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California Newt – Signed Fine Art Print
Fine art illustration of a California Newt (Taricha torosa.)Â
Information about the California Newt:
The California Newt is a small amphibian native to the California coastline and in the Sierra Nevada. The are roughly 5-8 inches long. They are divided into two subspecies: the Sierra Newt and the Coastal Range Newt. During the non-breeding season the newts are land dwelling, preferring rock crevices and the undersides of rotting logs. While breeding, the newt prefers slow moving pools in coastal streams. Like other members of the genus the Taricha's glands in the skin secrete the potent neurotoxin tetrodotoxin, which is hundreds of times more toxic than cyanide. Due to this poison the California newt has few natural predators. To combat this toxicity some species of Garter snakes have developed a genetic resistance the newt's tetrodotoxin. The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality: • Paper thickness: 10.3 mil • Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²) • Opacity: 94% Buy a Digital Download
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California Praying Mantis – Signed Fine Art Print
Information about the California Praying Mantis:
The California Praying Mantis - or California Mantis - is member of family Mantidae. They are very slender and grow to about 5/8-5 7/8 inches long (15-150 mm) They are native to the chaparral, deserts, scrublands and dry coastal areas of the Western United States from Texas and Colorado, west to California. The are formidable predators of other insects, including flies, bees, wasps, butterflies, caterpillars which they tear apart using their strong mouthparts. They are also very quick in their attacks, and their victims are often unaware of the presence of the mantis, which will sit motionless unless the prey comes into range. They are the only insect that is able to turn its head. The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality: • Paper thickness: 10.3 mil • Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²) • Opacity: 94% Buy a Digital Download
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California Red-Legged Frog – Signed Fine Art Print
Information about the California Red-Legged Frog:
The California Red-Legged Frog is a medium to large sized amphibian. It is found almost exclusively in the state of California. The are generally found in the foothills of the Northern and Southern Sierras as well as the Coastal Range. Due to habitat destruction they are considered threatened and in some of their traditional range they have disappeared. They are the frogs described in Mark Twain's short story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality: • Paper thickness: 10.3 mil • Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²) • Opacity: 94% Buy a Digital Download
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California Red-Sided Garter Snake – Signed Fine Art Print
Information about the California Red-Sided Garter Snake:
The California Red-Sided Garter snake is a non-venomous reptile native to much of the northern, central and southern coastal regions of California, and up the coast into Oregon and Washington. Adults can grow up to about 55 inches long, but usually they are about 36 inches or smaller. This snake is mostly active during the daylight hours. While this snake has no venom, when handled it can emit a foul musky odor and bite. Like other garter snakes it feeds on smaller amphibians, fish, birds, and their eggs, small mammals, other reptiles, and small invertebrates like earthworms, slugs, and leeches. It can be found in a wide variety of habitats including mixed forests, grasslands, chaparral, open fields near farmlands usually near a pond, stream or marsh. The snake is an excellent swimmer and will often use water to escape when threatened.The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality:
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California Sea Hare – Signed Fine Art Print
Information about the California Sea Hare:
The California Sea Hare - also called the California sea slug is a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the sea hare family, Aplysiidae. This species is found on the Pacific coast of California, United States, and northwestern Mexico (including the Gulf of California). Aplysia inhabit the photic zone to graze on algae, mainly the intertidial and sub-littoral zones. The maximum length recorded for the California sea hare is 30 inches (75 cm) when crawling and thus fully extended, although most adult specimens are half this size or smaller.The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality:
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California Sea Lion – Signed Fine Art Print
Information about the California Sea Lion:
The California Sea Lion is a coastal pinniped native to the western parts of North America. These intelligent animals are very adaptable and highly trainable. They are often used in circuses and zoos, and although they are often labeled seals, they are not actually seals but rather a member of the same family. California Sea Lions are large animals and males can grow to weigh over 600 pounds and eight feet in length. Females are smaller and usually lighter in color. Sea Lions feed on fish and squid mostly, but will also eat shelled animals like clams. Their numbers are abundant and in some areas even on the rise. The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality: • Paper thickness: 10.3 mil • Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²) • Opacity: 94% Buy a Digital Download
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California Seagull – Signed Fine Art Print
Information about the California Sea Gull:
The California Gull is a medium-sized gull. They are migratory, most moving to the Pacific coast in winter. These birds forage in flight or pick up objects while swimming, walking or wading. They mainly eat insects, fish and eggs. They also scavenge at garbage dumps or docks. They may follow plows in fields for insects stirred up by this activity. At one time it held protected status in California due to species decline, but it has rebounded and now has a stable population. It is the official bird of the state of Utah. The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality: • Paper thickness: 10.3 mil • Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²) • Opacity: 94% Buy a Digital Download
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California Sheephead – Signed Fine Art Print
Information about the California Sheephead:
The California Sheephead are native to the kelp forests and open, rocky areas of the Pacific Ocean off the coastline of the US. They are sexually dimorphic, which means their are physical differences between males and females; the females are smaller than the males and are without the distinctive coloration of the males and their bands of red and black with white bellies. Sheephead have powerful jaws used to pry animals from rocks, usually crustaceans or other hard bodied invertebrates. Their teeth are then used to grind up the animal. They are active during the day and usually retreat into a rock crevice during the night. These large fish were once plentiful, but overfishing has caused their number to plummet, and there is now restrictions on how many can be caught. All sheephead are born female, but change their gender as they age. How this process works and why the fish has developed this way is unknown.The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality:
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California Sister Butterfly – Signed Fine Art Print
Information about the California Sister Butterfly:
The California Sister Butterfly - so named for it's black and white coloring resembling a nuns habit - is a member of the genus Adelpha. These insects are native to the woodlands of California northwards up into Oregon. Generally, these butterflies prefer to feed on fallen fruit instead of suckling nectar. They're often found on damp mud getting a drink of water. They are large with a wingspan of about 3-4 inches. The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality: • Paper thickness: 10.3 mil • Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²) • Opacity: 94% Buy a Digital Download
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California Slender Salamander – Signed Fine Art Print
Fine art illustration of a California Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus.)
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California Spiny Lobster – Signed Fine Art Print
Fine art illustration of a California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus.)
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California Swell Shark – Signed Fine Art Print
Information about the California Swell Shark:
The California Swell Shark - also called the Balloon Shark or simply Swellshark - is native to the continental sea shelves, kelp forests and shallow inshore reefs, sometimes wedged into a rock crevice during the day emerging at night to hunt for food such as small bony fish, crustaceans, and mollusks. They are not dangerous to humans, and will avoid contact with divers by remaining in their hiding spots, even swelling up to make sure they are not dislodged. This defense of inflating itself to become larger is also useful in avoiding predators, making them too large for some predators to attack. The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality: • Paper thickness: 10.3 mil • Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²) • Opacity: 94% Buy a Digital Download
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