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Water, land, and where they meet. Follow for photos of mosses, fish, amphibians, and more. Projects: @endangered.bsky.social, @environmentalnews.bsky.social, @invasives.bsky.social, and @aquariumkids.org.

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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 26/09/2026
Crocodylus checchiai is an extinct species of crocodile from the Miocene to Pliocene of Libya and Kenya.
Life appearance of Crocodylus checchiai from As Sahabi (Libya). The reconstruction is based on the information from literature13,14,15 updated with the complete cranium sn813/lj. Artwork by D. A. Iurino. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 25/09/2026
Agalychnis dacnicolor, the Mexican leaf frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae.
rana mexicana Agalychnis Dacnicolor o rana cara de niño (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 24/09/2026
The African red toad, or African split-skin toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. #ToadThursday
African red toad in Kenya (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 23/09/2026
The saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise is an extinct species of giant tortoise in the family Testudinidae.
Skull of Cylindraspis sp (8), skull of Cylindraspis inepta (7), skull of Cylindraspis triserrata (8). (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 22/09/2026
Boehlkea fredcochui, also known as the Cochu's blue tetra, is a species of characin.
Boehlkea fredcochui (Cochu's blue tetra) (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 22/09/2026
Two dwarf rainbowfish (Melanotaenia praecox) in an aquarium. 🐠 Photo by Anandarajkumar (CC BY-SA 3.0 license; no changes made).
Two dwarf rainbowfish (Melanotaenia praecox) in an aquarium.
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 21/09/2026
The Yangtze giant softshell turtle, also commonly known as the Red River giant softshell turtle, the Shanghai softshell turtle, the speckled softshell turtle, and Swinhoe's softshell turtle, is a critically endangered species of turtle in the family Trionychidae.
A member of rafetus caught in Đồng Mô Lake, Hà Nội, Việt Nam. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 20/09/2026
Walkerana diplosticta, also known as the spotted leaping frog, Malabar Indian frog, rufous leaf-hopper frog, and Günther's frog, is a species of frog in the family Ranixalidae.
Indirana diplosticta (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 19/09/2026
The banded corydoras or bearded catfish is a subtropical freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Corydoradinae of the family Callichthyidae.
Par av Scleromystax barbatus (hannen øverst) - A couple of Scleromystax barbatus (the male above) (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 18/09/2026
Antitrichia curtipendula is a species of feather-moss found predominantly in western North America and the western coast of Europe.
Picture taken in Commanster, Belgian High
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Antitrichia curtipendula (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 17/09/2026
The green-eyed tree frog is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadidae that occurs in the Wet Tropics of Australia.
Green-eyed Treefrog (Litoria genimaculata) female under a waterfall in the McLeod Falls/Mount Spurgeon area of Queensland, Australia. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 16/09/2026
Pogonatum urnigerum is a species of moss in the family Polytrichaceae, commonly called urn haircap.
Pogonognathum moss (Pogonatum urnigerum (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 15/09/2026
The túngara frog is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae.
tungara frog (Physalaemus pustulosus) (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 14/09/2026
The striped nothobranch is a species of freshwater fish of East Africa, belonging to the family Aplocheilidae.
1. Aphanius fasciatus, 2. Aphanius dispar, 3+4. Nothobranchius taeniopygus, 5. Micropanchax loati, 6. Epiplatys spilargyreius, 7. Epiplatys bifasciatus, 8. Lacustricola pumilus (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 13/09/2026
Campylomormyrus curvirostris is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in Africa: in the lower and middle Congo River basin in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
Campylomormyrus curvirostris (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 12/09/2026
The Central American mud turtle, also known as the narrow-bridged mud turtle, is a species of mud turtle in the Kinosternidae family endemic to Central America.
Kinosternon angustipons in captivity (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 11/09/2026
Syntrichia latifolia, formerly Tortula latifolia, and commonly known as water screw-moss, is a species of moss belonging to the family Pottiaceae.
Syntrichia latifolia (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 10/09/2026
Acestrorhynchus minimus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhynchidae, the freshwater barracudas.
Acestrorhynchus minimus (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 08/09/2026
A four-eyed fish (Anableps anableps) at the Hellabrunn Zoo, Germany. 🐠 Photo by Quartl (CC BY-SA 3.0 license; no changes made).
A four-eyed fish (Anableps anableps) at the Hellabrunn Zoo, Germany.
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 07/09/2026
The black neon tetra is a freshwater fish of the characin family (Characidae) of the order Characiformes.
Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 06/09/2026
Pristimantis silverstonei, also known as Silverstone's Robber Frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae.
Silverstone's Robber Frog (Pristimantis silverstonei) (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 05/09/2026
McCord's box turtle is a species of semi-aquatic turtle in the family Geoemydidae.
Close look of a juvenile Cuora mccordi (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 04/09/2026
Polytrichum strictum, commonly known as bog haircap moss or strict haircap, is an evergreen and perennial species of moss native to Sphagnum bogs and other moist habitats in temperate climates.
Steifblättriges Widertonmoos (Polytrichum strictum), Zingst (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 03/09/2026
The Valencia toothcarp is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Valenciidae.
Valencia toothcarp (Valencia hispanica), a species of freshwater fish in the Valenciidae family endemic to the south of Catalonia and the Valencian Community, Spain. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 02/09/2026
Ptychostomum turbinatum, also known as topshape thread-moss or pear-fruited bryum, is a species of moss found in continental Europe and the US.
Kreiselfrüchtiges Birnmoos (Bryum turbinatum), Blatt, 40x vergrößert (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 01/09/2026
Leporinus affinis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anostomidae, the toothed headstanders.
