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After lots of treats and rubs from Am and I, she's a very satisfied bun bun. :)
Lip smacking here. Hehe, and a little flake of parsley on her dewlap.
Ooh, she looks like she's snarling here though!
...by design! This male lizard puff's out his dewlap to let all the female lizard's know what a hunk he is. It's also to let the other males know that he is a tough reptile not to be messed with! It's a guy thing.
Things also continue to look down with Flickr's uploads. This was another super sharp image with incredible amounts of detail that have been homogenized by Flickr's processing. I wish you could see more!
View Large. Brown Anole. Kāʻanapali, Maui Hawaii
These are the lizards that display their dewlap, the bright orange-red throat fan, when they feel threatened by you, or when flirting with a female. The females have dewlaps as well, but are less apt to show them. Anoles have great vision, and so will also deploy a variety of body gestures for courtship or for defending their territory.
The color can vary from a light pale brown to almost black. The males are larger than the females, and the females wear a scallop pattern down the back. Note also the long toes of the brown anole, and the laterally flattened tail. Anolis sagrei is native to Cuba and the Bahamas, but is a fast colonizer where it has been introduced in the U.S. They dine on insects, slugs, snails and worms. They are oviparous, meaning they lay eggs. Some people can confuse the brown anole with the green anole, Anolis carolinensis. This is because anoles, like chameleons, can change color. The brown anole can only change the shade of brown and the patterning on the skin, whereas the green anole can be bright green or brown.
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handheld of a female Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei sagrei) striking a somewhat aristocratic pose please view LARGE at this link or click "all sizes" above
My wife and I took a Caribbean cruise recently and one of our stops was Jamaica. While there we did a little rafting tour on a bamboo raft down a pretty river. I saw a few anoles on trees on that rafting trip but focussing from the moving raft was very difficult. Luckily I was able to find a couple of anoles on a shed next to the Rafting headquarters at the end of our rafting trip and was able to get a few shots before being loaded into the bus back to the dock. I believe this is the Jamaican Giant Anole. It was an impressive and beautiful animal and it was showing off its dewlap to let me know I was in its territory.
We had a freeze here in South Florida a few years ago and Iguanas fell from the trees and died. The cold-blooded creatures native to Central and South America start to get sluggish when temperatures fall below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. If temperatures drop below that, iguanas freeze up. Unless seriously injured, many survive.
Now they're back, sunning themselves in open fields and along lakes and streams... even in trees.
The green iguana, or American iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana. It is native to Central, South America, and the Caribbean. Usually, this animal is simply called the iguana.
The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area, from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico and the Caribbean islands. They have been introduced from South America to Puerto Rico and are very common throughout the island, where they are colloquially known as gallina de palo and considered an invasive species; in the United States feral populations also exist in South Florida, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. They turn a golden orange as they mature. Large ones are affectionately called Ottos at Fairchild Garden.
The bite is always worse than the bark. To begin, it's important to know that iguanas are very capable of severely injuring people, other pets and even themselves when the body language they use is not recognized. Most iguanas will give you a very clear sign that trouble is ahead. Most experienced iguana owners who have been bitten or injured by an iguana simply weren't paying close attention to the signs. If you learn to see the signs, you and the iguana will be much safer and probably a lot happier.
About the dewlap... a dewlap is a fold of loose skin hanging from the neck or throat of an animal, especially that present in many cattle. The first thing to know is that iguanas use their dewlap to communicate. There are several things that an iguana can say with their dewlap extended. First of all, an extended dewlap can simply be a greeting. An extended dewlap is often used to say hello to another creature during mating and most generally as a territorial sign. Secondly, it can be a form of protection. A threatened iguana may extend its dewlap to create a larger presence, which may intimidate a predator into thinking it is much larger than it is. Thirdly, an extended dewlap can be a sign that the iguana is trying to adjust its temperature. An extended dewlap on an iguana that's basking in the sun is quite normal. It may be catching more sun to warm up or catching a breeze to cool off. So it's important to see "the big picture" when reading Iguana body language. Parts of an iguana... www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=Up3IVbC...
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
This is a iganua from the Manatee house of the Nuremberg Zoo. The two species of lizard within the genus Iguana possess a dewlap, a row of spines running down their backs to their tails, and a tiny "third eye" on their heads. This light-sensing organ is known as the parietal eye, visible as a pale scale on the top of the head, and cannot make out details, just brightness. Behind their necks are small scales which resemble spokes, known as tuberculate scales.
The word "iguana" is derived from the original Taino name for the species, iwana.
Text adapted from Wikipedia.
It was one of those moments when we all sighed at once. The beauty of this golden creature in repose on a branch. A dinosaur in our midst.
We had a freeze here in South Florida a few years ago and Iguanas fell from the trees and died. The cold-blooded creatures native to Central and South America start to get sluggish when temperatures fall below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. If temperatures drop further, iguanas freeze up. But unless seriously injured, when they warm up many survive.
Now they're back, sunning themselves in open fields and along lakes and streams.
