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Giant Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma asio), family Phrynosomatidae, Oaxaca, Mexico

Titicaca Water Frog (Telmatobius culeus), family Telmatobiidae, endemic to the Lake Titicaca Basin of Bolivia and Peru.

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This species lives in a relatively cold low oxygen environment, and has skin folds that help it to absorb as much oxygen as it can from the water.

This species is sometimes called the "Chilean Water Frog", but so is another species.

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Yes, sandgrouse deserve more love!

Here are 8 species for you.

Sandgrouse have been placed in the galliforms (pheasants and grouses) and columbiforms (doves and pigeons), but are now in their own order.

They may be closely related to the Charadriiformes or the Columbiformes.

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata), family Pteroclidae, order Pterocliformes, Middle East

photographs by Tomás Martins & Moshe Ben Artzi

Painted Sandgrouse (Pterocles indicus), family Pteroclidae, order Pterocliformes, India

Photographs by Bhanudas Chavan & Pompi Bera

Burchell's Sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli), B - male, T - female, family Pteroclidae, order Pterocliformes, South Africa

Photographs by Derek Keats

Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis), family Pteroclidae, order Pterocliformes, Southern Africa

photographs by Yathin S Krishnappa & Mans Booysen

Crowned Sandgrouse (Pterocles coronatus), family Pteroclidae, order Pterocliformes, Morocco

photograph by Francesco Veronesi

Namaqua Sandgrouse (Pterocles namaqua), B - male, T - female, family Pteroclidae, order Pterocliformes, Namibia

photograph by Yathin SK

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus), T - male, B - female, family Pteroclidae, order Pterocliformes, India

photograph by Tisha Mukherjee 

Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis), L - male, R - female, family Pteroclidae, order Pterocliformes, Canary Islands, Spain