#mostrakryptos

Even seen from above, with a transmitted flashlight, the glass frogs appear diaphanous and transparent. This beautiful Santa Cecilia Cochran frog (Teratohyla midas) from @losamigosbiologicalstation was one of my personal best findings during my stay at the station. It wasn’t even raining since a lot, so I felt really lucky to find one on a leaf at night close to the station! They’re true jewels of the rainforest. #pickoftheday #frog #predatoridelmicrocosmo #teratohyla #green #glassfrog #rainforest #selva #amphibian #mimicry #mostrakryptos @ilcp_photographers @conservacionamazonica @amazonconservation (presso Los Amigos Biological Station) https://www.instagram.com/p/B16DXWwAZFl/?igshid=y5hmncjdhbof

In the forest of Ranomafana National Park you can find dragons. They’re just tiny and delicate, easily damaged by land destruction and pollution. But they nonetheless there, like this amazing Leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus) found by my guide some years ago while I was trying to document some of the most stunningly camouflaged animals with my friends and colleagues @messinanicola and @francesco_tomasinelli in Madagascar’s rainforests. #gecko #reptiles #herp #mostrakryptos #madagascar #ranomafana #conservation #herpingtheglobe #wideanglemacro #mostrakryptos @ilcp_photographers https://www.instagram.com/p/B9UXvCPK7OX/?igshid=2bddc2ob1guw

A magnificent ladybug spider (Eresus sp. cf. kollari) male showing to me its warning colors. It amaze me how it vibrates reminding a velvet ant (Mutillidae). This species is surely among the most stunning spiders we can see in Europe. And it’s very seldom seen, quite rare indeed. #eresus #italy #spider #spidersofinstagram #predatoridelmicrocosmo #kryptosgenova #mostrakryptos #arthropod @ilcp_photographers

This is the astonishing fringed head of a mossy leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus sikorae), blending on the background of a trunk full of lichens. This species only lives into the rainforests of Madagascar and its habitat is heavily hit by deforestation. Mimicry is also the theme of my next exhibition that will open at the Genova Natural History Museum next 10 February, titled “Kryptos”. #madagascar #kryptos #mostrakryptos #kryptosgenova #uroplatus #sikorae (presso Ranomafana National Park)

The sand walker Adult female Namaqua chameleon waking on a dune in the morning. This is a harsh environment to live for a chameleon but this species is well adapted for it. Its only problems come from human origins and some of them are really odd. The movies like “Madmax” heavily impacted on such environment and such operations should always be avoided. . . . #conservation #namaqua #chameleon #reptiles #namibia #swakopmund #dorobnationalpark #naukluft #herping #herps #kryptosgenova #mostrakryptos @ilcp_photographers #madmax #desert #desertlife

Undetermined and highly camouflaged moth resting among leaf debris on a leaf in the undergrowth of the Malaysian rainforest. #mimicry #kryptos #mostrakryptos #moth #camouflage #borneo #malaysia #leaf #invisible #photography @ilcp_photographers https://www.instagram.com/p/B6RCb1qoC2D/?igshid=x25umjbcfm4j

A desert specialist, the Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) walking on the sand thanks to its fingers kept flat like snow shoes. They can change their skin tone depending on the temperature: darker when heating is needed, lighter when the sun is high and temperature must be lowered with higher reflectance. #pickoftheday #mostrakryptos #chameleon #namaqua #namaquensis #reptile #herping #herp #herpsofinstagram #survivor #sand #namib #dune @ilcp_photographers (presso Swakopmund, Namibia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrAUZR_hUdi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pll7tepvdd5o

Unidentified Geometrid moth (Geometridae sp.) amazingly blended on a tree trunk into the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar - #pickoftheday #macrophotography #insectphotography #mostrakryptos #kryptos #mimicry #camouflage #noshadow #insect #madagascar #andasibe #mitsinjo @ilcp_photographers (presso Andasibe Mantadia National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq2Dfs_hffj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h1y2vzrx4ajm