Bill Branch's Field Guide to the Snakes and other Reptiles of SA

Author: Bill Branch

Number of pages: 328

Year published: 1988

Edition: 1st

Published by: Struik Publishers

Softcover

ISBN: 0 86977 641 X

Web site: Struik Nature

The Wildebeest's Review of "Snakes and other Reptiles"

This Wildebeest has a busy schedule but he will get round to reviewing this publication one day.

Some of the subjects in this publication

Karoo Padloper - Page: 23
Boulenger s Padloper - Page: 24
Parrot-beaked Tortoise - Page: 24
Speckled Padloper - Page: 25
Leopard Tortoise - Page: 26
Angulate Tortoise - Page: 27
Geometric Tortoise - Page: 28
Serrated Tortoise - Page: 28
Tent Tortoise - Page: 29
Speke s Hinged Tortoise - Page: 30
Natal Hinged Tortoise - Page: 31
Leatherback Sea Turtle - Page: 32
Green Sea Turtle - Page: 33
Hawksbill Sea Turtle - Page: 34
Loggerhead Sea Turtle - Page: 35
Olive Ridley Turtle - Page: 35
Marsh Terrapin - Page: 39
Black-bellied Hinged Terrapin - Page: 40
Serrated Hinged Terrapin - Page: 40
Variable Hinged Terrapin - Page: 41
Yellow-bellied Hinged Terrapin - Page: 41
Brahminy Blind Snake - Page: 46
Fornasini s Dwarf Blind Snake - Page: 47
Schlegel s Beaked Blind Snake - Page: 47
Bibron s Blind Snake - Page: 47
Boyle s Beaked Blind Snake - Page: 47
Schinz s Beaked Blind Snake - Page: 47
Delalande s Beaked Blind Snake - Page: 47
Long-tailed Thread Snake - Page: 48
Distant s Thread Snake - Page: 49
Slender Thread Snake - Page: 49
Peters Thread Snake - Page: 49
Tello s Thread Snake - Page: 49
Eastern Thread Snake - Page: 49
Black Thread Snake - Page: 49
Western Thread Snake - Page: 50
Southern African Python - Page: 51
Dusky-bellied Water Snake - Page: 57
Floodplain Water Snake - Page: 58
Brown Water Snake - Page: 58
Brown House Snake - Page: 58
Fisk s House Snake - Page: 59
Spotted House Snake - Page: 59
Olive House Snake - Page: 59
Aurora House Snake - Page: 59
Swazi Rock Snake - Page: 60
Yellow-bellied House Snake - Page: 60
Variegated Wolf Snake - Page: 60
Cape Wolf Snake - Page: 60
Bazaruto Wolf Snake - Page: 61
Black File Snake - Page: 62
Common File Snake - Page: 62
Variegated Slug-eater - Page: 63
Mole Snake - Page: 63
South African Slug-eater - Page: 63
Olive Marsh Snake - Page: 64
Many-spotted Snake - Page: 65
Mozambique Shovel-snout - Page: 66
Sundevall s Shovel-snout - Page: 66
Two-striped Shovel-snout - Page: 66
East African Shovel-snout - Page: 67
Southwestern Shovel-snout - Page: 67
Rufous Beaked Snake - Page: 68
Eastern Bark Snake - Page: 68
Dwarf Beaked Snake - Page: 68
Spotted Grass Snake - Page: 69
Striped Grass Snake - Page: 70
Fork-marked Sand Snake - Page: 71
Western Sand Snake - Page: 71
Karoo Sand Snake - Page: 71
Jalla s Sand Snake - Page: 72
Western Yellow-bellied Sand Snake - Page: 72
Short-snouted Grass Snake - Page: 72
Dwarf Sand Snake - Page: 72
Olive Grass Snake - Page: 73
Crossed Whip Snake - Page: 73
Duerden s Stiletto Snake - Page: 75
Bibron s Stiletto Snake - Page: 75
Black-headed Centipede-eater - Page: 76
Reticulated Centipede-eater - Page: 76
Natal Black Snake - Page: 77
Common Purple-glossed Snake - Page: 78
Eastern Purple-glossed Snake - Page: 78
Natal Purple-glossed Snake - Page: 78
Save Quill-snouted Snake - Page: 80
Spotted Harlequin Snake - Page: 80
Striped Harlequin Snake - Page: 80
Speckled Quill-snouted Snake - Page: 81
Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake - Page: 81
Natal Green Snake - Page: 83
South Eastern Green Snake - Page: 83
