2009/09/09

Pretty Flowers and Grass Lizards in TBG

Pretty Pink Flowers
Today, while I was photographing these pretty flowers opening along the pathways in TBG, I spotted something squirming in the bushes.

It was a Formosan Grass Lizard! A very small one too, just a little over 10-cm.

Formosan Grass Lizard (Takydromus formosanus) - 台灣草蜥
But then I saw another lizard.

Formosan Grass Lizards (Takydromus formosanus) - 台灣草蜥
It was a larger one with green sides. It came to the smaller, browner one and stayed there for about 20 seconds before the other one crawled away.

Formosan Grass Lizard (Takydromus formosanus) - 台灣草蜥
Photographing the green Formosan Grass Lizard.

Formosan Grass Lizard (Takydromus formosanus) - 台灣草蜥

Formosan Grass Lizard (Takydromus formosanus) - 台灣草蜥
What an handsome animal!

I am not sure if I had mentioned this before or not (because I am having trouble searching it in my older posts), but many weeks ago, one of the Taiwan Barbet's resting cavity had been taken over by ants. Well, my friend today helped me identified it to be Crematogaster rogenhoferi fabricans, a common ant in homes. Pretty cool, I think.
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2 comments:

Tarolino said...

Lovely picture of the flowers. They are gorgeous. The ant picture really is cool. Amazing detail. The lizards are just great. I so love lizards and think of getting two of them interacting in the same shot. Wonderful.

PSYL said...

Thank you, Tarolino. And sorry about the late reply.

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