The cover of the movie 'Kedi' about cats in Istanbul. The cover shows a tabby with its eyes half closed facing the camera. The text next to the cat reads 'kedi' in larger red lower case letters and 'A film by Ceyda Torun'.
Your pictures remind me of this movie, which I bought on DVD a few years ago. Maybe it is time to watch it again.
The head of a lizard. It is brown with black markings and has some white on the lower jaw. The lizard is standing on a reddish rock. It is looking to the left in the picture. Only the head is in focus.
🦎Yellow-bellied water skink (Eulamprus heatwolei).
Max size ~21 cm (~8.3"), more than half of which is the tail.
Found in Australia (in New South Wales and Victoria).
Threatened by habitat loss and habitat fragmentation.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by Matt Johnson on Unsplash
A brown salamander with green markings is sitting on a white surface. The end of the tail almost reaches the snout as the tail is bent along the salamander's right side. The salamander is looking to the right in the picture.
🐸Green salamander (Aneides aeneus).
Max size 12 cm (4.7").
Found in the US from southwestern Pennsylvania to northern Alabama and Mississippi. Isolated populations occur in smaller areas close to the aforementioned range.
Considered Near Threatened by the IUCN.
📷by the Smithsonian's National Zoo
Thanks. I got as far as Ameerega. This particular one was new to me.
Sorry, that was a typo. I couldn't find a frog species which was SPOT ON when compared to the frog you posted above - which left me unable to name the species. I'm just curious as to what the frog actually is.
A green snake is curled up. The snake has a few tiny yellow spots. The area around the mouth as well as the belly and the lower sides of the snake are yellow. The snake is looking down and to the left in the picture.
🐍Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis) in Hartley's Crocodile Adventures.
Max length ~2m (~6'7"). Females tend to be larger than males.
Eats rodents and reptiles.
Found in and around New Guinea and in Cape York, Australia.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by David Clode on Unsplash
The grey/brown head and neck of a lizard. There are some light brown patches here and there. There is a bit of turquoise around the eyes and a green tinge on the snout. It is looking to the right in the picture.
🦎Rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta) in Hartley's Crocodile Adventures.
The popular name comes from the bony-plated growth on the iguana's snout
Max. total length 136 cm (4'6").
Native to the island of Hispaniola.
Considered Endangered by the IUCN.
📷by David Clode on Unsplash
Will you tell us at some point? I tried for 15-20 mins, but couldn't find a species which was spot one.
That picture reminded me of this visit to the inside of a Lorikeet enclosure in a private zoo here in Denmark some years back. They are beautiful birds, but somewhat loud.
I just posted a short video of the birds here:
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Different Lorikeet species in their large enclosure in Nordsjællands Fuglepark (Denmark), a private zoo which has since sadly closed. You could feed the birds and get really close to them. Amazing place.
After filming this, one of my nieces was left with white streaks in her hair. She took it well.
Grey/white coloured toad with larger green spots. The belly and throat is just grey/white in colour. On the back, hind legs, the snout and above the eyes, some reddish brown can be seen between the green spots. The toad is sitting on the ground. It is looking to the left in the picture.
🐸European green toad (Bufotes viridis).
Found in Central and Eastern Europe and Western Russia.
Max. body length 10 cm (~4").
Can secrete bufotoxins from its paratoid glands. Bufotoxins may kill humans if ingested.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by Mihailo Jovicevic on Pexels
Partly curled up snake on a thick branch. It has a yellowish creamy colour and darker splotches with black edges along its body. The snake has a horizontal dark line through each eyes. The snake is looking to the right in the picture.
🐍Carpet python (Morelia spilota) in Malmö Reptilcenter in Sweden.
Max size 425 cm (14'11") but usually smaller.
Found in eastern, southwestern and northern Australia as well as in and around Western New Guinea and Papua New Guinea.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
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Difficult to say. My first thought seeing the plastron was yellow-bellied slider (Trachemys scripta scripta), but the carapace doesn't look quite right for that species.
The head and neck of a large green male iguana. It has spines along the neck and on the chin. The head is grey with green markings. The neck is green with irregular brown bands. Part of a large dewlap is visible under the chin. It is looking to the right in the picture.
🦎Green iguana (Iguana iguana).
Max. size may exceed 2m (~6'7"), but usually smaller.
Mostly herbivorous.
Found from southern Mexico to Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay. Also found on many islands in the Caribbean.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by jonleong64 on Pixabay
A mostly green frog is sitting on a black surface. It has a brown stripe which starts at the nostril, goes through the eye and ends somewhere behind the head. The throat, belly, fingers and toes are light brown. The frog is looking up and to the right in the picture.
