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Belgium. Meise (Brussels)
National Botanic Garden.
A very tiny green spider on Cornus leaves.
I think it's a Cucumber green spider (Araniella cucurbitina)
Tenerife. Costa del Silencio.
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My wife saw a corn snake doing a little night hunting in our pygmy palm tree last night. He probably could have done without the company, but we spent about 30 minutes with him watching him move around the palm fronds. At one point my lens was probably 2-3 inches from his head and he just casually looked back, flicking his tongue at the air.
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Bamboo Pit viper Trimeresurus gramineus, the Western Ghats, Sahyadri mountain range, a Unesco World Heritage Site, Goa, India
. . . An old swim raft is what it is to me; Turtle Heaven is what it is to the many cold blooded reptiles in West Lake! If I even open the slider on the patio, they will be gone in an instant, but for now . . . pass the sunscreen!
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The spotted python / Antaresia maculosa is small (1.2m) python species found in northern Australia. They are often found in and around caves were they hunt for bats.
With 26 acres of lush tropical plants and some 1,600 animals, the Gladys Porter Zoo is a zoological and botanical park nestled in the center of Brownsville, Texas. It is known for its successes in breeding endangered species of wildlife.
Of all the zoos I have visited, I found this zoo the best as far as being able to view the animals, birds and such without having to look through wire mesh and the like. (14-01-21-3282)
An American Alligator (Alligator Mississipiensis) laying alongside 40 Acre Lake while people walk by at Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA.
A baby American Alligator (Alligator Mississipiensis) trying to get some sun on a cold day at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA.
After a very cold spell an American Alligator (Alligator Mississipiensis) enjoys a rare warm winter day on a small island in 40 Acre Lake at Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA.
Green Emerald Basilisk. Jesus Christ Lizard, so-called for its ability to run across the surface of water.
Photo taken in the Sarapiqui region of Costa Rica.
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This may be the most colorful tortoise shell I have seen. The texture also clearly indicates growth lines while at the same time the texture and patterns are mesmerizing. Wildlife Safari, Winston, Oregon.
A young American Alligator (Alligator Mississippiensis) watches me from the safety of the grass growing in the water at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA.
Tumbling through tall grass at a park, this painted turtle was finding its way to a river about 100 yards away.
Photo taken with a Yashica FX-3 Super 2000, Yashica 75-200mm F4.5-5.6 Macro lens, Tiffen +1 Close up, Yashica CS-15 flash, Kodak Gold 100, F16 @ 1/125 sec. This is a partially striped coastal plain milk snake. To see more of my photos, Go to www.RobValineimages.com
Chameleon, Male
Madagascar
Aw, man, the chameleons are amazing, I wish I got to see more of them. First off, these things are not as slow as we are made to believe. Wild ones do not appreciate attention, at all (at least in the daytime when they are awake, at night is a different story). They were quick to run away from any prying eyes, and they do move along briskly and move in all sorts of sinoidal ways. I'm under the impression to make money, many locals will keep 'tame' ones as pets and bring them out on branches for tourists to take photos of. I didn't come across this practice, however.
This is a juvenile male. We never did encounter a full grown adult of this species, the males of which are particularly impressive. If I figure out the species name I will update this post.
Corvus coronoides vs Varanus varius
Once the Raven is happy the Monitor is not a threat it walks off it's own way. Looks like it was happy with the result
The cold ocean water quickly chills marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) when they swim near the shore or wade in the intertidal zone to eat algae, and this chilling causes them to lose their ability to move. Being cold-blooded, they’re dependent on external sources of heat to regain body temperature and mobility. They warm themselves on the shoreline rocks, which are heated by the hot, equatorial sun. These were sunning themselves on rocks near the blowhole of Punta Suárez, which is on the western end of Espanola Island (Isla Española)(Hood Island). Several varieties of red algae that bloom around Española during the marine iguanas’ mating season provide the red pigment that makes this island’s marine iguanas the most colorful in the Galápagos archipelago. They can also eat green alga (Ulva lobata), but they prefer the red algae. Punta Suárez, Espanola Island (Isla Española), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, 01 February 2015
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Banjaran Frog (Pulchrana banjarana, formerly Hylarana banjarana). Pahang, Malaysia.