The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area, from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico and the Caribbean islands. They have been introduced from South America to Puerto Rico and are very common throughout the island, where they are colloquially known as gallina de palo and considered an invasive species; in the United States feral populations also exist in South Florida, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. They turn a golden orange as they mature.
About the dewlap... a dewlap is a fold of loose skin hanging from the neck or throat of an animal, especially that present in many cattle. The first thing to know is that iguanas use their dewlap to communicate. First of all, an extended dewlap can simply be a greeting. An extended dewlap is often used to say hello to another creature during mating and most generally as a territorial sign. Second, it can be a form of protection. A threatened iguana may extend its dewlap to create a larger presence. Third, an extended dewlap can be a sign that the iguana is trying to adjust its temperature. An extended dewlap on an iguana that's basking in the sun is quite normal. It may be catching more sun to warm up or catching a breeze to cool off. So it's important to see "the big picture" when reading Iguana body language. Parts of an iguana... www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=Up3IVbC...
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Green Iguana,
Iguanas can range from 1.5 to 1.8 m. The species possess a dewlap, a row of spines running down their backs to their tails, and a tiny "third eye" (parietal) on their heads.
Location: GH, Pahang.
Source: Grismer, Quah, Wood, Anuar, Muin, Davis, Murdoch, Grismer, Cota & Cobos (2016) Dragons in the mist: three new species of Pseudocalotes Fitzinger (Squamata: Agamidae) from the sky island archipelago of Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4136 (3): 461–490
Etymology: The specific epithet viserion refers to this species’ resemblance in form and color to the yellowish dragon, Viserion—one of three dragons born in the Dothraki Sea and commanded by Daenerys Targaryen—the Mother of Dragons—in George R. R. Martin’s fictional work Game of Thrones.
Reproduction: Oviparous with reproductive season of this species extends through March.
Description:Pseudocalotes viserion sp. nov. can be separated from all other species of Psuedocalotes by having a combination of three postrostrals; 10 circumorbitals; four or five canthals; 5–7 superciliaries; rostral and nasal in contact; supralabials contacting nasal; six or seven supralabials; seven or eight infralabials; two or three postmentals; three enlarged chinshields; 47 or 48 smooth, flat, gular scales; weak transverse gular and antehumeral folds; two enlarged scales between the ear and eye; an enlarged upper and lower posttemporal; an enlarged supratympanic; no enlarged postrictals; 7–9 nuchal crest scales lacking gaps and not extending beyond midbody; weakly keeled and plate-like scales on flanks; 35–38 scales around midbody; ventrals smaller than dorsals; 22 or 23 subdigital lamellae on fourth finger; 26 or 27 subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; preaxial scales on third not modified; subdigital lamellae not unicarinate; HW/HL 0.62; no white marking below the eye; dewlap in males yellow; and no elbow or knee patches. These characters or a subset of them are scored across all species in Table 3 (Grismer et al. 2016).
Variation: The male paratype (LSUHC 12141) resembles the female holotype (LSUHC 12227) in aspects of color pattern but the overall ground color is brown, not dull-yellow. It also has a greatly swollen tail base. Differences in scalation are presented in Table 5 and Fig. 10 (Grismer et al. 2016).
Comparisons. Pseudocalotes viserion sp. nov. is readily differentiated from all other species of Pseudocalotes except it sister species P. flavigula by having enlarged, plate-like scales on the flanks. It can be separated from P. flavigula by having larger, plate-like scales on the flanks (compare Figs. 10 and 12) as evidenced by having fewer midbody scale rows (35–38 versus 41–44); having more gular scales (47 or 48 versus 40–46); fewer subdigital lamellae on the fourth finger (22 or 23 versus 22–28); and fewer subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe (26 or 27 versus 26–30) (Table 5). There appears to be less yellow coloration in the gular region of P. flavigula in that the yellow does not extend onto the region of the throat anterior to the forelimb insertions as it does in P. viserion sp. nov. and the skin between the scales is white in P. flavigula as opposed to being yellow in P. viserion sp. nov. (Figs. 10,12). Additionally, these two species share a 22% uncorrected pairwise sequence divergence between them. Differences from other species are listed in Table 3 (Grismer et al. 2016). .
Prefer highlands area and normally comes out at night (nocturnal).
Reading: Dragons in the mist: three new species of Pseudocalotes Fitzinger (Squamata: Agamidae) from the sky island archipelago of Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4136 (3): 461–490
Sabi Sabi Game Reserve
South Africa
Near Kruger National Park
There are 4 subspecies of African buffalo, which is Africa's only cow-like animal. The largest of these is the Cape buffalo, which is the only subspecies recognized as a "Big Five" member.
The African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large Sub-Saharan African bovine. Syncerus caffer caffer, the Cape buffalo, is the typical subspecies found in South and East Africa. The adult buffalo's horns are its characteristic feature: they have fused bases, forming a continuous bone shield across the top of the head referred to as a "boss".
