Two 2010 sketches of Styracosaurus. Top is a show-off male embellishing his head spikes with a fallen branch. Bottom is a polycephalic (two-headed) Styracosaurus that has made it to adulthood.
Or possibly, Common Lizards - it's all a question of scale. 😉 Photographed on the boardwalk to one of the hides at Teifi Marshes near Cardigan, Wales, earlier this month.
Nearly done with 2008. Last few posts before there is a gear change and a milestone in my career. For today, a stylistic look at the development of Iguanodon, which was created for a Discoverology book.
The 2008 book, A TIME TRAVELLER'S FIELD NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS OF DINOSAURS; I'm posting more of my illustrations (it is a fictional story, so be prepared for plenty of inaccuracies). Here are the Triassic reptiles that feature in the book.
In 2004 I played with a book idea but never took it to a publisher. I did 100 draft drawings for the proposal (never completed), I'll post a few more throughout today. First is Archelon.
The tokay gecko that lives outside my bedroom window is back! Gives me alarm calls between 2am and 3am. Once I was sure it was saying the Thai numerals 6,4. Friends I told bought lottery tickets with these numbers and won a modest amount.
How could this mating call not be irresistible? #wildlife#nature#reptiles https://whyp.it/tracks/167204/gecko
Two Cuban Anoles, left, the Cuban Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) and right, the Western Giant Anole (Anolis luteogularis). Both are considered giant anoles (~19 cm in snout-vent length, with a tail longer than that). Males slightly larger than females. Both are Cuban endemics, although A. equestris has been introduced into Florida, while A. luteogularis is only found on the western end of the island. The Anolis radiation provides a classic case of adaptive radiation with convergent evolution on the many Caribbean islands. Unrelated species (not sharing common ancestors possessing their traits) have evolved with very similar body forms to fill similar ecological niches on each island. These are categorized as "ecomorphs." Both A. equestris and A. luteogularis are "Crown-giant ecomorphs," since they prefer the higher limbs of tall trees.The A. luteogularis, which is noticeably moulting, was basking on a ladder at a tourist bar near a mojote , and allowed me to approach quite closely before extending its gular pouch (last photo), whereupon I backed up a bit to give it some space. #Cuba#Naturephotography#wildlifephotography#birds#reptiles#reptilephotography#ecology#evolution#Anolis#Cubanwildlife#fauna
#Texas! #Houston area.
Lost #tortoise, last seen just some hours earlier today. Jeremy is 90 pounds, two feet across.
He is air tagged but they said no hits so far. Any iPhone help welcomed. Or drones.