Favoritos de kurtvanwyk
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Amietia hymenopus - Phofung river frog and habitat.
https://www.tyroneping.co.za/amietia-hymenopus-phofung-river-frog/
https://www.tyroneping.co.za/amietia-hymenopus-phofung-river-frog/
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Falso Lagarto Armadillo de Lang (Pseudocordylus langi)Observ.
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Pseudocordylus langi
Lang’s Crag Lizard. From Chain Ladders, Free State.
https://www.tyroneping.co.za/pseudocordylus-langi-langs-crag-lizard/
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Platysaurus attenboroughi, Karasburg Flat Lizard.
https://www.tyroneping.co.za/lizards/platysaurus-attenboroughi-karasburg-flat-lizard/
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Afroedura namaquensis - Namaqua Flat Gecko. From Outsoide Springbok, Namaqualand.
https://www.tyroneping.co.za/geckos/afroedura-namaquensis-namaqua-flat-gecko/
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Platysaurus lebomboensis
Lembombo Flat Lizard. From Mbuluzi Game Reserve, eSwatini. https://www.tyroneping.co.za/lizards/platysaurus-lebomboensis-lebombo-flat-lizard/https://www.tyroneping.co.za/lizards/platysaurus-lebomboensis-lebombo-flat-lizard/
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6 Males calling antiphonally in a ~20m stretch of river. Call sites under rocks within the stream itself. Female and juveniles found nearby calling males. No eggs found. Rain in the days preceding. Conditions windy, drizzle, a relatively warm winter night.
Habitat shots taken several months before, after the initial floods.
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6 Males calling antiphonally in a ~20m stretch of river. Call sites under rocks within the stream itself. Female and juveniles found nearby calling males. No eggs found. Rain in the days preceding. Conditions windy, drizzle, a relatively warm winter night.
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Cacosternum karooicum - Karoo Caco. https://www.tyroneping.co.za/amphibians-of-southern-africa/cacosternum-karooicum-karoo-caco/
With Oliver Angus, Chad Keates and Kurt van Wyk.
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Cacosternum namaquense -Namaqua Caco. From Kammieskroon, Northern Cape. https://www.tyroneping.co.za/cacosternum-namaquense-namaqua-caco/
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First record of a click-clade representative east of the Klein Rivier. Possibly something new, specimen collected for sequencing.
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Cacosternum striatum - Striped Caco. From Sneezewood Flats, KwaZulu-Natalhttps://www.tyroneping.co.za/amphibians-of-southern-africa/cacosternum-striatum-striped-caco/
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Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis - Mist Belt Chirping Frog.
From east of Franklin, KwaZulu-Natal. https://www.tyroneping.co.za/amphibians-of-southern-africa/anhydrophryne-ngongoniensis-mist-belt-chirping-frog/
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Anhydrophryne hewitti
Natal Chirping Frog. From Doreen Clarke Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal.
Adult female carrying eggs and habitat, males calling from stream bed amongst rocks and in leaf litter alongside slow flowing stream.
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Arthroleptella drewesii - Drewes’ Moss Frog. From Fernkloof Nature Reserve, Western Cape. https://www.tyroneping.co.za/amphibians-of-southern-africa/arthroleptella-drewesii-drewes-moss-frog/
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Male in breeding condition
Found by @kurtvanwyk whilst searching for Arthroleptella in the wet grass
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Annual frog monitoring with Andrew Turner. 14 Males heard calling in an exceptionally small area within the seepage.
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Tortuga de Caparazón Blando del Zambeze (Cycloderma frenatum)Observ.
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Arthroleptella bicolor
Bainskloof Moss Frog. From Bainskloof Pass, Western Cape. https://www.tyroneping.co.za/amphibians-of-southern-africa/arthroleptella-bicolor-bainskloof-moss-frog/
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Keeled flanks - key ID feature.
Flanks are smooth in H. capensis.
https://www.tyroneping.co.za/lizards/hemicordylus-nebulosus-dwarf-cliff-lizard/
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Pedioplanis inornata -
Plain Sand Lizard. From between Kleinsee and Springbok, Northern Cape https://www.tyroneping.co.za/lizards/pedioplanis-inornata-plain-sand-lizard/
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Heleophryne orientalis -
Eastern Ghost Frog. From Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve, Western Cape. https://www.tyroneping.co.za/amphibians-of-southern-africa/heleophryne-orientalis-eastern-ghost-frog/
With Oliver Angus.
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Annual tadpole search in Hiddingh. No new larva. This cohort is nearing 2 years of age. Around 8 individuals observed, although likely to be many more.
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Lycophidion variegatum - Variegated Wolf Snake. https://www.tyroneping.co.za/snakes-southern-africa/lycophidion-variegatum-variegated-wolf-snake/
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Around 8 males calling from emergent vegetation. Semi vegetated vlei on the flood plain of the Nuwejaars. Habitat shared by X.gilli. New locality.
