Tallaganda National Park

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Tallaganda is a national park in New South Wales, Australia.

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The national park gives its name to Phallocephale tallagandensis , a species of velvet worm that is known to occur there. [1]

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References

  1. "Australian Faunal Directory". Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

Coordinates: 35°44′37″S149°28′53″E / 35.74361°S 149.48139°E / -35.74361; 149.48139