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Vibrant Hisser
Princisia vanwaerebeki
Princisia vanwaerebeki, commonly known as the vibrant hisser, is a large, flightless species of hissing cockroach in the family Blaberidae, and the only member of the genus Princisia. It is endemic to southeastern Madagascar, and sometimes seen in the pet trade.
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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 703535.