Both males and females have horns, but the males horns grow larger and can measure close to 4 feet across. Males also develop a thicker neck, a larger hump over the shoulders, and a fringe of long hairs around the throat that looks a bit like a beard, but is called a "dewlap". The largest males approach 2,000 pounds and 6 feet at the shoulder and take nearly 10 years of growing to reach full size.
Displaying perhaps a little more smarts than a typical bovine, there are numerous accounts of them using their legendary memories and extreme persistence to enact revenge upon hunters who shoot at or injure them. Cape buffalo have stalked hunting parties, hiding in wait, and ambushing their attackers.
Most lions don't dare bother hunting this aggressive beast unless the lions are in a huge pride.
(Equus zebra) in his realm, Mountain Zebra National Park, Estern Cape, South Africa
The mountain zebra has a dewlap, which is more conspicuous in E. z. zebra than in E. z. hartmannae. Like all extant zebras, mountain zebras are boldly striped in black or dark brown, and no two individuals look exactly alike. The whole body is striped except for the belly. In the Cape mountain zebra, the ground colour is effectively white, but the ground colour in Hartmann's zebra is slightly buff.
Adult mountain zebras have a head-and-body length of 2.1 to 2.6 m (6 ft 11 in to 8 ft 6 in) and a tail of 40 to 55 cm (16 to 22 in) long. Wither height ranges from 1.16 to 1.5 m (3 ft 10 in to 4 ft 11 in). They weigh from 204 to 372 kg (450 to 820 lb).
Groves and Bell found that Cape mountain zebras exhibit sexual dimorphism, females being larger than males, whereas Hartmann's mountain zebras do not.[4] Hartmann's zebra is on average slightly larger than the Cape mountain zebra.
Mountain zebras live in hot, dry, rocky, mountainous and hilly habitats. They prefer slopes and plateaus as high as 2,000 m (6,600 ft) above sea level, although they do migrate lower during winter. Their preferred diet is tufted grass, but in times of shortage, they browse, eating bark, twigs, leaves, buds, fruit, and roots.
They drink every day. When no surface water is available due to drought, they commonly dig for ground water in dry river beds.
The Cape mountain zebra and Hartmann's mountain zebra are now allopatric, meaning that their present ranges do not overlap, which prevents them from crossbreeding. This was not always so, and the current situation is a result of their populations being fragmented when hunters exterminated them throughout the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Historically, mountain zebras could be found across the entire length of the escarpments along the west coast of southern Africa and in the fold mountain region in the south. However, they generally inhabited poorly productive land and were nowhere really numerous in comparison to those species of zebras or antelope that inhabited the plains, for example
Mountain zebras do not aggregate into large herds like plains zebras; they form small family groups consisting of a single stallion and one to five mares, together with their recent offspring. Bachelor males live in separate groups, and mature bachelors attempt to capture young mares to establish a harem. In this they are opposed by the dominant stallion of the group.
Mares give birth to one foal at a time, for about 3 years baby foals gets weaned onto solid forage. Cape mountain zebra foals generally move away from their maternal herds sometime between the ages of 13 and 37 months. However, with Hartmann's mountain zebra, mares try to expel their foals when they are aged around 14 to 16 months. Young males may wander alone for a while before joining a bachelor group, while females are either taken into another breeding herd or are joined by a bachelor male to form a new breeding herd
Mountain Zebra National Park is a national park in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa; proclaimed in July 1937 for the purpose of providing a nature reserve for the endangered Cape mountain zebra. It is surrounded by 896,146.57 hectares (2,214,426.4 acres) of the Mountain Zebra-Camdeboo Protected Environment
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While native to Cuba and the Bahamas, the brown anole has found its way to Florida in rather larger numbers. The brown anole is a small, semi-arboreal lizard, meaning it lives some of its life both in trees and on the ground. Its colors most commonly range from light gray to brown to almost black with irregular patches, spots or patterns. A very distinguishable feature of this lizard is its expandable dewlap: the flap of skin that hangs beneath the lower jaw or neck, which can be yellow to red-orange in color and is used in mating and territorial displays. Its diet is similar to that of the green anole, feeding mainly on small insects such as grasshoppers and crickets, but the brown anole is also known to eat other lizards such as the green anole.
Both lizards exhibit autonomy, or self-amputation, whereby they can sever their tail to avoid predation. The detached tail can continue to move and distract its predator. The tail can grow back to an extent.
I found this one in my backyard enjoying a meal worm I had left for my birds.
Lake Wales, Florida.
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"A hound it was, an enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen. Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame. Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish be conceived than that dark form and savage face which broke upon us out of the wall of fog."
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
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The green iguana, also known as the American iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana. It is native to Central, South America, and the Caribbean. Usually, this animal is simply called the iguana. The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area, from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico and the Caribbean islands and South Florida. They turn a golden orange as they mature.
