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The Sand Lizard


The Sand Lizard
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Copyright: Mircea Costina (mirceax) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 231 W: 56 N: 1354] (6247)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006
Categories: Reptiles
Camera: Nikon D50, Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 DG Macro
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/200 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-07-03 3:46
Viewed: 819
Points: 9
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis is a lizard. It is distributed across most of Europe (except the Iberian peninsula, west and south-east France, most of Great Britain, Italy where it is present only in isolated colonies, European Turkey, most of Greece); and eastwards to Mongolia. It has a light underbelly and a dorsal stripe: males tend to be darker and colour and turn green during the mating season. Sand Lizards can reach up to 25cm in length. It has several sub-species the westernmost of which is Lacerta agilis agilis. In this and the other main western sub-species (Lacerta agilis argus)the dorsal stripe is thin and interrupted - often not present at all, particularly in the latter sub-species which also contains the red-backed phase which has no dorsal markings at all but a plain red to brown dorsum. In these sub-species only the flanks of the males turn green in the mating season, unlike the eastern sub-species (predominantly Lacerta agilis exigua) in which males can be totally green even outside the breeding season. In the UK, the Sand Lizard is restricted to southern heathlands and the coastal sand dunes of north west England. It is regarded as threatened and strictly protected under law - as it is throughout most of Europe. This is in contrast to Lacerta agilis exigua whose Russian name translates to the "Common Lizard". More information about this species in the UK can be found at the Herpetological Conservation Trustwhich is the lead partner in the UK Sand Lizard Species Action plan.
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selam, Great shot and very good composition. Well done ! Regards ridvan

Hi Mircea,
Nice photo of this lizards. The scales are very sharp and clear and so is the eye. I like the pov,it is unfortunate that the blurred blade of grass is infront of the lizards but that can be one of the hard things about nature photography, to get a clear shot of your subject.
regards
Matt

Hello Mircea,
Very good image in terms of compo, DOF, POV,...
Well done
TFS
Annick

Salut,
Superba fotografie la acest mascul de lacerta agilis agilis/argus.
Imi place tot la fotografia asta, mai ales animalul :D
Numai bine,
Iulian

  • Good 
  • bogdan (36)
  • [2008-01-14 14:23]

Frumoasa poza.Ma intreb daca ai fi avut 300mm f2.8 obiectiv ce ai fi obtinut?La un moment dat calitatea sta si in buzunar.Felicitari

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