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Australian Lungfish
The Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri), also called the Queensland lungfish, is the largest of the living lungfishes and a true 'living fossil' that breathes with both gills and a lung. Native to the rivers of Queensland, Australia, it is a protected species and not part of the ornamental aquarium trade.
Dusky Butterflyfish
The Dusky Butterflyfish (Chaetodon flavirostris), traded as the black butterflyfish or 'Australian emperor butterfly', is a dark-bodied, yellow-finned marine butterflyfish from Australia. Moderately difficult — its specialized, largely corallivorous diet makes acclimation the real challenge. Needs a 300 L+ reef-aware setup.
Japanese Butterflyfish
The Japanese butterflyfish (Chaetodon nippon), a small and comparatively easy butterflyfish marked by a crescent-shaped black blotch on the rear of its body. A temperate species happiest below 26°C, omnivorous and suited to a reef-style aquarium of at least 190 L.
Brahminy Blind Snake
A tiny, worm-like blind snake spread worldwide from Asia and Africa - harmless and beneficial, eating ants and termites underground.
Halys Pit Viper
A small but widespread venomous pit viper across China - cold-hardy and farmed for its high medicinal value, though its bite is dangerous.
Chinese Beauty Snake
A large, non-venomous rat snake of southern China - the 'black-browed' beauty with four dark side bands. Hardy and a legendary rat-catcher, but fierce when startled.
Golden Python (Albino Burmese Python)
The golden 'patternless' morph of the Burmese python - a revered, wholly captive-bred albino that cannot survive in the wild. A giant, gentle snake; private keeping needs a permit in China.
Florida Snapping Turtle
The most heavily-spined of the four Chelydra subspecies - a fierce, heat-loving carnivore from Florida and Georgia. Adults are aggressive; a meat or farm turtle more than a pet.
Chinese Skink (Chinese Blue-tailed Skink)
A robust, shiny-scaled ground skink from East Asia - hardy, active, and a good candidate for a planted terrarium.
Mandarin Rat Snake
A beautifully patterned, gentle mountain rat snake from China - attractive, calm, and a rewarding intermediate colubrid.