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For their permanent inhabitants, which spend most of their lives on bare and saline grounds, the Sečovlje salt-pans are not particularly hospitable. This means that small mammals, in contrast to their larger relatives, cannot avoid numerous inconvenience
This means that small mammals, in contrast to their larger relatives, cannot avoid numerous inconveniences here. The pans are inhabited by the Lesser White-toothed Shrew, Eastern European Hedgehog, House Mouse, Harvest Mouse, Black Rat and Pygmy White-toothed Shrew. Some rare bat species, however, have been observed here as well. 
BEE
Tetraloniella nana
During the summer, the bees Tetraloniella nana can be observed on the salt-pan levees, visiting the mallow flowers.
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BLACK SNAKE
Hierophis viridiflavus carbonarius
This snake is the black subspecies of Dark Green Snake Hierophis viridiflavus.
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BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
The Brown Hare is a true master of survival. Modest, adaptable and tenacious as it is, it is always able to find, thanks to its vigilance and cautiousness, a safe little place and to escape safely.
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DIGGER WASP
Sphex rufocinctus
This wasp digs some 10 cm deep burrow in the ground. With its legs, it sweeps away the dug out soil, to prevent the heap of soil betraying its nest to the predators.
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DIMORPHOPTERUS
Dimorphopterus blissoides
This bug species, which is otherwise distributed in the eastern Mediterranean, can be in our country observed only at Sečovlje salt-pans.
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ITALIAN WALL LIZARD
Podarcis sicula campestris
This lizard lives in the entire area of the Sečovlje Salina.
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MEDITERRANEAN SLANT-FACED GRASSHOPPER
Acrida ungarica
In Slovenia, this grasshopper is distributed from the coast to Kraški rob and, at places, even across it, e.g. Podgorski Kras.
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MUD DAUBER
Sceliphron cementarium
These wasps build the brood cells of their nests of moist mud gathered along the water. They attach them to different surfaces, such as rocks, branches and buildings.
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RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
It is said that poets have attributed all human infamous weaknesses and character defects to this cunning red-haired animal.
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ROE DEER
Capreolus capreolus
This gracious and timid deer is known, as a representative of different races, all over Europe.
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SALINA BEE
Pseudapis bispinosa
On the levees between the pans’ salt-fields one can see entrances to the burrows of Salina Bees, which dig their nests in the ground.
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SHOREBUG
Halosalda lateralis
The banks of pools or basins and the grounds slightly saturated with water are the natural sites of Shorebugs, which during their restless running look for prey with their big eyes.
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SPIDER CICADA
Caliscelis wallengreni
The reeds along the pans’ margins are inhabited by the Spider Cicada, whose leaf-like thickened forelegs remind us of spiders’ legs.
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