Animals in Eco-systems

AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

SCRUB FOREST COASTAL WATERS

North Island Brown Kiwi

 

Saltwater Crocodile

Description: flightless bird

Range: New Zealand

Habitat: forest, scrub, overgrown farmland

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Description: The largest living reptile. Adult males may reach 23 feet. Females reach 10 feet. Can travel a great distance over open sea.

Range: Between northern Australia and the southern coast of India

Habitat: Coastal waters

Diet: These carnivorous crocs will eat anything. The bigger they are, the bigger the animals they eat.

Reproduction: Lay eggs in freshwater.

Links: The Big Zoo

DESERTS TEMPERATE RAINFOREST

Frilled Lizard

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Range: Australia; Papua New Guinea

Habitat: Temperate Rainforest

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Red-eyed-Tree Frog

Thorny Devil

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Red and Green Macaw

Western Brown Snake

Description: Length to 34 inches

Range: Southern Mexico to tropical South America

Habitat: Lowland tropical forest and savanna

Diet: Fruit, nuts, seeds and nectar

Reproduction: Nests in large cavities in dead trees

Links: Smithsonian National Zoo

Description: Length - up to 1.5 m (5 feet)

Range: Australia

Habitat: Desert and other hot regions of Australia

Diet: carnivorous; small animals

Reproduction: Lays 20-40 eggs per clutch

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Emerald Tree Boa

Red Poison-Arrow Frog

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Range:  South America

Habitat: Tree-tops of the tropical rain forest

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Description: Many variation in coloration and pattern

Range: western Ecuador, north through Colombia

Habitat: tropical rainforests

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Toco Toucan

 

 

 

 

Rainbow Lorikeet

 

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Range: Lowlands of Brazil, Guianas, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina

Habitat: woodland, second growth, palm groves and rainforests of Guiana to Bolivia and northern Argentina

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The Aviary 

WhoZoo: Toco Toucan

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Range: Northern and eastern Australia and   islands

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Rainbow Lorikeet

Nile Monitor

Gila Monster

Description: 4.5 to 7 feet in length

Range: Africa

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Science News for Kids: Alien Invasions

Description: USA's largest lizard

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Galapagos Marine Iguana

Green Iguana

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Great White Shark

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

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Emu

King Penguin

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Range: Australia

Habitat: plains, scrub, open woodland, coastal heath, alpine pastures, semi-desert

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Range: sub-Antarctic islands

Habitat: Barren sea coasts

Diet: All food comes from the ocean.

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Laughing Kookaburra

Black Sea Turtle

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Range: lowlands of southeastern Australia

Habitat: open woodland, forest, farmlands, orchards, towns

Diet: It feeds primarily on snakes, large lizards, worms, snails, insects, fresh water crayfish, frogs, small birds and rodents.

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Green Sea Turtle

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

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Green Frog

 

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Range: Near-arctic region: Canada, eastern United States

Habitat: wide variety of habitats that surround most inland waters, such as: swamps, wooded swamps, ponds, lakes, marshes, bogs, banks of slow moving rivers and streams, oxbow lakes, sloughs, and impoundments.

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WhoZoo: African Wild Dog

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Red Howler Monkey

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Sloth

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Tuatura

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