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Saltarines del Fango (Subfamilia Oxudercinae)Autor
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On sandy flats during low tide, just N of Cairns downtown area. In open sun, temp 39 C, no shade nearby. At flying insects by jumping at them, catching in mid-air!
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Salamandra Bilineada Norteña (Eurycea bislineata)Autor
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Fairly common in stream, under rocks. Can swim faster than most of the local fishes, especially as larvae.
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Género SemotilusAutor
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Young specimens, typically in schools of >60 fish. Size 3-4 cm, lateral stripe dark blue. Found in fast-moving creek, depth of water 5-35 mm.
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Tortuga Lagarto Norteña (Chelydra serpentina)Autor
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1720 hrs. Female, digging under bushes fronting condo complex.
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Tortuga Gravada (Trachemys scripta)Autor
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In lake at Abbott Wildlife Preserve off Pole Road, part of Fort Belvoir. Occurs in great numbers 12 or more per day seen.
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Acociles (Género Procambarus)Autor
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Found in grass during moderate rain, early evening, about 50 m from nearest standing water.
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Lagartija Espinosa de Pastizal (Sceloporus graciosus)Autor
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Air temp. 25.5 C, elevation 1,758 m; breeze 8 to 11.5 kph. Terrain bone dry, even under rocks, where I found only a few small beetles. Sky bright blue, clear & cloudless. Humidity 27%.
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Salamanquesas Y Parientes (Familia Scincidae)Autor
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One of several skinks very actively foraging among beach corals, rocks, and very edge of the water.
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8 mm beetle landed on my knee, so I took a photo. Looks like some sort of carpet beetle. Day was clear, sunny, and hot.
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5) This same pair flew into a tree overhanging the creek where the signaling and pickup took place. It took several seconds for the pair to struggle into copultory position.
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4) The grab: male flies to receptive female, positions parallel to her, and flies her away to a place to mate. These three sequence shots are frame grabs from a Sony video recorder, and represent 0.3 sec.
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3) The grab: male flies to receptive female, positions parallel to her, and flies her away to a place to mate. These three sequence shots are frame grabs from a Sony video recorder, and represent 0.3 sec.
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MATING SEQUENCE: 1) Males and females open and rapidly close their wings as what I interpret as a ready-to-mate signal. Male shown is on grass over shallow, swift-running creak about 40mm at deepest point. Ambient air temperature 32.2 C, skies clear and very sunny.
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2) The grab: male flies to receptive female, positions parallel to her, and flies her away to a place to mate. These three sequence shots are frame grabs from a Sony video recorder, and represent 0.3 sec.
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MATING SEQUENCE: 1) Males and females open and rapidly close their wings as what I interpret as a ready-to-mate signal. Male shown is on grass over shallow, swift-running creak about 40mm at deepest point. Ambient air temperature 32.2 C, skies clear and very sunny. (From a series of photos).
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Varano de Gould (Varanus gouldii)Autor
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Camaleón de Meller (Trioceros melleri)Autor
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Eslizón de la Gran Planicie (Plestiodon obsoletus)Autor
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Género CuoraAutor
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A turtle of SE Asian origin...