Here are some shots of various Florida-native species of reptiles and amphibians I have been able to capture:
Enjoy!
Jack
Very nice - you must have a lot of patience!
Very patient, especially with the snakes! Well done. Since you're in Florida, though, do keep an eye out for ball pythons and other exotics roaming around!
Mike.
P.S. Do you remember Florida's walking catfish debaucle back in the 60s (IIRC)?
Jack, you've really done an outstanding job on these. Very nice images!
Matt
Really well done. I trust you weren't that close to the cottonmouth!
Mike.
They actually use their own tails to lure-in their prey items.
I just find that fascinating
Jack
The color on that bluestripe garter is just stunning!
Nice work!
Hi Jack
Lends even more credbility to the story of Eve.
Question becomes: which one did the teaching? (I was actually going to write who taught who, but then I couldn't decide if it should have been who taught whom and then I sort of remembered going through the argument before but realising I now no longer know if it's objective or subjective! Ah the release of age: it doesn't matter! Actually, it does, but you just stop being able to care.)
On a less urgent note, don't you ever suffer from/get the sense of self-preservation? Forget the other chap's long lens, I'd be out of the state if I saw one of those death sentences looking my way, subjectively or objectively!
Rob C
Got a couple more shots of an Eastern Spadefoot Toad (this time a female). The males are usually green and the females brown. They have the most unusual eyes of any toad in North America ...The first is just a photo of a toad but the second is very striking.
The first is just a photo of a toad but the second is very striking.
Jeremy
Kinda cool how he just sits there "frozen" in waiting ...
poikilothermic...
All seriousness aside, really nice shot!
Mike.
The snakes inhabitting my valley are mostly highly venomous and also the fact that I live far from the places where the antivenom is kept means that I give the long slithery stuff a very wide berth.
Well done on your snake images Jack.
Use a telephoto (http://www.johnkoerner.org/Emoticons/laugh.gif)
Jack
You have some amazing captures, just beautiful.
Dave
Thanks Mike.
If you ever want to auction-off all the terms, phrases, and scraps of information you have stored in your head over the years ... let me know