Chad Keates

Common Snakes of Rhodes University Campus

Grahamstown, and the area surrounding, plays host to some amazing reptile diversity. if you are keen on reptiles, like myself, and wish to find them all, you will be surprised at...

Category: Popular Science, Snakes Tags: boomslang, campus, cpu, eastern cape, grahamstown, herpetology, herping, nature, night adder, puff adder, red lipped herald, reptile, rhodes cpu, rhodes university, rhodes zoology and entomology department, snake at rhodes, snake on campus, snake removal, Snakes, south africa, wildlife, zeml

Namaqua Leaf-toed Gecko (Goggia rupicola)

Category: Geckos, Lizards, Reptiles Tags: africa, goggia, herpetology, herping, herps, leaf-toed gecko, lizard, nature, northern cape, reptile, south africa, springbok, wildlife

Striped Skink (Trachylepis striata)

Category: Lizards, Reptiles, Skinks Tags: africa, african herps, animal, herpetology, herping, herps, lizard, mozambique, nature, reptile, skink, south africa, striped skink, trachylepis, vilanculos

Namaqua Gecko (Pachydactylus namaquensis)

Category: Geckos, Lizards, Reptiles Tags: endemic gecko, endemic reptile, large gecko, namaqua gecko, namqua thick-tailed gecko, south african endemic, south african lizare, specikled gecko, thick-tailed gecko, thicktoed gecko

Cape Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion pumilum)

Category: Chameleons, Lizards, Reptiles Tags: africa, animal, bradypodion, cape chameleon, cape town, chameleon, dwarf chameleon, herpetology, lizard, nature, south africa, stellenbosch, western cape

Worm-Like Blind Legless Skink (Typhlosaurus vermis)

Category: Lizards, Reptiles, Skinks Tags: africa, herpetology, herping, lizard, nature, northern cape, reptile, rhodes university, skink, south africa, wildlife, worm lizard, zoology

Armadillo Girdled Lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus)

Category: Cordylids, Lizards, Reptiles Tags: arid lizard, armoured lizard, cordylid, dragon lizard, endangered, endangered lizard, endangered reptile, girdled lizard, northern cape lizard, poached lizard, south african endemic, spiky lizard

Karoo Girdled Lizard – Karusasaurus polyzonus

Category: Cordylids, Lizards, Reptiles Tags: african herpetology, cordylid, dragon lizard, girdled lizard, karoo lizard, rock girled lizard, spiky lizard, widespread girldled lizard, widespread lizard

Karoo Whip Snake – Psammophis notostictus

Category: Psammophiidae, Reptiles, Snakes Tags: african herpetology, african whip snake, grass snake, karoo grass snake, karoo sand snake, psammophiid, sand snake, south african whip snake

Ocellated thick-toed gecko (Pachydactylus geitje)

Category: Geckos, Lizards, Reptiles Tags: africa, african herpetology, animal, cape town, gecko, herpetology, herping, herps, lizard, Lizards, nature, Reptiles, south africa, wildlife, zoology

Cape Wolf Snake (Lycophidion capense)

Category: Lamprophiidae, Reptiles, Snakes Tags: african herpetology, animal, cape wolf snake, eastern cape, grahamstown, herpetofauna, herpetology, herping, reptile, snake, south africa, wildlife, wolf snake, zoology

Spotted Harlequin (Homoroselaps lacteus)

Category: Atractaspididae, Reptiles, Snakes Tags: african burrowing snake, african herpetology, aposematic colouration, black yellow and red snake, colourful snake, long thin snake, mildly venomous, south african snake, venomous snake

Parrot-beaked Padloper (Homopus areolatus)

Category: Testudinidae, Tortoises, Turtles and Terrapins Tags: africa, african herpetology, chelonian, herpetology, herping, nature, padloper, reptile, rhodes university, south africa, south african herpetology, south african tortoise, tortoise, western cape, wildlife

Austen’s Gecko – Pachydactylus austeni

Category: Geckos, Lizards, Reptiles Tags: africa, austens gecko, chad keates, cute, dunes, gecko, herpetology, herping, lizard, nature, northern cape, pachydactylus, reptile, south africa, wildlife

Smith’s Desert Lizard (Meroles ctenodactylus)

Category: Lacertids, Lizards, Reptiles Tags: africa, animal, chad keates, desert lizard, herpetofauna, lacertid, Lizards, nature, northern cape, reptile, rhodes university, science, south africa, west coast

Western Rock Skink (Trachylepis sulcata sulcata)

Category: Lizards, Reptiles, Skinks Tags: africa, animal, lizard, nature, northern cape, reptile, rhodes university, scincidae, skink, south africa, western rock skink, wildlife

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