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Also, we picked up a few fine specimens of corydoras punctatus for the aquarium.
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Reptiles include water snakes, Indian python Python molurus (V), banded krait Bungarus fasciatus, green rat snake Zaocys nigromarginatus, turtles (Lissemys punctatus, Trionyx gangeticus, Kachuga tectum and Hardella thurgi) and monitor lizard Varanus sp.
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Two remaining species, Sphenodon punctatus and S. guntheri, are confined to 30 predator-free offshore islands where the New Zealand Department of Conservation is hoping the species 'small populations will rebound.
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Among some of the plant communities, there are forests dominated by Lonchocarpus punctatus, along with other species such as Bunchosia odorata and Ayenia magna.
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Another island-isolated species has diverged so that both tuatara (Sphenadon punctatus) and Brother Islands tuatara (S. guntheri) are found here.
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Prominent trees in this area include Lonchocarpus punctatus, Bursera simaruba, Machaerium robinifolium and Pithecellobium unguiscati.
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About 55 pairs share their small breeding area with royal spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia regia) and spotted shags (Phalacrocorax punctatus).
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A number of species have fragmented populations or low population numbers, including the coast-patched nose snake (Salvadora hexalepis virgultea), the venomous red-diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber), and the western ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus).
Biological diversity in the California Floristic Province 2008
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Other species found on these islands include tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), Duvaucel's gecko (Hoplodactylus duvauceli), chevron skink (Leiopisma homalotum).
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Wellington has 14 species including the only mainland population of Whitaker's skink (Cyclodina whitakeri | VU), as well as more common species like the forest gecko (Hoplodactylus granulatus) and the common green gecko (Naultinus elegens punctatus).
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