TheWildTales

 The 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧 (𝐏𝐨𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐬), also known commonly as the 𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧, is a species of 𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝 in the 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞. The species is 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 to 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 and 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚. 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬 can reach a 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 of around 𝟔𝟎 𝐜𝐦 or 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭, with the 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 accounting for 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 of that.  𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬 can vary widely in 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, ranging from a 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝 of 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡-𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 and 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞. 𝐏. 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐬 is 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 to 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, and 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 of 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚, mainly the 𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 of 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨...

 The 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫-𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐥 (𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐢)  is a 𝐦𝐢𝐝-𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐥 which 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 very locally around the 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 and the 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 of the 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 on 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 and 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐬. Most of the population is somewhat 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 to as far as 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 and 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚. This species is 𝟑𝟕 to 𝟒𝟎 𝐜𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 with a 𝟗𝟎 to 𝟏𝟎𝟐 𝐜𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧.It has a 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 and 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 and 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐬 to the 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬.  The 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫-𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 in 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐬 and 𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 around the 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐚 and in similar locations in 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 the 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 of the 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧. It 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫...

 The 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐭 (𝐈𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐬) is a 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭-𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐭, a type of 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 mostly in 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚. 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 have a 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 with a 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭 and 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. They show 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐦, with 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 being 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 than 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬. On average, 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝟓𝟎 𝐜𝐦 in 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡, and 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡 up to 𝟏.𝟐 𝐤𝐠 , while 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝟒𝟎 𝐜𝐦 and 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡 on more than 𝟏 𝐤𝐠 .They have 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 that is 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞𝐝 and 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 a 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐢𝐬𝐡 to 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧, with the 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 a 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐲-𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 or 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐲. The 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 is 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 about 𝟏𝟑 𝐜𝐦 in 𝐥...

 The 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐚𝐝 (𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬) is an 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 of 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐚𝐝 that was 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭 in a 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 region of about 𝟒 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬 in an area 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 of the city of 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞, 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐚.It was 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 to 𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 were 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 and sometimes 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 on the 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲, while 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 showed a 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 of 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬, including 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧, and 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞; 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐬 had 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧.𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 ranged from 𝟑𝟗 to 𝟒𝟖 𝐦𝐦 in 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 and from 𝟒𝟐 to 𝟓𝟔 𝐦𝐦 in 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬. 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 had 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐬 and 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 than 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬. The 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 ...

The 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 (𝐀𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚) is an  𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥, 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 of 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 in the 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 in 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 and 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚. Its other names include the 𝐁𝐨𝐢𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐆𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞, and the 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 . The 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 is 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 with a 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭 that is 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 the 𝐞𝐲𝐞. 𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 varies from 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 to 𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 and often a 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧. 𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 may attain 𝟏.𝟖 𝐦 in 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡, with a 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝟎.𝟔 𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠. This snake has a 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚, where it 𝐨𝐜...

 The 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 (𝐂𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚) is a species of tern in the 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞. The 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐬 is 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 for 𝐡𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝; 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬 thought it might be a hybrid of 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 and 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧. The 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞, 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐚𝐩, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥 (𝟐𝟗–𝟑𝟒 𝐦𝐦 in 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝟐𝟓–𝟐𝟕 𝐦𝐦 in 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬) and 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 or 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧, but the 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝-𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 and 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 and 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 are typically 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬. The 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 has 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 and 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 and 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥.In 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, the 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 becomes 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 and the 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 a much 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐲. 𝐉𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐞 whiskered ...