As always Id like to share some of our beautiful countries scenery with you first.
The road is long... almost 1800KM from home, so its a good 17 hour drive.
My destination was the beautifully situated remote town of Springbok.
I also paid the nearby Goegap Nature Reserve a visit & went on a 6KM hike to explore the beauty of Namaqualand.
I spent some time in Port Nolloth, home to the Desert Rain Frog, which became very well known after a video I filmed of the frog gained a few million views on youtube. These secretive creatures however managed to elude me this time round.
After a few days spent in the coastal town we headed back inland & spent a night camping in an incredibly hot region called Vioolsdrift. In the picture you can see the Orange river & the mountians of Namibia behind it.
Most of the reptiles found in this region occupy rocky outcrops such as this one.
Here is some of the herps I managed to find during my visit. First up some gecko species.
Probably my favourite indigenous gecko. While on the move they raise their tails & mimic the venomous scorpions of the region.
Rough gecko - Pachydactylus rugosus
Quartz gecko - Pachydactylus latirostris
Bibrons Gecko - Chondrodactylus bibronii
Webers gecko - Pachydactylus webri
Giant ground gecko - Chondrodactylus angulifer
Cape Gecko - Pachydactylus capensis
The personal highlight of my trip was finding these beautiful geckos!
Barking Gecko - Ptenopus garrulous
I also managed to photograph a few species of snake, the first species was very high on my wish list!
Cape coral snake - Aspidelaps lubricus
Schinz's blindsnake - Rhinotyphlops schinzi
Egg eater - Dasypeltis loveridgei
Bugeyed House Snake - Boaedon capensis
Horned adder - Bitis caudalis
All in all a great way to start the year.
Thanks for looking.
Dean
Awesome pics!!!
