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The common collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris), also called Oklahoma collared lizard or collared lizard, is a North American lizard that can reach a foot (30 cm) in length (including the tail), with a large head and powerful jaws. They are well known for the ability to run on their hind legs, looking like small theropod dinosaurs. The collared lizard is the state reptile of the United States state of Oklahoma, where it is known as the mountain boomer. The name "collared lizard" comes from the lizards' distinct coloration, which includes bands of black around the neck and shoulders that look like a collar.
Common Dart
Potanthus pseudomaesa, commonly known as the Indian Dart, Common Dart or Pseudomaesa Dart, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
Thanks to Monsoon Jyoti Gogoi for the ID confirmation
Common boa constrictor with tonge sticking out at Marwell Zoo
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Interesting info about these ducks can be found at www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Merganser/lifehistory#
Common Newtonia (Newtonia brunneicauda) caught in a mist-net in the Mariarano dry forest, North-western Madagascar.
Common Cerulean
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide,] whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 40% of the known butterfly species
The Common Cerulean (Jamides celeno) is a small butterfly found in India belonging to the Lycaenids or Blues family.
Thanks to Doctor Saji For the ID
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Common Chuckwalla Lizard ( Sauromalis ater) at Fossil Falls in Inyo County, CA. They are fairly trusting if you move slow. I was able to get within 5 yards before he scurried into a crack in the lava flow.
We spotted several common loons on the open water of this partially frozen lake in Minnesota. Some were resting and preening while others were fishing for crayfish!
Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS.
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) photographed at the LaPlatte Headwaters Town Forest in Hinesburg, Vermont.
We spotted this common loon chick swimming while its parents fished for lunch at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota.
Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS.
Common Starling / sturnus vulgaris. Wells, Norfolk. 10/03/15.
One of the many Starlings that hung out around the harbour in the late afternoon sunshine. They were in full voice too and laboured away with their bubbling, exhuberant 'songs'.
Common Bronzewings are medium-sized, heavily built pigeons. The male has a yellow-white forehead and pink breast. Both sexes have a clear white line below and around the eye and patches of green, blue and red in the wing, characteristic of all bronzewings. The Common Bronzewing is a cautious pigeon, and rarely allows close approach. If startled, it flies away with a clatter, keeping low to the ground while moving in a steady, direct manner. Young Common Bronzewings are duller and browner than the adults. The metallic wing patch is absent or not easily seen.
Common Sea-lavender, in the salt marshes just north of Brancaster, Norfolk (TF771450).
Limonium vulgare
Credit:© Natural England/Julian Dowse
10 July 2015
The Common Crane is a large, stately bird and a medium-sized crane. It is 100–130 cm long with a 180–240 cm wingspan. The body weight can range from 3 to 6.1 kg.
Males are slightly heavier and larger than females, with weight showing the largest sexual size dimorphism, followed by wing, central toe, and head length in adults and juveniles.
This species is slate-grey overall. The forehead and lores are blackish with a bare red crown and a white streak extending from behind the eyes to the upper back. The overall colour is darkest on the back and rump and palest on the breast and wings. The primaries, the tips of secondaries, the alula, the tip of the tail, and the edges of upper tail coverts are all black and the greater coverts droop into explosive plumes.
This species usually lays eggs in May, though seldom will do so earlier or later. Like most cranes, this species displays indefinite monogamous pair bonds. If one mate dies, a crane may attempt to court a new mate the following year. Although a pair may be together for several years, the courtship rituals of the species are enacted by every pair each spring. The dancing of common cranes has complex, social meanings and may occur at almost any time of year. Dancing may include bobs, bows, pirouettes, and stops, as in various crane species. Aggressive displays may include ruffled wing feathers, throwing vegetation in the air and pointing the bare red patch on their heads at each other. Courtship displays begin with a male following the female in a stately, march-like walk. The unison call, consists of the female holding her head up and gradually lowering down as she calls out. The female calls out a high note and then the male follows with a longer scream in a similar posture.
This common frog decided to sit in the garden and pose for me!!
Froglife.org:
www.froglife.org/amphibians-and-reptiles/common-frog-2/
Common Frog (Rana temporaria )
The Common Frog is easily our most recognisable amphibian. They’re found throughout Britain and Ireland, in almost any habitat where suitable breeding ponds are near by. Common Frogs have smooth skin and long legs for jumping away quickly. Garden ponds are extremely important for common frogs, particularly in urban areas.
Identification
Adults males grow up to 9 cm in length and females up to 13 cm in length. Usually a shade of olive-green or brown (although can be yellow, pink, red, lime-green, cream or black). Dark patches on the back, stripes on the hind legs, and a dark ‘mask’ behind the eye. Oval, horizontal pupil.Call: soft repetitive croak.
Distribution Native to the UK. Found throughout Britain and Ireland.Widespread and common across Europe but numbers thought to be declining.
Ecology
Breed in shallow water bodies such as puddles, ponds, lakes, and canals. Tend to be most active at night when they feed on a wide variety of invertebrates. During winter they hibernate under rocks, in compost heaps, or underwater buried in mud and vegetation.Deposit ‘rafts’ of spawn, often containing up to 2000 eggs. Each small black egg is surrounded by a clear jelly capsule around 1 cm across. Common Frog tadpoles are black when they hatch but develop light bronze speckles as they mature.
Predators and other threats Threatened by degradation of habitats and the introduction of disease.