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Biographies in biodiversity

Full view of Oplurus
Full view of <I>Oplurus</I>
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This lizard's spiny tail may be useful in discouraging predators when the lizard is headed into a rock or tree crevice.

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Contents:
1.Plants
2.Millipedes
3.Frogs
4.Tortoises
5.Snakes
6.Iguanid Lizards
 ·Head of Oplurus cuvieri
 ·Full view of Oplurus

7.Chameleons
8.Birds
9.Lemurs
10.Carnivores
11.Rodents
 
Golden Mantella, Mantella aurantiaca

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