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Reader Christopher submitted a photo in which there’s a snake. I won’t say much about it, except that he worried it might be too easy. Well, I’d say this is between easy and medium, but see if you can spot it. More information on the snake when I put up the reveal at noon Chicago time.
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Did you spot it? (Original tweet below.).
It wasn’t that easy! It is a very cryptic snake.
Here’s the reveal:
Original tweet:
Can you spot the Copperhead Snake? pic.twitter.com/GSJCoBaRKj
— Brutum Fulmenš§¢ (@BrutumF) April 25, 2020
Here’s a tweet that Matthew found; the tweeter, Brutum Fulmen, asks you to spot the copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix). This is one of America’s venomous snake.
I’ll put the picture from @BrutumF’s tweet below the original tweet.
Can you spot the Copperhead Snake? pic.twitter.com/GSJCoBaRKj
— Brutum Fulmenš§¢ (@BrutumF) April 25, 2020
Can you spot it? I rate this one “pretty hard”. Answer at 11 a.m. Chicago time.
I’m sure you spootted the Gold dust day gecko earlier today. I’ll reproduce the original photo, and then give a three-part reveal showing this lovely animal.
There it isāat about 2 o’clock.
More pictures of this wonderful creature:
At our wonderful accommodation in Hilo, the Dolphin Bay Hotel, there are free fruits from the garden laid out for ad lib consumption. Today there was a stalk of bananas and a pile of ripe papaya, but among the papayas lurked a cute reptile.
Can you spot the Gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda), also known as the green gecko? This one’s pretty easy. Answer at noon Chicago time.
Did you spot the Anolis lizard in the earlier post? If not, here it is, circled. It’s head down with its tail straight up. Enlarge the photo if you want to see more.
Reader Kurt Helf said that he’s in Jamaica now and “loving the birds and lizards Iām seeing.” Speaking of seeing lizards, Kurt sent this photo and asked readers to spot the lizard. Can you see it? Answer at 1:15 p.m. Chicago time.
It’s in the genus Anolis, but I doubt that will help you.Ā Click the picture to enlarge.
I’d call this one “medium hard.”
