Hoedspruit Area, Limpopo

  • Veiled Chameleon
    Veiled Chameleon
    Chamaeleo calyptratus
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#2884
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Eastern Bearded Dragon
    Eastern Bearded Dragon
    Pogona barbata - enjoying the sunshine.
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#2891
    Larry L. Jackson
  • African Puff Adder
    African Puff Adder
    Bitis arietans - we were lying on the ground to get photos of this African Puff Adder.  Fortunately this is a slow moving snake.
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#2921
    Larry L. Jackson
  • African Puff Adder
    African Puff Adder
    Bitis arietans - feeding.
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#2937
    Larry L. Jackson
  • African Puff Adder
    African Puff Adder
    Bitis arietans
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#2943
    Larry L. Jackson
  • African Puff Adder
    African Puff Adder
    Bitis arietans
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#2976
    Larry L. Jackson
  • African Puff Adder
    African Puff Adder
    Bitis arietans - just about finished getting the mouse down.
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#2985
    Larry L. Jackson
  • African Puff Adder
    African Puff Adder
    Bitis arietans
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#3007
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Giant Plated Lizard
    Giant Plated Lizard
    Gerrhosaurus validus
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#3013
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Giant Plated Lizards
    Giant Plated Lizards
    Gerrhosaurus validus - eating a Hibiscus flower.
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#3020
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Boomslang
    Boomslang
    Dispholidus typus - has a very potent, slow acting venom of the hemotoxin type.
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#3030
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Boomslang
    Boomslang
    Dispholidus typus - the common name means 'tree snake' in Afrikaans.
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#3047
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Green Mamba
    Common Green Mamba
    Dendroaspis angusticeps - has a fast acting, very powerful venom that is a neurotoxin.  A single bite is sufficient to kill several people.
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#3070
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Green Mamba
    Common Green Mamba
    Dendroaspis angusticeps
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#3074
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Green Mamba
    Common Green Mamba
    Dendroaspis angusticeps
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#3078
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Green Mamba
    Common Green Mamba
    Dendroaspis angusticeps - pretty but deadly.
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#3083
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Mamba
    Black Mamba
    Dendroaspis polylepis - a very long snake, able to grow to nearly 10 feet long.
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#3097
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Mamba
    Black Mamba
    Dendroaspis polylepis - fast moving and capable of striking at considerable distance.
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#3104
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Mamba
    Black Mamba
    Dendroaspis polylepis - the venom is fast acting and a dendrotoxin causing collapse in 45 minutes and death if untreated in 7 to 15 hours.
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#3119
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Mamba
    Black Mamba
    Dendroaspis polylepis
    Khamai Reptile Center, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, June 22, 2014
    2014-06-22#3127
    Larry L. Jackson