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A database of seadragon sightings, known as 'Dragon Search' has been established with support from the Marine Life Society of South Australia Inc., ('Dragon Search' arose as the logical progression of a similar project initiated by the MLSSA, which was the first community group or indeed organisation of any type to adopt the common seadragon's ...
Yellow-lipped sea krait: South Laticauda laticaudata: Hydrophiidae: Black-banded sea krait: Large-scaled sea krait: South (east coast) Acalyptophis eydouxii: Hydrophiidae: Spot-banded sea krait: Beaded sea snake: Central (Gulf coast) Lapemis curtus: Hydrophiidae: Hardwicke's sea snake: Short sea snake: Central, southeast and south Kolpophis ...
It is commonly known as the Chinese water dragon, [2] [3] Indochinese water dragon, [4] [5] Asian water dragon, [6] [7] [5] Thai water dragon, [3] or green water dragon. [3] [5] Chinese water dragons are large diurnal lizards adapted for dense subtropical forests replete with unpolluted streams. They are semi-arboreal, roosting at night on ...
Some 140 to 200 million years ago, the whole area would have been largely a shallow sea, with islands to support reptiles on land and in the air as well as marine life.
A leopard cat A dhole, an Asiatic wild dog An Asiatic golden cat Bryde's whale in the Gulf of Thailand. There are 264 mammal species in Thailand on the IUCN Red List. Of these species, three are critically endangered, 24 are vulnerable, and two are near-threatened. One of the species listed for Thailand is considered to be extinct. [1]
Furthermore, Nagas are also known as dragons and water spirits. A female naga is called a Nagi, or a Nagini. Their descendants are known as Nagavanshi. According to legend, they are the children of the sage Kashyapa and Kadru. Rituals devoted to these supernatural beings have been taking place throughout South Asia for at least 2,000 years. [2]
Although these sea slugs live on the open ocean, they sometimes accidentally wash up onto the shore, so they may be found on beaches. [10] In April 2022, specimens were found in the Gulf of Mexico along the Texas coast. [19] On August 31, 2023, blue sea slugs were reported to be found along Karon Beach, Phuket, Thailand. [20] [21]
This group of lizards includes some more popularly known, such as the domesticated bearded dragon, Chinese water dragon, and Uromastyx species. One of the key distinguishing features of the agamids is their teeth, which are borne on the outer rim of their mouths ( acrodonts ), rather than on the inner side of their jaws ( pleurodonts ).