The dewlap hangs from the neck. Iguanas use their dewlap to communicate. First, an extended dewlap can simply be a greeting. Second, it can be a form of protection. A threatened iguana may extend its dewlap to create a larger presence to intimidate a predator into thinking it is larger than it is. Third, an extended dewlap can mean that the iguana is trying to adjust its temperature. An extended dewlap on an iguana basking in the sun is quite normal. It may be catching more sun to warm up or catching a breeze to cool off. So, bottom line, it's important to see "the big picture" when reading Iguana body language.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Frontera Wildlife Preserve, Weslaco, Texas
The brown anole (Anolis sagrei), also known as the Bahaman anole or De la Sagra's Anole, is a lizard native to Cuba and the Bahamas. It has been widely introduced elsewhere, by being sold as a pet lizard, and is now found in Florida and as far north in the United States as southern Georgia, Texas, Hawaii, and Southern California. It has also been introduced to other Caribbean islands and Taiwan in Asia.
This species is highly invasive. In its introduced range, it reaches exceptionally high population densities, is capable of expanding its range very quickly, and both outcompetes and consumes many species of native lizards. The brown anole's introduction into the United States in the early 1970s has altered the behavior and triggered a negative effect on populations of the native Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis, also known as the green anole), which have generally been relegated to the treetops.
The brown anole is normally a light brown color with darker brown to black markings on its back, and several tan to light color lines on its sides. Like other anoles, it can change color, in this case a darker brown to black. Its dewlap ranges from yellow to orange-red. The males can grow as large as their green anole male counterparts, around 17.8–20.3 cm (7.0–8.0 in) long, with some individuals topping 22.9 cm (9.0 in). The females are also around the size of female green anoles: 7.6–15 cm (3.0–5.9 in). The male brown anole's head is smaller than that of the male green anole. Also, the brown anole's tail has a ridge that travels all the way up to behind the head, a feature the green anole lacks.
Source: Wikipedia
Anolis Robusto de Barahona / Barahona stout anole (Anolis longitibialis)
Anolis longitibialis specuum Schwartz, 1979
Conservation status: Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
El lagarto Anolis longitibialis es una especie de anolis que se encuentra en La Española, una isla caribeña compuesta por los países de Haití y la República Dominicana. Los anolis son un grupo diverso de especies de lagartos insectívoros pequeños, principalmente arbóreos, que se encuentran en el Nuevo Mundo desde Carolina del Norte hasta el centro de América del Sur y en las islas del Caribe. Esta especie es miembro de un clado de anolis de la Hispaniola que se consideran miembros de la clase de ecomorfos "tronco-suelo". Los anolis de suelo de tronco se llaman así porque usan perchas bajas, como troncos de árboles y rocas grandes, y se alimentan activamente en el suelo.
Como en A. l. longitibialis, los machos de esta subespecie alcanzan los 72 mm de longitud hocico-cloaca, mientras que las hembras alcanzan los 59 mm. Esta subespecie también tiene 4-5 escamas postrostrales. En contraste, sin embargo, A. l. el espéculo tiene escamas dorsales y ventrales más grandes. Su espalda es marrón con 4 mancuernas transversales, con manchas sacras no infrecuentes. Si bien los machos no suelen tener la garganta rayada, las hembras sí. La papada varía de un naranja claro a un amarillo oscuro o mostaza.
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The lizard Anolis longitibialis is a species of anole found on Hispaniola, a Caribbean island comprised of the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Anoles are a diverse group of small, primarily arboreal, insectivorous lizard species found in the New World from North Carolina all the way to central South America and on the Caribbean islands. This species is a member of a Hispaniolan clade of anoles that are all considered members of the “trunk-ground” ecomorph class. Trunk-ground anoles are so named because they use low perches, such as tree trunks and large rocks, and will actively forage on the ground.
As in A. l. longitibialis, males of this subspecies reach 72 mm in snout-vent length, while females reach 59 mm. This subspecies also has 4-5 postrostral scales. In contrast, however, A. l. specuum has larger dorsal and ventral scales. Its back is brown with 4 transverse dumbells, with sacral blotches not uncommon. While males don’t usually have streaked throats, females typically do. The dewlap ranges from a light orange to a dusky or mustard yellow.
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Lugar de Captura / Taken:Cayo Iguana (Iguana Cay,Oviedo's lake), Laguna de Oviedo, Oviedo, Pedernales.
Type Locality: 17km NW of Oviedo Nuevo, Pedernales Province, Dominican Republic
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Anolis longitibialis specuum - Noble, 1923
Reptilia | Squamata | Dactyloidae
Barahona Stout Anole
Dominican Republic
IUCN Status: Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Holotype: MCZ 132370 (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University)
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The male anoles have a dewlap under the chin which is not noticeable until they "puff it up" and it looks like a strawberry! They do this both as a courting routine and as a territory-protecting action. I'm not sure which was in place when I saw this little fellow, who seemed to be all alone on the wall behind the hibiscus plants. He might have been protesting my encroachment on his territory. I think they are the cutest little things and they're very beneficial in the garden -- they eat mosquitoes and other insects.
