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When I was off in the woods the other day, I discovered the weirdest creatures. I took photo's of some of them, and this one is Phrynosoma Papilio, the Dragon Butterfly.

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Phrynosoma Papilio. or: Dragon Butterfly - SciFi and Fantasy Art by Arjen 'Vargen' Schouten
İArjen 'Vargen' Schouten. All rights reserved!

Categories: [Dragons, Drakes, Wyverns, etc] [Landscape, Nature, Panoramic] [Normal Animals (Cats, horses, fish, etc)] [Photo-/model based compositions, or photorealism]
Techniques: [Other Computer Paint Program]
DateNameComment 
11 Apr 2000:-) Kathryn P. Falk
I wonder if it changes colors with it's environment. Now I'm going to start looking for these in vain LOL (Hey, where's my kiss? 12
13 Apr 2000:-) Ellen 'the Alaskan' Million
This is great! Really good blending.
12 May 200045 Nita
Oooh! I absolutely love this! I want one! The leaf does look a bit plasticy (is that a real word, I wonder?) especially next to the unsheenified (And that is definately NOT a real word!) wings. Other than that, it looks wonderful!
19 Jun 2000:-) Katrina Kennedy
oh! yum yum, pretty pretty, yum yum.... I am SO saving and printing this. Is so cute! =) I wish I had one for a companion. Doen't seem like the type of animal you keep as a pet. *guh-rin!*
25 Aug 200045 Arathlan
Cool piccy! If you'd like to know, the common name for these creatures is "faerie dragon" which come under the subspecies "dragonet". (I have one as my main character's familiar!)
1 Dec 2000:-) Shiva Thomas
Hi! This is a very beautiful inhabitant of the wood. The composition is perfect. Maybe you could add a little transparency to the wings, to allow at least the eye of the lizard to be visible. Please post more picture like that. I give this one 9.5/10.
20 Apr 2002:-) Carlene viohl
Aha! we are one and the same! you should go and check out my maple fairy! (whom I also found in the woods) ya,ya, mine is girlier and not nearly as realistic, but still... YOu are my twin! *g* Really, I love this, and not just because it reminds myself of ...myself.
23 Feb 2003:-) Meike de Nooy
I think you're Dutch... would explain the freakyness... but this is a cool picture! I think I saw one of these once, but when I wanted to take a closer look it took off... Jammer!
3 Oct 200345 Anonymous
The genus "Phrynosoma" refers to the group of lizards called "horned lizards", or erroneously known as "horny toads." The lizard you show is "Anolis carolinensis," - the green anole. You should probably use that genus instead- "Anolis." According to binomial nomenclature rules, you should also change the specific epithat, in this case "Papilio" to "papilio"- it cannot be capitalized. Only the genus is capitalized!.... I'm not too sure about the "iguanid" spines along the back, they don't look too natural...

- A zookeeper in Dallas.
6 Jan 200545 Uniasus
Just wonderful,lovely. It looks almost real...
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