western australia

karijini national park

Spot the little lizards

@JudyEv (381739)

Rockingham, Australia

October 21, 2020 7:38am CST

We’ve seen quite a lot of little lizards in our travels. I’m always on the lookout for them but unless they move you are battling to pick them up. Like just about everything else up here, they are pretty ‘red’. Can you spot the small lizards in the top two photos? The bottom photo shows a monitor goanna, which is also called a ‘racehorse goanna’ because of its speed. It was near the swimming hole at Dales Gorge and didn’t seem too concerned about all the people. He popped under a rock at one stage but forgot to pull his tail in.

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@amadeo (111937)

• United States

21 Oct 20

they are harmless.When in Mexico seen plenty

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 20

Yes, they are harmless. They blend in well, don't they?

@piyushbhatia1 (11695)

• India

21 Oct 20

Top left photo was impossible

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Oct 20

Haha - the lizard blends in well, doesn't it?

crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39503)

• United States

22 Oct 20

aw, sweet! kinda like our horned toads who blend'n so very well with their 'nvironment. lovely pics! no doubt that big boy (gal?) visits frequent 'n's done so fer some time. gigglin' o'er the tail bein' left out'n the open :)

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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)

• United States

22 Oct 20

@JudyEv aha! 'twas playin' peek-a-boo, eh? lol what a grand trip thus far, despite the heat :)

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 20

@crazyhorseladycx I'm glad we went when we did, as a few more years and we'll be even less able.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 20

The monitor went under the rock and I thought that would be the last we'd see of it but within a few seconds it came out again.

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@Janet357 (75638)

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21 Oct 20

I saw a lizard in the left picture.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Oct 20

They are well camouflaged.

@DocAndersen (54399)

• United States

21 Oct 20

that was both cool and fun!!!

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 20

Thanks. They blend in well, don't they?

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 20

@DocAndersen I kept losing it in the viewfinder. I took a photo from back a bit in the hope that I could crop it and it would still be in focus.

@DocAndersen (54399)

• United States

22 Oct 20

@JudyEv they really do, had to share at the upper left one for a bit

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@happylife1 (13403)

• Karachi, Pakistan

21 Oct 20

Do you not afraid of lizard?

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Oct 20

The lizards are more afraid of me than I am of them.

@m_audrey6788 (58468)

• Germany

21 Oct 20

It is hard to spot it easily but yes. I saw the lizards

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@m_audrey6788 (58468)

• Germany

21 Oct 20

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Oct 20

They blend in well, don't they?

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@rakski (156200)

• Philippines

21 Oct 20

I can see only see the real of the last one. They are not so little

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@rakski (156200)

• Philippines

22 Oct 20

@JudyEv oh yes. I am not a fan of them.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 20

The top two are very small but the bottom one is larger.

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@DianneN (254949)

• United States

21 Oct 20

I spotted them all. The top left was a bit tricky.

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@DianneN (254949)

• United States

22 Oct 20

@JudyEv You're keeping me hopping here.

Well, you did a mighty fine job taking those photos.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 20

It took me a while to get that photo as I had trouble being sure I had him in the viewfinder. I took a shot from further away to be sure I captured him thinking I could crop it if I missed him with a zoomed shot.

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@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

21 Oct 20

That's a perfect post for today as it's international lizard day or something like that. Those are nice pictures of the different lizards. I smiled to see the tail in the bottom right picture.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 20

International lizard day? haha how about that? I must have known something.

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@Hannihar (130150)

• Israel

22 Oct 20

@JudyEv I see some in some of the photos. I see some of them around here and they are very fast.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 20

The little lizards in the top photos blend into the rock so well that they are difficult to see.

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@Hannihar (130150)

• Israel

22 Oct 20

@JudyEv Thanks Judy and I get it.

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@LindaOHio (222222)

• United States

21 Oct 20

Great pictures. I don't mind lizards as long as they don't plan on crawling on me during the night!

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 20

I'm about the same. I don't particularly want them crawling on me.

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@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

22 Oct 20

we have many lizard, but aussie has much more

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 20

Yes, we have a number of different lizards.

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@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

22 Oct 20

@JudyEv amazing feral life

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didik wijanarko

@Babale (1874)

• Semarang, Indonesia

22 Oct 20

Cute and adorable animals, it would be interesting if they could be kept at home.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 20

I guess maybe some keep them as pets if they are able to capture them first.

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@rsa101 (40946)

• Philippines

21 Oct 20

Nice shots you got in there they are perfectly camouflaged in the background. I cam see how hard they can be taken picture at since they are really fast movers once they feel threatened.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 20

Thanks. It was sometimes hard to pick them up in the viewfinder.

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@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

21 Oct 20

I giggled at the tail shot.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 20

True. He probably thought he was invisible.

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