| Many species are semiaquatic, frequenting streamside and spring habitats throughout their lives. |
| The Lake Erie water snake, for example, is a semiaquatic reptile dependent entirely on specialized western Lake Erie island habitat. |
| Turtles of the genus Terrapene belong to the Emyidae, a family comprising chiefly aquatic and semiaquatic species. |
| In Moreton Bay the semiaquatic fern called bungwall was the mainstay of local tribes. |
| Wild mink are semiaquatic and obtain most of their food near the water's edge. |
| They include the extraordinary bill of the platypus, an egg-laying semiaquatic mammal from Australia. |
