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INVERTEBRATES Madagascar Hissing Cockroach INVERTEBRATES Madagascar Hissing Cockroach: Range: •Island of Madagascar Life Span: •Up to 5 years Diet: •Detritivore – Habitat: decaying plants and •Underneath leaf litter animals of rainforest floor Mexican Red- Kneed Tarantula: Range: • Pacific Coast of Mexico and South America Life Span: •Up to 30 years Diet: •Carnivore – bugs, Habitat: small mammals, •Scrublands and small birds deserts AMPHIBIANS Barred Tiger Salamander: Range: •Western, Central, and Southern United States Diet: Life Span: •Carnivorous - insects, •Up to 20 years worms, mice, lizards, toads Habitat: •Near water in forests •Moist prairies Eastern Newt: Range: •Eastern Us, New England, Appalachian Mtns, •southern Canada Life Span: •up to 15 years Diet: •Carnivorous – Habitat: invertebrates such as •larvae and adults live in insects, worms, and small ponds and lakes aquatic insect larvae •red efts live in surrounding woodland Marine Toad: Range: •southern United States •South America •introduced in Hawaii, Life Span: southern Florida and •8-10 years eastern Australia Habitat: Diet: •near marine (ocean) •Carnivorous – insects, environments snails, toads/frogs, small •rainforest floor mammals •mangrove forests American Toad: Range: •Majority of North America Life Span: •1-12 years Diet: •Usually closer to 1 •Carnivorous as an adult •Herbivorous as a Habitat: tadpole •Anywhere near a freshwater source White’s Tree Frog: Range: •north and east Australia •southern New Guinea •introduced to small Life Span: regions in Florida •15-20 years Habitat: Diet: •canopy of forests •Carnivorous - insects and •swamps spiders, small mammals, •grasslands reptiles or amphibians •sinks and toilets! Grey Tree Frog: Range: •eastern United States and Canada •isolated population on New Brunswick Life Span: •up to 7 years Diet: •Carnivorous - insects and Habitat: spiders, small mammals, •wooded areas reptiles or amphibians near temporary •Opportunistic cannibals or permanent water sources Chacoan Horned Frog: Range: •Gran Chaco region of Life Span: Argentina •7-12 years Diet: Habitat: •Carnivorous - insects, •Seasonally small animals wet/dry •Specializes in eating other rainforests in frogs Argentina African Bull Frog: Range: •sub-Saharan Africa Life Span: Diet: •15 to 25 years •Carnivorous – insects, small rodents, reptiles, Habitat: birds, other amphibians •dry open grasslands at low elevations REPTILES Snapping Turtle: Range: •Central and Eastern North America Diet: Life Span: •Omnivorous – aquatic •30 years in the wild vegetation, bugs, fish, •50 years in captivity frogs, small birds and Habitat:. mammals •Freshwater or brackish water sources Sinaloan Milksnake: Range: •southwest United States •northern portions of Mexico (Sinaloan region) Life Span: •15-20 years Diet: Habitat: •Carnivorous - small •arid, rocky (semi- rodents, smaller snakes, desert) regions small birds, eggs •often found near barns and cornfields Prehensile Tailed Skink: Range: •Solomon Islands Life Span: •13-20 years Habitat: Diet: •Tropical •Herbivorous - leaves, rainforest fruits, vines European Glass Lizard: Range: •southeastern Europe-Asia •the Balkans Life Span: •up to 50 years in captivity Diet: •Carnivorous - mostly Habitat: insects, but will eat small •dry areas with cover amphibians, lizards and •fields, rock walls and mammals grasslands American Alligator: Range: •Southeastern United States Diet: Life Span: •Carnivorous –fish, birds, •35 years in the wild mammals, reptiles •50 years in captivity •Juveniles go after Habitat:. smaller prey, like insects, •Freshwater swamps, amphibians, and small marshes, rivers, and fish lakes Black Rat Snake: Range: •eastern United States •largest snake in Life Span: Massachusetts •15-20 years Diet: Habitat: •Carnivorous - rodents, •various wooded birds, lizards, amphibians, areas and fields and eggs •often found near barns or in trees Desert Tortoise: Range: •Southwestern United States Life Span: Diet: •up to 100 years •Herbivorous - Habitat: annual desert •desert areas plants, new cactus •washes, rocky hillsides growth and fruit •canyon bottoms Eastern Milksnake: Range: •Northeastern U.S.A. •Southeastern Canada Life Span: •Up to 20 years Diet: •Carnivorous – small Habitat: rodents, birds, bugs, •Forests, meadows, amphibians, lizards, and and farms snakes Spotted Turtle: Range: •eastern United States •Maine to Florida •west to Illinois Life Span: •25-30 years Diet: Habitat: •Omnivorous – •semi aquatic vegetation, aquatic •marshes/meadows insects, crustaceans, •swamps snails and tadpoles •ponds •vernal pools Boa Constrictor: Range: •much of Central and South America •Lesser Antilles and other Life Span: islands •20+ years Diet: Habitat: •Carnivorous – lizards, birds, •tropical rainforests rodents, monkeys, wild pigs •semi-deserts •rocky