Reptiles and Amphibians

[Nemorino]

Seems the left one mistakes the right one for a female - until the right one patience snaps

IMO they are just fighting:



R5 + RF100-400@ f/9, 1/3200, Iso 4000

 

[Click]

LOL The first one is very funny. Well done.

 

[Cog]

I realized I posted the previous lizard photos in the wrong thread. Now it's the right place

 

[ISv]

I realized I posted the previous lizard photos in the wrong thread. Now it's the right place

I think it's reasonable in both threads.

 

[Click]

+1


Very nice shot, Cog. Perfect DOF for your subject.

 

[Cog]

+1


Very nice shot, Cog. Perfect DOF for your subject.

Thank you very much, Click!

 

[Chaitanya]

Posting some amphibian pics and will post reptiles later on.

Common toad(Duttaphrynus melanostictus)


Microhyla nilphamariensis


Marbled Ramanella(Uperodon mormorata)


Indian Balloon Frog(Uperodon globulosus)


Western Burrowing frog(Sphaerotheca paschima)


Tadpole of Amboli leaping frog(Indirana chiravasi)


Castle Rock Wrinkled frog(Nyctibatrachus petraeus)


Ghate's bush frog(Raorchestes ghatei)


Bombay Bush Frog(Raorchestes bombayensis)


Amboli Bush frog(Pseudophilatus amboli)

 

[Chaitanya]

Ghate's bush frog(Raorchestes ghatei) combating males.


Amboli bush frog(Psuedophilatus amboli) egg:


Marbled balloon frog(Uperodon systoma):


Cricket frog(Minervarya sp.)


Malabar gliding frog(Rhacophorus malabaricus) in amplexus:

 

[Chaitanya]

Few lizards:
Amboli Day gecko(Cnemaspis amboliensis)


Yellow Bellied Day gecko(Cnemaspis flaviventralis)


Ajija's day gecko(Cnemaspis ajijae)


Deccan Banded Gecko(Cyrtodactylus deccanensis)


White Banded ground gecko(Cyrtodactylus albofasciatus)


Satara Gecko(Hemidactylus sataraensis)


Murray's House gecko(Hemidactylus murrayi)


Bombay leaf toed Gecko(Hemidactylus prashadi)


West Indian Leopard Gecko(Eublepharis fuscus)

 

[Chaitanya]

Garden Lizard(Calotes versicolor)


Superb fan throated lizard(Sarada superba)


Indian Chameleon(Chamaeleo zeylanicus)


Himalayan Ground skink(Ablepharus himalayanus)

 

[Maximilian]

Really nice series @Chaitanya.
The close-ups of the green chameleon and the gecko are my favs

 

[Chaitanya]

IMO they are just fighting:
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R5 + RF100-400@ f/9, 1/3200, Iso 4000

They are indeed combating, probably over territory to increase mating success.

 

[Click]

Very nice series, Chaitanya.

 

[Cog]

Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard

 

[Click]

Very nice picture, Cog.

 

[Cog]

Very nice picture, Cog.

Thank you, Click!

 

[Maximilian]

Portraits of a blindworm (anguis fragilis).

 

[Maximilian]

A ringed snake, about 40 cm long, didn't care at all about me while searching the bottom of the stream for food.
Light was tricky because everything was in shadow. To stay with ISO below 1600 and still get enough DOF I had to stay below 1/80.
You see it in the second pic. But therefore the water is wonderfully smooth.
5D4, 100-400L II+1.4x, @560 mm, 1/30 - 1/80, f/8, ISO800-1600.

 

[Maximilian]

A ringed snake, about 40 cm long, didn't care at all about me while searching the bottom of the stream for food.

Some more from that session, where I even managed to get it darting its tongue in and out.
IS is cool 5D4, 100-400L II+1.4x, @560 mm, 1/80, f/8, ISO800-1600.

 

[Click]

I really like the 3rd and 4th in this series.