Others A Thread Featuring Reptiles

[Greg Shchepanek]

There are excellent opportunities to macro these amazing characters...I swear that some snakes that I have met have a look of annoyance in their eyes? I am hoping some day to capture that up close.
So I have chosen the biggest reptile to hi light first: American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) Everglades National Park • Ramsar site no. 374. Conservation Status: Threatened due to similarity of appearance (T (S/A)) (T (S/A)) in United States (USFWS)

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

A little lizard with frilly toes I found in the Mojave Desert. Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard (Uma scoparia) Kelso Sand Dunes • Mojave National Preserve, California, United States. Endemic in Mojave Desert, US: native and occurs nowhere else.

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Up close and very personal to a Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario. Ramsar site no. 755. There are three types of Painted Turtle in North America.

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Turtles are the best for macro opportunities: Southeastern Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum ssp. subrubrum) Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware Bay Estuary, Delaware, United States. Ramsar site no. 559.

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Invasive Species seen: Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Britannia Conservation Area, Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Taken on July 11, 2015.

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Story of a special snake: Lake Erie Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon insularum) Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada. Conservation Status: imperiled (G5T2) (NatureServe). Taken on June 2, 2017.

 

[OddyB]

This common lizard was taken at a local nature reserve, we see the lizards there every year but we have noticed a couple of them last year had ticks just behind their front legs.

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Fantastic OddyB welcome to the thread would love your images of Reptiles here...thank you

 

[OddyB]

This family of common lizards were taken at the London Wetland Centre before the lockdown.
ISO400, f11, 220.0mm, 1/320, Sony RX10iv

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Brilliant capture telling the story of family...very well done