Tortoise, Spek’s Hingeback
Date spotted: February 2012
Place first seen: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Tag: Reptile
We drove by a tiny Spek’s Hingeback tortoise in Savuti. Bea and Mila played with it a while and wished it could be their pet.
Tag: Reptile
Lizard, Common flat
Date spotted: February 2012
Place first seen: Great Zimbabwe Ruins, Zimbabwe
Tag: Reptile
A beautiful creature, very colourful. It looked a bit like a dragon that had lost its wings.
Skink, striped
Date spotted: February 2012
Place first seen: Great Zimbabwe Ruins, Zimbabwe
Tag: Reptile
The lizard was in the King’s Enclosure, we watched it climb a high horizontal rock wall.
Chameleon, Cape Dwarf
Date spotted: January 2012
Place first seen: Pomene, Mozambique
Tag: Reptile
This lovely chameleon was climbing up Bea’s top and opened its mouth wide just before it reached her face. It was bright orange inside and we all got a big fright. Imagine what a fly feels like…
When it ran to hide in the bushes, big grey splodges appeared on its skin (camouflage). Its tail is longer than its body.
Angulate Tortoise
Date spotted: 9 January 2012
Place first seen: Bontebok National Park, Cape, South Africa
Tag: Reptile
Moves faster than you’d think.
Mountain Tortoise
Date spotted: 9 January 2012
Place first seen: Bontebok National Park, Cape, South Africa
Tag: Reptile
Loves juicy lettuce better than grass. Has a long pink tongue, efficient if inelegant eater. Not afraid of humans.