More tropical frogs/amphibians of Malaysia: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2014/08/tropical-frogs.html
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When we visited Death Valley in March of 2015, we were still recovering from a snowfall here in Durham, North Carolina… it was still quite cool the day we left. I expected the southern desert region of Nevada and California to be quite different, especially in Death Valley… and I wasn’t disappointed. We flew into Las Vegas, where we rented an all-wheel drive vehicle for rough roads. We had a collapsible cooler for bulk bottled water we bought there at the local Costco to prepare for our forays out in the heat of the desert… because I had every intention to come back with images of scorpions, sidewinders, Pacific green rattlesnakes and other desert dwellers.
Arriving first at the Death Valley National Park Visitor’s Center, we stopped for maps and pertinent info and noticed the posted large digital thermometer: 105°F (40.5°C)… quite a lot hotter than it was at home, but it’s a dry heat… that will leave you as little more than a husk blowing in the wind if you’re not drinking enough water… we were prepared! I set about exploring this otherworldly landscape with the camera and learning the lay of the land… and I also kept my eyes peeled for the reptilian subjects I had in mind. Yet, apart from this Dessert Side-Blotched Lizard and another lizard, I didn’t see much from any “desert dwellers” other than creosote bushes, Joshua trees, and cacti. So, I asked some locals about why I wasn’t seeing the critters that I thought I would… and they knew the exact reason: it wasn’t hot enough. What? What about 105° did these snakes not understand?
Many, many moons ago, in a galaxy far, far away (enough, already!), I attended U.S. Air Force boot camp at Lackland AFB in beautiful San Antonio, Texas. Though San Antonio isn’t quite known for the conditions of Death Valley, it is still a desert region of the American south. I was there in September through October, with the 3710 BMTS (Basic Military Training Squadron) in the old barracks. There were new high-rise barracks that were like day spas, comparatively. The old barracks, however, were quite old… I believe they had been around since World War Zero and were considered perhaps a level above kindling…they had neither heat nor air conditioning. I would say they were going out in a blaze of glory with squadrons like mine while they awaited razing for the installation of the new barracks, but that was the reason for no heat… to assure there was no actual “blaze” in that glory. I remember sweating like I was in the perspiration Olympics during the day and wrapping myself up in two blankets at night to keep my teeth from chattering all night long. On nights that the stars were so brilliant that it appeared you could reach out and touch them, the dry desert air radiated out all the heat of the day. There could be as much as a 40°+ swing in temperature between night and day there that time of year… and the very same thing happens during the month of March in Death Valley.
Death Valley holds the record for highest officially recorded temperature on the planet: 134 °F on July 10, 1913. In July of 2017, the record for the average highest temperature for any given month was broken there at 107.4°F (41.9° C). It’s in conditions like that when the coldblooded sidewinders come out to hunt at night. We went to a high region over the salt flats that was absolutely freezing one early morning. All I had with me was a thin jacket, but there were photos to be made, so I got out in it. Afterward, when I jumped back into the vehicle, Joyce was there with the motor and heat running… the first thing I did was check to see if my nose was still attached! No self-respecting rattlesnake would be out in conditions like this.
There are eastern fence lizards here in North Carolina. I saw one just last Saturday at Plant Delights Nursery on the far side of Raleigh from here. It was a warm day as it popped out from a rock outcropping and quickly skittered away as I approached it. It's likely little more than a scaly chill bump now, as it's been much colder since the weekend. This western fence lizard was a bit bolder, though at only about 5 inches long from snout to tail tip, I was the scarier of the two of us. That apparently didn’t matter to it as it seemed to say, “This is my rock. Go get your own.” This lizard is quite beautiful with its turquoise scales. The eastern fence lizards have the same coloring, but on their underside.
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Western fence lizards measure 5.7-8.9 cm (snout-vent length) and a total length of about 21 cm. They are brown to black in color (the brown may be sandy or greenish) and have black stripes on their backs, but their most distinguishing characteristic is their bright blue bellies. The ventral sides of the limbs are yellow. These lizards also have blue patches on their throats. This bright coloration is faint or absent in both females and juveniles. In some populations the males also display iridescent, bright turquoise blue spots on the dorsal surface. The scales of S. occidentalis are sharply keeled, and between the interparietal and rear of thighs, there are 35-57 scales.
Many other lizards have similar bright-blue coloring. The eastern fence lizard, S. undulatus, instead of having one large patch on its throat, has two small patches. The sagebrush lizard, S. graciosus, lacks yellow limbs and has smaller dorsal scales. S. occidentalis also resembles the side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana. However, the axilla of U. stansburiana usually has a black spot behind it and it has a complete gular fold.[