Banded Sea Snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Banded sea snake Laticauda colubrina Description: Smooth-scaled snake that is a pale shade of blue...
Banded sea snake Laticauda colubrina Description: Smooth-scaled snake that is a pale shade of blue...
Saw-scaled viper Echis carinatus Description: Color is light buff with shades of brown, dull red,...
Russell’s viper Vipera russellii Description: Light brown body with three rows of dark brown or...
Puff adder Bitis arietans Description: Yellowish, light brown, or orange with chevron-shaped dark brown or...
Palestinian viper Vipera palaestinae Description: Olive to rusty brown with a dark V-shaped mark on...
McMahon’s viper Eristicophis macmahonii Description: Sandy buff color dominates the body, with darker brown spots...
Habu Pit Viper Naja haje Description: Yellowish, dark brown, or black uniform top with brown...
Ticks are in the same family as spiders and hence share some characteristics with them (e.g. like spiders, Ticks have…
Wasps and hornets Description: The Wasp, or Hornet (also known as Dirt Daubers, Mud Daubers,...
Bee Description: Bees are flying insects with brown or black, hairy, fuzz-covered bodies (the hair...
Castor bean, castor-oil plant, palma Christi Ricinus communis Spurge (Euphorbiaceae) Family Description: The castor bean...
Wild pistachio (Pistacia species) Wild Pistachio plants can grow as shrubs or trees up to...
Wild desert gourd or colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis) The wild desert gourd (also known as Bitter...
Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia species) The Prickly Pear (or Paddle) cactus has flat, padlike stems...
Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana and other species) The common persimmon trees (also known as American Persimmon,...
Orach (Atriplex species) The edible Orach plant (also known as Saltbush, Garden Orache, Red Orache,...
Mango (Mangifera indica) The Mango tree may reach 34-40 meters (115-130 feet) in height with...
Fishtail palm (Caryota urens) Fishtail palms are large trees, at least 18 meters (60 feet)...
Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) The date palm is a tall, unbranched tree with a crown...
Common jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) The common jujube is either a deciduous tree growing to a...
Cattail (Typha latifolia) Cattails (also known as Bulrush, Common Bulrush, Broadleaf Cattail, Common Cattail, Great...
Carob Tree (Ceratonia siliqua) This large tree has a spreading crown. Its leaves are compound...