Columbus Reptiles

I went to the Columbus Zoo August 19 and visited the reptiles.

My pal Burt, a Grand Cayman iguana. The Zoo has acquired a female, and the hope is for happy marriage when she is older.

Note the flat, square head of this smooth-fronted caiman.

male green basilisk

northern copperhead

red-tailed rat snake

eastern Massasauga rattlesnake

Malagasy leaf-tailed gecko

Annual Cicada

I noticed a cicada in the front-yard blue spruce not long after its final molt September 8.

(iPhone 7)

(iPhone 7)

(Nikon with 55-300mm zoom lens)

(Nikon with 100mm macro lens)