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Chioglossa lusitanica - the golden-striped salamander - is a long-tailed amphibian native to the north-western Iberian Peninsula (yes, that includes Portugal!). They're usually nocturnal but I might've woken up this little fella here by almost stepping on it! Don't worry, after the photoshoot I set it free and it quickly went back under the fallen leaves, to rest before a night of hunting invertebrates, no doubt. Sadly, the species is threatened by habitat loss, making the sight of this beautiful beastie even more precious. I mean, look at the size of that tail! • • • #salamander #salamandra #goldenstripedsalamander #salamandralusitanica #amphibian #tail #gold #yellow #forest #fallenleaves #animal #caudata #wildlifephotography #wildlifeportugal #vidaselvagem #naturephotography #naturephotography #naturelovers #natureza #naturezaportuguesa #outdoorsphotography #outdoors #gooutsideandplay #hike #hikersofinstagram #visitporto #visitportugal #igersporto #igersportugal #folknature (at Parque das Serras do Porto) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtCZZvOleW6CWMXnsrqCEPtbyZMrUTeKP5o19k0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ufb761ukf6gu

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The Casa Andersen at Porto's Botanical Garden. I believe it is now harbouring the Hall of Biodiversity,a "space dedicated to the dissemination of the biological sciences, evolution and biodiversity". An appealing reddish giant in my favourite green spot in Porto 💚 (at Jardim Botânico Do Porto Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsZHxvEFrtsfJDhb-LvS1O5agpzHGdOoSJ7u-Y0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nbv18h1cu4nv

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Nine in ten doctors recommend having at least a tiny adventure every month. Gotta save money but gotta stay healthy too! • • • #beach #sand #shore #rocks #sea #wave #seafoam #stormyskies #horizon #backpack #crouching #rocks #clouds #greysky #stormyclouds #instabeach #winterbeach #gooutside #gooutsideandplay #outdoorsphotography #adventure #littleadventures #welivetoexplore #exploreportugal #explore #naturephotography #nature #natureza #snapseed (at Praia dos Ingleses) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br3i6h8F-FEt6GUlGHWXM8lIOlK6TDKuA7VDyI0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fajigsay7at9

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Sampling days are always fun days, and yesterday was no exception. I wish it wasn’t so far from home tho. • • • #river #ferreirariver #rioferreira #riverphotography #trees #forest #fall #autumn #plants #instaplants #instaforest #hike #trail #instahike #hikersofinstagram #trails #trailwalker #gooutside #gooutsideandplay #nature #nature #natureza #naturephotography #naturephotographer #wildlifeshots (at Valongo) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br02IsAFnuSTw-jW62oukWf3aGUOungdn8-iXA0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tb4iom4pq2xe

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Sampling day today! Here’s a green spider for the Holliday Season! Such a jolly color, don’t you think? Merry Xmas! • • • #spider #aranidae #arachnid #arachnology #arachnidsofinstagram #instaspider #spidersofinstagram #beanie #beard #wildlife #wildlifephotography #selfie #wildlifeshots #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #instanature #outdoors #outdoorsphotography #gooutside #gooutsideandplay (at Valongo) https://www.instagram.com/p/Brye8IWFgkznwMUdTotN7YNaVCvdMbl_7isdxc0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1u7rwdzwg6t3u

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Takeoff in T minus five, four, three, two, one... Capturing a moment like this should be hard for an amateur like me but this little guy took three or four tries to finally take to the skies 😅 • • • #weevil #gorgulho #curcullionidae #insect #bug #beetle #insectagram #insectsofinstagram #entomology #entomolove #macro #macrophotography #amateurphotography #amateur #amateurmacro #takeoff #wings #flight #wildlife #wildlife_shots #wildlifephotography #nature #natureza #naturephotography #nature_shots #nature_lovers #outdoors #outdoorsphotography #visitporto #visitportugal (at Parque Oriental Do Porto) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrROJ3NFb7aIqxr66uztFKEt19wDIdWVjVsrOo0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1o6kclo2byj86