hillsides •fields •trees Ball Python: Range: •Senegal to Togo in west Africa •eastward to Nile River in southern Sudan Life Span: •20-25 years Diet: Habitat: •Carnivorous – rodents •dry grassland such as rats, gerbils and •savanna gerboas •forest edges Brazilian Rainbow Boa: Range: •Amazon Basin •coastal Guiana •French Guyana Life Span: •Suriname •18-20 years •southern Venezuela Habitat: Diet: •humid woodland •Carnivorous – rodents, forests birds, aquatic animals, •sometimes open lizards savannas Box Turtle: Range: •eastern United States from Maine to Florida •westward to Michigan/Illinois Life Span: Diet: •Over 100 years •Omnivorous - snails, insects, Habitat: worms, berries, fungi, roots, •open woodlands flowers, fish, amphibians, •pastures snakes, birds, eggs •marshy meadows •Become more herbivorous •near streams and when older ponds Corn Snake: Range: •eastern United States •southern New Jersey Life Span: south through Florida •20-25 years •west into Louisiana Habitat: and parts of Kentucky •wooded groves •rocky hillsides Diet: •meadowlands •Carnivorous – lizards, •woodlots tree frogs, mice, rats, birds, •barns, abandoned and bats buildings Rosy Boa: Range: •southern California •northern Baja •southwest Arizona Life Span: •northern Mexico •18-20 years Diet: Habitat: •Carnivorous - small •rocky scrub mammals and birds •desert and brushlands •near streams, spring seeps and canyon floors Savannah Monitor Lizard: Range: •western to eastern central Africa Life Span: Diet: •10-15 years •Carnivorous – invertebrates, rodents, Habitat: other small mammals, •grasslands carrion (dead stuff), birds, •rocky savannah other reptiles regions Bearded Dragon: Range: •southern and eastern Australia Life Span: •up to 10 years Diet: in captivity •Omnivorous – plants, Habitat: insects, rodents, other •savannas small mammals, smaller •deserts reptiles •semi-arid woodlands •scrublands Tokay Gecko: Range: •India & Bangladesh •Southeast Asia •Philippines •Indonesia Life Span: •7-10 years in wild Diet: •15-20 years in captivity •Carnivorous – insects, small mammals, Habitat: reptiles, amphibians •rainforest trees & cliffs •often found in human habitations BIRDS Eastern Screech Owl: Range: •Eastern North America Life Span: Diet: •10-20 years •Carnivorous – rodents, small birds and reptiles, Habitat: frogs, worms, moths, •Wooded areas crayfish •Moving into towns and cities American Kestrel: Range: •North and South America •southward from Life Span: Alaska/Canada to •8-12 years in wild Tierra del Fuego •12-17 years in captivity Diet: Habitat: •Carnivorous - large •Deserts insects, rodents, small •Forest edges birds •Fields/meadows MAMMALS African Pygmy Hedgehog: Range: •central and southern Africa Life Span: •8-10 years in Diet: captivity •Omnivorous – •2-3 years in wild invertebrates, fruit, roots, seeds, small animals Habitat: •savanna and grasslands Flying Squirrel: Range: •eastern United States •Canada to Gulf of Mexico Life Span: •10-13 years in Diet: captivity •Omnivorous - nuts and •2-5 years in wild seeds, berries/fruit, insects/other invertebrates Habitat: •deciduous forests Rabbit: Range: •different species worldwide •Cottontail rabbit is widely distributed across Life Span: North, Central and South •8-10 years in captivity America •about one year in wild Diet: Habitat: •Herbivorous - plants, •meadows, farms, grass, bark forests Rat: Range: •Originated in Asia •Followed humans Photograph Copyright © 2006 Roger Hatcliffe around the world Life Span: •1-3 years Diet: •Omnivorous – seeds, Habitat: nuts, fruits, vegetables, •Forests, meadows, bugs, mice, chicks, small brush-lands lizards •Near humans Ferret: Range: •Bred from European population •Domesticated worldwide Life Span: •6-10 years Diet: •Carnivorous - rodents Habitat: and other small animals •Forests and semi- forested areas near water Virginia Opossum: Range: •North America •from Ontario southward into Central America Life Span: •1-2 years Diet: Habitat: •Omnivorous – insects, •wooded areas carrion (dead stuff), fruit, •prairies leaves, grains, small animals •marshes •human habited areas Mouse: Range: •Originated in Asia •Followed humans around the world Life Span: •1-4 years Diet: •Omnivorous – seeds, Habitat: nuts, leaves, fruits, •Meadows, farms, vegetables, and bugs and any place near humans Spanish Translations Salamandra de Tigre Rayada: El Local: Vida: •Todos los Estados Unidos •Hast excepto los desiertos, las a 20 Montañas Appalacian, y años Nueva Inglaterra Hábitat: •El sur de Canadá •cerca del agua en los bosques Dieta: •praderas húmedas •Carnívoros – insectos, •los adultos se quedan invertebrados, pequeños debajo de la tierra vertebrados, ratones, durante la mayor parte ranas, sapos del año Ranas de Árboles: El Local: •Australia del norte y del este •Nueva Guinea del sur •introducido
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