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Казуар
Казуары (Casuarius Brisson) – the only genus of large flightless birds of the family kazuarovyh, Neg. казуарообразных, living in tropical forests in north-eastern Australia. His name cassowary received from the Indonesian language, translated from the cassowary which means «horned head».
Cassowaries belong to a subclass of birds ratites, which belong to the same emu, rhea, Ostriches, moa and kiwi. At present, the genus includes the cassowaries 3 subspecies:
* Shlemonosny cassowary – Casuarius Casuarius
* Cassowary-muruk – Casuarius bennetti
* Oranzhevosheyny cassowary – Casuarius unappendiculatus
Cassowaries are found in tropical forests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia. Ranges of all 3 species partially overlap, Although different subspecies of cassowaries avoid meetings, preferring to settle in different areas.