zroskoph's Favorites

Last night, April 25, my roommates and I found two baby American alligators( this record is the second one) when we were fishing by a lake in Johnson Park, Piscataway, New Jersey. Both alligators were found hidden underneath twigs and litters by the water. This is kinda insane. Both alligators are about one foot long. Each has a metaltag with numbers on the right rear feet. Obviously, they were released or escaped form someone or some facilities. Having a alligators as a pet is completely illegal in New Jersey, also they are not able to go through the cold winter here. So I have no idea why they were appear in this small pond at a relatively busy park.
I captured both alligators after I spotted them. And reported to wildlife department immediately. NJ State Conservation Police will come to pick them up tomorrow morning.

This pair of now extinct Golden Toads was photographed at the entrance to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve where they were kept for visitors to the park to see since their observance in the wild was limited to only a few days a year during the onset of their breeding season (late May & early June). This species is sexually dimorphic, the males are bright orange or yellow and females are dark brown with red spots.

Date is approximate. 3 individuals (2 males & 1 female) seen sometime in April, 1987. My mother and father (@dmpeterson ) were living in Monteverde in the spring of 1987, staying with the Gavin family. I have been digitizing their old slides, and thought these ones were significant, so I uploaded them. The date and location are approximate, based on their best recollection.

March, 2017 Okefenokee Journal - I love using Stephen C Foster State Park as a base for our treks into the Okefenokee Swamp. "Sophie" has been at the Stephen C Foster boat ramp every time we have visited. She's been there many years and has filled that channel with babies each year. My daughter and I typically end each day in the swamp by saying goodnight to "Sophie". On this trip, while standing off to the side and admiring her for a few minutes, I caught her in a yawn. http://williamwisephoto.com/photographyblog/okefenokee-stephen-c-foster-state-park-alligator

~William Wise Photo Nature Notes is a wildlife, birding and nature photography blog documenting the beauty, design and wonder of God’s creation. -- "What a wildly wonderful world, God! You made it all, with Wisdom at Your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations." Psalms 104 The Message

Using a San Francisco Alligator Lizard as a pillow. There was no predation occurring here. The snake never acted aggressively towards the lizard. They just slept like this until the lizard wandered off.

A REQUEST:
When recommending an identification, please adhere to current standards of taxonomy as deployed by iNaturalist at this time — as opposed to identifying and classifying organisms based on personal beliefs about what taxonomy can, should, or of right ought to be in opposition to iNaturalist’s current taxonomy. Comments noting such taxonomic disagreements, however, are welcomed and encouraged. I prefer my observations to be inline with current taxonomic standards as deployed by iNaturalist (as opposed to my personal beliefs) so that this and other observations are readily accessible to iNaturalist users with greater efficiency and usability. Thanks!

If you have any questions regarding this observation, feel free to contact me or leave a comment below!

Janson Jones,
http://floridensis.com.

Is it a fish? Is it a slug? Is it a fishy anemone? I do not have a clue what this is!

It is about 30mm long and there were a few of them in the sand - outgoing tide nearly on the turn. Most were buried and only the "fan fin" was showing.

Resting on the wet sand, when the sand collapsed it arched it's face upwards (2nd and third photos) and seem to spawn capsule from somewhere - there are 2 floating in the 4th pic.

Totally hypnotic, by the time my sister-in-law and I carried on the brother had walked 2kms away from us!