I’m surprised I haven’t shared any photos of these lizards before. I am pretty sure they are Madagascar Three-Eyed Lizard (Chalarodon madagascariensis) and obviously get their name from that black spot on the back of their heads that look like a third eye. I remember…
Unlike the previous photo I shared of one of these Merrem’s Madagascar Swifts, this little guy was hiding in a crack in the wood, but still allowed for a nice photo…
Well, it looks like a nice benefit of my new method for selecting photos to share means that I will likely dig into the archives a bit more frequently… which means I get to correct the issue of having only shared one photo of this…
Taken exactly a year ago… I wish I could be there now and not sitting here amid all this covid19 insanity.
Since I’ve shared plenty of nudibranch photos, I thought maybe I should share some of their eggs… Most nudis lay their eggs in a spiral pattern that often looks like a rose.
Another nudibranch that I got to add to my species list while I was in Andava. Unfortunately, my flash cable had managed to come unattached on the boat ride out to this dive (our final dive for the expedition) so I wasn’t getting very good…
I got plenty of opportunities to find scorpions in Madagascar… especially when we were doing the Spider Tortoise survey – I think I found maybe six or seven by just turning over dead logs.
I leave on the next round of my travels soon (tomorrow)… I have some posts scheduled, but I don’t know how soon I’ll be able to start posting new stuff so stick with me and hopefully I won’t be radio silent for long. The first…
One of the guides spotted this little guy on one of our park hikes. Very cool gecko.
I forget the name of this village where this was taken… sorry! I am pretty sure that this is from our excursion to go visit the sea cucumber ranch. As was my habit while in Mada, I woke up early to go see the sunrise,…
