Reptiles and Amphibians

[Maximilian]

The is for your picture, not the climate change. A week ago, I was riding my mountain bike in t shirt and shorts, today we received 15 cm of snow.

Fully understood.
And of course in Canada weather changes sometimes much faster than in Central Europe, thanks to our Alps blocking North-South streams.

 

[Lloyd]

I posted some bird photos from my trip to the Galapagos in the two bird threads but I found this thread which is appropriate to many of the Galapagos inhabitants including these handsome boys or beautiful girls. More can be found at my website at https://www.photowilderness.com/p636321408

 

[Click]

I posted some bird photos from my trip to the Galapagos in the two bird threads but I found this thread which is appropriate to many of the Galapagos inhabitants including these handsome boys or beautiful girls. More can be found at my website at https://www.photowilderness.com/p636321408

Very nice series, Lloyd. I really like your pictures.

 

[Cog]

It's finally summer for him

338A0392 by Cog2012, on Flickr

 

[Click]

It's finally summer for him

Another very nice shot. Well done, Cog.

 

[Cog]

Thanks, Click!

 

[Nemorino]

FROGS!
R5 + RF 100L @ f/3.2, Iso 100, 1/400, SAC +?

 

[Click]

I like this shot taken from a low point of view . Nicely done, Nemorino.

 

[Nemorino]

Thanks, Click!
Tilted screens are really a big help!

 

[Nemorino]

R5 + TS-E 90mm @ f/5.6, 1/1000s, Iso 4000, max tilt

 

[Click]

Nice!

 

[ISv]

The king of that place...

 

[Click]

The king of that place...

Very nice series, ISv. I really like the bokeh.

 

[ISv]

Very nice series, ISv. I really like the bokeh.

Thanks Click! When there is enough distance behind the object and no bright spots there the PF lens is able to produce some better bokeh.

 

[Maximilian]

Really lovely ones @Nemorino and @ISv.
I don't know how I could have missed your photos for weeks.

 

[Maximilian]

If a friend of mine and I am right, then these are common wall lizards (podarcis muralis).
Quite un-common to meet those in the "Rhododendron-Park" (German Page), Bremen, Northern Germany.
In Germany, they usually live in the Rhein rift and at the Main river.
But I've read that they travel in freight trains from Southern Europe to northern regions.

 

[Click]

Nice series. I especially like the second picture.

 

[Maximilian]

If a friend of mine and I am right, then these are common wall lizards (podarcis muralis). ...

Some more of those.
The second one is hilarious, as the fire bug was really having fun bugging the lizard until it withdrew. It seemed it knew well that it wouldn't end up in its stomach.
Note that on the fourth are three of them. My guess was that there was a population of at least 20 individuals.
The last one is my personal fav.

 

[Maximilian]

While I found the wall lizards at a very warm spot in Bremen, the following poikilotherms I could spot at home in Franconia at lower temperatures.

Water frog


Female sand lizard

 

[Click]

Another very nice series. Well done, Maximilian.