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Mar 31, 2019 22:57:53   #
Kennykorn
 
I'm Kennykorn and this is my first time looking at this Forum. I'm impressed at what I see so I figured I would try sharing a few photos taken about 3 days ago to learn how to post. For the record I live about 16 miles east of Tallahassee in North Florida. I'm a retired civil engineer that likes to play at photography on occasion. I've read a lot about photography but it has been a low priority in practice so 90 percent of what I have done were just snapshots with no effort in post processing nor do I own software for that purpose. My photos are more happenstance with some cropping and size reduction for posting purposes.

The attached photos are all of a 12" brown rough scaled lizard I captured while clearing trees away from the power lines along the edge of my property. Lately the power has been flickering occasionally as spring foliage comes on weighing some limbs down and swaying in the wind often coming into momentary contact. We had some tree damage in Hurricane Michael and subsequent tornado winds of late so I started removing every tree within 75 feet of my house and within reach of the power lines. In so doing I accidentally knocked out the power last week. It was very impressive watching the sweet gum tree instantly bursting into flames 75 feet up along with a big bang as the jack blew out on a nearby pole. Sorry no photos of that! It would have been more impressive! But one 30" tree was fairly dead, hollow up to about 20 feet and 1/4 of one side rotted away with its top reaching over 90 feet high. So it was only a matter of time before it took out the power lines.

When I felled the bad tree I noticed something inside like a large lizard so I stuck my hand inside the mushy center and pulled out this lizard. They are not native to the US but probably came from someone's terrarium or his progenitors did. They are from SE Asia. They are even more rare in N. Florida where I live where it can snow on occasion. At least its too cold to encourage the spread of anacondas and pythons now found in South Florida.

These lizards can hurt when they bite ..... far more than the typical chameleons, and are double their size. When aggravated, the browns flatten their head to almost twice the normal round size and hiss when getting ready to bite. I let this one go of course after taking these photos. I have seen other smaller ones around too. I held him tight until be cooled down though before opening my hand. It was a challenge to photograph him moving in one hand and holding the camera in the other.









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Mar 31, 2019 23:53:04   #
Adicus Loc: New Zealand
 
Welcome Kennythorn, Impressive photos taken one handed and a good description of your lizard incident.

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Apr 1, 2019 00:28:10   #
Wallen Loc: Middle Earth
 
Welcome. What you got there do look like what we have in Asia, if not for the pale belly and enlarged cheek & throat. The ones we got commonly have a shade of yellow underside. It is known locally as "Bubuli". Average full grown size is about 9 inches from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail. They are normally found near a water source or moist areas. A very wary creature who would always run away and smells like pee.

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Apr 1, 2019 05:42:25   #
Doddy Loc: Barnard Castle-England
 
Welcome to the forum Kenny, that is an impressive start.

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Apr 1, 2019 06:50:21   #
MikeMck Loc: Southern Maryland on the Bay
 
Welcome to the forum!

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Apr 1, 2019 07:37:26   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Neat shots.
Welcome to the forum.

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Apr 1, 2019 07:41:01   #
joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ
 
Welcome to the forum. Thanks for sharing some photos.

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Apr 1, 2019 10:48:23   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
Welcome. Nice first post.

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Apr 1, 2019 12:19:16   #
Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas
 
Welcome to the Forum, Kennykorn, very good posts, enjoy.

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Apr 1, 2019 14:48:24   #
Vince68 Loc: Wappingers Falls, NY
 
Welcome to UHH Kennykorn.

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Apr 1, 2019 15:22:25   #
photophly Loc: Old Bridge NJ
 
Welcome to the Hog

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Apr 1, 2019 18:02:35   #
PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place
 
Welcome to UHH Kenny, glad you joined us.
Have fun, learn and enjoy the forum.

Don

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Apr 1, 2019 18:19:23   #
jack schade Loc: La Pine Oregon
 
Welcome to the forum.

Jack

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Apr 2, 2019 01:11:41   #
RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
 
I like your lizard photographs and am glad you are in the forum. I would like to see some photographs of your work around your place. How about some pictures of your dog? What is his name?

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Apr 2, 2019 19:36:18   #
jpgto Loc: North East Tennessee
 
Welcome, enjoy

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