Photographs

Kashmir Rock Agama

This colorful male Agama lizard was one of many scurrying around the edges of a rocky gorge carved by the violently-rushing waters of the Kali Gandaki River below.

25 May 2013

© 2013 — Ryan Van Meter — All Rights Reserved — No Reuse Without Permission — License

Lete, Nepal

Kashmir Rock Agama

Laudakia tuberculata

iNaturalist Observation

MARKED RESEARCH GRADE

More Observations from Expedition Muktinath

A six-week solo walk through the Annapurna Mountains of Nepal to survey Himalayan biodiversity — from पोखरा to मुक्तिनाथ (May to June 2013)

50 Observations

48 Identified Species

Himalayan Black Bubal

Shikha, Nepal

Tree-of-Heaven

Shikha, Nepal (May 2013)

Cloud-Forest Japalure

Shikha, Nepal (May 2013)

Chocolate Pansy Butterfly

Dhampus, Nepal (May 2013)

Landruk Damselfly

Landruk, Nepal (May 2013)

Dark Grass Blue Butterfly

Dhampus, Nepal (May 2013)

Exploring the forms and lives of the creepers — Reptiles and Amphibians.

33 Observations

31 Identified Species

Eastern Box Turtle

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)

Cloud-Forest Japalure

Shikha, Nepal (May 2013)

Green Frog Sitting on Northern Watersnake In Seasonal Vermont Stream

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (August 2019)

Fowler's Toad

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)

Salamander Macro Portrait

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (April 2023)

Portrait of a Treefrog

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (July 2025)

Personal favorites from across my collections — for the aesthetics, or the light, or the moment.

19 Photos

The Red Fox and the Rabbit

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)

Lucerne Altstadt

Lucerne, Switzerland (July 2021)

Barred Owl Perched Low Hunting a Fern Patch

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2024)

Northern Paper Wasp

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (September 2010)

Eastern Box Turtle

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)

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Kashmir Rock Agama

This colorful male Agama lizard was one of many scurrying around the edges of a rocky gorge carved by the violently-rushing waters of the Kali Gandaki River below.

25 May 2013

© 2013 — Ryan Van Meter — All Rights Reserved — No Reuse Without Permission — License

Lete, Nepal

Kashmir Rock Agama

Laudakia tuberculata

iNaturalist Observation

MARKED RESEARCH GRADE

A six-week solo walk through the Annapurna Mountains of Nepal to survey Himalayan biodiversity — from पोखरा to मुक्तिनाथ (May to June 2013)

50 Observations

48 Identified Species

Shikha, Nepal

Shikha, Nepal (May 2013)

Shikha, Nepal (May 2013)

Dhampus, Nepal (May 2013)

Landruk, Nepal (May 2013)

Dhampus, Nepal (May 2013)

Exploring the forms and lives of the creepers — Reptiles and Amphibians.

33 Observations

31 Identified Species

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)

Shikha, Nepal (May 2013)

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (August 2019)

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (April 2023)

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (July 2025)

Personal favorites from across my collections — for the aesthetics, or the light, or the moment.

19 Photos

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)

Lucerne, Switzerland (July 2021)

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2024)

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (September 2010)

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)

Roseland Ballroom, New York City, New York, USA

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