Camouflage pics
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- Steve Atkins
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Camouflage pics
I like the pictures where it takes a minute to find the animal. Post some pics showing off camouflage
closer look
closer look
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What a beauty!
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Here's a few camo pics.
Dwarf American Toad
Timber Rattlesnake
Underwater shot of a Map Turtle
Osage Copperhead
Western Chorus Frog
Cope's Gray Treefrog
Timber Rattler, can you see him?
Osage Copperhead
Ok I'll stop before someone gets upset, lol.
Dwarf American Toad
Timber Rattlesnake
Underwater shot of a Map Turtle
Osage Copperhead
Western Chorus Frog
Cope's Gray Treefrog
Timber Rattler, can you see him?
Osage Copperhead
Ok I'll stop before someone gets upset, lol.
- BillMcGighan
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Camoflage... Good stuff, guys.
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Here's a couple:
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Anole - east SC
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Anole close
Northern Copperhead in my yard (scanned old pics)
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Mount Mitchell, NC, immature Black belly Desmog
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Can’t appreciate camo in this West Texas Blacktailed Rattlesnake. It's too dark.
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Closer
Drawn out into the light.
Regards, Bill
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Here's a couple:
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Anole - east SC
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Anole close
Northern Copperhead in my yard (scanned old pics)
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Mount Mitchell, NC, immature Black belly Desmog
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Can’t appreciate camo in this West Texas Blacktailed Rattlesnake. It's too dark.
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Closer
Drawn out into the light.
Regards, Bill
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The above pic was posed, the below pic was not.
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Draco volans
Varanus spenceri
Pogona vitticeps that thinks he's camouflaged
Not so good
Chlamydosaurus kingii
This one's tricky - If you squint and concentrate, you may just make out a Komodo dragon on the path.
Varanus spenceri
Pogona vitticeps that thinks he's camouflaged
Not so good
Chlamydosaurus kingii
This one's tricky - If you squint and concentrate, you may just make out a Komodo dragon on the path.
- wayne_fidler
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oh one of my fav games!
eastern box turtle
carolina watersnake
eastern cottonmouth
queen snake
yellow rat snake
carolina pigmy rattlesnake
spotted turtle
last one I promise
american alligator
eastern box turtle
carolina watersnake
eastern cottonmouth
queen snake
yellow rat snake
carolina pigmy rattlesnake
spotted turtle
last one I promise
american alligator
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Eastern hognose (look for the "eyespots")
Li'l eastern
Carl
Li'l eastern
Carl
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Look close...
Closer.
Here's one more...
Look close.
Closer...
Closer.
Here's one more...
Look close.
Closer...
- Jason Mintzer
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Not a herp, but still great camo
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Eastern Box Turtle
- Steve Atkins
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wow, some of those are really hard to find
Those canyon tree frogs are pretty sweet, I still can't find the spotted turtle, and I'm not sure if I found the cottonmouth
Those canyon tree frogs are pretty sweet, I still can't find the spotted turtle, and I'm not sure if I found the cottonmouth
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Timber rattlesnake (MO), Copperhead (MO), Toad (MO), Basilisk (Costa Rica), Caimen (Peru).
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These guys are my favorite:
California Chorus Frog
Here are a couple relatives:
Pacific Chorus Frog
Western Chorus Frog
Others got better pictures of this guy:
Rough Green Snake
This guys are amazing - I've probably missed 10-15 that had better camo than these two:
Long-tailed Brush Lizards
All the tree lizards were always red in this spot - I thought it was pretty cool.
Cliff Tree Lizard
And one case where camo was, sadly, not a good thing:
Desert Horned Lizard
California Chorus Frog
Here are a couple relatives:
Pacific Chorus Frog
Western Chorus Frog
Others got better pictures of this guy:
Rough Green Snake
This guys are amazing - I've probably missed 10-15 that had better camo than these two:
Long-tailed Brush Lizards
All the tree lizards were always red in this spot - I thought it was pretty cool.
