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@ Texas Panther Man Lol.... they see a lot more of me than I do of them! :o

Hi Benny, they can endure near freezing conditions during bad weather spells. Normally, we have snow on the mountains every year. Damaranum are a little less tolerant of low temps.

Visitors always most welcome!

The big guy pays a visit! Bradypodion pumilum (Cape Dwarf chameleon) Adult male. The unpleasant day in the wind paid off in the end :D A very healthy specimen that I did not disturb. In fact he's not even looking at the camera!

"i dont know that i would get anything done if i could spend all day lookin for chams.." Lol!..... The problem is that I am NOT getting much else done. Getting the normal comments from family and friends. :p Just can't get enough of these little critters. I am looking into the permit thing and...

Hi Bernie, you don't want to be in the gale force South Easter that is blowing here at the moment! :(

Juvenile Bradypodion pumilum just found in the garden.

Adult wild female Bradypodion pumilum Taken 5 mins ago on small tree. Fish Hoek, Cape Town.

More pics Just posted a few more pics of this chap in my album.

"I assume this is the gecko?.... http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?stat=BROWSE&query_src=photos_fauna_sci-Reptile&where-lifeform=Reptile&where-taxon=Goggia+lineata&title_tag=Goggia+lineata[/" That's the one. There are a few outside my window coming out during the day to bask in the...

Hi. As much natural sunlight as possible and a good diet normally does the trick. Also keep in mind that certain individuals are not as brightly colored as their peers.

Ahh! Now we are talking about one of my most beloved creatures. Cordylus cordylus (the Cape Girdled Lizard) is fairly abundant in the local mountains and is a very striking fellow! They have pitch black dorsal pigmentation here on the Cape Peninsula. The photo attached is not mine.

The common gecko in my area is Afrogecko porphyreus, but I have seen a smaller species, the Striped Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko (Goggia lineata) with different habits that I am not acquainted with. They are tiny (about 4cm) and must be close to the smallest gecko in Sub Saharan Africa. Am busy...

No, the different species have developed in their own areas and I am moving off to the Southern Cape within a week or two to hopefully find and photograph a few of the other Bradypodion sp. (I travel around in a RV) I am presently in B. pumilum country.

"Guess the chameleons had more sense than you then! (evil grin)" Lol... as usual! ;)

Thank you Hoj. Pester as much as you like! :)

Hi KCcham, thanks for the welcome. Hope you bumped into a few chameleons while you were here?

Went out in the howling wind with the camera today but the chameleons had more sense than to be hanging around in the bad weather.

No, I did not find any hibernacula. I think the snakes were pretty active already when we moved into the house on Wortley Rd. where all the snakes were found. I did not spend a winter there. My parents emigrated to Canada but my dad did not get the post he was offered, so we came back again. I...

Bad, bad Elephant!! Hosed myself at this one! :D