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Habitat quiz!

Postby BushSnake » Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:35 am

Many of you can identify the snakes, but how good are you when it comes to the localities? 10 shots covering SA only...so where were they taken?

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Re: Habitat quiz!

Postby froot » Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:19 am

Good topic!

1) Cape fold mouintains, Outeniquas?
2) Oudtshoorn/Uniondale area.
3) Somewhere in the Karoo
4) Upington area.
5) Titsikama forest
6) Mpumalanga highveld
7) Lowveld scrub, KNP?
8) No idea, somewhere in the freestate?
9) West coast dunes, Lamberts bay region?
10) Forest in the eastern region, North KZN/Swaziland/KNP
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Re: Habitat quiz!

Postby BushSnake » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:24 pm

I'll wait a while before I give the correct answers. And before that I'll give the clues by stating what occurs there. Froot, you had 1 correct and 3 (nr. 1,3 ;) and 9) in roughly the right area.
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Re: Habitat quiz!

Postby drummer » Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:02 pm

Ok I'll have a stab at a few... only brave enough for a few ;)


4) Worcester?
5) Zululand
7) Nelspruit area ( i think i see a sandy vag in the right o the pic in the distance!)
9) Port Nolloth
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Re: Habitat quiz!

Postby BushSnake » Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:26 pm

I wondered if those red hairs were going to attract some attention, but no, it wasn't Nelspruit. 4 is probably the most difficult and least seen one of the lot. 5 is Kosi Bay (Zululand) and 9 is Port Nolloth, and as Froot said, 10 is Ndumo in Zululand as well.
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Re: Habitat quiz!

Postby Mongoose » Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:01 pm

1 Cape fold mountains
2 extreme North-western Northern cape province - Springbok
3 Central/Western Northern Cape - Van wyks vlei
4 Sneeuberge - B.inornata habitat?
5 Kosi Bay
6 Gauteng Highlands
7 Lephalale
8 Northern Limpopo - Mussina area
9 Port Nolloth
10 Ndumo - forest cobra habitat
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Re: Habitat quiz!

Postby BushSnake » Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:34 pm

Well done... but I have to ask how you got the B.inornata habitat right? Did I show you the photos? No 3 is a bit far out though... So here's the list of shots with some of their reptiles:

1 Swartberg Pass - Red adder (B.rubida), Puff adder (B.arientans), Red-sided skink (T.homalocephala), etc
2 Namaqua NATIONAL PARK - Black spitting cobra (N.nigricincta), Many-horned adder (B.cornuta),Puff adder (B.arientans), Beetz's Tiger snake (T.beetzi), etc
3 Augrabies NATIONAL PARK - Black spitting cobra (N.nigricincta), Horned adder (B.caudalis), supposedly Desert mountain adder (B.xeropaga), etc
4 Compassberg - This is the highest point in SA outside the Drakensberg mountain range - Cape Cobra (N.nivea), Puff adder (B.arientans), supposedly Plain mountain adder (B.inornata), etc
5 Kosi Bay NATURE RESERVE- Gaboon adder (B.gabonica), Green mamba (D.angusticeps), Forest Cobra (N.melanoleuca), etc
6 Gauteng Highlands - Rinkhals (H.hemachatus)
7 Lephalale - Black mamba (D.polylepis), Moz. spitting cobra (N.mossambica), Snouted cobra (N.annulifera), Puff adder (B.arietans), etc
8 Mapungubwe NATIONAL PARK - Black mamba (D.polylepis), Moz. spitting cobra (N.mossambica), Snouted cobra (N.annulifera), Puff adder (B.arietans), etc
9 Port Nolloth - Namaqua dwarf adder (B.schneideri), Cape Cobra (N.nivea), etc
10 Ndumo NATURE RESERVE - Black mamba (D.polylepis), Moz. spitting cobra (N.mossambica), Snouted cobra (N.annulifera), Forest Cobra (N.melanoleuca), Puff adder (B.arietans), Southern Stilleto snake (A.bibronii), Boomslang (D.typus), Vine snake (T.capensis) etc

That ought to cover most of the venomous snakes... so if anyone feels like expanding their horizons they can look at what lizzards occur there as well! Lizzards are more fun to catch, and easier to make large species lists with!
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Re: Habitat quiz!

Postby froot » Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:40 pm

Nice one, I enjoyed that. What regions are 7, 8 and 10 in? I've heard of a couple of those places but not sure where in the provinces they are.
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Re: Habitat quiz!

Postby BushSnake » Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:45 pm

7 - is Ellisras / Lephalale in Limpopo province
8 - Mapungubwe is SA's most northernly spot in Limpopo province. That view point where that photo was taken looks out on Zimbabwe to the right and Botswana on the left.
10 - Ndumo is in Northern KZN. It is an amazing place for birding, butterflying and herping, but most of the roads are only accesible to staff and with a 4X4
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Re: Habitat quiz!

Postby Mongoose » Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:46 pm

I have seen the photos, but still took a guess..

Good quiz!
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Re: Habitat quiz!

Postby Ralf » Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:25 am

this answers almost al my questions in the previous topic!
thanks bushsnake!
apart from that i must say that some habitats look absolutely stunning!
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Re: Habitat quiz!

Postby armata » Fri May 08, 2009 4:24 pm

Shame, I missed this, got 6 right, inc Swartberg pass of course.
maybe we can do another???
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Re: Habitat quiz!

Postby BushSnake » Fri May 08, 2009 4:51 pm

Which 6 did you get right?

(And I'd also like to guess... so it's someone elses turn to ask the questions ;) )
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Re: Habitat quiz!

Postby armata » Fri May 08, 2009 7:29 pm

Oops, it was five actually

Swartberg Pass
Namaqua
Kosi Bay (used to work there)
Port Nolloth
Ndumu (used to work there

Maybe put one photo up at a time

I'll start when I sort one out.
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Re: Habitat quiz!

Postby Mongoose » Fri May 08, 2009 7:51 pm

Have a go at this one -
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