Really great selection of good photos Dean. I also love the unusual little slug-eater and the Setaro's dwarf chameleon. Also the waterbuck. What a beautiful place, isn't it?

My son and I are very keen to help out with any reptile removals in and around Maritzburg / Hilton / Ashburton etc. Any animals etc will not be kept but released at the nearest suitable locality to the capture site. No charge. We just love snakes, lizards, frogs, geckos, spiders and any other critte...

Very nice stuff there today. Just WISH I had more spare tom! Thanks for that huge male Ball JP. He is beautiful!

Stunning post Nick. Can't wait to get out and about during a bit of leave to see what we can spot.

Another really beautiful and fascinating post Moloch. Thanks! I always love the photos of those beautiful desert areas and the herps.

What a fantastic post! I will definately come back to this one a few more times. Great variety, great photos. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing all this!

The kids & I spent a few beautiful days up at Cape Vidal in July and managed to come across a couple of special little creatures. Setaros Dwarf Chameleon - Bradypodian setario http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt90/JHR_photos/Setarosdwarfchameleon-Bradypodiansetaroi002.jpg http://i600.photobuck...

I am up in KZN and we were wondering the same thing a few days ago. We don't see many out and about even during our relatively warm winter. Perhaps I am not looking for them? Very interesting though. Will look in the lower shrubs.

Well done Ferdo. Those are stunning and surely the biggest babies, comparatively speaking, of most snakes?

Sorry if I am raising a common topic here again, however, I have been over many of the shedding problem posts and I still would like to hear any other suggestions in this case. I have a beautiful young male L.aurora that eats like a tiger and has never had a problem shedding. So he is a dream aurora...

What stunning photos of a stunning snake. My little daughter found one just like this many years ago in my Folks garden in the middle of Wartburg (KZN)! Those eyes are amazing.
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Thanks Pierre. Got your email. Will respond soon. Yes I am fairly sure they are D.variegatus but it would be good to find out for sure. I think they a common in certain localities. Certainly in our garden.

Many thanks for the comments and suggestions. I must just add that I have two of these and had one on F/T mice but the other won't touch them so it is a bit frustrating. The other thing is that never having owned anything venemous except the odd herald snake, I am always amazed at just how effective...

I have watched my Striped Skaapstekers feeding a few times now and I am curious to know whether it can be considered that they are constricting or using venom or perhaps a combination of both? Some photos of one of them showing how they always wrap a couple of tight coils around the mouse and don't ...

Hi Pierre We have plenty of them in our garden but I am not sure what species they are? Herewith a couple of photos. Possibly Daemon variegatus ? http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt90/JHR_photos/Bugs/Wildthing5.jpg http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt90/JHR_photos/Bugs/whipspiders.jpg http://i600...