Gallery
Southern Africa
Other fauna in focus
Insects
Mantises
Praying mantis
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Mantodea
Beetles
Dung beetle
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Scarabaeoidea
Ground Beetle
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Carabidae
Tok Tokkie
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Tenebrionidae
Grasshoppers, locusts, crickets
Armoured ground cricket
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Acanthoplus discoidalis
Arachnids
Spiders
Dancing white lady
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Carparachne aureoflava
Sand diver
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Ammoxenus amphalodes
Scorpions
Smooth-head digging scorpion
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Opistophthalmus glabrifrons
Millipedes
Long, cylindrical millipedes
Giant millipede
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Archispirostreptus gigas
Turtles
Tortoises
Leopard tortoise
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Geochelone pardalis
Serrated (Kalahari) tent tortoise
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Psammobates oculifer
Angulate tortoise
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Chersina angulata
Freshwater turtles
Helmeted terrapin
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Pelomedusa subrufa
Serrated hinged terrapin
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Pelusios sinuatus
Crocodilians
Crocodiles
Nile crocodile
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Crocodylus niloticus
Amphibians
Frogs
Painted reed frog
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Hyperolius marmoratus
Reptiles
Skinks
Fitzsimmon's dwarf burrowing skink
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Scelotes fitzsimonsi
Rainbow skink
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Trachylepis margaritiferus
Kalahari tree skink
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Trachylepis spilogaster
Karasburg tree skink
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Trachylepis sparsa
Western rock skink
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Trachylepis sulcata
Variegated skink
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Trachylepis variegata
Lizards
Shovel-snouted lizard
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Meroles anchietae
Spotted desert lizard
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Meroles suborbitalis
Giant-plated lizard
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Gerrhosaurus validus
Broadley's flat lizard
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Platysaurus broadleyi
Graceful crag lizard
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Hemicordylus capensis
Monitors
Nile monitor
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Varanus niloticus
Agamas
Ground agama
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Agama aculeata
Anchieta's agama
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Agama anchietae
Southern rock agama
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Agama atra
Namibian rock agama
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Agama planiceps
Southern tree agama
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Acanthocercus atricollis
Reptiles (continued)
Chameleons
Namaqua chameleon
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Chamaeleo namaquensis
Geckos
Cape dwarf gecko
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Lygodactylus capensis
Bibron's thick-toed gecko
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Pachydactylus bibronii
Namib web-footed gecko
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Pachydactylus rangei
Common barking gecko
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Ptenopus garrulus
Snakes
Southern african rock python
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Python sebae natalensis
Mole snake
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Pseudaspis cana
Namib sand snake
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Psammophis namibensis
Boomslang
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Dispholidus typus
Snouted cobra
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Naja annulifera
Cape cobra
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Naja nivea
Puff adder
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Bitis arietans