KZN Herpers 17/18 Jan 09

[Mongoose]

That is Afroedura nivaria and Chamaesaura aenea.

[Pythonodipsas]

I think it great that you organised this Drummer. Any orchids? I've seen some lovely grassland orchids from the berg.

[alexander]

Where did you go?
Nice finds, do you have a closeup of the fuscus?

[drummer]

Will organize my fuscus close ups etc asap...am backed about 400 RAW photos hahaha. Alex we were in the Southern Drakensburg up Sani Pass

Craig...We saw about 5 different terrestrials in flower. Also my favorite one seen was the Stenoglottis longifolia, awesome plant. No true epiphytes though.

[Rishaad]

I am posting this from an internet cafe as I am not at work cos of the pulled muscles in my leg from the almost 30km of hiking and herping that was done this weekend. I now have a gangster limp.lol. Waiting for the doctor to arrive to give me a voltaren injection which i am not looking forward to. I am glad I snapped some of these photos.

2nd pic - Its clear that I was the one lagging behind but If I wasnt then I would have been able to get this pic.
5th pic - Real herpers go down on all fours.lol
last pic - Those shoes are amazing man. Where do i get a pair.lol

All in all an unforgettable weekend with a great bunch of people. Huge thanks to everyone for making this possible. Thanx drummer (MOP - lol) for organsing.

[drummer]

Ah you did great man, have seen far worse! Glad you made it on the trip, you made it back alive no worries and did the return trip in record time... Your pain is psychosomatic

[froot]

I am posting this from an internet cafe as I am not at work cos of the pulled muscles in my leg from the almost 30km of hiking

I used to get that from hiking to the top of the berg and back over a weekend which resulted in me hobbling around work like an old coffin dodger for the next week. Just keep pushing the pain and work those muscles and you'll find it gets better quicker. I would definitely be keen on joining you guys next time you go to the berg, I just need more notice to organise the dependants on this side. If you go higher up just above the contour path you'll probably find B. atropos on the slopes. On one trip we stumbled apon 4 of them on one day around midday in February, cloudy cool but calm.

Congrats on the L. fuscus.

[Fooble]

Those Shoes SUCK!
NOT S.O.P's by any means!

Yet No sandy V!

[Scavenger]

Here are a few photos of mine
The most photographed snake in Africa

[Rob]

Rishaad dont worry, it happens to alot of women on herp trips. Thankfully never to us guys

[Rishaad]

@rob - if u were a woman id show you how much of a man i really am.

[arcadies]

Well done on the fuscus, ugly one, but one none-the-less

(Edited to conform to the rules BV)

[Durban Keeper]

Out of interest what does a nice one look like then. Please post an example if you will...

[Fooble]

DK viewtopic.php?f=81&t=4643&hilit=yellow+bellied+house+snake

Oh and a ugly L.fiskii is a fiskii non the less right?
same goes with L.fuskus!

[alexander]

Very cool, i went up that exact same hike when i was 11 years old with my dad, except it was 3 days as we went up to Thabana-Letliana-spelling?
Its the highest mountion in Southern Africa i think. I remember the cave and the stream along the way. But at the time i wasn't into herps, still saw Bradypodion and some Sand Snake.