Tanzania next in September - Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Lake Manyara. Should get Black Rhino & Secretarybird. Honey Badger is still my most wanted.
Turtles & Tortoise Identification
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Re: Turtles & Tortoise Identification
Thank you. Yes an excellent trip. 29 lifers including White-fronted Plover, Crested Guineafowl, Brown Scrub Robin, Crowned Hornbill, Kittlitz's Plover, Cape Longclaw & Rosy-throated Longclaw, Yellow-billed Duck, Rudd's Apalis, Black Harrier, African Dusky Flycatcher, Levaillant's Cisticola & Brimstone Canary.
Tanzania next in September - Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Lake Manyara. Should get Black Rhino & Secretarybird. Honey Badger is still my most wanted.
Tanzania next in September - Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Lake Manyara. Should get Black Rhino & Secretarybird. Honey Badger is still my most wanted.
Mike King
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Wow 
Rosy-throated Longclaw, Rudd's Apalis & Brimstone Canary are high on my wishlist.
Please show us some birdies
Rosy-throated Longclaw, Rudd's Apalis & Brimstone Canary are high on my wishlist.
Please show us some birdies
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Will do.
Mike King
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Go to Satara for honey badger, Mike! 
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Re: Turtles & Tortoise Identification
Hi folks,
last but not least I saw this Land Tortoise, maybe a member of the family Testudinidae, inside the Duwisib Castle in SW-Namibia. So maybe it's not common there, rather it's a pet.
What do you think? Any ideas about the species? Thanks for your help once again.
Greetings from the Saint
PS: Sorry for the poor picture quality.
last but not least I saw this Land Tortoise, maybe a member of the family Testudinidae, inside the Duwisib Castle in SW-Namibia. So maybe it's not common there, rather it's a pet.
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Greetings from the Saint
PS: Sorry for the poor picture quality.
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Ja, looks like the normal one? 
How long was it?
How long was it?
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Re: Turtles & Tortoise Identification
So ... my second thought
I think this might be a Chersobius solus, Nama padloper, Nama Dwarf Tortoise, Berger's Cape Tortoise, or Nama Tortoise
It underwent reclassification recently, it was previously known as Homopus solus
Good pets
but their natural range is in that area.
I think this might be a Chersobius solus, Nama padloper, Nama Dwarf Tortoise, Berger's Cape Tortoise, or Nama Tortoise
It underwent reclassification recently, it was previously known as Homopus solus
Good pets
but their natural range is in that area.