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Monstera deliciosa at Porto’s Botanical Garden, by far one of my favorite plants and one of my favorite places in Porto. • • • #monstera #monsteradeliciosa #swisscheeseplant #costeladeadao #plant #instaplant #plantsofinstagram #botanicalgardens #botany #garden #wall #roots #leaves #jardimbotanico #plantphotography #houseplants #nature #natureza #naturephotography #nature_photo #nature_shooters #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlife_shots #outdoors #outdoorshoots #outdoorsphotography #urbangarden #visitportugal #visitporto https://www.instagram.com/p/BrL4j6rlZMm4dz_GMhEBwQ7ETd9yQibLJUJqjs0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=648vkexat1q5

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Mushrooms are at it again! Stealing autumn oh yeah! No idea what these yolk-colored beauties are called but they sure have a way to get a hiker’s attention! • • • #mushroom #cogumelo #mushrooms #fungi #instashroom #leaves #fallenleaves #oak #quercus #forest #instaplant #plantsofinstagram #hike #hikersofinstagram #instahike #outdoors #outdoorsphotography #gooutside #explore #exploreportugal #nature #natureza #instanature #naturephotography #nature_shots #wildifephotography #wildlife_shots #forestphotography #visitporto #visitportugal (at Valongo) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrJTbmCFaouDal4jT-bTiGF2aDcAPi-Ya0ZMdI0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hc3xn7xst6jt

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People like taking pictures of trees and their red and yellow leaves to illustrate the beauty of Autumn but let’s get real for a moment: if mushrooms were as big and as common as trees, they’d be on the spotlight! Not sure about the species but it’s definitely a Bolete mushroom (Family Boletaceae, maybe Genus Boletus). • • • #mushroom #shroom #fungus #fungi #instashroom #cogumelo #sunlight #plants #herbs #plantsofinstagram #instaplants #weeds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlife_shots #wildlifeonearth #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #nature_shooters #natureza #outdoors #outdoorsphotography #gooutside #fall #autumn #outono #visitporto #visitportugal (at Parque Oriental Do Porto) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrFfdBmlbc3KaXg4Gr_imIDZ8LL7Iqfx2viGMk0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6cozbukro7og

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It’s a Japanese Maple Tree, of course! This part of the Palácio de Cristal gardens was closed for renovation (please don’t mess up) so i couldn’t get a good close up look but *damn*. • • • #palacio #palaciodecristal #jardimdopalaciodecristal #garden #publicgarden #urbangarden #japanesemaple #maple #mapletree #redleaves #trees #plants #instaplant #plantsofinstagram #urbannature #fountain #urbanpark #fall #autumn #urbanphotography #urbangarden #outdoorsphotography #nature #naturelovers #naturephotography #visitporto #visitportugal #igersporto #igersportugal (at Jardins do Palácio de Cristal) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrC3-xClQzRj7Iizv7tbzVgoiGN4SJaO4tWje00/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lx1ryzztb7n0

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Finally a decent photo of one of Porto’s most iconic and eye-catching monuments! This sculpture is a celebration of the heroes of the Peninsular War and the victory of Portugal over France, symbolized by the lion on top of the French imperial eagle. Not bad for a roundabout garden huh? • • • #rotundadaboavista #boavista #roundabout #roundabout #garden #jardim #trees #urbannature #urbangarden #peninsularwar #warheroes #monument #sculpture #victory #portugal #france #eagle #lion #urbanphotography #naturephotography #outdoorsphotography #fall #redleaves #autumn #visitporto #visitportugal #ig_porto #ig_portugal #igersportugal #igers_porto (at Rotunda Da Boavista) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrAWxKuFQ2Ju-82bB6ADQaycq-jRfKZ6KYpgY40/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6edu58klypg6

