It was cold...(pics!)

It was cold...(pics!)

Postby alexander » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:51 pm

During the past 2 weeks i've been away-mostly in the Eastern Cape.
First we went to wody cape neare Kenton-on -sea, we went on the two day trail. Then we went to Addo, then to Graaf-Reinet, then to Karoo N. P.
It was very cold and we found very few snakes, and i felt i deserved more reptiles for the amount of things i turned. :-?
I found:
2 Herald Snakes
brown water snake
delalande's beaked blind snake
3 snake skins-1 def. from cape cobra

Rock monitor
2 species of flat geckos
Karoo girdled lizards
Southern rock Agamas
Spotted t.t. geckos
uni-lacertid
Cape Dwarf geckos
bibron's gecko
variegated skink
and another skink that i haven't id.

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Now i have to put on SARCA :roll:

PLease excuse spelling-very rushed.
please correct add anything
enjoy :-)
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Postby Babybird » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:34 pm

Well done.Awesome pictures!!
You seem to be one of the more active members of this site and I always enjoy your reptile records!
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Postby Mitton » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:38 pm

Dude, AMAZING photography!!!
Some really nice finds, like the 1st pic of the monitor.
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Postby arcadies » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:47 pm

nice alex, i like the photos. give me a buzz sometime i want to go catch some fiskii :D
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Postby mania » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:48 pm

Great pics. That red lip don't look to happy but awesome
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Postby jka » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:37 pm

Really nice photos, that water snake and rock monitor looks awesome.
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Postby armata » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:05 pm

Very nice Alex, love the herald.

BTW SARCA is finished now.
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Postby alexander » Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:57 pm

Thanks for your comments :)
Armata: the vitual museum is still running, its just the fieldwork thats stopped, or am i missing something?
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Postby drummer » Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:07 am

SARCA is over...the virtual museum will continue to run but submissions will not be logged in the Red Data book. Keep them coming in though as this will still serve as a central information base...use it as a base line for future studies etc.
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Postby boing » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:13 am

Great photos. The 16th one (second after the Ellie). What are they and where did you take it?
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Postby Quintin » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:29 am

Stunning pictures!!!!! Tell us a bit more about your set up!
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Postby MrG » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:30 am

The first pic of the Monitor is Awsome!
Great work, your passion is showing in every pic and a lot can be learned from you.
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Postby BushSnake » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:27 am

Great pictures! All are brilliant but I especially like the malachite sunbird female. It's not easy to get that close!

BTW - what is the second frog?
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Postby alexander » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:26 am

Thanks again
those sunbirds are irritating to photograph!!
That frog is quite interesting, i don't know what it is-anyone?
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Postby BushSnake » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:52 am

I have photos of similar things from up North and the closest I could get was a common Caco, but they didn't match perfectly. That why I asked you. You personally know the pro's so it is your job to find out and tell us :)
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