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Why are snakes important?

Why are snakes important in our environment? Living in South Africa means that you are more than likely going to have snakes in and...

On Saturday night I was called out to a shack in Chatsworth for a big snake. I had visited the same shack a few days earlier, to look for...

Today I hosted a reptile course for kids! It was hosted at the Palmiet Nature Reserve in Westville. They learnt about all the different...

Spitting Cobra in the wheel of a car! This morning I was called out to Westville for a small snake that had crawled into a car. (Thanks...

Here is one of South Africa's Endangered frog species, the Kloof Frog! Kloof Frogs (Natalobatrachus bonebergi), must be one of the most...

My dream find! A Gaboon! This past weekend I had the great privilege of coming across one of the most beautiful, amazing snakes in the...

Another Mamba!!! Last week I was called out to a township in Valley of a Thousand Hills, KZN, for a snake in a car. The description was a...

Did you know that chameleons eat their shed skin? Chameleons, like most reptiles shed their skin while growing. But unlike snakes that...

The Spotted Shovel-nosed Frog (Hemisus guttatus), is one of the most interesting-looking frog species around! It occurs in and around...

Africa’s largest Cobra species! The Forest Cobra (Naja melanoleuca) is a commonly encountered snake species in the Greater Zululand area,...