Commons:Photo challenge/2015 - August - Reptiles and Amphibians

2015 – August – Reptiles and amphibians

The new challenge features Reptiles and Amphibians that includes: turtles, alligators, snakes, lizards, frogs, salamanders, etc. Please categorize photographs into subcategories of Category:Amphibia and Category:Reptilia.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout August UTC.

Checklist for this theme:

• Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
• Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. August 2015 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
• Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
• Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

• Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.

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  Eidechse genießt die Sonne an einer Wand am Alten Schloß in Baden-Baden, Deutschland
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  Junge Gelbbauchunke, die auf einem Blatt an einer Pfütze sitzt. Aufnahmeort: Steinsträßle im Tauschwald, Stuttgart
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  Kaulquappe einer Gelbbauchunke in einer Pfütze an der Steinstraße im Tauschwald, Stuttgart
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  Green Basilisk, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
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  Ring-necked snake, Placer County, CA, USA.
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  Sleep snake in Zoology Museum João Moojen, Viçosa, Brazil.
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  Fangs of solenoglyphous venomous snake.
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  Lizard on stone, spotted in Hessen, Germany
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  This picture of Aldabra giant tortoise,i.e.,Aldabrachelys gigantea, was taken last year when i visited the Crocodile Bank in ECR,Tamilnadu,India.They can be found in Aldabra Aioll, Africa.Their shell is capable of growing upto 5ft.
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  Gharial too exhausted to move
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  A frog in a hand.
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  A frog in a hand.
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  A snake in grass.
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  Depiction of european adder at the outer glass skin on the facade at the UnterWasserReich in Schrems.
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  Hatching turtle Testudo hermanni
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  European Wall Lizard, near Lugano, Switzerland.
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  Fire Salamander in the Verzasca Valley, Switzerland
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  Western Yellow Bellied Racer (?), Okanagan, BC Canada
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  Lazy smiling crocodile in Mysore.
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  Preying Mysore Cobra
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  Indian Alligator.
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  TimberRattler_W_Prey.
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  A California newt ambles along the banks of a stream.
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  Common Chuckwalla, Mojave Desert, California.
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  Crocodile Mom and Kid
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  Northern green frog sitting near a pond in the Crabtree Nature Preserve, Cook County, Illinois.
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  Three northern green frogs resting together on a stone in a pond (Crabtree Nature Preserve, Cook County, Illinois).
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  This toad was found at the Chicago Botanic Gardens. Exact species is unknown, although its common name may be "American Toad".
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  Frog at Kirke Natural Park in Croatia
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  Toad in a forest in Hessen, Germany
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  Galapagos lava lizard (Microlophus albemarlensis), Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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  Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), Las Bachas, Baltra island, Galapagos islands, Ecuador
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  San Cristobal Island Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis chathamensis), Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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  Toad camouflaged by leaves on trail at White Ledge, NH, USA
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  Собакоголовый удав (Corallus caninus)
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  Caninana snake (Spilotes pullatus)
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  Lizard on Sicily
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  Lizard in Ladakh
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  Lizard in Ladakh
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  Lizard on Sri Lanka
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  Blindschleiche bewegt sich über einen sonnigen Waldweg. Aufgenommen bei dem Glückauf Turm in Oelsnitz/Erzgebirgskreis.
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  Grüner Leguan (Iguana iguana) im Dresdner Zoo. (Aufgenommen durch das Glas).
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  American Alligator on an autumn day in Florida
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  Turtle on log in the Hennepin Canal in Northwest Illinois
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  Grass snake swims in public beach
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  Toad in Estonia
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  Turtles in Honolulu Zoo
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  Iguana in Mexican nature
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  Lézard vert juvénile ( Lacerta bilineata )
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  Mauereidechse auf der Wegelnburg
  Wall lizard on the Wegelnburg
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  Calotes Versicolor male in breeding colours. Clicked at Surajpur Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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  Kindergarten: Juveniles of variable toad (Bufotes variabilis). Niğde, Turkey.
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  A courting couple of Valentin's lizard (Darevskia valentini). Niğde, Turkey
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  Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) in Fairfax, Virginia
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  Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) in Fairfax, Virginia
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  Chuckwallah (Sauromalus ater) at Hanging Gardens Trail, Glen Canyon, Arizona
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  American toad (Bufo americanus) found in Fairfax, Virginia
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  Chamaeleo calyptratus specimen, cleared and stained. From the collections of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
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  Notechis scutatus specimen, cleared and stained. From the collections of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
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  Iron Dragon
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  Lizard, sunbathing on a stone
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  Crocodile in cologne.
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  Crocodile, Paris
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  Two male sand lizards.
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  Podarcis from Tuscany
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  Unterwasserwelt. Meeresschildkröte Bissa (Eretmochelys imbricata). Ägypten. Rotes Meer.
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  Zwei Wasserschildkröten küssen sich im Botanischen Garten, Chemnitz. Sachsen.
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  Frog on waterlily
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  Caïman à lunettes (Caiman crocodilus)
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  Grenouille verte dans un espace vert à Montpellier
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  Tortue testudo graeca dans un jardin
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  Iguane en approche
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  Crocodile in Mexico
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  Iguana in Ek Balam, Mexico
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  Un petit gecko (Tarentola mauritanica)
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  Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus) at San Diego Zoo
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  Crocodiles in the starting blocks
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  Central bearded dragon in a tree
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  Turtle and crocodile
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  Sexual Dimorphism in Galapagos Land Iguanas
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  This image was taken when an Indian Cobra was vomiting
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  Exemplar of marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) laying on a rock in the coast of Las Bachas, Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
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