Santa Cruz lava lizard eating introduced gecko

Image scanned from film in February 2021. Location and date from Word document notes in my Natural History Notes folder. Record also submitted to HerpMapper.org.

American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis at Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary in High Island, TX. This alligator crept up on the bank of the island and has just caught a bird.

Hmm...

Brown anole who fell in love with a fairy!

Score one for the natives... taking down a Brown Anole.

Handled under appropriate permits as part of a Mark-Recapture project.

The second Eastern newt I've seen in Whatcom county. I suspect there is a breeding population established in local ponds.

Grupo de salamanquesas

I noticed odd tracks in the sand, saw the snakes and mistook them for rattlesnakes.

erythristic form

black tern perched on top of basking turtle

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abbarant colour form

Three-way

Snake dinner to go or a sneaky snail escape?

Seen close to sheltered inlet of the ocean, eating a fish of some sort. No visible stripes.

having never seen a shark before I thought it was 2 sharks...but as the image indications, it was just one rather large shark...it seemed to be solo! what is this shark?

Green male and brown female mating

Not M. Albemarlensis.
Catching as prey introduced gecko.

Estado juvenil