Angola Green Snake - Page: 83
Semiornate Snake - Page: 83
Southern Brown Egg-eater - Page: 84
Rhombic Egg-eater - Page: 84
Red-lipped Herald Snake - Page: 85
Beetz s Tiger Snake - Page: 86
Marbled Tree Snake - Page: 86
Damara Tiger Snake - Page: 86
Boomslang - Page: 87
Southern Twig Snake - Page: 87
Coral Shield Cobra - Page: 89
Speckled Shield Cobra - Page: 90
Sundevall s Garter Snake - Page: 91
Boulenger s Garter Snake - Page: 91
Snouted Cobra - Page: 92
Forest Cobra - Page: 92
Cape Cobra - Page: 93
Black Spitting Cobra - Page: 93
Rinkhals - Page: 94
Green Mamba - Page: 95
Black Mamba - Page: 95
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake - Page: 96
Rhombic Night Adder - Page: 97
Snouted Night Adder - Page: 98
Puff Adder - Page: 98
Gaboon Adder - Page: 99
Cape Berg Adder - Page: 99
Many-horned Adder - Page: 100
Horned Adder - Page: 100
Plain Mountain Adder - Page: 101
Desert Mountain Adder - Page: 101
Namaqua Dwarf Adder - Page: 101
Lang s Worm Lizard - Page: 104
Kalahari Dwarf Worm Lizard - Page: 105
Violet Dwarf Worm Lizard - Page: 105
Kalahari Worm Lizard - Page: 106
Slender Worm Lizard - Page: 107
Cape Worm Lizard - Page: 107
Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard - Page: 108
Short-headed Legless Skink - Page: 113
Cape Legless Skink - Page: 114
Striped Dwarf Legless Skink - Page: 114
Thin-tailed Legless Skink - Page: 114
Giant Legless Skink - Page: 115
Western Legless Skink - Page: 115
Striped Dwarf Legless Skink - Page: 115
Golden Blind Legless Skink - Page: 116
Gariep Blind Legless Skink - Page: 117
Southern Blind Legless Skink - Page: 117
Cregoi s Blind Legless Skink - Page: 117
Stripe-bellied Blind Legless Skink - Page: 117
Pink Blind Legless Skink - Page: 118
Lomi s Blind Legless Skink - Page: 118
Meyer s Blind Legless Skink - Page: 118
Silvery Dwarf Burrowing Skink - Page: 120
Algoa Dwarf Burrowing Skink - Page: 120
Lowveld Dwarf Burrowing Skink - Page: 120
Zululand Dwarf Burrowing Skink - Page: 120
Western Dwarf Burrowing Skink - Page: 121
Cape Dwarf Burrowing Skink - Page: 121
Striped Dwarf Burrowing Skink - Page: 121
Durban Dwarf Burrowing Skink - Page: 122
Gronovi s Dwarf Burrowing Skink - Page: 122
Limpopo Dwarf Burrowing Skink - Page: 123
Limpopo Dwarf Burrowing Skink - Page: 123
Montane Dwarf Burrowing Skink - Page: 123
African Coral Rag Skink - Page: 126
Sundevall s Writhing Skink - Page: 127
Cape Skink - Page: 128
Red-sided Skink - Page: 129
Rainbow Skink - Page: 130
Striped Skink - Page: 132
Western Three-striped Skink - Page: 132
Kalahari Tree Skink - Page: 132
Variable Skink - Page: 133
Western Rock Skink - Page: 133
Western Rock Skink - Page: 133
Wahlberg s Snake-eyed Skink - Page: 134
Variegated Skink - Page: 134
Bushveld Lizard - Page: 137
Ornate Rough-scaled Lizard - Page: 138
Common Rough-scaled Lizard - Page: 139
Southern Rock Lizard - Page: 139
Giant Desert Lizard - Page: 140
Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard - Page: 140
Spotted Desert Lizard - Page: 141
Knox s Desert Lizard - Page: 141
Spotted Sandveld Lizard - Page: 142
Blue-tailed Sandveld Lizard - Page: 142
Western Sandveld Lizard - Page: 143
Albany Sandveld Lizard - Page: 143
Delalande s Sandveld Lizard - Page: 143
Burchell s Sand Lizard - Page: 144
Spotted Sand Lizard - Page: 145
Karoo Sand Lizard - Page: 145
Common Sand Lizard - Page: 145
Plain Sand Lizard - Page: 146
Namaqua Sand Lizard - Page: 146
Essex s Mountain Lizard - Page: 147
Cottrell s Mountain Lizard - Page: 147
Common Mountain Lizard - Page: 148
