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Agama atra
± 25 cm - The head is short and triangular, the body flattened dorso-ventrally and the limbs well-developed with long toes. The tail is slightly longer than the snout-vent length. The body is covered with small scales. On the dorsal body, enlarged spines occur scattered among the small scales. Clusters of spines also occur around the ear opening. There is a weakly-developed dorsal crest which extends onto the tail. In males the tail is laterally compressed posteriorly and the crest well-developed, while in females the tail is more cylindrical and the crest weakly developed. The eyes are large and bulging like that of a chameleon, with round pupils.
Found on a walk through a rocky area on a hill at Cape Point Nature Reserve.
Do yourself a favor if you don't have polaroid sunglasses, it is a treat to look at some of natures fascinating creatures through them!
Spotted on Oct 28, 2012
Submitted on Nov 4, 2012
12 Comments
Awesome color!
Indeed Lauren - they dont really hang around long enough for a good photo! :)
Beautiful color and texture!
;) let me know how it goes Luis!
Great spotting, congrats on your 600th, and thanks for the tip on polaroid sunglasses.
Thanks Andrea Noah C and Atul!
...... and congratulations on his wonderful 600th spot .... :)
They are usually quite shy. You were lucky is stand still for a while with you being so close!
Great pictures Smith!
Very cool
Thanks Dan! Oh man, I don't know how to explain, they look brand new and positively colorful! We saw this male and a fat female (in my spots). They were so beautiful, so I take my sunglasses off and they were 'dull'. I could not believe the difference polaroids made! Also once saw a Great White from our shoreline, 6 days after there was a shark attack right there, I could see the whole shark. In one swell the shimmer of its underbelly was visible. Man without these glasses nature is just not the same! ;)
Superb Pics .... !!!
Great spot Smith! What does this lizard look like with polaroid sunglasses?