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Blue Whiptail, Pentapodus sp
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/blue-whiptail-pentapodus-sp/The Blue Whiptail occurs in tropical waters along the eastern Australian coast, with juveniles being recorded south to Sydney.
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Cosmoid scales
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/cosmoid-scales/Cosmoid scales are found in the Lungfishes (family Ceratodidae) and some fossil fishes.
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Praying mantises: Order Mantodea
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/praying-mantises-order-mantodea/Stick insects and praying mantids were once treated as orthopterans (with grasshoppers, locusts, crickets and katydids) but are now in their own orders - Phasmatodea and Mantodea respectively.
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Ctenotus - Australian Lizards
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/ctenotus-australian-lizards/The largest group of lizards in Australia belong to the genus Ctenotus. There are nearly 100 species in this genus. They are found throughout much of Australia, but are most diverse in the desert regions and tropical woodlands of Australia's north.
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Long-spined Sea Urchin
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/sea-stars/invertebrates-collection-long-spined-sea-urchin/These specimens of Long-spined Sea Urchin, Diadema savignyi, were collected during an Australian Museum expedition to Swain Reefs, Queensland.
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Phantom Phasmids
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/entomology-collection-phantom-phasmids/The Lord Howe Island Phasmid or Land Lobster, Dryococelus australis, may be the rarest insect in the world and is possibly also the rarest invertebrate.
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Funnel-web Spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/funnel-web-spiders-group/Funnel-web spiders, the most notorious members of our spider fauna, are found in eastern Australia.
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Wasps: Suborder Apocrita
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/wasps-suborder-apocrita/Wasps are a diverse group of insects. In Australia alone there are over 12,000 species, ranging from the tiny diapriid wasps, which are barely visible to the naked eye, to the spider wasps and cicada-killer wasps, capable of
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Leaf and Stick Insects: Order Phasmatodea
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/leaf-and-stick-insects-order-phasmatodea/Phasmids are insects that eat leaves and resemble leaves or sticks.
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Cockroaches: Order Blattodea
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/cockroaches-order-blattodea/The mere mention of cockroaches brings about a strong reaction in many people. However, the fast moving, shiny, black or brown cockroaches commonly encountered by people in their homes are almost never native Australian cockr
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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