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Hawksbill turtle

Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swimming over a coral reef. This sea turtle is critically under threat of extinction and is a protected species. It feeds mainly on sea sponges and algae, but will also eat comb jellies, jellyfish, and sea anemones. Photographed in Indonesia

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European or common sturgeon. Critically endangered. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808

FLO4614384 European or common sturgeon. Critically endangered. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808. by Donovan, Edward (1768-1837); (add.info.: European or common sturgeon. Critically endangered. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808.); © Florilegius

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Orders of reptiles: vulnerable Indian softshell turtle, Nilssonia gangetica, spectacled caiman, Caiman crocodilus, frilled-necked lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingii, common scaly foot, Pygopus lepidopudus, European glass lizard, Pseudopus apodus

6338787 Orders of reptiles: vulnerable Indian softshell turtle, Nilssonia gangetica, spectacled caiman, Caiman crocodilus, frilled-necked lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingii, common scaly foot, Pygopus lepidopudus, European glass lizard, Pseudopus apodus, common viper, Vipera berus, Physalaemus ephippifer frog, and critically endangered axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Orders of reptiles: vulnerable Indian softshell turtle, Nilssonia gangetica, spectacled caiman, Caiman crocodilus, frilled-necked lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingii, common scaly foot, Pygopus lepidopudus, European glass lizard, Pseudopus apodus, common viper, Vipera berus, Physalaemus ephippifer frog, and critically endangered axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum. Trionyx du Gange, Caiman a lunettes, Chlamydosaure de King, Bipede lepidope, Scheltopusik de Durville, Vipere comune, Crapaud ephippifer, Axolotl des Mexicains. Handcoloured steel engraving printed by F. Chardon from Achille Comte's Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Museum of Natural History, Gustave Hazard, Paris, 1854.); © Florilegius

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