Cliff Tree Lizard
And one case where camo was, sadly, not a good thing:
Desert Horned Lizard
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It is cheating when you don't center the subject in the frame!
DAN
DAN
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As a general comment, it's also a little unsporting to have the animal so small in the frame that it is virtually invisible with the naked eye even once spotted....Herp Ninja wrote:It is cheating when you don't center the subject in the frame!
DAN
Camouflage is about being hidden in full view, not about being too far away to be seen.
Alternatively, we could have another thread entitled "Wide angle shots that should have been taken with a telephoto"
wide angle shot that should have been taken with a telephoto
spoilsportWW** wrote:As a general comment, it's also a little unsporting to have the animal so small in the frame that it is virtually invisible with the naked eye even once spotted....
Camouflage is about being hidden in full view, not about being too far away to be seen.
Sceloporus sp.
Ctenotus sp.
a python!
Here's a tricky one. Find the garter snake.
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WOW!!! You guys never seem to amaze me.
I run an educational company whrere I do a lot of presenting to kids about reptiels. One of the important things I try to instill is that they look the way that they do so they can camoflouge and hide. I would love to be able to share some of your photos that you have where you have the wide shot and then the animal. It would really support what i am trying to teach the kids. Please email me or contact me in the many ways that you can. [email protected]
Thank you,
I run an educational company whrere I do a lot of presenting to kids about reptiels. One of the important things I try to instill is that they look the way that they do so they can camoflouge and hide. I would love to be able to share some of your photos that you have where you have the wide shot and then the animal. It would really support what i am trying to teach the kids. Please email me or contact me in the many ways that you can. [email protected]
Thank you,
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WW - you read my mind. Camouflage doesn't work if you have to be half a mile away!
Crocdoc - you beat me to it!
Somewhere I have a shot of a trans-pecos rat on a paved road that is almost invisible. I posted it in the Camouflage theme on the old image lab.
Here's one that isn't as cool, but still the same species (they are much harder to see on the road) -
Here's a game - spot the barking frog!
Crocdoc - you beat me to it!
Somewhere I have a shot of a trans-pecos rat on a paved road that is almost invisible. I posted it in the Camouflage theme on the old image lab.
Here's one that isn't as cool, but still the same species (they are much harder to see on the road) -
Here's a game - spot the barking frog!
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Any body notice the Black Racer by the burnt log in wayne's Carolina Pygmy pic????
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not until nowTrey Lemons wrote:Any body notice the Black Racer by the burnt log in wayne's Carolina Pygmy pic????
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A few local-ish favorites:
Phrynosoma modestum (Eddy County, New Mexico)
Phrynosoma platyrhinos calidiarum (Washington County, Utah)
Rana boylii (Humboldt County, California)
Holbrookia maculata ruthveni (White Sands National Monument, New Mexico)
And a few that are more exotic:
Rhinella margaritifera (Panama Province, Panama)
Uroplatus phantasticus (Ranomafana, Madagascar)
Uroplatus sikorae (Analamazaotra, Madagascar)
And my all-time favorite:
Gephyromantis horridus (Masoala National Park, Madagascar)
John
Phrynosoma modestum (Eddy County, New Mexico)
Phrynosoma platyrhinos calidiarum (Washington County, Utah)
Rana boylii (Humboldt County, California)
Holbrookia maculata ruthveni (White Sands National Monument, New Mexico)
And a few that are more exotic:
Rhinella margaritifera (Panama Province, Panama)
Uroplatus phantasticus (Ranomafana, Madagascar)
Uroplatus sikorae (Analamazaotra, Madagascar)
And my all-time favorite:
Gephyromantis horridus (Masoala National Park, Madagascar)
John
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Exactly. Some of the pics in this thread are of "hiding" herps (under leaves, in crevices), not of "camouflaged" herps. There is a difference!WW** wrote:Camouflage is about being hidden in full view, not about being too far away to be seen.
