The taipans are snakes of the genus Oxyuranus in the elapid family. They are large, fast-moving, highly venomous, and endemic to Australasia. There are currently three recognised species, one of which, the coastal taipan, has two subspecies. The taipans are considered some of the deadliest known snakes.
Colosteus is an extinct genus of colosteid tetrapod from the Late Carboniferous of Ohio. Its remains have been found at the Linton site in Saline Township, Ohio, where it is one of the most common tetrapods, and at the Five Points site in Mahoning County, Ohio. It was an elongate, aquatic form with a flattened and pointed head, greatly reduced limbs, two premaxillary tusks, and heavy scalation. It would have reached about 1 m (3.2 ft) in length.
Gonipterus gibberus is a species of weevil in the family Curculionidae. It is commonly known as the eucalyptus snout beetle, the eucalyptus weevil or the gum tree weevil. It feeds and breeds on Eucalyptus trees and is endemic to Australia.
Gonipterus scutellatus is a species of weevil in the family Curculionidae. It is commonly known as the eucalyptus snout beetle, the eucalyptus weevil or the gum tree weevil. It feeds and breeds on Eucalyptus trees and is endemic to Australia.
The coastal taipan, or common taipan, is a species of large, extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to the coastal regions of northern and eastern Australia and the island of New Guinea. According to most toxicological studies, this species is the third-most venomous land snake in the world after the Inland taipan and Eastern brown snake based on its murine LD50.
Monochamus scutellatus, commonly known as the white-spotted sawyer or spruce sawyer, is a common wood-boring beetle found throughout North America. It is a species native to North America.
Stenopus scutellatus, commonly known as the gold coral banded shrimp or golden coral shrimp, is a boxer shrimp, a shrimp-like decapod crustacean belonging to the family Stenopodidae. It is found in suitable habitats in the western Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea.
Scutelarin is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
Phrissomini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the Lamiinae subfamily. It was described by Thomson in 1860.
Megalobrimus is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Anaphes nitens is a species of fairyfly, a chalcid wasp in the family Mymaridae. Native to Australia, it is an egg parasitoid of the gum tree snout beetle, a pest of Eucalyptus trees, and has been used in biological pest control of that species.
Panegyrtes scutellatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 1995. It is known from Brazil.
Megalobrimus annulicornis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1959. It is known from Tanzania.
Megalobrimus densegranulatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1969. It is known from Cameroon.
Megalobrimus parvus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1969. It is known from Cameroon.
Megalobrimus granulipennis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1954. It is known from Tanzania.
Megalobrimus ingranulatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1936. It is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Megalobrimus lettowvorbecki is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Kriesche in 1923. It is known from Tanzania.
Acanthodactylus scutellatus or Nidua fringe-fingered lizard is a species of lizard found in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Mauritania.
Perochirus scutellatus, also known as the shielded tropical gecko or atoll giant gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. It is endemic to Micronesia.
