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Re: ID Please (Kasanka, Zambia)

Great, thanks Westley! That would mean a new addition to our list - only Schmidt's Blind and Katanga Worm Snake so far. Exciting stuff!
by Bizzle
Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:17 am
 
Forum: Exotic reptile observation records
Topic: ID Please (Kasanka, Zambia)
Replies: 7
Views: 2169

Re: ID Please (Kasanka, Zambia)

I agree on the first one probably being a Letheobia but I have no idea what occurs in our area. Is longicauda patternless? I have another 'full body shot' if it helps (of the creature, not of me). Still not 100% convinced its not a worm, but a closeup does seem to reveal scales. If it is a Letheobia...
by Bizzle
Fri Feb 01, 2013 12:11 am
 
Forum: Exotic reptile observation records
Topic: ID Please (Kasanka, Zambia)
Replies: 7
Views: 2169

Re: ID Please (Kasanka, Zambia)

Thanks! The only species listed for Kasanka is Rhinotyphlops schmidt i, which I've found before and looks considerably different. Would you agree though that it is a species of blind snake? Just now somebody is going to wreck my dreams and tell me its a worm after all? I only have the photograph to ...
by Bizzle
Thu Jan 31, 2013 2:32 pm
 
Forum: Exotic reptile observation records
Topic: ID Please (Kasanka, Zambia)
Replies: 7
Views: 2169

ID Please (Kasanka, Zambia)

Hey Guys, Our resident Baboon researcher has been snapping away merrily at the herps that have surfaced over this rainy season and came across a few that raised questions. Already some interesting additions to our reptile list, which now stands at 54 species with some very obvious gaps in the record...
by Bizzle
Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:02 pm
 
Forum: Exotic reptile observation records
Topic: ID Please (Kasanka, Zambia)
Replies: 7
Views: 2169

Kasanka/Lavushi Manda Herping Trip

Hello All, My name is Bastiaan and I work for the Kasanka Trust Ltd in Northern Zambia, a not-for-profit conservation trust tasked with the management of Kasanka and Lavushi Manda National Parks in Northern Zambia. We have been based in Kasanka for the past 25 years and this area has thus been well-...
by Bizzle
Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:58 pm
 
Forum: Herpetological Associations, Non Profit Clubs, Events & Legalities
Topic: Kasanka/Lavushi Manda Herping Trip
Replies: 2
Views: 854

Re: First ever Gaboon Viper recorded in Kasanka National Par

I have saved the skin and skull to be preserved and displayed in our Conservation Centre. How should I preserve a DNA sample and who would be interested in it?
by Bizzle
Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:34 pm
 
Forum: Exotic reptile observation records
Topic: First ever Gaboon Viper recorded in Kasanka National Park
Replies: 5
Views: 1034

First ever Gaboon Viper recorded in Kasanka National Park

Today was a great day in Kasanka history with the first confirmed record of a Gaboon Viper within Park boundaries! The animal, a juvenile presumably, was found along the Kasanka River on the road adjacent to a patch of termitaria thicket. Unfortunately it was a roadkill animal, I suspect that I may ...
by Bizzle
Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:05 pm
 
Forum: Exotic reptile observation records
Topic: First ever Gaboon Viper recorded in Kasanka National Park
Replies: 5
Views: 1034

Re: Some stuff with legs

the bird is a great blue turaco btw, not a violet turaco! even better find though!
by Bizzle
Thu May 12, 2011 9:46 am
 
Forum: Exotic reptile observation records
Topic: Some stuff with legs
Replies: 13
Views: 3531

Re: Southern DRC

Nice pics. I live in Kasanka National Park, just on the other side of the panhandle in Zambia. We have a species of spitting cobra too which we have always assumed to be a black-necked spitting cobra (Naja nigricollis). I have attached some pics. Based on your knowledge of the area/species and the a...
by Bizzle
Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:33 am
 
Forum: Exotic reptile observation records
Topic: Southern DRC
Replies: 53
Views: 10932

Re: Help with snake ID

Hehe, I managed to speak to the person who took the photo. Apparently there were a few photo's of an Australia trip on the same memory card and they thus got introduced to our system. A Morelia indeed, and no range expansion ;).
by Bizzle
Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:00 am
 
Forum: Exotic reptile observation records
Topic: Help with snake ID
Replies: 11
Views: 1977

Re: Help with snake ID

It must be a mixup then. Boulengeria annulata is what comes closest in terms of patterning but they have only been recorded in the far north of the country, the behaviour is very atypical also. Ill try track down the photographer but for now ill put it down to a photographic mixup...
by Bizzle
Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:12 am
 
Forum: Exotic reptile observation records
Topic: Help with snake ID
Replies: 11
Views: 1977

Re: Help with snake ID

thats what i thought, like a childrens pythons or something. thats why i suspect it might not have been taken here, although the vegetation def occurs here. how about blanding's tree snake? they apparently occur in the region. dont think the head shows in the pic to be honest, but ill see. it was a ...
by Bizzle
Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:24 pm
 
Forum: Exotic reptile observation records
Topic: Help with snake ID
Replies: 11
Views: 1977

Re: Some stuff with legs

awesome photo's. know what you mean about getting a decent pic of the violet turaco, been trying for a while now with Lady Ross' Turaco with little to no decent results! nice one
by Bizzle
Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:51 pm
 
Forum: Exotic reptile observation records
Topic: Some stuff with legs
Replies: 13
Views: 3531

Help with snake ID

Hello All, Need some help with another snake ID. Found this picture amongst our database of pics of the Park where I work. Kasanka National Park is located in Central Zambia, just to the right of the DRC panhandle. I am not certain this photo was taken here, but it is included in one of the albums. ...
by Bizzle
Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:12 pm
 
Forum: Exotic reptile observation records
Topic: Help with snake ID
Replies: 11
Views: 1977
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