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Blue-gray and silver-beaked tanagers are colorful birds native to South America. They primarily eat fruit and insects.
Lifespan Their lifespan is unknown in the wild, but blue-gray tanagers have been
The semiaquatic Chinese crocodile lizard is found only in China and Vietnam. It is gray-brown with red-orange markings along its throat and sides. Two rigid rows of scales along its tail give this reptile a crocodilian appearance.
lizards can live for 10 or more years in human care, but their lifespan in the wild
By Mike Henley, Invertebrate Exhibit Keeper at the National Zoo
the National Zoo Image: For the past three years, I have been traveling to the west
Tamanduas are arboreal relatives of anteaters, whom they resemble. Native to South America, they can live in a variety of habitats and eat mainly social insects such as ants, termites and bees.
In the north and west, they may have lighter markings or be a solid color—black,
Small, strikingly colored songbirds, magnolia warblers can be found across the Eastern United States as they migrate to and from their breeding grounds in the spring and fall.
Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico but are found throughout Mexico, Central America and the West
Eastern indigo snakes are one of the largest North American snakes, reaching lengths of 5-7 feet. They are nonvenomous and found across the southeastern United States.
Lifespan Information on the life span of eastern indigo snakes in the wild is not
The combination of the Vietnamese mossy frog’s green body, black spots, tubercles and spines makes it look like a clump of moss, which it spends a large portion of its time pretending to be. Native to Vietnam, these frogs live in mossy caves and in the banks of rocky mountain streams.
10 to 13 feet (3 to 4 meters), making it extremely difficult to find them in the wild
White-naped cranes are an elegant species native to Northern Mongolia, southern Siberia, Korea, Japan and central China. They are slightly smaller than red-crowned cranes. This bird has a white nape and vertical gray stripes on its neck, as well as a distinct red patch surrounding its eyes.
Lifespan Lifespan in the wild is unknown.
Whooping cranes, named for their impressively loud call, are native to North America. Once faced with extinction, they are now recovering with the help of conservation science efforts.
One self-sustaining population of whooping cranes exists in the wild, which winters
The Andean bear, or spectacled bear, is the only bear native to South America. It is a clever, arboreal animal that builds platforms and nests in trees for eating and sleeping.
South America’s only bears and live in the Andes and outlying mountain ranges, from western
