Two red-bellied cooter turtles are basking on the bank of a pond. Each turtle has one rear leg raised to speed up the rate of their warming.

Florida red-bellied cooters (Pseudemys nelsoni).Notice how they raise one rear leg trying to optimize about of body exposed to the sun while warming. #photography #naturephotography #turtles #cooters #reptiles #floridareptiles #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #herpetology #floridacooter

Juvenile alligator is basking in the sun atop a concrete retention pond wall.

Young alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) doing what gators do best...loafing. #photography #naturephotography #alligator #gator #reptiles #crocodilians #floridareptiles #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #herpetology #floridagalligator

Soft shell turtle and young alligator on a collision course. Turtle blinks and dives under the gator.

Face off. Florida soft shell turtle (Apalone ferox) and alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) on a collision course. Turtle dives under right after the shot. #photography #naturephotography #alligator #gator #reptiles #turtles #crocodilians #floridareptiles #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

Time for another gator pic. American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) basking next the La Chua Trail, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Gainesville FL. #photography #naturephotography #alligator #gator #reptiles #crocodilians #floridareptiles #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

Early morning Green Anole looking for breakfast.
Olympus OM-5 with 100-400mm lens @ 280mm.
#herps #floridareptiles #OlympusOM5 #anoles