Reptiles and Scorpions

Yellow Scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus)

yellow scorpion

Two of our guides at Jack's camp dug up this scorpion. It is not very big but it is quite poisonous.

Grass Snake (Psammophis sp.)

grass snake

This harmless snake was outside our tent at Jack's Camp.

Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

Nile crocodile with jaw open

Nile Monitor Lizard (Leguan) (Varanus niloticus)

two leguans

We saw these two from a boat on the Chobe river. They were quarreling over some food.

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