Sunday 11 August 2013

Sitting on the surface...

As we were walking along one of the paths around Uluru P gave a squeak of excitement as she came face to face with a small lizard.

It was sitting, motionless on the rock face, not even in a path of sunlight.  It did not move a muscle during the entire time we watched it - I suppose it could have been a little cold.

I have no real idea what sort of beast this is - but my best guess is that its a sort of Dtella.  If anybody knows otherwise please let me know.


You can find more close up shots at Macro Monday 2 and I Love Macro.

Enjoy the pictures.

29 comments:

  1. I trawled through any number of skinks but, although some came reasonably close, none was a precise match.
    I have quite a few shots of different inland skinks that have remained unidentified.

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  2. That's the best of being out and about, you never know what you are going to find round the corner. Love your header too Stewart.
    All the best Gordon.

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  3. As soon as I saw it my thought was Gecko because I think I have seen one similar before on a station I worked on in QLD. So I went web trawling and it is possibly a Northern Spotted Rock Gecko. So your guess of Dtella is correct, not that I knew what that was before ;) Your captured lizard has a great pattern that you have picked up well.

    http://www.geckolist.com/info/Gekkoninae/Gehyra/nana/index.php

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  4. it seems to have a snout on it like a little crocodile!

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  5. Cute sighting, it looks like the Gecko my son had as a pet at one time.

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  6. Hi Stewart,
    Great photos of the lizard.

    Greetings Irma

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  7. What a great capture, Stewart! It does look a bit like a little crocodile!! Have a great week!

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  8. What a beautiful little specimen!

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  9. Awesome capture...love the pattern design!!!

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  10. Cute little lizard!

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  11. Beautifully patterned skin Stewart! Thanks for sharing the love up-close with I Heart Macro:-)

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  12. As Steve Irwin would say "Ain't he a beauty?"

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  13. A beauty of his kind! Great shot!

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  14. oh, what a great shot...we don't have those crawling around up here in the USA! :)

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  15. A real nice shot and a pretty lizard.

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  16. What a gorgeous lizard you captured! I just love how colorful and perfect they are! Great shot!

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  17. Lovely find! It's a cute little critter.

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  18. Great capture of one of nature's amazing creatures.

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  19. Over the years I've become obsessed with being able to identify everything I stumble across. I'm pretty good with local animals but seeing this guy in the middle of the desert would drive me crazy! He is beautiful though!

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  20. great captured. regards Babs

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  21. I do love lizards - there used to be a ton of sand lizards where we lived that I would see on my way to school. That particular sandy bank is no longer there, and sadly, neither are the lizards.

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  22. He's very pretty. Probably was cold. We see that with the anoles that live on our deck and porch in Florida. They don't start moving until the sun comes up.

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  23. What a wonderful pattern this gecko/ lizard has! He seems to be posing for you!

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  24. Love the mottled pattern on this gorgeous little character. Great photo.

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  25. I'm very fond of lizards (and we have none here) .. I would be delighted to meet up with this guy!

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