Bed-jacket vs Pygmy Snaketail

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Ophiogomphus howei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket Pygmy Snaketail
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Insecta (Insects)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Odonata (Odonata)
Family Sapindaceae Gomphidae
Genus Alectryon Ophiogomphus
Species Alectryon tomentosus Ophiogomphus howei

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Pygmy Snaketail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket Pygmy Snaketail
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Pygmy Snaketail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Pygmy Snaketail

No description available.

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