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WC #464 - Rainbow colors

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted January 2, 2011149 views18 comments

This image to start the new year challenge.
The Chihuahuan Greater Earless Lizards tipically use the highest perch at hand and when it's hot the body is held high on outstratched legs with toes lifted.
I think this lizard would tell me: "do not you think I have the colors of the rainbow?"

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Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Dan Moore on January 2, 2011 at 12:51 PM

Great post! I sorted through my Pidgeon images to get something like this but was not happy.
I think you got all of them! Plus you got the super head turn.

Dan

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Comment posted by Carol Nichols on January 2, 2011 at 12:58 PM

Beautiful colors on this lizard Monica. I love the turn of his head and the look he is giving you!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 2, 2011 at 4:01 PM

What a beautiful reptile! Your dof is perfect and I hope you gave him/her a grasshopper for posing!

Just an excellent shot!

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 2, 2011 at 4:51 PM

Wonderful pose and eye contact, great rainbow colors!

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on January 2, 2011 at 5:41 PM

What a great pose! He seems rather pleased with himself and his rainbow colors. Great shot!

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Comment posted by RL Potts on January 2, 2011 at 8:44 PM

Well, this is one interesting specimen. He is very erect. And those huge hind feet, does this guy run like a biped? How big was this guy? and those neck flaps, do they do anything? Looks like he has great colors for attracting a hawk. I wonder whether this species can change colors like a chameleon. He has a pattern like a collared lizard, but at the wrong end! Oh yeah, great shot.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 2, 2011 at 11:02 PM

Sensational. I love it's pose, too. Jaunty little show-off.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on January 2, 2011 at 11:17 PM

A very unique image the meet this challenge. Great image also.

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on January 3, 2011 at 12:06 AM

very colorful, and I like his pose and expression

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on January 3, 2011 at 9:06 AM

Wow--what a colorful guy that is! Nice head turn too. If theres a magazine about lizards, this belongs on the cover

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on January 3, 2011 at 2:11 PM

Thanks everybody for the comments.
Thanks RL for your interest in this species. Here the answers:
- does this guy run like a biped? - When alarmed, they run bipedally.
- How big was this guy? - about 80 mm.
- and those neck flaps, do they do anything? - No.
- I wonder whether this species can change colors like a chameleon. - No colors changing.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 3, 2011 at 3:37 PM

What a beautiful reptile!
Excellent capture!
Sandy

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Comment posted by David Thomas on January 4, 2011 at 6:50 PM

I overlooked this before, but I'm glad I found it now. You and the lizard make a sensational team, with wonderful colors, pose, and detail.

Thanks for your nice comment on my rainbow collage, too. Rainbows have made a fine Weekly Challenge subject, with more variety than one might anticipate. I've been whistling "Somewher Over the Rainbow" all week.

Dave Thomas, Leesburg, Virginia

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on January 8, 2011 at 1:19 AM

A superb capture and an excellent choice for the challenge, Monica. It's definitely a walking rainbow!

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on January 9, 2011 at 7:40 AM

What a distinct interpretation of rainbow colors, a real pleasure to look at it.

Peter

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on January 9, 2011 at 9:53 AM

Wonderful shot, Monica

...I'm back from my Christmas holidays !!!
Ciao.
Mauro

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on January 10, 2011 at 3:49 PM

I somehow missed this terrific photo, Monica. Definitely the pick of the challenge entries. The pose, the colors and the composition are just outstanding. Well done.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 18, 2011 at 9:03 PM

Very cool Monica, love that inquisitive nod he's giving us - Excellent!
I missed this WC..Have a Painted Bunting closeup I like, could've posted it

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