Species identification thread (animal toys)

[MaastrichianGuy]

is this a southern brown kiwi an okarito kiwi or a north island brown kiwi

[stargatedalek]

I can't find any with such a distinctive yellow bill

[Hercules beetle]

I can't find any with such a distinctive yellow bill

You know what the painters were like... i once had a set of small sharks and it said the names on the bottom and they made a green shark with black stripes, how they usaully paint a toy tiger shark., and on the bottom it said it was a great white!?

[MaastrichianGuy]

is this a great white shark or something else

[Hercules beetle]

is this a great white shark or something else

Its most likely intended to be a great white.

[MaastrichianGuy]

but the nose of the shark seem to be semi long find an illustration of it please

[Hercules beetle]

Well not all brands put 100% detail in their figures.
I think its just a generic great white shark.
I have a great white thats green white black stripes like how they would usually make a a tiger shark.

[brontodocus]

find an illustration of it please

Why should he do that?

[sbell]

but the nose of the shark seem to be semi long find an illustration of it please

You have the Internet--I'm sure you can find a photo. Keep in mind that most of the figures you are requesting identification for are so generic that at best an ID is a guess.

[Hercules beetle]

Its probably supposed to just be a generic shark. no particular species, but probably with the back inspiration of a great white. i also have a feeling i might have the same figure somewhere.
Not all brands create excellent figures like safari and those japan companies.

[MaastrichianGuy]

since that kiwi toy has a yellow bell like real kiwi species doesn't is this kiwi toy a okarito kiwi a southern brown a north island kiwi?

[sphyrna18]

Need help identifying these Chinese lizards that I bought from Veghead in the USA:

I don't know all of them, and in fact, I'm really hoping to get an ID on one or two of them myself, but it' safe to say that the bright yellow and orange one on the right is supposed to be a frilled lizard; the green, white, and brown one beside it is supposed to be a grass lizard (Tachydromus sexlineatus); skip over the purple lizard (I don't know what it is yet) to the dark green one with the short tail: I think it's a scorpion-tailed gecko (Pristurus carteri).  The dark blue lizard with yellow stripes is a generic skink or whiptail and the green and brown lizard next to it should be labelled "Common Iguana". Its accuracy is questionable, tho.

I'd really, really like to know what the yellow lizard with black stripes represents; not so much in paintjob, but sculpt.  I initially thought a monitor, but I don't think so now.

[stemturtle]

Sphyrna18, I admire your courage for identifying the lizards.
The yellow figure with black spots (bottom row, second from right) appears to have only 4 toes on its front feet.
It is very likely a salamander, rather than a lizard. Perhaps it is a generalized fire salamander. I do not own the figure.

[stargatedalek]

The green with brown better represents an anole than an iguana, and on its right appears to be a generic chameleon. Right from there I'd say a generic gecko, and far top right above the frilled lizard appears to be a tiliqua rugosa, although no subspecies in particular matches it. There seems to be some definite variation in quality between these lizards so there's probably a few brands represented here.

[sphyrna18]

Sphyrna18, I admire your courage for identifying the lizards.
The yellow figure with black spots (bottom row, second from right) appears to have only 4 toes on its front feet.
It is very likely a salamander, rather than a lizard. Perhaps it is a generalized fire salamander. I do not own the figure.

Thank you Stemturtle.  I was thinking the same thing.  It's definitely a salamander; in hand, it looks like it may make a good candidate for a custom tiger salamander as well, but I haven't tried yet.  Do you happen to know even the family of the yellow/tan lizard with the black stripes at the top of the picture? At first glance, I thought it was a really bad monitor, but in hand, it's very definitely not; it's actually a rather accurate representation of a ..... and that's where I'm drawing a blank.  I can see the real lizard in my head, but I can't for the life of me put a name to it.... it's been driving me a little nuts.

Stargatedalek - I think you may be on to something about the iguana.  The figure in the picture appears to be the same mold as a figure by XX that is labelled "Common Iguana."  But I believe you are right that it may better represent a species of Anolis.  Also, the generic gecko appears to be the same mold as a figure by XX that features a different paintjob and is labelled "Leaf-toed Gecko." There are indeed at least two brands represented; one would be XX; the other is, for now, entirely nameless.

[sphyrna18]

Purple lizard represents either a Diving Lizard (Uranoscodon superciliosus) or a Collared Treerunner (Plica plica), at least in sculpt.

[stemturtle]

I do not have the yellow lizard with black bands. Sorry I can't help, Sphyrna18.
The shape reminds me of a tegu, family, Teiidae, which resembles a monitor. Tupinambis teguixin may have bands.
However, the paint makes me think of a banded gecko, Coleonyx variegatus, but the tail is too long.
Please let us know if you figure it out.

[sbell]

I do not have the yellow lizard with black bands. Sorry I can't help, Sphyrna18.
The shape reminds me of a tegu, family, Teiidae, which resembles a monitor. Tupinambis teguixin may have bands.
However, the paint makes me think of a banded gecko, Coleonyx variegatus, but the tail is too long.
Please let us know if you figure it out.

I've always wondered what that particular lizard is. I think I have the same one, in far more muted colours:



I always thought it to be a little gecko-y, but never sure what kind. Maybe the lateral picture will help?

As for the salamander, I have one of those as well, also in a more muted tone:



With these colours, it's likely a spotted or tiger salamander (but I'm not really in a position to disagree).

Either way, both of these figures are basic bin figures, but could be re-casts from some other company.

[stemturtle]

Thanks for the photos, Sbell.
The head of the lizard from that view certainly looks like a gecko. There are 1,500 possible species, so we may have to leave it at that.
Likewise, the salamander is not painted realistically to be a particular species.

[stargatedalek]

Does anyone know the species for the fish from the Safari ltd. Deep Sea toob? The figures only have common names applied to them and other than the isopod I haven't found any specific ID's for them.