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Lesser Grass Blue (Zizina otis)Observer
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I know it's a lycaenid, and I made an educated guess based on a Balinese butterfly list that this is probably the species but I'm a little uncertain. Seen hanging around some cultivated flowers at a resort in Bali.
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Striped Small Carpenter Bees (Subgenus Ceratinidia)Observer
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Lotta bee hanging out around the cultivated flowers in the resort, except I have no idea what species they are.
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Goose Barnacle (Lepas anserifera)Observer
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Found on a beached logged
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
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Slight different from the other mushrooms I saw growing on logs in the underbrush of Gunung Tompotika
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
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Found on some dead logs while hiking Gunung Tompotika
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Pacific Bluetail Skink (Emoia caeruleocauda)Observer
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Boeloe Toempoetiga, Dwi Karya, Bualemo, Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia (Google, OSM)Description
Spotted in the underbrush while hiking up Gunung Tompotika, Sulawesi
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Genus BaviaObserver
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While on vacation, saw this jumping spider appear on my table
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Javanese Grasshopper (Valanga nigricornis)Observer
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Impressively large grasshopper that fell into my resort pool. It was practically the size of my hand!
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Great Egret (Ardea alba)Observer
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On a visit across from the bat houses
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Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)Observer
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A very long green iguana strolling along the marina in Puerto Vallarta.
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Western Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata)Observer
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Avenida Paseo de la Marina 135, Marina Vallarta, 48450 Puerto Vallarta, Jal., Mexico (Google, OSM)Description
There are so many fat iguanas around the marina in Puerto Vallarta. This one was a large blackish male sunning himself by the water.
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Green Heron (Butorides virescens)Observer
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Cond Puesta del Sol Loc 17, Marina Vallarta, 48350 Puerto Vallarta, Jal., Mexico (Google, OSM)Description
Right next to the crocodile...
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Racer Mangrove Crab (Goniopsis pulchra)Observer
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Cond Puesta del Sol Loc 17, Marina Vallarta, 48350 Puerto Vallarta, Jal., Mexico (Google, OSM)Description
Right next to the crocodile...
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American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)Observer
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Condominio Club De Tenis Puesta Del Sol L-16, Marina Vallarta, 48335 Puerto Vallarta, Jal., Mexico (Google, OSM)Description
Just a crocodile tucked into the side of the shore. Guess those signs weren't kidding...
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Black-capped Fruit Bat (Chironax melanocephalus)Observer
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It started raining really hard and we had to rush to check the nets and close them. A little bit soaked, but no worse for the wear.
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Round-backed Millipedes (Superorder Juliformia)Observer
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While night time herping, found some millipedes too!
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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Near Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park camp site
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Smooth-eyed Bushbrown (Orsotriaena medus)Observer
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Near Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park camp site
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Short-horned Grasshoppers (Family Acrididae)Observer
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Near the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park camp site
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Lesser Long-tongued Fruit Bat (Macroglossus minimus)Observer
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Caught near the village in a disturbed forest
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Sumatran Torrent Frog (Wijayarana sumatrana)Observer
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Went frogging during a rainy night around the small creek near the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park camp grounds.
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Grasshopper on the rope bridge near the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park camp grounds.
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Saw this flower by camp grounds near the entrance area of Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park.
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Xanthoid Crabs (Superfamily Xanthoidea)Observer
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Jalan Raya Lintas Barat Sumatera Tanjung Setia Kecamatan Pesisir Selatan Pesisir Barat Lampung 34875 (Google, OSM)Description
A small crab found while tidepooling. It has such a beautiful spotted pattern
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Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)Observer
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Fungus found on some fallen trees in a camp ground near Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park
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California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)Observer
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Tons of sea lions on the rocks near the docks as we were leaving the bay
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Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)Observer
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We saw a huge group of common dolphins coming up to us by the boat. There were a couple of species around but I couldn't get a good photo of the others. At least in this one you can see the coloration on some of the ones on the right.
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Noni (Morinda citrifolia)Observer
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I see this plant in the Philippines and in Indonesia, but have no idea what the scientific name is...
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Lesser Long-tongued Fruit Bat (Macroglossus minimus)Observer
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We were at Mambukal Resort as part of our evening activities at the 4th International Southeast Asian Bat Conference. We got rained out a bit in the evening so we were only able to net a few pteropodids in the woods near the hiking trails
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Peters’s Fruit Bat (Cynopterus luzoniensis)Observer
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We were at Mambukal Resort as part of our evening activities at the 4th International Southeast Asian Bat Conference. We got rained out a bit in the evening so we were only able to net a few pteropodids in the woods near the hiking trails