The green iguana, also known as the American iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana. It is native to Central, South America, and the Caribbean. Usually, this animal is simply called the iguana. The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area, from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico and the Caribbean islands. They have been introduced from South America to Puerto Rico and are very common throughout the island, where they are colloquially known as gallina de palo and considered an invasive species; in the United States feral populations also exist in South Florida, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. They turn a golden orange as they mature.
The bite is always worse than the bark. To begin, it's important to know that iguanas are very capable of severely injuring people, other pets and even themselves when the body language they use is not recognized. Most iguanas will give you a very clear sign that trouble is ahead. Most experienced iguana owners who have been bitten or injured by an iguana simply weren't paying close attention to the signs. If you learn to see the signs, you and the iguana will be much safer and probably a lot happier.
The dewlap: The first thing to know is that iguanas use their dewlap to communicate. There are several things that an iguana can say with their dewlap extended. First of all, an extended dewlap can simply be a greeting. An extended dewlap is often used to say hello to another creature during mating and most generally as a territorial sign. Secondly, it can be a form of protection. A threatened iguana may extend its dewlap to create a larger presence, which may intimidate a predator into thinking it is much larger than it is. Thirdly, an extended dewlap can be a sign that the iguana is trying to adjust its temperature. An extended dewlap on an iguana that's basking in the sun is quite normal. It may be catching more sun to warm up or catching a breeze to cool off. So it's important to see "the big picture" when reading Iguana body language.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
I believe this is a beefly. It took four minutes for the anole to ingest the prey. I edited the video to shorten the viewing time to 90 seconds. After catching and eating the bee fly the anole strutted around displaying his red neck pouch called a dewlap or throat fan. Basically he is saying "ladies ... look at how bad I am!"
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This fine looking anole lizard was sunning himself on one of our plant holders and flashing his "dewlap" on and off to show any females in the immediate vicinity that he was a fine mating specimen.....
If you have a moment, I hope you'll view this at the larger size linked below:
EXPLORE - 25 APR 2009 best position: #67
Green Iguana
Iguana iguana
The Iguana is a genus of lizard native to tropical areas of Central and South America and the Caribbean. The word "Iguana" is derived from a Spanish form of the original Taino name for the species "Iwana".
Boatswain's Beach Turtle Farm
West Bay George Town
Grand Cayman Island
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These so-called flying dragons(commonly seen) have a set of elongated ribs, which they can extend and retract. Between these ribs are folds of skin that rest flat against the body when not in use, but act as wings when unfurled, allowing the Draco to catch the wind and glide from danger or otherwise. The lizards use their long, slender tails to steer themselves, and each sortie can carry them up to 30 feet (9 meters). Wow that's a great way to travel.
How I love the fantastic idea of being able to glide from building to building without the need to get on to elevators. No rush, no waiting, no danger of pressing wrong button ended with a knock on the head from behind, no need to hold on to a much needed fart while in the elevator for fear that others would do the same and flood it with unpleasant noise and toxic gases, no need to climb stairs when elevator breakdown, can safely glide away from any building, burning building, collapsing building, shaking building, kena-bombed building, falling building, sick building, dangerous building, terrorist-attacked building, leaning building, aged building, weak building, exploding building, poorly maintained building, shifting building, wrongly build building, sucks building, psa building, moving building, cpf building, running building, uob building, cold building, dancing building, tall building, sure-die building, quiet building, noisey building (especially coming from one floor above yours), condemned building, highly dangerous building(HDB), vampire state building, building after building, a long list of building and still building.
Facts :
these guys do not start life in the air instead from the ground below in a form of an egg. The hatchlings then make their way up the tree to start their life cycle. How I wish I could document one of this rarely seen and studied event one day.
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The green iguana, also known as the American iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana. It is native to Central, South America, and the Caribbean. Usually, this animal is simply called the iguana. The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area, from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico and the Caribbean islands. They have been introduced from South America to Puerto Rico and are very common throughout the island, where they are colloquially known as gallina de palo and considered an invasive species; in the United States feral populations also exist in South Florida, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. They turn a golden orange as they mature.
The bite is always worse than the bark. To begin, it's important to know that iguanas are very capable of severely injuring people, other pets and even themselves when the body language they use is not recognized. Most iguanas will give you a very clear sign that trouble is ahead. Most experienced iguana owners who have been bitten or injured by an iguana simply weren't paying close attention to the signs. If you learn to see the signs, you and the iguana will be much safer and probably a lot happier.
The dewlap: The first thing to know is that iguanas use their dewlap to communicate. There are several things that an iguana can say with their dewlap extended. First of all, an extended dewlap can simply be a greeting. An extended dewlap is often used to say hello to another creature during mating and most generally as a territorial sign. Secondly, it can be a form of protection. A threatened iguana may extend its dewlap to create a larger presence, which may intimidate a predator into thinking it is much larger than it is. Thirdly, an extended dewlap can be a sign that the iguana is trying to adjust its temperature. An extended dewlap on an iguana that's basking in the sun is quite normal. It may be catching more sun to warm up or catching a breeze to cool off. So it's important to see "the big picture" when reading Iguana body language.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
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Brolga
Scientific Name: Grus rubicund
Description: The Brolga is a large grey crane, with a featherless red head and grey crown. The legs are grey and there is a black dewlap under the chin. Females are shorter than males. The energetic dance performed by the Brolga is a spectacular sight. Displays may be given at any time of the year and by birds of any age.
