Africa
Crocodilians
Living with Nile Crocs
By Paul Donovan
If you like your reptiles big, they don’t come much bigger than the Nile Crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus. This behemoth of a reptile is one of the 24 representatives of the order Crocodilia,...
Amphibians
A Trip in Search of Amphibians of Botswana
By Paul Donovan
You could be forgiven for thinking that a country whose land mass is comprised of 84% of the Kalahari Desert, and is arid as a piece of sandpaper, you’d be hard pressed...
Amphibians
The Red Toad – Schismaderma carens
By Paul Donovan
Frogs and toads love the rain, and as we have been having an awful lot of it over the past few weeks, it comes as no surprise that just about everywhere is...
Industry Spotlight
Industry Spotlight: Myke Clarkson of Herpetological Conservation International
HM: To start, can you tell us who you are, what you do, and a brief background of your time with herps?
MC: Like many, my fascination with herps started at a very young age....
Snakes
The Herald Snake
By Nipper Read
Those that know me will tell you I’m a sucker for a rare colubrid. I don’t care if it's small and dull coloured with the most difficult to reproduce diet, if...
Lizards
The Yellow-Throated Plated Lizards
By Paul Donovan
The family Gerrhosauridae encompasses six known genera. Four of these occur in sub-Saharan Africa, and make up the subfamily Gerrhosaurinae:
Angolosaurus (one species- Angolosaurus skoogi)Cordylosaurus (one species- Cordylosaurus subtessellatus) Gerrhosaurus (six species - Gerrhosaurus...
Lizards
Nile Monitors
By Paul Donovan
They say big is beautiful. And you can’t get much bigger than the Nile monitor, Varanus niloticus. Distributed throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, this is the largest lizard found on the African...
Lizards
Flap-Necked Chameleons – A Hardy Species
By Paul Donovan
The one reptile here in Botswana, (where I live) that has more senseless myths hanging from its name than any other herp is, believe it or not, the Flap-necked chameleon, Chamaeleo dilepis....
