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Unfortunately, we don't get too many reptiles in the Great White North, so we have to jet-off to Mexico in the winter to get our fill.  Took these in Puerto Vallarta a few years ago.  Pretty handsome "dragons" (Iguana iguana - the common green iguana).  Okay, just common, but exotic to us Northerners.  I also saw a spiny-tailed (black) iguana but didn't get a good picture (I believe these are all green iguana).  Amazing how quite different they look.  Now, bucket list, a marine iguana in the Galapagos!!

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we have just spent the weekend in the Forest of Dean and saw non reptiles Fallow Deer peregrinne  and a first a family of wild boar, but in a rare moment of sunshine at a place called New Fancy, there is a path with a bank above it and we saw 2 common lizards basking

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and then, about a metre above them, a female adder came into view! it was also searching for a basking spot and we stayed very still and watched it for about 20 minutes before the sun went in and it went back into the undergrowth. such a beautiful snake

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Thanks @TonyQ we knew the area was a place that adders could be seen, but of course it was just luck when the sun came out and the adder came to bask! the main thing w as that we did not alter its behaviour

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The local grass snakes are active at Summer leys, our local wildlife trust reserve, but (selfishly) the word has got out and there are about 5 photographers to every snake!  So a trip today to another Trust reserve glapthorn, meant we had  about 5 common lizards, and a stoat, all to ourselves. Not quick enough for the stoat

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for those old enough to remember ray Harryhausen special efects i think this common lizard has been auditioning

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and for the first time in a while, again from nagshead, this magnificent Slow Worm- the longest we have ever seen I think from the colour its a male

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We have spent a weekend in dorset-home to all 6 native reptiles and another interloper! and whilst in the ebautiful RSPB Arne nature erservbe Jane spotted this, a basking femail Sand Lizard-our first ever sighting. Its bigger than the common lizard and you can see the distinct markings down the back.We also saw a male but it was very quick and much fater than my photographic skills!

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We had read that there was a population of Wall Lizards (Podarcis muralis)at Durlston Country Park- another fine place and often good for Peregrines .Wall lizards are native in the Channel Islands but the mainland populations are escapes or introduced.a helpful ranger told us where to look- we watched them for about half an hour whilst othert folk just walked by -perhaps they were used to them. the famles are bwron and the males gree in breeding season-seemed a bit bigger than common lizard and more highly patterned

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We even saw a kill!

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Atdahl

Ah, if I had a $1 for every time people walked past us as we looked a interesting reptiles...

 

The wall lizards are very cool, thanks  for sharing.

 

Alan

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offshorebirder

@Towlersonsafari - was the Wall Lizard's prey a stinkbug of some kind? 

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hi @offshorebirderI think it is a Dock Bug (its UK common name) a "True Bug '   scientific name Coreus marginatus

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On the same day that we saw a flying bittern we also saw the largest adder I have ever seen, basking on a boardwalk, and quite relaxed

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Australian Tiger snake ~ Has the 4th most toxic venom of land snakes in the world. (Infact the top 10 are Australian snakes) Images of a few individuals.

They were the second most common snake I would see when living in Victoria, Australia.  A species that can handle very cold weather. I've seen them active on 10 degree celcius days. Note in the 4th image the flared neck like a cobra. Many Australian snakes flare their neck as a warning they are not happy or as an aid in thermoregulation.

 

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Lowland Copperhead. The species of snake I saw most often living in Victoria, Australia. Another snake that can handle very cold weather. This species is very variable in colour and often they are misidentified as Brown snakes or Red-bellied Black Snakes. Many snakes eat other snakes and this species is cannibalistic (refer my next post).  

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I found this individual on a beach at 6:45 am on a cold day whilst doing some shorebird photography.

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Lowland Copperhead devouring Lowland Copperhead. One of the most amazing snake sightings i've witnessed. This battle raged for about 45 minutes before the larger snake finally overpowered the slightly smaller individual. I found them on the Tee of a local golf course. The larger snake carried his partially consumed victim off the Tee into longer grass to finish his meal.  

 

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Very cool @Geoff.  It's tough to get decent shots of snakes in my experience but you have some great ones here.  Thank goodness for telephoto lenses..right. :)

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14 hours ago, Atdahl said:

Very cool @Geoff.  It's tough to get decent shots of snakes in my experience but you have some great ones here.  Thank goodness for telephoto lenses..right. :)

 

@AtdahlSo true. And it is still very hard with telephoto lenses to get the whole creature in the frame. I should add that the best snake images I've seen the photographers had used a wide-angle lens with flash.

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