Similar species: The Sarus Crane, G. antigone, another species of crane found in Australia, can be identified by its dull pink legs and the red of its head extending down the neck.
Distribution: The Brolga is found across tropical northern Australia, southwards through north-east and east central areas, as well as central New South Wales to western Victoria.
Habitat: The Brolga inhabits large open wetlands, grassy plains, coastal mudflats and irrigated croplands and, less frequently, mangrove-studded creeks and estuaries. It is less common in arid and semi-arid regions, but will occur close to water.
Seasonal movements: Outside the breeding season, Brolgas form large family groups and flocks of up to a hundred birds. These groups may be partially nomadic or may stay in the same area. Some birds also migrate northwards.
Feeding: Brolgas are omnivorous (feeding on both vegetable and animal matter), but primarily feed upon tubers and some crops. Some insects, molluscs, amphibians and even mice are also taken.
Breeding: Brolgas probably mate for life, and pair bonds are strengthened during elaborate courtship displays, which involve much dancing, leaping, wing-flapping and loud trumpeting. An isolated territory is established, and is vigorously defended by both partners. The white (blotched with brown and purple) eggs are laid in a single clutch. The nest is a large mound of vegetation on a small island in a shallow waterway or swamp. Both adults incubate the eggs and care for the young birds. The Brolga is one of Australia's two crane species, and is known for its spectacular dance displays by both sexes during breeding season.
Calls: The Brolga's call is a loud trumpeting 'garooo' or 'kaweee-kreee-kurr-kurr-kurr-kurr-kurr-kurr', which is given in flight, at rest or during courtship.
Minimum Size: 100cm
Maximum Size: 125cm
Average size: 112cm
Breeding season: September to December in the south; February to May in the north
Clutch Size: 2 eggs
Incubation: 32 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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The Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis) (US: /əˈnoʊ.li/ (About this sound listen)) is an arboreal anole lizard native to the southeastern United States (west to Texas) and introduced elsewhere. Other common names include the American green anole, American anole, and red-throated anole. It is also sometimes referred to as the American chameleon due to its ability to change color from several brown hues to bright green, and its somewhat similar appearance and diet preferences. However it is not a true chameleon and the nickname is misleading.
The Carolina anole is a small to medium-sized lizard, with a slender body. The head is long and pointed with ridges between the eyes and nostrils, and smaller ones on the top of the head. The toes have adhesive pads to facilitate climbing. They exhibit sexual dimorphism, the males being fifteen percent larger. The male dewlap (throat fan) is three times the size of the female's and bright red, whereas that of the female is lighter in colour, ranging from white to pale pink. Males can extend a pronounced dorsal ridge behind the head when displaying or when under stress. Females have a prominent white stripe running along their spine, a feature most males lack.
Adult males are usually 12.5–20.3 cm (4.9–8.0 in) long, with about 60-70% of which is made up of its tail, with a body length up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) and can weigh from 3–7 g (0.11–0.25 oz).
This image was taken in the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary near Naples in Florida.
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These are the lizards that display their dewlap, the bright orange-red throat fan, when they feel threatened by you, or when flirting with a female. The females have dewlaps as well, but are less apt to show them. Anoles have great vision, and so will also deploy a variety of body gestures for courtship or for defending their territory.
The color can vary from a light pale brown to almost black. The males are larger than the females, and the females wear a scallop pattern down the back. Note also the long toes of the brown anole, and the laterally flattened tail. Anolis sagrei is native to Cuba and the Bahamas, but is a fast colonizer where it has been introduced in the U.S. They dine on insects, slugs, snails and worms. They are oviparous, meaning they lay eggs. Some people can confuse the brown anole with the green anole, Anolis carolinensis. This is because anoles, like chameleons, can change color. The brown anole can only change the shade of brown and the patterning on the skin, whereas the green anole can be bright green or brown.
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Horned Flying Lizard (Draco cornutus), male using his dewlap to display for courtship and territorial aggression. Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).
Either he was defending his territory or trying to attract the little lizard hanging out a few branches below him.
Yeah, I had to look up the technical term. :)
We had a freeze here in South Florida a few years ago and Iguanas fell from the trees and died. The cold-blooded creatures native to Central and South America start to get sluggish when temperatures fall below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. If temperatures drop below that, iguanas freeze up. Unless seriously injured, many survive.
Now they're back, sunning themselves in open fields and along lakes and streams.
The green iguana, or American iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana. It is native to Central, South America, and the Caribbean. Usually, this animal is simply called the iguana.
