OK, its been a while.



I headed to South Africa for almost three months, did 5 countries, 20 000 miles in a car, drove across Africa twice, saw many species and unique behaviors. These are some of the photos, the sheer volume of them is hard to get through, but as they come out, I will trickle them out





Countries visited South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Senegal. We were in spitting distance (< a few miles) of Namibia and Botswana, but did not see the benefit of crossing the border.



With me during this whole trip was, now regular travel mate, Devon Massyn. We spent many days and nights together and did very well. Shot Mate!!



Photo credits Devon Massyn/Donald Schultz... too hard to figure which is which

I was in SA for a week with friends, then 20 days of eco tours, then around the cape, back to Johannesburg, into Swaziland, up to Zimbabwe, into Mozambique, through Swaziland to Durban, back to Johannesburg, fly to Dakar, and we chilled in a nice French villa just south of Dakar for 5 days.. needed a break



some photos...





Nile Crocodile, Swaziland





Snouted Night adder, Swaziland





Marbled Tree Snake, Swaziland





Black Mamba, Swaziland





Foam Nest tree frog nest, Swaziland





Angulated tortoise, Karoo





Bushman art, Karoo





Foam nest tree frog, Kruger National Park





Snake Eyed Sking, Kruger National Park





Eye post spitter venom





Shlegels Blind Snake, Kruger National Park





Herald Snake, Normal, Kruger





Tigersnake, kruger





Mamba Fangs, Kruger





Sunset, Karoo





Me with young lion, midrand





Glove of power with cape cobra





Cameraman, fellow researcher, photographer, friend and fake rasta, devon massyn and I







Ah----- Fisks House Snake, known from less than 30 specimens, we found one. More info will become available when we write it up.





Succulents in the karoo





Platysaurus broadleyi, made famous from the planet earth special, Augrabies Falls





Brown Backed Tree Frog, Swaziland





mamba in village, Swaziland





13 black mambas in drums post DNA extraction and pre-release, SWZ





One released mamba swimming away safely,SWZ





More Mamba/rhino pics,SWZ











Double amputee from the civil war in Mozambique, in Maputo.. one of the happiest Africans i met while i was there





Flooded streets of Maputu, Mozambique---rain so much there





Skink species..





Xai-Xai, Mozambique





Street sign with local, devon, myself and LLL-- Loren, owner of LLL reptile





Giraffe, kruger





Jerky





Natal Midlands Chameleon (Bradypodion thamnobates)





Horned Adder from mussina... note color and horn shape



horned adder from namaqualand... smaller animal, very red, and huge horns





Philan and Linda... snake ninjas in swaziland!!





Snouted Cobra, SWZ





Eagle Owl, SWZ





Shlegels Blind Snake, SWZ





Nephila Eating a bat.. bat got away.. hectic.. swz





Sign in Swaziland, LLL, Devon, Don





Cop in Mozambique, needed a ride, car was full, so we threw him on the hood.. only 8 miles or so!!





banded mongoose,kruger





Rinkhals, natal midlands





Hypo Herald.. kruger





House snake Species form namaqualand... busy being figured out by the guys in SA





Eastern Tiger Snake, Kruger





Namib Tiger snake, namaqualand





Rugosus Gecko





Coral Snake, Karoo





Shield Nose Snake, Kruger





Long tailed Garter Snake, Messina





Banded Mongoose, Kruger





Devon.. I mean baboon, kruger



Hyena, Kruger







Shield Nose shamming death, Kruger





Black File Snake, Kruger





Natal Rock Python, Kruger





baboon, kruger





Eco tour with mamba, SWZ





Dead mole snake in Karoo--- Around 7 feet!!





So thats some of the pics... it was fun, and I would like to thank all the sponsors and guests



T-Rex Products, Field Herp Forum, mfezi, LLLReptile, Midwest Tongs, Vision Cages, Reptiles Magazine, kingsnake.com, Eco T Shirts,



Thanks to all the people who helped in SA and here in the USA, Ed, Jeff, Clifton, Gavin, Mike Perry, Armata AKA TP, Thea, Scott, Phillipe, Myke, Mark, Myrtle, Alan, Allen and everyone else, and even to people who did not help, thanks for not getting in the way





don

Edited on February 9, 2008 at 17:15:09 by PHGinger.

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