Summer's Here! Eastern and Northern Coast - South Africa.

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Summer's Here! Eastern and Northern Coast - South Africa.

Postby Fooble » Wed Dec 23, 2015 8:25 pm

Kicking things off with some decent rain in the Transkei (Wild Coast of South Africa) a few frog species found in an hour or so.

Amietophrynus gutturalis Guttural Toad. Umngazi, Eastern Cape.
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Cacosternum nanum - Bronze Caco/ Bronze Dainty Frog. Umngazi, Eastern Cape.
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Leptopelis natalensis - Forest Tree Frog. Umngazi, Eastern Cape.
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Phrynobatrachus natalensis - Snoring Puddle Frog. Umngazi, Eastern Cape.
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Tomopterna natalensis - Natal Sand Frog. Umngazi, Eastern Cape.
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Heading up North Into Zululand (Some 250kms North of Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal)

Amblyodipsas-polylepis - Common Purple Gloss Snake. False Bay, Kwa-Zulu Natal.
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The Egg eaters in this particular section grow much larger and have beautiful high contrasting colours compared to the specimens further south.
Dasypeltis scabra - Rhombic Egg Eater. Hluhluwe, Kwa-Zulu Natal.
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Gonionotophis nyassae - Black File Snake. Kosi Bay, Kwa-Zulu Natal.
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Hyperolius tuberilinguis - Tinker Reed Frog. St Lucia, Kwa-Zulu Natal.
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Homopholis wahlbergii - Walhberg's Velvet Gecko. Hluhluwe, Kwa-Zulu Natal.
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Leptopelis mossambicus - Mozambique Brown Back Tree Frog. Hluhluwe, Kwa-Zulu Natal.
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Trachylepis depressa - Eastern Sand Skink. Umhlanga Rocks, Kwa-Zulu Natal.
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Lycophidion capense - Cape Wolf Snake. Kosi Bay, Kwa-Zulu Natal.
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Philothamnus natalensis natalensis Eastern Natal Green Snake. St Lucia, Kwa-Zulu Natal.
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Philothamnus natalensis natalensis Eastern Natal Green Snake. Umhlanga Rocks, Kwa-Zulu Natal.
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Zygaspis vandami - Van Dam's Round Headed Worm Lizard. iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Kwa-Zulu Natal.
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A special find and the first time ever seeing a live specimen.
Xenocalamus bicolor ineatus - Striped Quill Snouted Snake. Kosi Bay, Kwa-Zulu Natal.
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Re: Summer's Here! Eastern and Northern Coast - South Africa

Postby Durban Keeper » Thu Dec 24, 2015 1:45 am

That Quill snouted is just crazy looking. Really like the macro shots of them. Some very nice amphibian finds also, especially like the Forest tree frog pics. Great stuff Ping!!!
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Re: Summer's Here! Eastern and Northern Coast - South Africa

Postby reptile » Thu Dec 24, 2015 4:48 pm

That tinker Reed frog pic is out of this world:0 Awesome photos and species... Which we had such a diversity of critters here in Germany:"(
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Postby Mitton » Thu Dec 24, 2015 9:42 pm

Very nice Tyrone, great photography.
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Postby Ruan Stander » Mon Dec 28, 2015 12:11 pm

Awesome stuff. What camera and lens(es) do you use ?
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Postby Emerald » Mon Dec 28, 2015 1:15 pm

Awesome pics....
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Re: Summer's Here! Eastern and Northern Coast - South Africa

Postby Fooble » Mon Dec 28, 2015 8:05 pm

predator678 wrote:Awesome stuff. What camera and lens(es) do you use ?


These are all taken with a Canon 100m L series USM macro lens.
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Re: Summer's Here! Eastern and Northern Coast - South Africa

Postby Westley Price » Tue Jan 05, 2016 9:03 am

Lekker Fooble.

Awesome photography of a great series of finds. The fossirial stuff are my favourite!

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