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Photo: A male crowned river turtle, Hardella thurjii, at Prague Zoo. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN. This turtle is native to the Ganges river system in India.

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A male crowned river turtle, Hardella thurjii, at Prague Zoo. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN. This turtle is native to the Ganges river system in India. It is the only species of turtle to lay its eggs in the water. Its shell is ground up and used as an aphrodisiac

Photo: A male crowned river turtle, Hardella thurjii, at Prague Zoo. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN. This turtle is native to the Ganges river system in India.

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A male crowned river turtle, Hardella thurjii, at Prague Zoo. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN. This turtle is native to the Ganges river system in India. It is the only species of turtle to lay its eggs in the water. Its shell is ground up and used as an aphrodisiac

Photo: A male crowned river turtle, Hardella thurjii, at Prague Zoo. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN. This turtle is native to the Ganges river system in India.

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A male crowned river turtle, Hardella thurjii, at Prague Zoo. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN. This turtle is native to the Ganges river system in India. It is the only species of turtle to lay its eggs in the water. Its shell is ground up and used as an aphrodisiac

Photo: A male crowned river turtle, Hardella thurjii, at Prague Zoo. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN. This turtle is native to the Ganges river system in India.

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A male crowned river turtle, Hardella thurjii, at Prague Zoo. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN. This turtle is native to the Ganges river system in India. It is the only species of turtle to lay its eggs in the water. Its shell is ground up and used as an aphrodisiac

Photo: A male and female critically endangered red-crowned roof turtle (Batagur kachuga) at the Kukrail Gharial and Turtle Rehabilitation Centre in Lucknow, Upper Pradesh, India.

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A male and female critically endangered red-crowned roof turtle (Batagur kachuga) at the Kukrail Gharial and Turtle Rehabilitation Centre in Lucknow, Upper Pradesh, India. The male is one-third the size of the female, and there are less than 500 breeding adult animals left in the wild.

Picture of a radiated ratsnake (Coelognathus radiatus) at the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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A radiated ratsnake (Coelognathus radiatus) at the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Photo: Checkered keelback or Asiatic water snake (Xenochrophis piscator) at Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden, Ahmedabad, India.

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Checkered keelback or Asiatic water snake (Xenochrophis piscator) at Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden, Ahmedabad, India.

Photo: Himalayan wolf, Canis lupus himalayensis, at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

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Himalayan wolf, Canis lupus himalayensis, at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

Photo: A female Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus himalayensis) at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

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A female Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus himalayensis) at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

Photo: A male and female Cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii) at the Conservation Breeding Center for Pheasants and Herbivores in Kurseong, West Bengal, India.

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A male and female Cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii) at the Conservation Breeding Center for Pheasants and Herbivores in Kurseong, West Bengal, India. This center is operated by Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. The male pheasant has more color around the eye and prominant crest feathers.

Photo: A male cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii) at the Conservation Breeding Center for Pheasants and Herbivores in Kurseong, West Bengal, India.

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A male cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii) at the Conservation Breeding Center for Pheasants and Herbivores in Kurseong, West Bengal, India. This center is operated by Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.

Photo: A male cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii) at the Conservation Breeding Center for Pheasants and Herbivores in Kurseong, West Bengal, India.

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A male cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii) at the Conservation Breeding Center for Pheasants and Herbivores in Kurseong, West Bengal, India. This center is operated by Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.

Photo: Tenebrosus pheasant (Phasianus colchicus var. (mut.) tenebrosus, at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

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Tenebrosus pheasant (Phasianus colchicus var. (mut.) tenebrosus, at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

Photo: Tenebrosus pheasant (Phasianus colchicus var. (mut.) tenebrosus, at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

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Tenebrosus pheasant (Phasianus colchicus var. (mut.) tenebrosus, at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

Photo: Tenebrosus pheasant (Phasianus colchicus var. (mut.) tenebrosus, at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

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Tenebrosus pheasant (Phasianus colchicus var. (mut.) tenebrosus, at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

Photo: Tenebrosus pheasant (Phasianus colchicus var. (mut.) tenebrosus, at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

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Tenebrosus pheasant (Phasianus colchicus var. (mut.) tenebrosus, at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

Photo: A male golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

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A male golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

Photo: A male golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

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A male golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

Photo: Western plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator) Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

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Western plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator) Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

Photo: Western plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator) Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

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Western plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator) Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

Photo: Western plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator) Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

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Western plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator) Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

Photo: A Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

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A Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

Photo: A federally endangered, female Himalayan goral (Naemorhedus goral) at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling, India.

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A federally endangered, female Himalayan goral (Naemorhedus goral) at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling, India.

Photo: Himalayan pit viper (Ancistrodon himalayanus) at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

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Himalayan pit viper (Ancistrodon himalayanus) at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

Photo: Himalayan pit viper (Ancistrodon himalayanus) at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

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Himalayan pit viper (Ancistrodon himalayanus) at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.

Photo: A male Himalayan blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur nayaur) at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling, India.

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A male Himalayan blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur nayaur) at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling, India.

Photo: Copper-headed trinket snake, Coeglanathus radiatus, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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Copper-headed trinket snake, Coeglanathus radiatus, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Photo: Copper-headed trinket snake, Coeglanathus radiatus, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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Copper-headed trinket snake, Coeglanathus radiatus, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Photo: Copper-headed trinket snake, Coeglanathus radiatus, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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Copper-headed trinket snake, Coeglanathus radiatus, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Photo: Green cat snake, Boiga cyena, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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Green cat snake, Boiga cyena, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Photo: Green cat snake, Boiga cyena, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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Green cat snake, Boiga cyena, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Photo: Indian rat snake, Ptyas mucosus, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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Indian rat snake, Ptyas mucosus, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Photo: Indian rat snake, Ptyas mucosus, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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Indian rat snake, Ptyas mucosus, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Photo: Indian rat snake, Ptyas mucosus, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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Indian rat snake, Ptyas mucosus, at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Photo: An ornate flying snake, Chrysopelea ornata ornatissima, at the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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An ornate flying snake, Chrysopelea ornata ornatissima, at the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Photo: Joel shows an image to a group during a Photo Ark shoot inside the reptile house at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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Joel shows an image to a group during a Photo Ark shoot inside the reptile house at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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