Name that critter

[AnimalToyForum]

A new game - Name that critter Here's a picture of an obscure animal species. The challenge is to identify it. Whoever can name it can then post a picture of another obscure species to be identified. And so on...

[brontodocus]

Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana. _{Hehe, I have the Kaiyodo figure of that one...}

Just wait, I'll have a new one within a few minutes...

Edit: Okay, I've got one...

[AnimalToyForum]

I do believe that is the business end of a Mexican mole lizard, Bipes biporus. I had to do a bit of research on this one though! Here it is, weird indeed!:


I feel we are all going to learn something from this thread!

And a new one:

[sbell]

And a new one:

Cycad weevil! Antliarhis zamia

now a weird one...

[AnimalToyForum]

Correct! Hose-nosed cycad weevil. Appropriate name. 

As for the next one, I couldn't tell you what class it belongs to, let alone what species! Would you have a larger picture perhaps?

[sbell]

Correct! Hose-nosed cycad weevil. Appropriate name. 

As for the next one, I couldn't tell you what class it belongs to, let alone what species! Would you have a larger picture perhaps?

I can't seem to find a larger one (yet), but this might be clearer:

[AnimalToyForum]

It's a type of pipefish isn't it. But what species...that I must find out.

[sbell]

It's a type of pipefish isn't it. But what species...that I must find out.

It's not though! It's even weirder than that.

[Varanus]

Snipe eel!


Here's one:

[AnimalToyForum]

Good work on the snipe eel, Varanus, that one had me stumped!

I recognised your critter as a gull, but couldn't say what species. Until, that is, I saw the name in the .jpg URL. oops. I hereby disqualify myself  from this round 

[AnimalToyForum]

All right, all right! It's a Thayer's gull, Larus thayeri. 

This next one would be equally at home in the creatures that give you heebie jeebies thread 

[Jetoar]

A spider with a shield in his abdomen  .

[brontodocus]

Hmm, I guess we have to be more specific - it's a trapdoor spider (family Ctenizidae) of the genus Cyclocosmia, possibly C. ricketti. They use the rear end of their opisthosome to close their burrows.

Okay, this one is one of the most famous among its relatives and has a vernacular name that's as catchy as the animal itself so it shouldn't be hard... :

[Jetoar]

In Spain, the name of this animal is Spanish dancer  .

[brontodocus]

In Spain, the name of this animal is Spanish dancer  .

Yes, that's it!
Now it's your turn!

[Jetoar]

Ok  this is one of my favorite insects



Any idea  .

[Ana]

Well, maybe I'm not into insects but isn't it Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia)?

If yes, here is the picture to guess

[brontodocus]

Oh, that's a Huon Tree Kangaroo, Dendrolagus matschiei!

Okay, what species do we have here?

[Jetoar]

Well, maybe I'm not into insects but isn't it Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia)?

If yes, here is the picture to guess

Sorry but your answer is incorrect friend  . It is not Saturnia pavonia

[Ana]

@Jetoar Oh, then I truly have no idea Ok, I think I found it, it must be Great peacock moth yes? (Saturnia pyri)

@Brontodocus I couldn't find these frogs anywhere at all. But they really look amazing And yes, the name of kangaroo species is correct