Agama agama - Red-headed Agama
These were pretty common around the bungalows at Meru National Park. It's not everyday you see a lizard with a red head and blue body.
These were pretty common around the bungalows at Meru National Park. It's not everyday you see a lizard with a red head and blue body.
There was a running debate that went on the entire time I was taking photos of this snake.
Friend: "Will, don't get so close, its a Cottonmouth" Me: "No it isn't, I'd know if it was a Cottomouth" This went on back and forth for about 10 minutes. Later, it was determined that my friends were right. I was 3 feet away from a Cottonmouth, bending down to get a better angle on it. Now, this might strike some as stupid, and I'd have to agree with them. Luckily I wasn't in too much danger, Cottomouths will make you sick, but they have none of the destructive charm of other vipers, such as the Rattlesnake.
This was about a 12 foot alligator, which is about as big as they get. He was sunning himself on the bank of a waterway
This species is a bit more robust than the Green Anole and has a very distinctive sort of crest starting on the back of its head and moving down its back. I managed to shoot this while it had its throat pouch extended.
Found this odd turtle at Big Cypress in southern Florida. The head shape and odd nose mark it as a soft-shell.
Sawe several of these large lizards (1'+ nose to tail) on Mount Diablo. This was the only one that stopped long enough for a quick photo shoot. It's a really pretty species
Salamanders are great, though this species is pretty plain. It's pretty easy to find them under moist logs.
Family Salamandridae
Found this tiny toad wandering across the path at Johnathan Dickinson State Park. It was pretty easy to identify with that thick stripe down the back.
Almost stepped on this large toad. It's much much larger than the tiny Oak Toads that were hopping around nearby
I was so excited to get to see a Chameleon when we went to Africa, and they are just as cool as I was hoping. This one didn't change color as it was crossing the dirt path, which would have been really cool, but it's cool enough for me.
I don't know what this monster of a snapping turtle was doing laying in the middle of the road, it must have been a foot and a half across, I dunno how much that would make it weigh, it's not as if I was going to try and pick it up. I enjoy my fingers and hand where they are, thank you very much.
This quick footed lizard stayed put just long enough to shoot one or two photos.
These are 100% pure predator. This Crocodile must have been over 16ft long and would've eaten me in one bite. We were 150 feet away and I was glad I wasn't closer!
Here's a close-up of this feisty rattler. His eyes are eerie.
This 3 foot rattlesnake was very unhappy with us, but still allowed some photos to be taken. Notice the 's' shape that it's coiled into. This means come closer and I'll bite you
These small snakes can be found under rocks and logs, normally they move pretty quick when uncovered, but this one was sluggish from the cold.
I'm guessing that I took this picture of a harmless Corn Snake somewhere in Kansas, but I'm really not sure.
Found this 5' Rat Snale hanging out by the Bee Hives on campus.. I managed to take this before the point where I was stung on top of my head.
These are a special kind of lizard known as Alligator Lizards, due to their sort-of-kind-of-a-little-bit similarity to Alligators. They are in the Family Anguidae.
Here's a neat little salamander, though it might have been elevated to its own species now.
A Florida endemic in pinewood flatlands. It's one of two species of Tortoise in the US, the second one lives in Texas. Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes often make use of their burrows, so if you see the one, be on the lookout for the other.
Gekkos are pretty cool, and until I saw this one I didn't know they even lived in the Mediterranean area.
Found under some park in pine forest next to cypress forest, exactly the right habitat. Markings also match well to Petersons's Reptiles
I actually was looking for bugs when I turned over this rock and found a diminutive treefrog staring back at me. These seem to be pretty common around where I live.
This is a very cute little frog, with a green and a gray color morph. This one is of the gray variety and was sitting on a plametto next to a swamp in Osceola National Forest
This is a member of a species complex only separable by voice. The color ranges from plain gray to bright green. They are tiny and adorable, this wasn't much bigger than an inch and a half!
Like most "kingsnakes" this is actually a subspecies of the Eastern Kingsnake. This is one of the most distinguished subspecies with its beautiful spotting. Found this at the Kansas-Oklahoma border while looking for birds.
These remain my all-time favorite species of salamander. Found this out in the woods where we were surveying trees for one of my classes.
With the rather large variety of salamanders around Ithaca, this was by far the most common that I would find.
This large turtle is the penninsularis subspecies of the Pseudemys floridana
The classic Bullfrog. Don't really know what else to say.
Family Ranidae
These are the most common lizards you'll see in the area of California where I live. They're almost everywhere, though usually more skittish than this one was.
This is the fattest salamander I've ever seen, though I suppose that's not saying too much.
This is a subspecies of Eastern Box Turtle that is found in my neck of the woods here in Kansas.
This is a cute little ribbon snake that is found on the Florida Peninsula. This individual was in a tree in some xeric scrub north of Lake Okechobee
Most commonly run-across snake in the Eastern US is this, the Garter Snake.
This turtle was not just below the surface, in face, it was four feet or so underwater. It was found in a freshwater spring in Ocala National Forest, and had the clearest water I have ever seen. My camera was able to auto-focus through it, which is nothing short of amazing. The turtle itself is a very common species in the South, but still cute.
This is a member of the family of lizards containing the giagantic Kamodo Dragon, the largest lizard on Earth, and the second biggest reptile in general next to Nile and Saltwater Crocodiles. This Nile Monitor was no tiny creature either. It must have been about 3.5-4 feet or more.
