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With its psychedelic colouring, this fan-throated lizard has every

right to look proud. Snapped by Anup Deodha r in India, t his image

won a silver medal in the 2016 International Images for Science

competition, run by the Royal Photographic Society and supported

by Siemens. Fan-throated lizards develop their vibrant flaps of skin

during the breeding season, using them to woo females and warn

other males off their territory.

All of the competition winners, plus 95 shortlisted entries, will

be showcased during a five-week exhibition at The Crystal in

London f rom 14 September to 17 October, before going on tou r

around the country. Entries for the 2017 competition are now open,

so you’d better dust off t hat ca mera!

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