BioSnippet definition

‘BioSnippet’ is an Environment and Resources Authority initiative, launched in 2016 on the International Day for Biological Diversity. Its aim is to educate the public through the dissemination of interesting information on local biodiversity. ’Biological diversity’, or ‘biodiversity’ in short, is a term used to collectively refer to the variety of life on Earth, together with the ecological systems they form part of.

Species BioSnippets
(1) Maltese wall lizard(2) Mediterranean thyme(3) Maltese freshwater crab
(4) Shrubby kidney vetch(5) Ocellated skink(6) Maltese salt tree
(7) Bear's breeches(8) Spineless caper(9) Sandarac gum tree
(10) Olive tree(11) Sea holly(12) Aleppo pine
(13) Holm oak(14) Wild artichoke(15) Spanish broom
(16) Sea daffodil(17) Algerian hedgehog(18) Noble pen shell
(19) Neptune seagrass(20) Mediterranean chameleon(21) Maltese cliff-orache
(22) Maltese rock-centaury(23) Blue rock-thrush(24) Mediterranean heath
(25) Western whip snake(26) Sand bindweed(28) Common ivy
(30) Lobed orb-weaver(31) Mediterranean killifish(32) Maltese top-shell
(33) Maghrebian mouse-eared bat(34) Bottlenose dolphin(35) Painted frog
(36) Scopoli's shearwater(38) Scarlet darter(39) Maltese waterwort
(40) Loggerhead turtle(41) Yelkouan shearwater(43) Maltese everlasting
(44) Maltese toadflax(45) Mediterranean storm-petrel(46) Golden samphire
(47) Snakelocks anemone(48) Twiggy glasswort(49) Leopard snake
(50) Maltese hyoseris(51) European rabbit(52) Fig tree
(53) Cat snake(54) Southern dwarf iris(55) Maltese dwarf hawksbeard
(56) Maltese pyramidal orchid(57) Maltese spider orchid(58) Sicilian shrew
(59) Almond tree(60) Oriental hornet(61) Maltese honeybee

Habitats BioSnippets
(27) Garrigue(29) Maquis(37) Wetlands
(42) Cliffs & screes

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