TheWildTales

 The 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 or 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧-𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 (𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫) is a species of 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠. It is 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 to  𝐄𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 and known from the 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 of 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 in 𝐁𝐨𝐥í𝐯𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞. The 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 has a 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭-𝐭𝐨-𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 of about 𝟐𝟐.𝟔 𝐦𝐦 . It has a 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 and 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭 and the 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 is 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡.The 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 is 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 than the 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝, and 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐬 are 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝. The 𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 is usually 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 or 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 and there are 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬. The 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 is known only from a 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 in 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 on the 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 o...

 The 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 (𝐏𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐣𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬), often referred to as the 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞, is a species of 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 in the 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐄𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞. The species is 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 to 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 and 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 and 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚. The 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 has a 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 and can 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 to 𝟐 𝐦 (𝟕 𝐟𝐭) in 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡.The 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫 of its 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 ranges from 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 to 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤, while it's 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 is 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦-𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰, often with 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 or 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬.The species is 𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬. Most specimens have a 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 (𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥) up to 𝟏.𝟓 𝐦 (𝟒.𝟗 𝐟𝐭), with some 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 reaching 𝟐 𝐦 (𝟔.𝟔 𝐟𝐭).The 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 for the s...

 The 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞-𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐭 (𝐏𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐬) is a 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 to the 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐬 and 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚. It 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 and 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 at 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 of 𝟐𝟎𝟎–𝟐,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐦, 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬. The 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞-𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐭 is a 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦-𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐭, about the 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞 of a 𝐦𝐲𝐧𝐚 (𝟏𝟗–𝟐𝟐 𝐜𝐦). 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐬 are 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 though the 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 (𝟖𝟕–𝟏𝟎𝟑 𝐠) is 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 than the 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 (𝟕𝟗–𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐠). It is a 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐲, 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 bird with a 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥. The 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 are a 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧. The 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 may have a 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭. The 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 and 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 are 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, with a...