Really good photos Shorty, I love the first shot and the third one too. I saw some big lacies recently but I didnt have my camera with me unfortunately. One of them came within a metre of me.
Thanks Rick, now that's a phrase i have not heard in a long time "Ducks guts" :)
Thanks Tim, some places down the coast if you don't zip your tent they come in looking for a feed. When ever i go close to these things i always stay low, don't want them thinking i am a tree and climb up me :)
Hi Nate. Most of us have been seriously conditioned into being scared of rather than having a healthy respect for snakes. Most snake species are very shy & will avoid contact with humans. Far better, perhaps, to develop respect for snakes & view them as an integral part of the natural environment - while at the same time ensuring the safety of babies & toddlers where there are likely to be snakes. Watching snakes playing their role in the natural environment is seriously interesting.
Oh, lovely photos Rick! I am an animal lover and I love all reptiles, even snakes. These shots made just my day.
M.M.
Nice ones, Rick.
I came across a Sand Monitor today near Lake Cargelligo.
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Canberra
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Magic set Shorty!
Love em all but the last is just the ducks guts.
Really good photos Shorty, I love the first shot and the third one too. I saw some big lacies recently but I didnt have my camera with me unfortunately. One of them came within a metre of me.
Thanks Rick, now that's a phrase i have not heard in a long time "Ducks guts" :)
Thanks Tim, some places down the coast if you don't zip your tent they come in looking for a feed. When ever i go close to these things i always stay low, don't want them thinking i am a tree and climb up me :)
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
Two lizards from the last couple of days at Gluepot Reserve.
Sand Goanna
Mallee Military Dragon
Man this Gluepot reserve has some amazing wildlife!
Awesome shots of the goanna Rick! I love everything about the first one.
I went to Inskip Point, near Rainbow Beach, near Gympie, Qld last weekend and saw this on the path most of one day.
I hope that they didn't eat the Black-breasted Button-Quail but I am not sure as I did not see the BBBQ.
I hope that you can see the flickering tongue in each pic
Peter
Lace Monitor...
Common Brown Snake gambolling in water overflow from tank.
Found this little beauty on the way back from Strzelecki a couple of weeks ago.
Great shots Rick, the reptiles are starting to come out again.
Some fantastic photos there
Here is mine from Stirling National park in Great southern of WA
A Montior lizard
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Nice find and shots Laza, looks like a Heath Monitor (Varanus rosenbergi).
Cheers Tim and many thanks for the ID
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Young Tiger on the prowl Herdsman Lake Park Perth
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Looks like a healthy specimen laza.
Anyone know what type of lizard this one is?
Taken at Bowra Qld
Leaving the Inlet today after a hike and found this lovely fella wandering over the road
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Nice. What is it? ...and where? ("the inlet" is not all that specific!)
soakes
Olinda, Victoria, Australia
Hi Soakes
Its a carpet python from Leschenault Inlet in South West of WA
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No identification on #69 yet. Any takers?
They all look so scarey. I am seriously scared.
Hi Nate. Most of us have been seriously conditioned into being scared of rather than having a healthy respect for snakes. Most snake species are very shy & will avoid contact with humans. Far better, perhaps, to develop respect for snakes & view them as an integral part of the natural environment - while at the same time ensuring the safety of babies & toddlers where there are likely to be snakes. Watching snakes playing their role in the natural environment is seriously interesting.
Another encounter with Carpet Python on the Leschenault Inlet, amazing to watch it go vertically straight up on its on strength and rest on the branch
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dentification on #69
Lophognathus gilberti centralis.
Cheers,
al
Central Victoria
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