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The racer is what I spotted immediately the first go. I just thought that Wayne might have mis-labeled the pic. Ironically I didn't find the pygmy until my third attempt! Now, as to "pygmy" vs "pigmy", I've always gone with the "y" spelling. A Google search gives 714,000 results for pygmy vs 695,000 results for pigmy, so there ya go......Trey Lemons wrote:Any body notice the Black Racer by the burnt log in wayne's Carolina Pygmy pic????
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To keep things lively, the SSAR naming guide (http://www.ssarherps.org/pdf/HC_37_6thEd.pdf) uses "Pygmy" consistently, but CNAH (http://www.naherpetology.org/) uses "Pigmy".
John
John
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Uroplatus wins!
Heres a Hyla
Not a herp but cool
Heres a Hyla
Not a herp but cool
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Two coppers in situ as found under A/C.
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I noticed the racer...just assumed he thought it was a pigmy .....actually, I still haven't found the pigmy...Trey Lemons wrote:Any body notice the Black Racer by the burnt log in wayne's Carolina Pygmy pic????
How about the second frog in Justin's pseudacris photo?
Great thread!
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I saw that, but didn't see the pygmy...Trey Lemons wrote:Any body notice the Black Racer by the burnt log in wayne's Carolina Pygmy pic????
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ebs121781 wrote:I saw that, but didn't see the pygmy...Trey Lemons wrote:Any body notice the Black Racer by the burnt log in wayne's Carolina Pygmy pic????
That is because the black racer looking thing is some what centered but the pigmy is off center and barely in the frame, another of the "bad photo" camo shots. I love the pictured where you can't see the animal but then closer images ala Diamondback Dave's style of pics reveal the animal. The shot from across the valley or pond of tiny rocks or large clumps of grass and bushes alone does very little for me.
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Notice how the coloration is matched to its settings
A classic disguise, the snake uses a turban.
A room filled with snakes
A classic disguise, the snake uses a turban.
A room filled with snakes
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Oh good, someone is bringing politics to the forum...stlouisdude wrote:A room filled with snakes
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You can obviously tell where the snake is, but I still think this is an incredible show of camo.
Atrox:
Atrox:
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I'll throw in a couple more I found:
Rattlesnakes and fence lizards in this area show yellow more often than I've seen elsewhere:
Cricket Frog (these guys often blend in well)
Lesser Scaly Anole - this would have looked better if I'd been zoomed out more
Rattlesnakes and fence lizards in this area show yellow more often than I've seen elsewhere:
Cricket Frog (these guys often blend in well)
Lesser Scaly Anole - this would have looked better if I'd been zoomed out more
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Okay, not a herp, but definitely not off in the distance - it'd be hard to get more zoomed in than this and it's still hard to see.
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Here's just a typical site around here. Wonder how many of these guys we really walk right past and never know...
Here's a timber I was very proud to have spotted. It was a gorgeous one, at that!
Little gray copper:
Another little copperhead:
Some really cool pics on here guys- mother nature is pretty incredible!
Here's a timber I was very proud to have spotted. It was a gorgeous one, at that!
Little gray copper:
Another little copperhead:
Some really cool pics on here guys- mother nature is pretty incredible!
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Here's a 3/4 inch juvenile arroyo toad out on the gravel bar where they spend 4-6 weeks after metamorphosis. If they don't move, you don't see them.
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that's a pretty cool toad, do they look the same when they are adults?
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Nah, but they go nocturnal as subadults and adults. They're really hard to see then, and using a flash is cheating, right?
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Oh yeah, forgot this guy. Don't let it hurt your mind...
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Was going through some old photos, and came across this EDB shot. Imagine how many of THESE go unnoticed!
Carl
Carl
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KUJordan, that Copper shot is stunning...for some reason it reminds me of a Gaboon viper. Carl, cool EDB.
Here's a Pigmy I ran across last Saturday. (7/31/10) 'Good a reason as any for wearing boots in the field.
Tim
Here's a Pigmy I ran across last Saturday. (7/31/10) 'Good a reason as any for wearing boots in the field.
Tim
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same species, different habitats