Juvenile Black Iguana. Visiting. For more information check http://www.mahahualbeachhouse.com.
visiting black iguana
Iguana- occupying one of our ceramic nesting boxes
Black Iguana on our roof terrace
Black Iguana (in Mahahual)
Black Iguana
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juvenile Black Iguana (some individuals are green when young)
Gecko
Brown or Striped Basilisk. In flight they run on their hind legs. They can run long distances over a water surface and are for this "walk-on-water" skill therefore often called Jesus Lizard.
Brown or Striped Basilisk. Female.
basilisk
lizard (spec)
Lizard (spec)
Crocodile basking at Rio Bermejo, km 4 of beach road (probably Mexican or Morrelets Crocodile)
Mud Turtle (kinosterum spec.). Several species live in the Mahahual area. Common in seasonally innundated areas. Look for them in road side ditches during rainy season.
Mexican Wood Turtle
Baby Green Turtle. Exhausted after a storm it was washed onto our beach.
Baby Green Turtle. Washed onto beach exhausted after storm.
Sea Turtle
Sea Turtles
Mexican Parrot Snake. Beautiful and not poisonous. Common day-active snake. This is probably the only snake species you might encounter in the jungle and garden (but not on the beach) of Casa del Cielo de las Estrellas. It hunts geckos and other small lizards.
Boa constrictor
Boa constrictor. Largest Mexican snake. Is not poisinous, but will bite if molested.
milk snake
snake (killed on road)
Veined Tree Frog
Mollies at Rio Hondo springs
baby basilisk
Golf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps). Is common at Costa Maya. Dean had a big negative impact on its population, but after 3.5 years it seems recovered.
Veined Tree Frog, colored perfectly to hide on tree truncs
Veined Tree Frog, his color perfectly matches the bark of many jungle trees and allows him to hide on tree truncs
Boa constrictor juvenile (3 feet long) on the beach road at night. This is the largest Mexican snake and can reach a size of 12 feet. It is not poisionous and is not dangerous if not molested. A rare visitor of the beach area.
Fresh turtle tracks ending in turtle nest on Costa Maya beach. In June 2011 I counted almost 70 fresh nests on undeveloped beaches between km 15 and 25 south of Mahahual. Nesting season is from May-October. Female turtles nest several times during a season. One can therefore estimate that by October there will be several 100 nests!
Black Iguana with captured mice. Always assuming that iguanas are strictly vegeterian - I was stunned by this observation.
