The small, critically endangered Philippine crocodile was once prevalent throughout the Philippines but now lives only on a few islands.
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Native to the Americas, the barred parakeet (also known as the lineolated parakeet) is a small, green member of the parrot family. It lives year-round in the humid tropical highland forests near the equator. Their small, green bodies make them quite difficult to spot in their native forested habitat, so they are more often heard flying overhead rather than seen.
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With ruddy coats and tufted ears, caracals are incredibly striking animals. They are also the heaviest of the small African cats. These agile hunters range along the African continent, up into the Arabian Peninsula through northwest India.
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The green aracari is a tropical bird named for its dark green back, wing and tail feathers. Its large bill is bright red, yellow and blue with a serrated edge.
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King vultures are one of the largest New World vulture, second only to condors. They range from Mexico to Argentina and feed on carrion.
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The Gaboon viper is the largest viper in Africa. Its coloration and broad head, which mimics a fallen leaf, camouflages it among leaf litter on the forest floor. Though venomous, this snake has a calm nature and rarely bites humans.
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The Meller’s chameleon, sometimes called the giant one-horned chameleon, is mainland Africa’s largest chameleon species. It is bright green and yellow and, like all chameleons, can move its eyes independently.
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Dunlins are a medium-sized sandpiper with a slightly down-curved black bill. In North America, dunlins spend the summer breeding season in the arctic and subarctic regions, and winter along both coasts of the United States and Mexico.
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The domestic chicken has a small head, short beak and wings, and a round body perched on featherless legs. It is a subspecies of the red junglefowl, a species native to southern Asia.
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Alligator lizards are endangered reptiles native to the Mexican states of Veracruz and Pueblo. These bright blue-green lizards live in trees and eat insects.
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