Leporinus fasciatus (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 31/08/2026
Semaprochilodus brama is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Prochilodontidae, the bocachicos or flannel-mouth characiformes.
Prochilodus brama Cuv. Val. = Semaprochilodus brama (Valenciennes, 1850) (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 30/08/2026
The great barred frog is an Australian ground-dwelling frog of the genus Mixophyes.
Great Barred Frog (Mixophyes fasciolatus) in Australia (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 29/08/2026
Limia melanogaster, the black-bellied or blue limia, is a poeciliid fish from Jamaica.
Limie tříbarvá (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 29/08/2026
A small poeciliid (Fluviphylax sp.). 🐠 Photo by Clinton & Charles Robertson (CC BY 2.0 license; no changes made).
A small poeciliid (Fluviphylax sp.).
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 28/08/2026
Nymphaea lukei is a species of waterlily endemic to Western Australia.
Nymphaea lukei. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 28/08/2026
Dendropsophus joannae is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.
Photo of Dendropsophus joannae, a species endemic to Bolivia (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 25/08/2026
The Burmese eyed turtle, also known as the Bengal eyed terrapin, Burmese peacock turtle or swamp turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae of southern Asia, commonly found in Myanmar. #TerrapinTuesday
Burmese eyed turtle. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 23/08/2026
The Indian black turtle or Indian pond terrapin is a species of medium-sized freshwater turtle found in South Asia.
Indian black turtle. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 22/08/2026
Anatolichthys danfordii, the Kızılırmak toothcarp or Sultan Sazlığı toothcarp, is a species of killifish belonging to the family Aphaniidae.
Kızılırmak toothcarp at Berlin Aquarium, showing sexual dimorphism (male right, female left) (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 21/08/2026
D'Orbigny's slider also commonly known as the black-bellied slider, and in Brazil as tartaruga-tigre or tartaruga-tigre-d'água, is a species of water turtle in the family Emydidae.
D'Orbigny's slider turtle (Trachemys dorbignyi dorbignyi) (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 20/08/2026
Ophioglossum azoricum, the small adder's-tongue fern or lesser adder's-tongue fern, is a small fern of the family Ophioglossaceae.
Ophioglossum azoricum — Small adder's-tongue fern.  
In coastal grassland, Dooncarton, County Mayo, Ireland (June 2011). (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 19/08/2026
Ranitomeya benedicta, sometimes called the blessed poison frog, is a species of poison dart frogs found in the lowland rainforest of the Pampas del Sacramento in southern Loreto and eastern San Martín Region, northeastern Peru.
Il s'agit d'une Ranitomeya benedicta m'appartenant, née en captivité. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 18/08/2026
The yacare caiman, also known commonly as the jacare caiman, Paraguayan caiman, piranha caiman, red caiman, and southern spectacled caiman, is a species of caiman, a crocodilian in the family Alligatoridae.
Yacare caiman (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 17/08/2026
The clown killi or banded panchax, is a species of fish in the family Nothobranchiidae, an African rivuline, native to fresh water habitats in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in West Africa.
Adult, male specimen of Clown killi, also called Banded panchax (Epiplatys annulatus). (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 16/08/2026
Sachatamia orejuela is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae.
Sachatamia orejuela. Species of amphpbian. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 15/08/2026
A longnose batfish (Ogcocephalus corniger) 🐠 Photo by Betty Wills (Atsme) (CC BY-SA 4.0 license; no changes made).
A longnose batfish (Ogcocephalus corniger)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 14/08/2026
Acnodon oligacanthus, the slender pacu, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Serrasalmidae, which includes the pacus and piranhas. #FishFriday
Acnodon oligacanthus (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 13/08/2026
The bog turtle, also known commonly as Muhlenberg's turtle, is a critically endangered species of semiaquatic turtle in the family Emydidae. #TurtleThursday
Bog Turtle, Glyptemys muhlenbergii (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 12/08/2026
The Central Asian tortoise, also commonly known as the Afghan tortoise, the steppe tortoise, the Russian tortoise, Horsfield's tortoise, the four-clawed tortoise, the four-toed tortoise, the Russian steppe tortoise, the Soviet tortoise, is a threatened species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae.
Testudo horsfieldii (Agrionemys horsfieldii). Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 11/08/2026
Rhaebo glaberrimus is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.
Rhaebo glaberrimus (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 10/08/2026
Xiphophorus continens, also known as El Quince swordtail or short-sword platyfish, is a live-bearing freshwater fish in the family Poeciliidae.
500px provided description: Xiphophorus continens, not yet completely full-grown, I think. At least I would expect a mini-"sword"of 1mm or so at the male's tail. This is the dominant male and the coloration is much more clearly developed as compared to the other male. 

Forgive the mediocre image quality... [#fish ,#aquarium ,#freshwater ,#zierfisch ,#ornamental fish ,#Aquarium ,#Fisch ,#S??wasser ,#Zierfisch ,#El Quince Swordfish ,#xiphophorus continens ,#lebendgeb?rende zierfische ,#wildform ,#el quince schwerttr?ger ,#nachzucht ,#livebearer ,#lebendgeb?rende zahnkarpfen ,#lebendgebarende zahnkarpfen ,#poeciliidae] (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 08/08/2026
The glass headstander is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Characidae.
Charax gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) 583664250 (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 07/08/2026
The false map turtle is a species of turtle endemic to the United States.
False map turtle (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 07/08/2026
The agile frog is a European frog in the genus Rana of the true frog family, Ranidae.
Agile frog (Rana dalmatina), Golovec forrest, Slovenia. Size around 5 cm. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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