View allAll Photos Tagged GreenLizard
Lizards are reptilian, often four-legged, cold-blooded, with an integumentary system comprising scales, with a skull composed of quadrate bones. Lizards also possess external ears and movable eyelids. Encompassing forty families, there is tremendous variety in color, appearance and size. Many lizards can change color in response to their environments or in times of stress. This is the Ocellated Lizard , a genus of lizard sometimes regarded as a subgenus of Lacerta, both of which belong to the family of Lacertidae, the wall lizards.
My son noitice this little fellow between one of the rocks of Punta Chiappa.
De parelhagedis (Timon lepidus) is de grootste Europese hagedis uit de familie echte hagedissen. De parelhagedis kan bijna een meter lang worden inclusief staart en is dan vaak erg zwaar en fors. Er zijn ruim 3000 verschillende soorten hagedissen, die meestal hetzelfde bouwplan volgen: een lange staart, vier gebogen poten, waardoor de buik over de grond sleept, en een kenmerkende schedel. De vorm en de plaatsing van de neusgaten, gehoororganen en ogen is onmiskenbaar. M'n zoon zag deze zitten tussen de rotsen van Punta Chiappa.
possibly a young male, given the swollen base of the tail and the hint of blue on the throat, but could be an atypical female perhaps.
In the early 1950s, the U.S. Navy faced the need for a jet-powered replacement for the large, piston-engined AD-1 Skyraiders. In response, the renowned aircraft designer Edward "Ed" Heinemann and his team at the Douglas Aircraft Company crafted the revolutionary A-4 Skyhawk. This highly versatile aircraft, with its innovative design, quickly became a staple in the world of military aviation at the time. It's worth noting that Douglas Aircraft Company had a penchant for names with "Sky" for their military aircraft.
The Skyhawk's key feature was its small delta-shaped wing. This unique design, with a wingspan of only 27.5 feet (8.4m), allowed the aircraft to be stored on hangar decks without the need for folding wings. The elimination of heavy and complex wing-folding mechanisms saved weight and made the A-4 Skyhawk a versatile and popular choice for many air forces worldwide, including those of Argentina, Israel, Kuwait, and other countries.
The A-4 Skyhawk, a true workhorse, played a pivotal role in Vietnam combat missions. All ordnance and extra fuel were carried externally on racks underneath the wings and central fuselage. The Skyhawk could also be configured as a "buddy tanker," Refueling other aircraft in flight. Seven squadrons flew Skyhawks from Intrepid during her three combat deployments to Vietnam between 1966 and 1969.
Typical Skyhawk missions were lightly armed surveillance and heavily loaded strikes on strategic targets. Some significant strikes on higher priority targets, called alpha strikes, included aircraft from multiple aircraft carriers, which flew in coordination with U.S. Air Force bombers. On these missions, some of the Skyhawks served as flak suppressors. As the name implies, Flak suppressors attacked the anti-aircraft emplacements around the primary target rather than attacking the main target itself. The A-4 Skyhawk's agility and firepower made it a valuable asset in these complex and high-stakes missions. Its serviceability rate was also very high, reaching upwards of 95%, which was nearly a third of all USN sorties in Vietnam.
This A-4B Skyhawk, BuNo 142833, flew with attack squadron VA-95 ("Green Lizards") during Intrepid's first deployment to Vietnam in 1966. It also flew with Squadron VA-34 ("Blue Blasters") from May to November 1967. It has since been restored to how it would’ve looked when serving with VA-95, which looks really nice in my opinion!
A green lizard (female) focusing my camera.
Taken with Sony A-6000 (Sony ILCE-6000) and SAL 70400G2 and LA-EA2 as RAW. Converted to JPEG with LR 5.7.
He was so into the sun that he hardly noticed me inches away as he strode across my Bromeliad patch. Intent. Comfortable. At home in our Jungle environment.
I just happened to be looking out my bedroom window and ran for my camera.
Cuban Knight Anole
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Pas facile de repérer ce bougre dans la végétation... Là il m'a localisé, je suis allongé au sol à moins de deux mètre de lui... Les herbes basses m'obligent à chercher le meilleur angle possible... Un geste précipité et le voilà parti!
Not easy to spot this guy in the vegetation ... There he located, I lay on the ground within two meters of him ... The low grasses require me to seek the best possible light ... A precipitated gesture and go!
Incontri camminando sui sentieri del parco Globojner. Se si oserva, sopra le spalle, si possono notare i parassiti attaccati: femmine di zecche, che sono su tutti e 2 gli esemplari. Green Lizards on path of Globojner's park. is you look near the shoulder, you can see a many parasitics, they are a female ticks.
Not entirely sure on the species but he's a lizard and he's green.
I like the detail on this guys face.
It was a beautiful day today, warm and sunny, and my sister opened the kitchen window so our kitty Frodo could enjoy a bit of fresh air.
However, it wasn't long before he started acting really agitated, like he does when he sees something outside - something out of the norm.
Thinking he'd spotted a neighbor's cat I ran to see what he was looking at. It took a few seconds before I saw them. A pair of mating Anoles - on the window seal. The window was open so all that separated Frodo from that tantalizing treat was the screen.
______________________________________
Best when viewed large. Just click on the image.
2024 [LIFER]
Habitat: Highlands of Pahang (5000-6000 feet elevation), Malay Peninsula.
ID by Dr Evan Quah and Parinya Pawangkhanant
Etymologynamed after its yellow throat (Latin “flavus = yellow, Latin “gula” = throat).
Also known as Malaya False Bloodsucker, Yellow-throated Forest Agamid.
Description: The color pattern in P. flavigula is quite variable. The dark, dorsal bands range from brown to black and from to distinct and diffuse to barely visible. The light-colored upper lip, lateral throat and proximal section of the brachium can range from immaculate white to lime-green and it may or may not extend onto the anterior portion of the flanks. There is considerable variation in overall ground color that ranges from dull-white to lime-green which we attribute to substrate matching (Fig. 12) (Grismer et al. 2016).
Reproduction: oviparous
Source: Grismer et al., (2016) www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4136.3.3
a very confiding lizard found just outside a French chateau, presumably used to the human passers-by.
a spur of the moment trip on Saturday produced an hour of decent weather before it got too hot (believe it or not...) for lizard sightings at Boscombe, Dorset
Inspired by the excellent green lizard photos by yellowvanman (Keith Mantle) I decided to have a look myself - I only found one but this youngster was having an interesting time trying to swallow a de-shelled garden snail (Cornu aspersum). I didn't see how it had removed the shell, sadly, nor did I see it actually swallow the giant marshmallow of a prey item, as it retreated into the gorse after 10 minutes of chewing and then dropping the prey.
a spur of the moment trip on Saturday produced an hour of decent weather before it got too hot (believe it or not...) for lizard sightings at Boscombe, Dorset