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  • It is either the common five-lined skink (Eumeces fasciatus) or the broad-headed skink (Eumeces laticeps).

    Archive 2009-06-01 AYDIN 2009

  • Eumorpha fasciatus on Mikania scandens, central Florida

    The Panda's Thumb: Pete Dunkelberg Archives 2010

  • It is either the common five-lined skink (Eumeces fasciatus) or the broad-headed skink (Eumeces laticeps).

    Probably a five-lined skink... AYDIN 2009

  • Reptiles include water snakes, Indian python Python molurus (V), banded krait Bungarus fasciatus, green rat snake Zaocys nigromarginatus, turtles (Lissemys punctatus, Trionyx gangeticus, Kachuga tectum and Hardella thurgi) and monitor lizard Varanus sp.

    Keoladeo (Bharatpur) National Park, India 2009

  • The numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus, VU) is a marsupial 'anteater' that is the only member of its entire family.

    Biological diversity in Southwest Australia 2008

  • The iguanid, the South Pacific banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus), is also found in Fiji and is believed to have rafted from the Americas.

    Tongan tropical moist forests 2008

  • Of the 26 species of threatened Australian mammals, 5 are found on Bernier and Dorre islands; burrowing bettong Bettongia lesueur, rufous hare-wallaby Lagorchestes hirsutus, banded hare-wallaby L. fasciatus, Shark Bay mouse Pseudomys praeconis and western barred bandicoot Perameles bougainville.

    Shark Bay, Australia 2008

  • Vanuatu is the easternmost limit of the range of the saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, and is also home to the endangered Fiji banded iguana, Brachylophus fasciatus.

    Vanuatu rain forests 2008

  • The squirrel-sized numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus, VU), is one example - the marsupial equivalent to the anteaters of South America and also known by the names of walpurti or banded anteater, the numbat is the only member of the family Myrmecobiidae.

    Biological diversity in Southwest Australia 2008

  • Fish species identified by Groenendijk and Hajek (1995) which are eaten by the local population include gamitana Colossoma macroponum, paco Piaratus brachypomus red-tailed sabalo Brycon erythropterum, boquichico Prochilodus nigricans, lisa Leporinus trifasciatus and lisa Schizodon fasciatus.

    Manu National Park, Peru 2008

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