Vietnam Wildlife, Vietnam Fauna, Animals in Vietnam

Gaurs at Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam

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The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick bugs, walkingsticks, stick animals, or bug sticks.

Scutigeromorpha is an order of centipedes also known as house centipedes. These centipedes are found in the temperate and tropical parts of every continent except Antarctica.

Scutigeridae is a family of centipedes that are known as house centipedes.

Scutigera is a centipede genus in the scutigeromorph (house centipede) family Scutigeridae

Scutigera: Latin Roots scutiger, is derived from the Latin words scutum (shield) and gerere (to bear). This part of the name was given to the group due to the shield-like shape of the plates on the centipede's back.

Scutigera coleoptrata, also known as the house-centipede, is a species of centipede that is typically yellowish-gray and has up to 15 pairs of long legs.

Scutigera: Latin Roots scutiger, is derived from the Latin words scutum (shield) and gerere (to bear). This part of the name was given to the group due to the shield-like shape of the plates on the centipede's back.

The term coleoptrata comes from the Greek word for "beetle" (koléopteros) and the Latin word for "wing" (pteron). It was coined to describe the house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata), because its thorax resembles that of a beetle. 

Squamata (/skwæˈmeɪtə/, Latin squamatus, 'scaly, having scales') is the largest order of reptiles; most members of which are commonly known as lizards, with the group also including snakes.

The gaur is a large bovine native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986.

The muntjac, also known as the Southern muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak annamensis), a subspecies of the genus Muntiacus in the deer family (Cervidae).

Rhabdophis subminiatus, commonly called the red-necked keelback or red-necked keelback snake, is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia.

 

Colubridae (/kəˈluːbrɪdiː/, commonly known as colubrids /ˈkɒljʊbrɪdz/, from Latin: coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes.

Elaphe is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. Elaphe is one of the main genera of the rat snakes, which are found in many regions of the northern hemisphere.

Elaphe moellendorffi, commonly called the flower snake or Moellendorf's rat snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. 

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