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Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Delray Beach, FL
Date: Jun 4, 2008
Aperture: 1.4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 4, 2008

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 Northern Curly-tailed Lizard

This species is native to Bahamas and was intentionally introduced to Palm Beach in 1940. I don't know why. They are abundant around Delray Beach; I see them scurrying everywhere.

They like to eat shiny beetles, and once, while I was standing quite still, one came up and tasted my toenail polish. They seem to like music too, because they gather around my iPod player. I am really quite fond of them.

They don't seem to want to be inside; they have never been a problem in our house although they are abundant in the garden. They are not very cute, but they are fun to watch, because they are so busy.

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 09/20/2009 08:50:39 AM
Oh, I think he's cute ;-) It's the tail and the utter confidence in his pose. Like your composition here.
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 06/18/2008 04:35:06 PM
Cute pose! I like the subtle colours too. The light stone he's standing on makes his dark colouring really stand out, but there aren't too many bright colours to distract from him.
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 06/07/2008 09:47:12 PM
Cool subject and nice of him to pose for you.
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 06/06/2008 06:49:18 AM
I bet these guys can really move, looks like he decided to play nice for you and give you a chance to snap his pick. We have lizards here in Missouri but they are all way to skittish for me to get any close good shot. The DOf looks a bit shallow as his head looks a bit oof, a nice pic regardless.
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 06/05/2008 12:07:24 PM
Great capture, I suspect they dart around quite quickly!
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 06/05/2008 12:04:16 PM
Oh I disagree wholeheartedly ... he is so very cute. They are also very fun to try to photograph ... sort of an exercise in futility. BUT you did a great job of catching him.
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 06/05/2008 02:09:36 AM
Love the curl in his tail - makes him look very superior :- )
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 06/05/2008 12:44:36 AM
This is cute. Having him pose on the edge put the background out of focus and makes the lizard stand out nicely. There are a lot of them on the Bahama islands, but I didn't know that they were also in Florida. I lived in Delray in1970, and don't remember seeing them at that time.
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 06/04/2008 10:37:42 PM
Nice capture! The title and DOF is good. However, I would like to see a little more sharpness in the eyes. Good composition!
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 06/04/2008 09:43:37 PM
Anything that eats beetles would be welcome in my garden. Not sure about the toenail polish fetish ;-)

Really cute tail, I must say. I can just see a little dance line of them bopping along to your iPod, tails entwined.
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