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  • The Dangerous Snakes of Botswana

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  • Vipers of the Eastern Cape

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  • The Monitor Lizards of Southern Africa

Dr Chad Keates

Chad is currently employed at the University of Florida as a Post-doctoral Fellow, working within the Aquatic and Wetland Plant Science Lab as the Genetics Lab Manager. Chad started his studies as a journalist at Rhodes University but quickly transitioned to Zoology in his honours, which was followed soon after by his PhD on the evolutionary structuring of African grass snakes. Since the completion of his PhD in 2021, Chad has completed… Read More

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After a morning of limited success, we managed to flip this gorgeous yellow rat snake under an old piece of carpet  found next to a canal in South Florida. While we were skeptical at first, given the carpets exposed position, we were quite happy with what we found underneath. This was one of six snakes seen on the day. We also managed to find another yellow rat snake, two Brahimny blind snakes, a ribbon snake and a crowned snake. We also found a whole slew of non-native lizards, too numerous to count. Poynton's River Frog - Amietia poyntoni Blue Ridge Spring Salamander - Gyrinophilius porphyriticus Rose's Mountain Toadlet - Capensibufo rosei Grootvadersbosch Dwarf Chameleon – Bradypodion venustum Kogelberg Moss Frog – Arthroleptella kogelbergensis Foam Nest Frog - Chiromantis xerampelina Arumlily Reed Frog - Hyperolius horstockii You never know what you will find when out surveying aquatic plants in South Florida's numerous wild spaces. Check out this awesome rattlesnake that I found in the field the other day.

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