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It’s cold but there’s sun, I’m working but it’s fun ☀️ • • • #selfie #work #workisfun #beard #instaselfie #selfiesunday #selfietime #beards #smiling #smile #bracelets #sunlight #shadow #nature #instanature #outdoors #outdoorsselfie #capture #iphoneography #gooutside #gooutsideandplay #awakethesoul #travelportugal #parqueoriental #igportugal #igporto #visitportugal #visitporto #igersportugal #igersporto #outdoorsphotography #amateurphotographer (at Parque Oriental Do Porto) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq5uIoclYBm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10tbdo3wt2veg

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Oaks and moss and a bit of moody rain make up for a lovely scenario for temperate forests. I love them so much! Also, is it bad that I’d rather edit my photos in a smartphone app rather than in my computer? Am I a lazy amateur photographer? It’s just so much simpler and convenient! • • • #oak #leaf #yellowleaf #moss #briophyta #quercus #plant #instaplants #plantsofinstagram yellow #fall #fallenleaf #autumn #forest #temperateforest #woods #nature #natureza #instanature #naturephotography #outdoors #instaoutdoors #outdoorsphotography #gooutsideandplay #amateurphotography #amateurphotographer #visitportugal #igportugal #travelportugal (at Valongo) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqvm7vKFxyK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=req0ya6ve386

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Don’t you just love seeing nature take over old buildings? I know I do. It’s not the feeling of abandonment that gets me, it’s the overgrown plants, it’s nature calmly erasing that trace of human existence, it’s the power of persistence and slow progress! And plantssssss pretty plantssssss *-* • • • #plants #instaplants #plantsofinstagram #fig #figtree #overgrown #abandoned #abandonedbuilding #naturetakesover #nature #natureza #naturelovers #naturephotography #outdoors #outdoorsy #instaoutdoors #instanature #gooutsideandplay #outdoorsphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqs_m8CFre7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jk806b94dkec

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Today was sampling day in the Porto’s Eastern City Park, but this is a beetle from a month ago, taken at Porto’s Western City Park. Tenebrionidae family, I’m sure of it. Maybe Lagia genus? Lagia hirta? • • • #insect #arthropod #bug #beetle #instabeetle #instabug #insectsofinstagram #insectagram #entomology #entomolove #tenebrionidae #plants #leaf #park #citypark #nature #instanature #naturelovers #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #outdoors #instaoutdoors #outdoorsphotography #gooutside #animal #animalphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/BqqXEyoFZuE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kmff132inwcc

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This sad-looking cutie is a European Polecat (Mustela putorius), more commonly known as the common ferret (or toirão/furão in Portugal). Do not be alarmed, tho, it’s a shy mammal and there were a lot of people near its enclosure, so it obviously wasn’t strolling around happily as it would in the wild! • • • #ferret #europeanpolecat #mustelid #ferretsofinstagram #enclosure #cage #mammal #weasel #polecat #cute #park #zoo #shed #nature #natureza #naturelovers #instanature #naturephotography #naturephotographer #outdoors #outdoorsphotography #animalphotography #wildlife #animal #wildlifephotography #instaoutdoors #gooutside #gaia #parquebiologicodegaia https://www.instagram.com/p/BqI9iGZFfph/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=e0fev5dooe47

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Here’s to trusting our own wings and not the branch we’re resting on. This is an old pic I took like a year ago and never got around to posting it because I was waiting for Fall and then I forgot all about it 😅 Don’t you just love the color red? • • • #feather #whitefeather #plume #leaves #branch #autumnleaves #redleaves #fall #autumn #red #autumncolors #fallcolors #nature #natureza #instanature #naturephotography #plantphotography #plants #trees #park #instaplants #plantsofinstagram #nature_photo #outdoors #outdoorsphotography #outdoorslife #gooutside #naturelovers https://www.instagram.com/p/BqBJlsdlr-J/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=s0vqqufo5bbk