Hi guys,
Havent post anything here for a long time now, and decide to revive this post a little. The forum lost a bit of its activity lately I believe and I ll try to do my part, as little as it is.
Unfortunately the replies were becoming less and less on my post and I lost interest, spending a fair amount of time uploading, organising and posting my pictures its a bit disappointing when no comment, advice, or any replies come out of it. I'll try to hold on because this forum has helped me a lot in the past, and I believe there is nothing similar to that anywhere on the web. I found it very sad that it quickly turned into a ball python morph and leopard gecko hobbyist forum and most of the nice field trip post (which should be the main ones) have disappeared. The forum helped me a lot previously and I hope my contribution, as little as it can be, can help a bit in return.
Ill stop mumbling now and give you some pictures, this is a first section of a trip I did in Busaga Forest, central western Rwanda.
It is a tiny piece of rain forest left on a koppie, at around 2200 meter above sea level and the diversity found was mind blowing for such a tiny area.
Here are a few picture, more pictures will come soon.
Crotaphopeltis hotemboeia, Herald snake.
Crotaphopeltis hotemboeia, Herald snake, neonate.
Trioceros johnstonii, Rwuenzori three horned chameleon.
Very easy to spot these little guys at night.
Trioceros jonstoni, Rwuenzori three horned chameleon, Neonate. Just to give you an idea of how small these baby are.
Trioceros ellioti, Montane side stripped chameloeon.
Leptosiaphos graueri, Rwanda Five-toed skink
Atheris nitschei, Great lakes Bush Viper.
Sincere apology for the free handling picture, just to give you an idea of the size and you can clearly see on that picture she had just eaten a large meal, most likely an Amieta sp commonly found in the river. Apologise again for the free handling, it was unsafe and not very clever but I just did not want her to regurgitate her meal and was so happy to find it in that tiny relic forest that I couldn't keep my excitement. She was the primary goal for the trip and as you can see on the fainted smile on my face I was rather happy about it.
Lygodactylus gutturalis, Chevron throated dwarf guecko.
There are more pictures coming up soon from the savanna side of Rwanda.
Hope you enjoyed
Stay away from the sharp end.
Kenny.
East African Herpetofauna Group.
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