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Onchestus
Onchestus rentzi is an Australian species of stick insect, commonly named the Crowned stick insect, described in 2006. It lives in rainforests along the coast of Queensland and the Northern Territory. It is named after the Australian orthopterist David Rentz.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Crowned Stick Insect
speciesOnchestus rentzi
Gorgon Stick Insect
speciesOnchestus gorgus
Onchestus ripperae
speciesOnchestus ripperae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 337442.