Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Lizards In My World

A few Lizards from my world:


This is called a "Flat Lizard" - what a lame name for such a beautiful creature, hey?


A desert lizard, probably about 100mm long.


Is that a miniature crocodile?


It looks quite prehistoric with it's spiky scales.


Also a "Flat Lizard", I believe.


Close-up of the Flat one.


A tiny lizard - look at the length of it's tail.


Quite a large lizard on some bricks at my home in the north.


A Gekko - I have quite a few inside the house, they eat insects and sadly, my cats eat them.


I believe that this is called an "Agama'.


This orange specimen was camouflaged in the red sand of a dune.


I don't know much about Lizards, Skinks, Agamas and Gekkos - if anyone knows of a good reference book please let me know.

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  1. BarbaraDecember 21, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    Wow! I love these photos! You must be very still while holding your camera, or maybe "one with the desert". After reading your blog for about a year, Namibia has climbed to the top of my "must travel there" list.

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  2. OneStonedCrowDecember 21, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    Hi Barbara, thanks for your kind comment - I trust that you'll let me know when you visit Nam ...

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  3. LoniceraDecember 21, 2011 at 8:13 PM

    Incredibly sharp! And what patience it must have taken to find them and got them to pose so beautifully...

    I also meant to tell you I enjoyed the last post very much, what a spooky looking town. I enjoyed comparing the posting house as it was and as it now is. Brilliant.
    Caroline

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  4. OneStonedCrowDecember 21, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    Thanks Caroline - I'm starting to learn how to approach them but many still get away before I can get a shot in ...

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  5. Bill LislemanDecember 21, 2011 at 11:16 PM

    Have you ever heard of lounge lizards? These are much better. You keep lizards for insect control? Interesting. My brother got a cat for rodent control. Much better than poisons and such.

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  6. LisaDecember 22, 2011 at 4:27 AM

    Look why the Flat Lizard head and tail color is different than the color of its body! And oh the design on each of them, and the way they look and what is on their mind.

    This post is so special that my comment will be longer than the post itself. In many ways, the lizards are so much like us, I wonder which one is you, which one is me..:)

    Thank you Graham and I especially thank you for the up close on the red dune sand, maybe someday, and personal.

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  7. PhillipDecember 22, 2011 at 7:35 AM

    Beautiful photos. Picture number eight is a skink, (I think). I have several living on my veranda. Now and again they wander into the lounge on their hunting trips.

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  8. OneStonedCrowDecember 22, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    Hehe Bill ... I've got a vague idea of what a lounge lizard is ... "Lounge Lizard Larry" was one of the first computer games I played ... no games beat the old-time Pinball Machines though ...

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  9. OneStonedCrowDecember 22, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    Hehe Fazlisa - that Flat Lizard is a male, showing-off in the sun ...

    mmm ... well, if I could choose which lizard to be it would be the scaly guy who looks like a croc ...

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  10. OneStonedCrowDecember 22, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    Thanks Phillip - yeah, I'm still trying to figure out the difference between Lizards and Skinks ... I read somewhere that 'all skinks are lizards but not all lizards are skinks' ... I guess that's true but not very helpful ...

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  11. SandyDecember 22, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    Beautiful photos! I live in Arizona so I have lots of lizards around my property. I don't really know much about them either except that they eat bugs and I am happy about that!

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  12. OneStonedCrowDecember 22, 2011 at 6:23 PM

    Thanks Sandy - I imagine you have many colourful specimens in Az too ...

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  13. JoyfulDecember 23, 2011 at 8:51 AM

    Those are all beautifully coloured lizards.

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  14. DianeDecember 23, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    Your lizards in Africa are so much more interesting than ours. All I see here is the Common Lizard, and there are masses of them. and occasionally the shy Green Lizard which is beautiful, very bright green all over. We do get the occasional snakes as well, but the only one we need to worry about is the Adder. Diane

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  15. OneStonedCrowDecember 23, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    Indeed Penny - I always feel a sense of excitement when I encounter one ...

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  16. OneStonedCrowDecember 23, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    mmmm ... it would be great if you could get a shot of a Green Lizard Diane ... or even a Common one ...

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  17. AnonymousDecember 29, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    I have also been having quite a reptily time so really appreciate your pictures - lovely Graham

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  18. OneStonedCrowDecember 29, 2011 at 2:24 PM

    Thanks Jackie ... :)

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  19. Hilary Melton-ButcherJanuary 14, 2012 at 11:07 AM

    Hi Graham .. all beautiful photos - nature is extraordinary that species can evolve into their different niches and live very happily together ... especially in (to us) adverse desert conditions.

    Great to see them .. SA must have a good reference book .. for further information .. or the net for that matter. It's time isn't it - and I think I'd rather be out and about too ..

    Cheers Hilary

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  20. OneStonedCrowJanuary 14, 2012 at 1:01 PM

    Thanks Hilary - yes, I'm amazed at all the colours in Nature ... if I was a lizard I think I'd rather be plain and keep a low profile ... :)

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