Reptiles and Scorpions

yellow scorpion Yellow Scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus)

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

grass snake Grass Snake (Psammophis sp.)

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

Nile crocodile with jaw open Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

two leguans Nile Monitor Lizard (Leguan) (Varanus niloticus)

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

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