The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area, from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico and the Caribbean islands. They have been introduced from South America to Puerto Rico and are very common throughout the island, where they are colloquially known as gallina de palo and considered an invasive species; in the United States feral populations also exist in South Florida, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. They turn a golden orange as they mature.
The bite is always worse than the bark. To begin, it's important to know that iguanas are very capable of severely injuring people, other pets and even themselves when the body language they use is not recognized. Most iguanas will give you a very clear sign that trouble is ahead. Most experienced iguana owners who have been bitten or injured by an iguana simply weren't paying close attention to the signs. If you learn to see the signs, you and the iguana will be much safer and probably a lot happier.
About the dewlap... a dewlap is a fold of loose skin hanging from the neck or throat of an animal, especially that present in many cattle. The first thing to know is that iguanas use their dewlap to communicate. There are several things that an iguana can say with their dewlap extended. First of all, an extended dewlap can simply be a greeting. An extended dewlap is often used to say hello to another creature during mating and most generally as a territorial sign. Secondly, it can be a form of protection. A threatened iguana may extend its dewlap to create a larger presence, which may intimidate a predator into thinking it is much larger than it is. Thirdly, an extended dewlap can be a sign that the iguana is trying to adjust its temperature. An extended dewlap on an iguana that's basking in the sun is quite normal. It may be catching more sun to warm up or catching a breeze to cool off. So it's important to see "the big picture" when reading Iguana body language. Parts of an iguana... www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=Up3IVbC...
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Explore Jul 24, 2016 #76
I was sitting in my bed looking out at my pond when I noticed movement. No, that bright green patch isn't a leaf. It's an iguana visiting my orchids! So I ran for my camera and started shooting pictures. He stayed and stayed, then finally in a flash he was gone.
What a great way to start my day living in my jungle home! www.flickr.com/photos/jungle_mama/albums/72157594223510392
Iguana (/ɪˈɡwɑːnə/, Spanish: [iˈɣwana]) is a genus of omnivorous lizards native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Iguanas can range from 5 to 6 feet (1.5 to 1.8 m) including their tail. The two species of lizard within the genus Iguana possess a dewlap, a row of spines running down their backs to their tails, and a tiny "third eye" on their heads. This light-sensing organ is known as the parietal eye, visible as a pale scale on the top of the head, and cannot make out details, just brightness. Behind their necks are small scales which resemble spokes, known as tuberculate scales. These scales may be a variety of colors and are not always visible from close distances. They have a large round scale on their cheeks known as a subtympanic shield.
The tympanum, the iguana's eardrum, is located above the subtympanic shield (or "earshield") behind each eye. Iguanas are often hard to spot because they blend into their surroundings. Their coloration enables them to hide from larger predators.
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Anolis sagrei
This photo was taken at the Dagney Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park, Florida, USA.
Finished Day 7! Not sure, but I might just post a few recent local photos next, before I start on Day 8.
Just a few more days and Smugmug has the mammoth task of transferring every single thing on Flickr to a new server. Hard to imagine, and I'll keep my fingers crossed that the transfer all goes smoothly. There will probably be a few glitches to iron out afterwards, but these will eventually be fixed. Hoping to get Day 7 of our trip finished before the transfer and maybe even make a start on Day 8. Please bear with me.
Posted just a few more odds and ends, taken on Day 7 of our 13-day birding trip to South Texas. A few interesting things, but not the greatest photos of most of them. So happy to see them all and just happy to get any kind of shots.
We had an early start as usual on Day 7 of our 13-day birding trip to South Texas, 19-31 March 2019. Leaving our hotel, La Quinta Inn & Suites in Mission, we drove to the Bentsen - Rio Grande Valley State Park / World Birding Centre.
"As part of the World Birding Center, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park is a world-class destination for bird-watching. The Rio Grande Valley hosts one of the most spectacular convergences of birds on earth with more than 525 species documented in this unique place. Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park alone has an impressive list of 358 species recorded within the park’s boundaries. Birders have a chance to see migratory birds during their yearly migrations over the valley including flocks of thousands of hawks from the park’s Hawk Tower in the spring and fall.... Over seven miles of trails offer a variety of opportunities to encounter wildlife inside the park."
tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/bentsen-rio-grande-valley
In the afternoon, we drove roughly 32 miles east to the Estero Llano Grande State Park, arriving there at about 1:00 pm, and spent two and a half hours looking for birds. Estero Llano Grande State Park, Weslaco, is one of nine sites that make up the World Birding Centre in South Texas. It is a 230+ acre refuge. Not many chances to see and photograph birds, but we enjoyed seeing huge cacti in bloom and a few beautiful flowering trees. A couple of Lizards and a Skink added interesting variety to our sightings - even a cluster of mushrooms.
Dandelion Dave, the brown anole, showing off for the lady lizards. This male brown anole is extending his dewlap in a colorful display which signals other males that this is his territory while also advertising himself for any nearby females. The anole family of reptiles have enhanced vision which enables them to see color and helps with depth perception. Displaying the dewlap is often accompanied by a rapid bobbing of the front of the body and head.