🐸European tree frog (Hyla arborea).
Max. size for males 43 mm (1.7"), for females 50 mm (2").
Found in most of mainland Europe as far north as Denmark and southern Sweden and as far east as western Ukraine.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by zdenet on pixabay
A yellow snake on a piece of wood just above the surface of a very calm body of water. A perfect reflection of the snake can be seen in the water. It has a red line behind and below the one visible eye. The distinct pointy scales above the eyes are the reason for its popular name 'eyelash viper'. The snake has its head raised slightly and is looking to the left in the picture.
🐍Eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii).
Max. size males 69 cm (~27"), females 82 cm (~32.3").
Eats birds, frogs, lizards and rodents.
Found from southern Mexico in the north to Peru and Venezuela in the south.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by Ivan Rojas on Pexels
I did for a few seconds, but it works now on my android phone.
The hear, neck and a bit of the body of a marine iguana. It is mostly dark grey, but the top of the head is light grey. The lizard has a spiny crest from the back of the head, down the neck and along the front part of the back. It is looking to the left in the picture.
🦎Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).
Max. size 1.5 m (4'11"). Females are noticeably smaller than males.
Eats algae in the sea at depths of up to 30 m (98').
Found on the Galapagos Islands.
Considered Vulnerable by the IUCN.
📷by wirestock on Freepik
A green tree frog with grey/brown markings is sitting on a vertical surface. It has golden eyes with dark markings. The frog is looking up in the picture.
🐸Gray treefrog (Dryophytes versicolor).
Max. size 5.1 cm (2"). Females tend to be larger than males.
Found in most of the eastern half of the US and in the southern parts of Canada from Manitoba to New Brunswick.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by Laura Ockel on Unsplash
There's a place in Copenhagen where they make ice cream with all kinds of unusual flavours (including the durian one). My favourite is sea-buckthorn. IMHO the best ice cream ever.
I've tasted durian ice cream - and it was delicious.
I'm not a fan of raspberries and grapefruits. They just disagree with my tastebuds.
A grey snake is partly curled up on the ground. The head is orange, the throat is yellowish white and the belly is orangey. The snake is looking slightly up and to the right in the picture.
🐍Caspian whipsnake (Dolichophis caspius).
Max size 200 cm (6'7").
Found in Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by Miihailo Jovicevic on Pexels
A legless lizard is on the ground among small rocks. It has dark sides with tiny lighter coloured spots. The back and the top of the head is golden brown. A thin dark line can be seen starting behind the eyes and continuing along the back to the tip of the tail. The lizard is looking to the left in the picture.
🦎Slow worm (Anguis fragilis).
Max. size 575 mm (22.5"), though usually smaller.
A legless lizard - not a snake. One difference is that slow worms have eyelids.
Found in western and northern Europe and in the western Balkans.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by Pantameron on Pixabay
Well, if one does scurry across the floor, you obviously don't need to worry.
A mostly light brown frog is holding on to a twig. It is light brown with very fine darker markings on top of the head, on the back, on the sides and on the outside of its arms and legs. There is a dark brown line starting at the nostrils, going through the eyes and down the sides. The throat, belly and the inside of the arms and legs are whitish. The frog is looking up and to the left in the picture.
🐸Common tree frog (Polypedates leucomystax).
It seems to be a species complex with several undescribed species.
Max. size for males, 5 cm (2"), for females 7.5 cm (3").
Found in wetlands and forests in South and Southeast Asia.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by jonleong64 on Pixabay
Just tried it for the 1st time - I'm embarrassed to say that it took me 4 guesses.
🐦⬛ Animal #935 🐾
I figured it out in 4 guesses!
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Princess? Blankets? How will she react if you put a pea beneath the blankets?
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A grey snake is partly curled up on the ground. The head is raised slightly. A dark zig-zag line is running along the back and there are similarly coloured dark spots on the sides of the body. The snake has reddish eyes with vertical pupils. There's grass and other plants growing along the ground in most of the picture. The snake is looking at something to the right of the camera.
🐍Common European adder (Vipera berus).
Max. size 104 cm (3'5").
Found from France and the UK in the west, across Scandinavia, Central Europe, Russia, Ukraine and all the way to north-western China and Mongolia.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by Georg Wietschorke on Pexels
I can't make out the head shape or see the eyes well enough to be 100% sure, but my first thought was that it's got the markings of a common European viper (Vipera berus).
It was apparently the inspiration behind what the Dilophosaurus ended up looking like in Jurassic Park. It was the one which killed Dennis Nedry, the computer guy.
