Faunal Adaptation
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Full Name: Dyeing Dart Frog or a Dendrobates Tinctorius Frog.
Classification:Order Anura Family: Dendrobatide
Genus:Dendrobates Species: Poison Dart Frog Group: Amphibian
Location/Continent:Guiana and French Guiana
Biome: Tropical Rainforest
Food: Dyeing Dart Frogs are insectivores . They eat ants , spiders , termites , and crickets.
Habitat: They live in South America's Tropical Rain forests. This type of frog likes the ground
and tends to stay there.
Behaviors: A mainland animal but stays close to water sources. While being awake, they hop around in short leaps. Very territorial and aggressive
Interesting Fact: The dyeing dart frog was the firsrt poisonous frog the Europeans knew about.
Classification:Order Anura Family: Dendrobatide
Genus:Dendrobates Species: Poison Dart Frog Group: Amphibian
Location/Continent:Guiana and French Guiana
Biome: Tropical Rainforest
Food: Dyeing Dart Frogs are insectivores . They eat ants , spiders , termites , and crickets.
Habitat: They live in South America's Tropical Rain forests. This type of frog likes the ground
and tends to stay there.
Behaviors: A mainland animal but stays close to water sources. While being awake, they hop around in short leaps. Very territorial and aggressive
Interesting Fact: The dyeing dart frog was the firsrt poisonous frog the Europeans knew about.
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Full Name : Eunectes murins or a Green Anaconda
Classification:Order Squamata Family: Boidae
Species&Genus: Eunectes Murins Group:Reptiles&Amphibian
Location/Continent: South America
Biome:Tropical Rainforest
Food:They eat Alligators, Fish ,Birds,Tapirs, other mammals and other reptiles.
Habitat: It lives in swaps. Most of the time its inside water.
Behaviors: Its Green body camouflages in the water.Depending on the size of its prey , the anaconda can take an hour to swallow its prey and can take up to 6 days to digest its meal.
Interesting Fact: The anaconda can eat 300 times its daily food requirements.
Classification:Order Squamata Family: Boidae
Species&Genus: Eunectes Murins Group:Reptiles&Amphibian
Location/Continent: South America
Biome:Tropical Rainforest
Food:They eat Alligators, Fish ,Birds,Tapirs, other mammals and other reptiles.
Habitat: It lives in swaps. Most of the time its inside water.
Behaviors: Its Green body camouflages in the water.Depending on the size of its prey , the anaconda can take an hour to swallow its prey and can take up to 6 days to digest its meal.
Interesting Fact: The anaconda can eat 300 times its daily food requirements.
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Full Name: White throated Toucan or Red billed Toucan
Classification:Order:Piciformes Family: Ramphastide
Genus:Ramphastos Species: R.Toucanus Group: Aves
Location/Continent: Columbia ,Eucador , Peru , Bolivia ,Venezuela, Brazil, and Guianas.
Food: Fruits , insects ,lizards ,eggs, and small birds.
Behaviors:Usually in small flocks or in pairs.
Habitat:Southern Mexico , Central America, and Caribbean region
Interesting facts:The toucan turns its head back in order for its bill to rest on its back and folds its tail over it.
Classification:Order:Piciformes Family: Ramphastide
Genus:Ramphastos Species: R.Toucanus Group: Aves
Location/Continent: Columbia ,Eucador , Peru , Bolivia ,Venezuela, Brazil, and Guianas.
Food: Fruits , insects ,lizards ,eggs, and small birds.
Behaviors:Usually in small flocks or in pairs.
Habitat:Southern Mexico , Central America, and Caribbean region
Interesting facts:The toucan turns its head back in order for its bill to rest on its back and folds its tail over it.
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Full name: Scarlet Macaw or Ara Macao
Classification:Order:Psittaciformes Group: Aves
Family:Psittacidae Genus:Ara Species:A.marcao
Location/Continent:Mexico,Peru,Bolivia,Venezuela,Brazil
Biome:Tropical Rainforest
Food: Fruits,nuts,seeds
Behaviors:Usually one or two birds.Found flying in the forest canopy.
Habitat:Usually found in South America.
Interesting Facts: An individual scarlet macaw can be sold for more than $1000.
Classification:Order:Psittaciformes Group: Aves
Family:Psittacidae Genus:Ara Species:A.marcao
Location/Continent:Mexico,Peru,Bolivia,Venezuela,Brazil
Biome:Tropical Rainforest
Food: Fruits,nuts,seeds
Behaviors:Usually one or two birds.Found flying in the forest canopy.
Habitat:Usually found in South America.
Interesting Facts: An individual scarlet macaw can be sold for more than $1000.
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Full Name: Postman Butterfly or Helionus Melpomene
Classification:Order:Lepidoptera Group:Insecta
Family:Nymphalida Genus:Heliconius Species:H.melpomene
Location/Continent:Mexico,South America
Biome:Tropical Rainforest
Food:Passiflora
Habitat:They live in Central and South America's tropical rainforests.
Behaviors:Slow-Flying , lays small eggs on leaves from passion flowers.
Interesting Fact: This butterfly has little fear from its predators.
Classification:Order:Lepidoptera Group:Insecta
Family:Nymphalida Genus:Heliconius Species:H.melpomene
Location/Continent:Mexico,South America
Biome:Tropical Rainforest
Food:Passiflora
Habitat:They live in Central and South America's tropical rainforests.
Behaviors:Slow-Flying , lays small eggs on leaves from passion flowers.
Interesting Fact: This butterfly has little fear from its predators.
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Full name: African Moon Moth
Classification:Order:Lepidoptera Group:
Family:Saturniidae Genus:Argema Species:A.mimosae
Location/Continent:Eastern Africa, South Africa
Biome:Tropical Rainforest
Food:Larvae drink nectar while the adult moths don't have a mouth and live for one week.
Habitat:In tropical rainforests in EasternAfrica and South Africa.
Behaviors:These moths are attracted to light.
Interesting facts:Adult moths don't have a mouth so they depend on stored fat for their entire life which is basically is one week.
Classification:Order:Lepidoptera Group:
Family:Saturniidae Genus:Argema Species:A.mimosae
Location/Continent:Eastern Africa, South Africa
Biome:Tropical Rainforest
Food:Larvae drink nectar while the adult moths don't have a mouth and live for one week.
Habitat:In tropical rainforests in EasternAfrica and South Africa.
Behaviors:These moths are attracted to light.
Interesting facts:Adult moths don't have a mouth so they depend on stored fat for their entire life which is basically is one week.