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Bird Image of the Week

Order - Gruiformes
Genus and Species - Grus grus​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
A Common Crane Foraging In A Field Near Brasla, Latvia

Animal Image of the Week 

Mammalia Class
 Genus and Species -​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Tursiops truncatus
A Bottlenose Dolphin On the Surface Of Galveston Bay, Texas (USA)

Images Of A Few Amphibians of the World

An American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) Pond At Kleb Woods In Tomball, Texas (USA)
Cane Toad (Rhinella marina) Back and Side Views At Guam N.W.R. Ritidian Unit, Guam (USA)
A Daruma Pond Frog (Pelophylax porosus) In A Flooded Rice Field In Ibaraki Prefecture (Japan)
A Grass Frog (Fejervarya limnocharis) In A Field In Kin, Okinawa Prefecture (Japan)
 A Japanese Tree Frog (Dryophytes japonicus) In Sajima Village, Kanagawa Prefecture (Japan)
A Montane Brown Frog (Rana ornativentris)  In the Brush Near Ogina-gawa In Yokosuka City, Japan
A Common Toad (Bufo bufo) at Aussichtsturm Vogelinsel in Muhr am See, Bavaria (Germany)
The Cane Toad is an invasive species that has spread across Guam, Florida, and a few other states.
A Forest Green Tree Frog (Rhacophorus arboreus) On A Leaf In Gifu Prefecture, Japan
A Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea) On A Patio Umbrella In Cypress, Texas (USA)
A Marsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) On A Log In A Small Forest In Rüsselsheim, Hessen (Germany)
 A Sword-tailed Newt (Cynops ensicauda) In the Grass Near Nakagusuku, Okinawa Prefecture (Japan)

Nature Images

​Cape Roca on the Atlantic Coast of Portugal
​The Tasman Sea and Coast of Manly, Australia
​Dingle Bay Coast and Inch Beach - County Kerry, Ireland
The Guam National Wildlife Refuge Ritidian ​Unit and the Coast of Guam (USA)
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