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  • Other threatened reptiles include the Yinnietharra rock dragon (Ctenophorus yinnietharra, VU), an understudied lizard species that is confined to two granitic rock outcrops in the region and does not inhabit outcrops of different origins, and the Lake Cronin snake (Echiopsis atriceps, VU), whose very limited range includes unprotected private lands.

    Biological diversity in Southwest Australia 2008

  • Representative snakes include the Trans-Pecos ratsnake (Elaphe subocularis), Texas blackheaded snake (Tantilla atriceps), and whipsnakes (Masticophis taeniatus and M. flagellum lineatus).

    Chihuahuan desert 2008

  • Restricted-range birds in this ecoregion include the Santa Barbara screech-owl (Otus barbarus), belted flycatcher (Xenotriccus callizonus), pink-heade warbler (Ergaticus versicolor), and black-capped siskin (Carduelis atriceps) classified as near threatened.

    Central American pine-oak forests 2007

  • Additionally, the imperial shag, or cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps), is the source of the guano industry -- bird excrement used as fertilizer.

    Argentina's First National Marinelife Park 2007

  • I found a nest of large carpenter-ants (_Camponotus atriceps_, var. _esuriens_, Smith) which had made their home in fallen timber.

    Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various

  • Nilgiris: this is the Indian grey tit (_Parus atriceps_) -- a striking little bird, smaller than a sparrow.

    Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

  • The Indian grey tit (_Parus atriceps_) is a bird of wide distribution.

    Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

  • It may have been _R. atriceps_ or _R. bourdilloni_.

    The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

  • _Parus atriceps, P. monticola, Machlolophus xanthogenys, Abrornis albisuperciliaris_, and many others used to visit it and pull off flocks of wool for their nests.

    The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

  • Creeper and Nuthatch, while at the same time it strongly recalls the eggs of _Parus atriceps_.

    The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

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