The Rainbow Agama Lizard
by Gary Keesler
Title
The Rainbow Agama Lizard
Artist
Gary Keesler
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art Photography
Description
What a pleasure going out to spend the day capturing nature and finding this little fellow just waiting for me during an Africa Safari in Kenya.
The Rainbow Agama Lizard - or common agama, red-headed rock agama, or rainbow agama (Agama agama) is a species of lizard from the Agamidae family found in most of sub-Saharan Africa.
Its size varies from 13 to 30 cm (5.1 to 11.8 in) in total length. It can often be seen in the heat of the day.
In the breeding season, the males develop dramatically colorful markings, the head and neck and tail turning bright orange, and the body dark blue.
The females and juveniles are always more cryptically marked.
This lizard can be found climbing rocks and walls. Its primary source of food is insects.
The mature males become agitated when confronting each other, nodding vigorously, arching, skipping sideways, and clashing tails.
Needless to say, the loser is chased out of the territory. During mating season, males do "push-ups" to attract females.
Image photo(s) captured in the wild caused no harm or disturbance to their natural habitats.
All species observed enjoy living free in the wild.
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January 19th, 2015
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Comments (24)
Jeff at JSJ Photography
Congratulations Gary Keesler on getting "The Rainbow Agama Lizard" featured on the Strangest or Most Unique Animals FAA group homepage! ~Jeff at JSJ Photography
Gary Keesler replied:
AWESOME!!! Thank you Jeff, your views & comments are highly valued and thanks for the great feature on The Most Strangest Unique Animals Group... :-)
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Gary Keesler replied:
AWESOME!!! Thank you John, your views & comments are highly valued and thanks for the great feature on Images That Excite You Group... :-)
Mary Wykes
Love it! My granddaughter has two lizards as pets, though hers don't put on such a light show
Barbara Chichester
Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in one of the most highly viewed Art Groups on Fine Art America. MOTIVATION MEDITATION INSPIRATION! From the hundreds of pieces of artwork received daily to review and choose from, your work has been chosen because of it's Excellence! Congratulations!
Gary Keesler replied:
AWESOME!!! Thank you Barbara, your views & comments are highly valued and thank you for the wonderful feature on MOTIVATION MEDITATION INSPIRATION... :-)
Randy Rosenberger
Superb lighting on this beauty, Gary! What a fine piece of artwork for me to proudly display on our Featured Artwork section of our Homepage, within our family of friends and fine artists, in our Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. LIKED & FAVED Forever, Elvis, Randy B. Rosenberger (WFS group administrator)
Gary Keesler replied:
Thank you Randy, your views & comments are highly valued and thanks for the great feature on WFS group. . :-)
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