Mpumalanga herping

[Mongoose]

On a follow up to MVs post.

BS and MV came to Nelspruit, and we went herping:

Lizards:

Scelotes mossambicus
Scelotes mirus
Gerrhosaurus flavigularis
Afroedura m. haackei
Hemidactylus mabouia
Lygodactylus capensis
Lygodactylus occellatus
Homopholis wahlbergii
Chondrodactylus turneri
Pachydactylus vansonii
Trachylepis margiritifer
Trachylepis striata
Trachylepis varia
Acanthocercus atricollis
Cordylus warreni barbetonensis
Cordylus vittifer
Pseudocordylus melanotus

Snakes:

Crotophopeltis hotamboeia
Lamprophis guttatus
Bitis atropos
Psammophis crucifer
Psammophylax rhombeatus
Dasypeltis scabra
Lycodonomorphus laevissimus
Afrotyphlops bibroni
Apparalactus capensis
Leptotyphlops sp.

Here are some photos of what we got -
Hope you enjoy


Scelotes mirus - Graskop - Copyright of David Maguire by David Maguire, on Flickr


Psammophis crucifer - Graskop - Copyright of David Maguire by David Maguire, on Flickr


Pachydactylus vansoni - Graskop - Copyright of David Maguire by David Maguire, on Flickr


Lamprophis guttatus - Head - Copyright of David Maguire by David Maguire, on Flickr


L.laevissimus - Lisbon - Copyright of David Maguire by David Maguire, on Flickr


Hemachatus haemachatus - shamming death by David Maguire, on Flickr


Bitis atropos - XXX - Copyright of David Maguire by David Maguire, on Flickr
After many beers, milkshakes and an over dose of sun it was well owrth it!
Dave

PS - The Rinkhals is from Leandra

[Microlepidotus]

Nice trip..

That Berg adders colorations different to the black ones I normally see, but Ive found a new favourite

Great photos, love'em

[Fooble]

Nice photo's Dave.

That Van son's gecko what size was it looks nice and vet.
That water snake also looks really light are they all like that from that area?

That atropos matches that rock nicely too

[Microlepidotus]

Shame on you for killing the Rinkhalse, I thought were herpers here..

Haha jokinhg, how was the Rinkhalses temper, spitting,hooding,shamming death the whole time ??

Regards

[Silvrav]

Nice...have not been to nelspruit for a while.

[Groenslang]

I agree with Fooble, the Pachydactylus vansonii is very thick around the midriff! The red dots on it, where they mites or actual red scales?

[BOOGY]

Shot davie for the nice shots!

[Fooble]

Those red dots are mites groenslang common on some of the wild Pachyactyus that lice in cracks.

[fredsmith]

Looks like alot of fun was had.
Could you post a couple more shots of the haemachatus? Looks to me a bit different to the regular ones we see down here in our neck of the countryside. Ours are more "dirty" looking... the markings seem quite distinct on this one.

[Rishaad]

Amazing. Well done guys.

[BushSnake]

After many beers, PINK milkshakes ...

Not fair. That was going to be my comment on this post!

Nice shots! The L.guttatus came out well. I haven't even sorted out my photographs but I do regret not taking more shots in the shade vs the sunlight!

[jka]

Impressive list Mongoose.

That spotted house and berg adder is really nice.

You have nice shots as well.

[Durban Keeper]

Man your photo's are good. That Berg adder shot is a cracker! & The Guttatus, too nice. I think all your work is epic man, very very nice species!
Any photo's of the Psammophylax rhombeatus from that locality?

[Fooble]

Man That berg adder is a porno snake,

What's with the locality xxx?

Surely it can be related in terms of locality to those other montane species.

[Mongoose]

Here are some photos of Road-cruising and herping we did over new years and a few months ago.

You may have seen some of these already.

Black File Snake - Mehelya nyassae


Lineated Shovel Snout Snake - Prosymna lineata


Broad-headed Legless Skink - Acontias breviceps


Bubbling Kassina - Kassina senegalensis


Turners Gecko - Chondrodactylus turneri

Transvaal Dwarf Chameleon - Bradypodion transvaalense


Hope you Enjoyed,
Goose