Ant carrying dead yellow marked carpenter bee to it's nest
Let's meet the most fascinating agamid in Sri Lanka!🇱🇰
*Sinhala- ගැට හොඹු කටුස්සා/කරමල් බෝදිලියා
*English- Hump-nosed lizard/Hump snout lizard/Lyre head lizard
*Scientific name- Lyriocephalus scutatus(Linnaeus, 1758)
This is the largest agamid lizard that endemic to Sri Lanka.This species widely distributed in wet and intermediate zones. Lives in canopy primary and secondary forests in Sri Lanka.When it feels something dangerous happening around,suddenly opens its bright red colour mouth and also males expand their dewlaps. They feed on earthworms,insects and ect. Sinharaja rainforest,Kanneliya rainforest are well known localties for this species and usually can be found around the water resources. A very CALMFUL,COLOURFUL and GORGEOUS agamid that can be found easily in Sri Lanka.But, the behaviors after feeling threatened are very SCARY!You can see well the sharp teeth and the red colour inside its mouth in this picture!Luckily,we observed this amazing creature for the very first time!
Check-
A Naturalist's guide to the Reptiles of Sri Lanka 2nd edition by Anslem de Silva & Kanishka Ukuwela(page35)
A study of behavior, habitat, distribution and ecology on Lyriocephalus scutatus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Sri Lanka
( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318816051_A_study_of_behavior_habitat_distribution_and_ecology_on_Lyriocephalus_scutatus_Linnaeus_1758_in_Sri_Lanka )
Behavioral ecology and microhabitat use by Lyriocephalus scutatus (Linnaeus, 1758): A monotypic genus in Sri Lanka (Reptilia: Agamidae: Draconinae) with notes on the taxonomy
( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236231204_Behavioral_ecology_and_microhabitat_use_by_Lyriocephalus_scutatus_Linnaeus_1758_A_monotypic_genus_in_Sri_Lanka_Reptilia_Agamidae_Draconinae_with_notes_on_the_taxonomy )
📷 ©Pasindu Dilshan|2021
Norwegian forest Kitten. My friend.
I went outside to go for a walk, picked up one of my boots, and started to put it on. They're almost too small, so I had to do some wiggling to get my foot in. I often don’t wear socks in my shoes, which I think was a good thing in this case. My foot was most of the way in when it touched something furry. I froze, trying to figure out what it was. It didn’t move either. Then I yanked my foot back out and looked inside, and there was a little rodent in there! I pinched the top of the boot shut before it could escape, then called to my mom that I needed my camera right now and I probably shouldn’t come in the house because I was holding a boot with a rat in it. She brought my camera out and I took some adorable pictures before it ran back into the toe. Then I dumped it out and it ran away.
The image turned out pretty weird, and the slow worms all look pink.
IDing the black ant. A couple of them were interacting with weaver ants, touching and then moving back.. The weaver ants were not coming after these and attacking, though..
Shed off its wings after the first picture.
Isurus planus (Agassiz, 1856)
From Kamogaura Calcareous Sandstone Formation(鴨が浦石灰質砂岩層), Middle Miocene(approximately 25 million years ago)
Height 28,36 mm including the root.
Also, some fossils of tropical molluscs including Gloripallium crassivenium (Yokoyama) have been found from the formation.
weaver ant mimic feeding on a weaver ant. aggressive mimicry in action.
On 30.12.2021, I went on a trip to Riverstone ,Sri Lanka..... I studied about all the point endemic animals and got some informations from some university students about the bio diversity of the site before went there.....Actually ,it was a family trip.....Among all the cousins,I was the one and only one who wanted to see the point endemics or anyone that I would be interested....I went there around 1 p.m and searched everwhere that I could.... Lastly found this lovely and cool lizard..... After saw it ,I was very happy and I kept looking at it around 15 minutes .....So,I got few photos(Used NIKON P950) and suddenly started to rain there.....Then,I said good bye to this cool friend and started the hike again !!!!
This is the first Ceratophora tennentii that I saw and I love to observe these ones again in nearby future!!!!!
Pasindu Dilshan .
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Ant attacked the scorpion suddenly and abducted one young scorpion. This happened while I was photographing. As the scorpion was exposed to open place for long time and the ant must have siezed the opportunity to hunt when it sensed the young scorpions. I'd observed the ant closely passing by couple of times before attacking. Maybe it tried to assess the situation on those instances?
Scorpion observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64243192
9978, 83. Jim Corbett National Park
Kushki, a male Asiatic cheetah from Iran's Touran National Park, who was brought into captivity in 2007/8 as a cub and died in 2023.
Hello!!
I’m fairly new to the app but I’d like some help identifying what kind of fossil and species, (if it can be identified) it is.
It was purchased at Traders village in Grand Prairie Texas from a local vendor. As far as I’m concerned he didn’t know what species it was but was saying a great white shark but it’s clearly not because of the shape and size. If any one know more about this could you please help?
AKA Common Bluewing. I believe this is the only Zenithoptera that occurs in Costa Rica.