West Coast & Karoo 2015

[Durban Keeper]

I recently spent 3 days in the Western Cape with with my good friend Lourance Klose. 3 days simply are not enough, but it was 3 days filled with fun, laughter and ofcourse some beautiful herps!

Other then what's pictured below, we also found a DOR Bitis rubida, a very unattractive skaapsteker, Lourance found his first ever Yellow bellied housie (so happy for him!) and I got to see Spotted rock snakes in-situ... Unfortunately they where deep within the confines of their rock cracks & could not be accessed.

All landscape snaps where taken with my Cellphone, wasn't keen on constantly changing lenses...

We started our trip in the West Coast National Park:











Spotted harlequin snake - Homoroselaps lacteus




Namaqua rain frog - Breviceps namaquensis




Large scaled girdled lizard - Cordylus macropholis




Silvery Dwarf Burrowing Skink - Scelotes bipes




Puff adder - Bitis arietans








Southern blind legless skink - Typhlosaurus caecus




Common egg eater - Dasypeltis scabra




Cape sand frog - Tomopterna delalandii


Cape legless skink - Acontias meleagris




Black thread snake - Leptotyphlops nigricans rather unusual phase / morph


Scenic pass just outside Gordon's Bay.


Arum lily frog - Hyperolius horstockii




Cape dwarf chameleon - Bradypodion pumilum


Some Karoo scenery
















Spiny agama - Agama hispida




Marico thick-toed gecko - Pachydactylus mariquensis




Verrox Tent Tortoise - Psammobates tentorius veroxi




Armadillo girdled lizard - Ouroborus cataphractus








Thank you for taking the time to look through my post.
Dean Boshoff

[Gatsea]

Some serious finds I would love to have under my list

[jka]

Awesome post what cool photos!

Are you sure that the Leptotyphlops nigricans isn't a Delalande's beaked blind snake?

[Westley Price]

Amazing finds man and some great photography, especially the landscape shots.

Where are the L. fiskii?

[Durban Keeper]

Rian definitely not Delalande. Also found one on the trip. This was Leptotyplops sp. 100%.

Wes I packed a spare pair of undies just incase. Unfortunately I didn't need it

[Mehelya]

Lovely photos Dean. That puffy and the egg eater are real stunners. Kudos on what must have been a wonderful trip.

[Mitton]

Awesome stuff Dean, great finds.

[Nick Evans]

Wow Dean! Fantastic photos! Well done to you and Lourance on some great finds!

[reptile]

Wow! Some impressive photography and finds!! May I ask what program you use to edit your pictures? It seems to be working out great for you...

[Durban Keeper]

Sure you can. The landscape ones where done on an Android app called Snapseed. The reptile shots where processed from RAW in Lightroom.

[levi_20]

Great photos and finds, thanks for sharing!

[reptile]

Ahh Lightroom Thx... Great work. Keep it up

[Chopper 1]

You are very talented with photos!! Lovely pics of Gods creation!!

[Ruan Stander]

Wow. That made me gasp for air. You are fortunate.