Brown Anole

IraRunyan

With an 80% chance of rain, I decided that I would stay at home today and photograph the lizards in my yard.

I only have 4 species of lizards at my house. The Green Anole, A Gecko usually only seen at night, A large 7" Skink that lives under a refrigator on my porch, and of course the Brown Anole. Here are some shots of the Brown Anoles..........

Marcy

again great shot with great detail - lizards are fun to shoot when they cooperate

lazarkl

Nice shots. Here in Cape Cod our lizards are largely extinct, but, boy do we have chipmunks. Seriously, very nice work.

BBiggs

Nice work Ira!!! I think I like the second to last image the most!!!

Maestro

That fourth one is awesome! Do you know why they flash that skin under their chin? The green anoles that I see all the time are always doing this. I don't know if they are attracting the opposite sex, trying to stay cool or something else.

IraRunyan

Maestro wrote:

That fourth one is awesome! Do you know why they flash that skin under their chin? The green anoles that I see all the time are always doing this. I don't know if they are attracting the opposite sex, trying to stay cool or something else.

That's the males flashing.... they do that and bob up & down to attract females and to warn other males to stay out of their territory.

Maestro

IraRunyan wrote:

That's the males flashing.... they do that and bob up & down to attract females and to warn other males to stay out of their territory.

Thanks.