A female Red-headed Rock Agama lizard digs a hole in the soft earth to lay her clutch of eggs. In the process she has dug up a couple of older eggs


A female Red-headed Rock Agama lizard digs a hole in the soft earth to lay her clutch of eggs. In the process she has dug up a couple of eggs layed previously in the same site


Size: 5800px × 3965px
Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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