These handsome little lizards proved to be quite tricksome to find, owing to their fairly specific habitat requirements. Once we'd actually found a couple of the elusive areas that ticked all of the microhabitat boxes, they were pretty abundant. The species is notoriously skittish (apparently even more so when you have a camera), so the … Continue reading Dalmatian Algyroides (Algyroides nigropunctatus)
Despite supposedly being one of the more common species in the Amazon, this anole somehow eluded me until this year. The most likely reason for this is that they were all hanging out in the canopy instead of down in the forest where they are supposed to be! After Giselle (the ornithologist) told me for … Continue reading Amazon bark anole (Anolis ortonii)
During my time in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) I was pretty keen to try and find a sand boa. How hard could it be when they leave their perfect sine-wave tracks in the sand? Turns out it’s quite hard. A week before leaving, I was following the tracks of a big, fat sand boa … Continue reading Arabian sand boa (Eryx jayakari)
Although by combining the two things that most people are afraid of I could immediately destroy my cause, I’m going to post about it anyway. Those of you that have had the misfortune of meeting me will probably have heard me ramble on about this species at some point. Either recounting my repeated failure to … Continue reading Spider-tailed viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides)
Tales of Scales 