Indian Spotted Deer

The 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 or 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 also called 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐫, 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐫 and 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐫, is a deer species 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 to the 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭.

 A 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 reach 𝟗𝟎 𝐜𝐦 and 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝟕𝟎 𝐜𝐦 at the 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫. While 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝟕𝟎–𝟗𝟎 𝐤𝐠, 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡 around 𝟒𝟎–𝟔𝟎 𝐤𝐠. It is 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜; 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 are 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 than 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬, and 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 are 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 on 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬. The 𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 are 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 to 𝐫𝐮𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 in 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐬. The 𝐚𝐛𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩, 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭, 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 of 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬, 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, and 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 are 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞. The 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝, are 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝟏 𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠.

The 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟖–𝟑𝟎°𝐍 in 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐥, 𝐁𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧, 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡 and 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚. The 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭 of its range is 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 and 𝐆𝐮𝐣𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭; its 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭 is 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 the 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐢 and 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥, 𝐒𝐢𝐤𝐤𝐢𝐦 to 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐦 and 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐬 in 𝐁𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 an 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 of 𝟏,𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐦. It also 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬 in the 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐬 and some 𝐞𝐜𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 the 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥, but is 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭 in 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 and 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡-𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡. The 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 and 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐫 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 and 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚 are the 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 of its 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

A 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 animal, the chital 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 an 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 and 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 of the 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 and the 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, which may be associated with 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 of 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐞 and 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐱, 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐬, and 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐬 of 𝐣𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 and 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬.

𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐬 as well as 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬, the chital mainly 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 on 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 the 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫.𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐞 includes 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬, and 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐬.

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Fleischmann's Glass Frog

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 𝐇𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢, also known as 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧'𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 or the 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠, is a species of frog in the 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞. It is found in the 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐬 from 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨 to 𝐄𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫. Specifically , these frogs occur in 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨, 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞, 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐄𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫, 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚, 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬, 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐚, 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫.  This frog tends to have 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧, 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐬, 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐬 and 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡.𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐬 are 𝟏𝟗–𝟐𝟖 𝐦𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, while 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 from 𝟐𝟑–𝟑𝟐 𝐦𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠. They have a 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢-𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 with 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭...
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