Click on image to see this one up close... the texture and colors!
I see you too and off this golden Otto scrambled as he headed into the brush. This beauty was over 8 feet long, slowed by the sun but quickened by my presence. The green iguana, also known as the American iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana. It is native to Central, South America, and the Caribbean. Usually, this animal is simply called the iguana.
The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area, from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico and the Caribbean islands. They have been introduced from South America to Puerto Rico and are very common throughout the island, where they are colloquially known as gallina de palo and considered an invasive species; in the United States feral populations also exist in South Florida, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. They turn a golden orange as they mature.
The bite is always worse than the bark. To begin, it's important to know that iguanas are very capable of severely injuring people, other pets and even themselves when the body language they use is not recognized. Most iguanas will give you a very clear sign that trouble is ahead. Most experienced iguana owners who have been bitten or injured by an iguana simply weren't paying close attention to the signs. If you learn to see the signs, you and the iguana will be much safer and probably a lot happier.
About the dewlap... a dewlap is a fold of loose skin hanging from the neck or throat of an animal, especially that present in many cattle. The first thing to know is that iguanas use their dewlap to communicate. There are several things that an iguana can say with their dewlap extended. First of all, an extended dewlap can simply be a greeting. An extended dewlap is often used to say hello to another creature during mating and most generally as a territorial sign. Secondly, it can be a form of protection. A threatened iguana may extend its dewlap to create a larger presence, which may intimidate a predator into thinking it is much larger than it is. Thirdly, an extended dewlap can be a sign that the iguana is trying to adjust its temperature. An extended dewlap on an iguana that's basking in the sun is quite normal. It may be catching more sun to warm up or catching a breeze to cool off. So it's important to see "the big picture" when reading Iguana body language. Parts of an iguana... www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=Up3IVbC...
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
The Brown Anole, is a small, highly invasive lizard native to the Bahamas and Cuba. Scientists estimate that it invaded peninsular Florida 6 separate times in the 1940s. By the 1970, the brown anole was well established in urban areas all over Florida. They are now one of the most abundant lizards in Florida. In the US, the brown anole spread to Georgia, Texas, Southern California and Hawaii. They have also been introduced other Caribbean Islands, Central America. Most recently they have been documented in Taiwan, spreading from a founding population in an agricultural area near a plant nursery.
The generalist habitat of the brown anole allows populations to grow large and densely. They live in open habitats, on the ground or low tree trunks, and readily adapt to disturbed and urban areas. In the time since brown anoles arrived in the United States they have outcompeted the North American native green anole, which has significantly declined in numbers as a result.
A light brown in color, the brown anole has black markings on its back, light lines on its sides, and a ridge along the back of the males, running from head to tail tip. This ridge distinguishes them from the similar green anole. Brown anole skin coloration camouflages them against tree bark, and their skin can darken to match their surroundings. Males grow to about 7-8 inches long (18-20 cm) and are aggressively territorial. In mating and territorial displays, they show off a dramatically orange-red dewlap (throat fan). Smaller, the females reach 3-6 inches (7.5-15 cm) long. They also have a smaller dewlap, which they do not use.
Brown anoles move fast. When pursued or threatened, brown anoles can detach their tail, which wiggles to distract their predator while the anole escapes. Their tail subsequently regenerates, although as a smaller version of the original. Their multiple predators include snakes, other lizards, birds and even large spiders.
Carnivorous, brown anoles are opportunistic and will eat almost anything they can find. Meals include insects, grubs and mealworms, spiders, other lizards and their eggs, aquatic invertebrates and fish, their own molted skin and detached tails. They also cannibalize their own hatchlings.
Brown anoles breed March-September, although in some tropical areas they breed year round. Each breeding season a female lays a total of 15-18 eggs, 1-2 at a time every 1-2 weeks. She covers them with moist soil or leaf litter then leaves them to hatch on their own. The hatchlings are independent and develop fast, becoming mature before one year of age. The immature lizards resemble, and are difficult to distinguish from, adult females. Their average lifespan is about 4 years.
I found this one in my backyard shedding its skin. He was having a time of it and kept looking at me like he wanted some help!
Lake Wales, Florida.
The green anole is Florida's only native anole species, but its population has declined due to the invasive brown anole, which outcompetes it for food and territory. Green anoles can change color from bright green to brown, have a pink dewlap (throat fan) in males used for display, and are found in trees, particularly in the forest canopy where they can escape competition.
This one was on a fence. I live in Florida and I rarely see one.
This anole lizard is displaying its dewlap in an attempt to attract a mate, or to indicate its territory to other lizards.
I'm so fond of these cute little chameleon-like lizards. I like that on this big, dark leaf the anole is beginning to turn brown -- usually they are totally chartreusey-neon green. I just learned this year to distinguish the females from the males: the females have the "zipper" running down the back and the males have the "dewlap" that can puff into a strawberry-like protuberance under the chin.