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Japanese Tree Frog – Awavi on Flickr

Reptiles | Amphibians, Photography

Awavi - Flickr - 斑入りアマガエル - Japanese Tree Frog

Japanese Tree Frog

Awavi – Flickr – 斑入りアマガエル.

Amphibians

The Japanese Tree Frog is a species of tree frog distributed from Hokkaidō to Yakushima in Japan and from Korea along the Ussuri River to north-eastern China, northern Mongolia, and the southern parts of the Russian Far East. The Japanese tree frog was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the European tree frog. Wikipedia

Size: Approximately 1 and a half inches.

The word ‘frog‘ in Japanese means ‘return’, which is why the frog is considered a Japanese lucky animal and seen as good fortune in things returning.

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Leafy Sea Dragon - Photo: NaSser Alomairi 1500 1000

Leafy Sea Dragon | Australia

Uncategorized, fish | sea life, Photography

Leafy Sea Dragon |

Photo: NaSser Alomairi.

| Flickr |

The Leafy Sea Dragon or Glauert’s Seadragon (Phycodurus eques), is a marine fish in the family Syngnathidae. The family also includes Sea Dragons, Pipefish and Seahorses. It is the only member of the genus Phycodurus.

It is found along the southern and western coasts of Australia. The name is derived from the appearance, with long leaf-like protrusions coming from all over the body. These protrusions are not used for propulsion; they serve only as camouflage. The leafy seadragon propels itself by means of a pectoral fin on the ridge of its neck and a dorsal fin on its back closer to the tail end. These small fins are almost completely transparent and difficult to see as they undulate minutely to move the creature sedately through the water, completing the illusion of floating seaweed.

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Leafy Sea Dragon. Photo: NaSser Alomairi

Gooseneck Barnacles - Photo: Alice Hess Flickr

Gooseneck Barnacles

fish | sea life

Gooseneck Barnacles

Photo: Alice Hess – Flickr |

Goose barnacles, also called stalked barnacles or gooseneck barnacles, are filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean inter-tidal zone. Wikipedia. 

angel fish | Carlos Galeano Photography

fish | sea life, Photography

angel fish

pterophyllum scalare by Carlos Galeano on 500px.com

 

Photo | Carlos Galeano.

Angel Fish

(pterophyllum-scalare) Pterophyllum scalare, most commonly referred to as angelfish or freshwater angelfish, is the most common species of Pterophyllum kept in captivity. It is native to the Amazon Basin in Peru, Colombia, and Brazil. Wikipedia.

plume moth | steve schoefisch photography

insects | bugs, Photography

feather like wings…

plume moth | steve schoefisch photography

plume moth | steve schoefisch photography

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plume moth:

The fore-wings of a plume moth usually consist of two curved spars with more or less bedraggled bristles trailing behind. This resembles the closely related Alucitidae (many-plumed moths) at first glance, but the latter have a greater number of symmetrical plumes. The hind-wings are similarly constructed, but have three spars. A few genera have normal lepidopteran wings.

The usual resting posture is with the wings extended laterally and narrowly rolled up. Often they resemble a piece of dried grass, and may pass unnoticed by potential predators even when resting in exposed situations in daylight. Some species have larvae which are stem- or root-borers while others are leaf-browsers.

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