For obvious reasons , this lizard, with peeled back skin and other damage on its body, indicates why one needs to be fast on your feet as you roam about looking for food. A variety of birds , including Kookaburras, feed on lizards .
The injured lizard is on the left in the above shot with another similar lizard nearby .
A variety of lizards patrol this blogger's residence , some coming inside, a few unfortunately caught in the sliding screen and glass doors .
It is noticeable that they often display a stubby tail , indicating a near death encounter with a predator . If you are patient and half troppo, you can develop a relationship with a lizard. At first encounter, they tend to race away from you. However, if you stand still , blow kiss like sounds at them , they will stop in their tracks , turn their heads, eye you closely , like the one below , which has some skin missing from the tail .
Once they get to know you , they will not dart for cover when you come their way . There are wary smaller ones which wave their tails about like a whip .
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Photographs by obviously troppo Vallis .
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