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O'Shaughnessy's Anole (Anolis gemmosus), male dewlapping.
Mindo, Ecuador, 2008.
The thronging, though highly suspicious and elusive, anoles that peopled the environs of the hut within the cloud forest reserve of The Yellow House proved challenging to photograph. I had poor luck with them until one evening an epiphany arrived. I happened to see a particularly showy male - spangled, bejewelled, 'gemmed' brightly - preparing to bed down for the night. I noted the precise location, on a palm frond, and decided to rise early so that I could set up the tripod near his position before sunrise. When he opened his eyes next morning I was there. At first he eyed the looming intruder with unveiled suspicion; however, in time - perhaps two hours - he shrugged off any doubts and decided I was harmless. Thus began my relationship with Anton: Anton the Indifferent Anole. Henceforth, the groundwork laid, I found that I could obtrude myself into his daily regime without difficulty - he paid me the compliment of ignoring my presence, even as I shifted the tripod and discreetly clicked the shutter.
I observed Anton day in, day out - and with each passing day I gained better insight into the rhythms of his life; his 'responsibilities' and relationships. Anton defended a sizeable territory, flourishing his impressive dewlap (a sort of 'throat fan') much as a cock sparrow declares ownership of his thicket with song. Rival males were warned off with impressive displays, and if they failed to get the message were put to flight in a headlong rush. Females were courted via similar displays, and one day I was fortunate enough to capture the resulting engagement. Here we see Anton in proud full 'dewlap' (photographed purely in natural light), followed by an image taken moments later when the assignation began. Male anoles tend to grasp the nape of their mate in their jaws, as seen here. The third photo shows another female from Anton's extensive harem.
Images shot in early 2008 at Hacienda San Vicente, Mindo, Ecuador.
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Female Lacerta bilineata
English common name: Western Green Lizard
Italian common name: Ramarro occidentale
While walking to my car, I met this nice European Green Lizard Lacerta viridis, proably an adult male, because of the pronounced blue on its throat. It was quite confident and allowed me to lay on the ground to take some pictures. So I discovered its tongue is pronged!
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NO!!! I did not go hunting into the jungle for this kind of shot, i will run if stumbled on this lizard...This shot?..Ha ha ha..Our cat, Lollipop actually found it and brought it home to play...imagine my shriek when i almost step on it when i opened the door yesterday...isk isk isk.. anyway, the green lizard was breathing heavily, almost dying, asked my son to carry it to the fence facing the wild little 'jungle' and wish him luck....
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Lacerta viridis (Squamata, Lacertidae) male.
Handheld shot with the EF100/2.8 USM macro lens. Shooting info: ƒ/5.6, 1/500s, ISO 400.
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'Green Lizard' at 'Bitterzoet', Amsterdam on Thursday, 24th of April 2014.
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Balkan Green Lizard (Lacerta trilineata ) from Rhodes, Greece. After some research I don't think the Green Lizard (Lacerta viridis) is present on Rhodes so am inclined to say its a Balkan.
Leading a wildlife tour on Rhodes next week, looking forward to it!
I found this small lizard in the house in Brittany. I captured and released it outside. Lacerta viridis.
The laconic Farmtruck and loquacious AZN from the Discovery Channel show Street Outlaws visited with Soldiers and Families on Fort Huachuca Nov. 12, 2021. They arrived in style aboard the Green Lizard, a former state of Oklahoma prison bus. (U.S. Army photos by Tanja Linton)
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A Wilier Superleggera Ramato frame at Green Lizard Cycling in Herndon, VA. The frame is hand-polished and chromed, then a copper-colored finish is applied. So beautiful.
I love his blue eye ring, and the way he is peeking out from under the palm bark. I also like his skin. He must have shed recently, as he appears to have a small patch of skin hanging onto the top of his head.
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Lacerta viridis Laurenti, syn: Seps viridis Laurenti,, Lacerta bilineata (?)
EN: European green lizard, DE: Östliche Smaragdeidechse
Slo.: zelenec
Dat.: Aug. 7. 2017
Lat.: 46.36038 Long.: 13.70285
Habitat: former pastures delimited by dry stony walls, now partly overgrown with bushes and trees; slightly inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; calcareous, rocky, colluvial ground; mostly sunny, relatively warm place; near inhabited cottage; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 600 m (1.970 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.
Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soča and Trenta, right bank of river Soča, near Trenta 2b cottage, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.
Comment: Lacerta viridis is among the largest reptiles living in Europe. It can be more than 40 cm long. Two thirds of the body represent its tail. The reptile is in most cases spotted (but not too often) during immovably basking in the sun, usually on rocks or tree stumps. Its bright, vivid color helps to detect it from far. But to come close to it seems almost impossible. The animal is very timid and very fast. It disappears in a fraction of second. It feeds by insects, wherein practically no insect is fast enough to escape its attack. I can hardly imagine how to observe it from close or take close-up pictures in free nature. Picture #4b. demonstrates the closest distance I have been able to photograph it ever (with 105 mm lens).
Recently, during works near my water cistern my son spotted one large, mature male animal with intensely blue throat. The color is most apparent during mating period. The animal immediately tried to escape into nearest dark - actually in a slit between my concrete water cistern and its slightly opened concrete cover – and fall into water. We rescued it from the cistern and finally got an opportunity to make some pictures of it from close.
Taxonomy of this species is still unsettled. Apparently 'former' Lacerta viridis represents two distinct species, namely Lacerta viridis and Lacerta bilineata. New Lacerta viridis is supposed to live in the eastern part of old fashioned Lacerta viridis distribution area and Lacerta bilineata in western part of it. Extreme northeast Italy and west Slovenia (including Trenta valley) are supposed to be a narrow region, where bot new species live together and/or hybridize. Unfortunately, both are so similar that they cannot be distinguished by morphology. Only molecular analysis can separate them. Hence my pictures may easily show Lacerta bilineata instead of Lacerta viridis. Be that as it may, they would not be different in either case (quite funny to me).
However, to some researchers the differences between both species seem only weakly supported by genetic data. Some authors claim both cannot interbreed (hence supporting two species), others claim the opposite (hence supporting a single species). Most of them agree that further studies are needed to resolve this dilemma.
According to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Lacerta viridis is marked by LC (Least concern) (Ref: 2). However, it is protected in Slovenia and on the Red list. The species seems to be extinct in Poland.
Protected according to 'Uredba o zavarovanih prosto živečih rastlinskih vrstah'
Ur.l. RS, št. 46/2004. Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by "V" representing a vulnerable species.
Ref.:
(1) Fauna Europas, Bestimmungslexikon, George Westermann Velag, Braunschweig (1997), translated to Slovenian, Mladinaka Knjiga, Ljubljana (1981), pp 243
(2) www.iucnredlist.org/details/61530/0 (accessed August 24. 2018)
(3) www.waza.org/en/zoo/choose-a-species/reptiles/lizards-and... (accessed August 24. 2018)
(4) U. Joger, M. Veith, T. Amann, Phylogeographie und genetische differenzierung im Lacerta viridis/bilineata komplex, Mertensiella, 13; 60-68, (2001) www.researchgate.net/publication/291038490_Phylogeographi... (accessed August 23. 2018)