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the dogs found this one wed evening, it was almost dark. I didnt want to mess with it in the dark!! the next day we found him trying to sneak into our pond but was caught on the wrong side of a fence. I didnt want him in the pond and worry that he might bite one of the dogs, so I caught him with a landing net and took him to the river for a better place to live. he just fit into the net, shell front to back was about 15 inches
“The prince of darkness is a gentleman"
- William Shakespeare
The prince of darkness looks even more handsome on black.
The camera was barely about 2-3 inches from the prince when this picture was clicked. After this photo, the prince of darkness grew suspicious, jumped off the twig, and ran in a random direction.
Trioceros hoehnelli, commonly known as von Höhnel's chameleon, and the helmeted or high-casqued chameleon, is a species of chameleon found in eastern Africa, in Kenya and Uganda.
Taken at western Romania.
Found basking on a wall.
Around 80 cm, before shedding and not very friendly :)
Short Canyon, Kern County, California, USA.
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I try to shot it macro but he/she run :( Any way I can capture this impressionistic effect that I like even more then simple macro shot of reptile
P.s Excuse my English :)))
Eastern Water Dragon take in Brisbane QLD, Australia. Was able to lie down a few feet away and get this image..
This specimen was about 2 foot long and quickly headed for the pond post photo shoot.
Hint: I initially miscounted, and I was right there in front of them. Hint #2: View large
Sorry about the slight blurriness. Once again, the snakes chose to be in an area not conducive to good photography. I wasn't about to manually adjust them either. Shortly after this photo was taken, they took turns crawling out of sight.
...also with a lump. It was found only a couple of feet from where the baby Rattlesnake was discovered. I wonder if they raided the same rodent nest.
Bangkok, Thailand
This lizard is a little over five feet (1.5mtr) long, about
average for an adult (but we did see some well over 6 1/2 feet). The first time I saw one in Thailand I was really excited, so eager to get a decent photo -- I thought we might have found something really special. It didn't take long to figure out that they're pretty much everywhere in Thailand. We saw them in many lakes, rivers, ponds, canals, just about every body of water that we spent any time observing. This guy was in a little flooded, muddy ornamental pond outside a large hospital on a very busy main road.
Very cool animals and obviously very adaptive. Surprisingly fast runners and very graceful swimmers. They're carnivorous, often dining on on the remains of unfortunate animals or discarded scraps of meat, and they also pursue live prey. We saw a few leave the water with still-flopping fish, and I saw one near this location (maybe the same individual) make a quick grab for an inattentive pigeon. He only managed to a mouthful of feathers, and the pigeon left the area with great haste.
These lizards are usually pretty skittish, not too easy to approach very closely. I watched this one slide from the grass bank down to the edge of the pond, then sat down and waited just in case he came back up. He did crawl back up, and I guess he didn't see me until I clicked the shutter. This is a nearly uncropped shot, (but at 300mm, so I wasn't too close).
Trachemys scripta elegans. Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin. This species is native to the southern US. Common in central Texas.
Here's an animal I've never posted: a chuckwalla. These reptiles are native to rocky desert areas and lava flows. They can be found in the southwestern United States, including California, toward Baja, and Arizona. Chuckwallas eat flowers, buds, leaves, and fruit.
Previously Rhadinophis prasina, and in Liu, Hou, Lwin, Wang & Rao (2021), the name was changed again to Gonyosoma coeruleum
For more info. Liu S, Hou M, Lwin YH, Wang Q, Rao D 2021. A new species of Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Colubridae), previously confused with G. prasinum (Blyth, 1854). Evolutionary Systematics 5(1): 129-139.
Also known as Green Bush Rat Snake or Green Ratsnake is a species of colubrid snake found in Asia. This species has been also recently placed in the genera Elaphe and Gonyosoma.
Location: Peninsula Malaysia
Rarity: Rare
Length: 1.4- 1.6 m
Habitat: This diurnal species occurs near water in forest from 500 to 1,640 meters elevation (Cox et al. 1998). Females lay 5-8 eggs (Cox et al. 1998).