Yet Another "MOOI" Trip

[Fooble]

Myself , Scavenger , Snakemanjayd and Non Forum guy packed into my car and headed to the Mooi this morning.

Sunday, 10 January 2010

Description -Sunny
Precipitation-0% No rain
Min Temp 15 ºC
Max Temp 26 ºC
Humidity 50 %
weather
Wind Description-Gentle North Westerly
Wind Speed-10 Knots / 18 Km/h
Wind Direction-315 Degree



We Found Total of 16 or so snakes , Two Frog Species , One gecko Species , One Lizard Species and A Few Skink Species.

Skaapstekers -Psammophylax rhombeatus rhombeatus
Red Lip Heralds - Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
Blind snakes Typhlops sp
Striped Stream Frog - Strongylopus fasciatus
Guttural Toad Amietophrynus gutturalis
Van Son's Gecko Pachydactylus vansoni
Drakensberg Crag Lizard -Pseudocordylus melanotus
Skinks Trachylepis Sp

Red Lip Heralds - Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia




Skaapstekers -Psammophylax rhombeatus rhombeatus





Skaapsteker Eggs Found 3 like this with the female snake surrounding her eggs.









Needless To Say She Was Rather Pissed Off. NOM!


Two Skaapstekers From About 2 kms Apart.




Blind snake Typhlops sp








Vasoni Gecko Pachydactylus vansoni







Habitat.


Herped Out

[snakemanjayd]

Here are some more pics, thanks for the trip:

The two heralds

They had really vibrant red lips

Arboreal moment

This herald was really angry about life

Skaapsteker, in the middle of shamming death

Skaapsteker head

A baboon spider that we found

[Fooble]

Jayd who knew we found find a herald up in a tree? :P

[mgiddings]

Wow, really great finds man. I have to come down there some time to do some herping with you man.

[snakemanjayd]

Yep, cool hey!

[Fooble]

Jayd those pics came out well man. Nice!

[snakemanjayd]

Thanks, I was impressed too, my little phone camera isn't that bad after all.
The one of the herald in the tree is definitely my favorite. It came out really well.

[Scavenger]

Haha picture heavy eish those gecko's were amazing Thanks must go towards Tyrone for organizing the trip and getting us there and back. That herald in the tree was cool

[Rishaad]

You guys didn't even reply to my sms's but its ok because I spent some quality time with my son today and also became a first time uncle and got to meet my nephew who just came into the world. It beat a day herping in my opinion.

[Mitton]

Nice pics guys, looks like you guys are having some good luck herping the last few weeks.

[snakemanjayd]

Ya, it was i good trip. That brown skaapsteker that we found was very different to the others we found that day. All the other ones, had the yellow stipes down their back, even from the same location, that brown female was just unique. Although years ago we found a similar one in a different part of mooiriver. Any thoughts?

[MrG]

Thx for sharing

[Scavenger]

Congrats Rishaad, glad to hear you had a good day. Sorry I didn't reply to your message, didn't even check my phone till I got home. I did give you a heads up about the trip a few days before, but that's when my brother wasn't coming and unfortunately responding only the day before didn't help as we had already made plans with the car already full. Next time we'll organize a KZNHU herping mission

[Rishaad]

No squaams man. I was on leave for a whole month and only went herping twice as I couldn't find anyone to accompany me and I don't really like herping alone. Nice finds guys, especially the skaapstekker's with their eggs. Well done.

[snakemanjayd]

So, I don't know if I mentioned but not only did I get munched by the skaapie on this trip, but I also dropped a huge rock on my toe.
Initially it felt like it broke my toe, but the bone seems fine. The toe nail is history though. Have a look. It came off last night.