Ranger s Mountain Lizard - Page: 148
Cape Mountain Lizard - Page: 148
Natal Mountain Lizard - Page: 148
Dwarf Plated Lizard - Page: 150
Yellow-throated Plated Lizard - Page: 151
Rough-scaled Plated Lizard - Page: 151
Black-lined Plated Lizard - Page: 152
Namaqua Plated Lizard - Page: 152
Common Giant Plated Lizard - Page: 153
Eastern Long-tailed Seps - Page: 153
Breyer s Long-tailed Seps - Page: 154
Short-legged Seps - Page: 154
Cape Long-tailed Seps - Page: 155
Coppery Grass Lizard - Page: 156
Large-scaled Grass Lizard - Page: 156
Cape Grass Lizard - Page: 156
Armadillo Girdled Lizard - Page: 157
Large-scaled Girdled Lizard - Page: 159
Giant Girdled Lizard - Page: 159
Lawrence s Girdled Lizard - Page: 159
McLachlan s Girdled Lizard - Page: 160
Western Dwarf Girdled Lizard - Page: 160
Karoo Girdled Lizard - Page: 161
Peers Girdled Lizard - Page: 161
Jones Girdled Lizard - Page: 163
Common Girdled Lizard - Page: 163
Barberton Girdled Lizard - Page: 164
Cape Red-tailed Rock Lizard - Page: 165
Natal Flat Lizard - Page: 166
Blouberg Flat Lizard - Page: 166
Lesser Flat Lizard - Page: 166
Zimbabwe Flat Lizard - Page: 166
Wilhelm s Flat Lizard - Page: 166
Dwarf Flat Lizard - Page: 166
Common Flat Lizard - Page: 166
Soutpansberg Flat Lizard - Page: 168
Graceful Crag Lizard - Page: 169
Lang s Crag Lizard - Page: 170
Common Crag Lizard - Page: 170
Karoo Crag Lizard - Page: 171
Cape Crag Lizard - Page: 171
Spiny Crag Lizard - Page: 171
Rock Monitor - Page: 172
Nile Monitor - Page: 173
Anchieta s Agama - Page: 175
Common Ground Agama - Page: 175
Southern Rock Agama - Page: 176
Spiny Ground Agama - Page: 177
Southern Tree Agama - Page: 179
Knysna Dwarf Chameleon - Page: 181
Pondo Dwarf Chameleon - Page: 181
KwaZulu Dwarf Chameleon - Page: 182
Drakensberg Dwarf Chameleon - Page: 182
Setaro s Dwarf Chameleon - Page: 183
Qudeni Dwarf Chameleon - Page: 183
Cape Dwarf Chameleon - Page: 183
Natal Midlands Dwarf Chameleon - Page: 184
Wolkberg Dwarf Chameleon - Page: 184
Elandsberg Dwarf Chameleon - Page: 184
Eastern Cape Dwarf Chameleon - Page: 185
Namaqua Chameleon - Page: 186
Common Flap-neck Chameleon - Page: 186
Namaqua Flat Gecko - Page: 189
Amatola Flat Gecko - Page: 190
Hawequa Flat Gecko - Page: 190
Karoo Flat Gecko - Page: 190
Pondo Flat Gecko - Page: 191
Drakensberg Flat Gecko - Page: 191
Zimbabwe Flat Gecko - Page: 192
Tembu Flat Gecko - Page: 192
Kalahari Ground Gecko - Page: 193
Giant Ground Gecko - Page: 193
Common Tropical House Gecko - Page: 194
Muller s Velvet Gecko - Page: 195
Flat-headed Tropical House Gecko - Page: 195
Wahlberg s Velvet Gecko - Page: 195
Bradfield s Dwarf Gecko - Page: 197
Common Dwarf Gecko - Page: 197
Dwarf Gecko - Page: 198
Spotted Dwarf Gecko - Page: 198
Stevenson s Dwarf Gecko - Page: 199
Bibron s Tubercled Gecko - Page: 200
Austen s Gecko - Page: 200
Cape Gecko - Page: 201
Western Cape Gecko - Page: 201
Ocellated Gecko - Page: 202
Spotted Gecko - Page: 203
Golden Spotted Gecko - Page: 204
Marico Gecko - Page: 204
Speckled Gecko - Page: 205
Namaqua Gecko - Page: 205
Common Rough Gecko - Page: 206
Purcell s Gecko - Page: 207
Weber s Gecko - Page: 208
Tiger Gecko - Page: 208
Namib Web-footed Gecko - Page: 209
Namaqua Pygmy Gecko - Page: 210
Essex s Pygmy Gecko - Page: 210
Striped Pygmy Gecko - Page: 210
Namaqua Day Gecko - Page: 210
Small-scaled Gecko - Page: 211
Saltmarsh Gecko - Page: 211
Marbled Leaf-toed Gecko - Page: 211
Common Barking Gecko - Page: 212
Nile Crocodile - Page: 215

---

Top