Another year, another trip. I spend the last few days with a great group of guys herping a VERY wet, cold and windy Natal Midlands. We arrived on Thursday last week and got back yesterday afternoon.
We found a record amount of snake species, 12 species (4 personal lifers) and all were found flipping rocks. It was way too wet and cold to even try and cruise, so I think a very successful weekend.
The snakes:
Dusky-Bellied Water Snake
Brown Water Snake
Natal Black Snake
Olive Ground Snake
Natal Green Snake
Spotted Skaapsteker
Bibrons Blind Snake
Thread Snake
Herald Snake
Slug Eater
Centipede Eater
Puff Adder
Here are a few pics, with the constant rain and mud and wind, taking pics were not the best or easy. Lets see what the other guys got.
Camp Site, before the rain and mist.
Scenery
Dwarf Chameleon
River Frog
Skink
Herald Snake
Slug Eater
Spotted Skeepsteker
Puff Adder
Natal Black Snake
Olive Ground Snake
Brown Water Snake
Dusky-Bellied Water Snake, this gravid female was huge, about a meter.
Natal Green Snake