KwaZulu-Natal - A celebration of biodiversity

Authors: Jacana Publishers

Number of pages: 208

Year published: 2002

Edition: 1st

Published by: Jacana

Softcover

ISBN: 1 919777 40 7

Website: Jacana

Wildebeest's Review of "KwaZulu-Natal - A celebration of biodiversity"

This Wildebeest has a busy schedule but he will get round to reviewing this publication one day.

Some of the subjects in this publication

Drakensberg Mountains - Page: 54
Midlands Meander - Page: 58
Maputaland Coastal Forest and Marine Reserve - Page: 70
Drakensberg Mountains - Page: 86
Oldwood - Page: 86
Sugarbush - Page: 86
Drakensberg Cycad - Page: 86
Southern Gaudy Commodore - Page: 87
Mountain Wire Grass - Page: 87
Festuca costata - Page: 87
Caterpillar Grass - Page: 87
Sagewood - Page: 88
Common Tree Fern - Page: 88
Dierama latifolium - Page: 88
Bracken - Page: 88
Grey-leaved Poker - Page: 88
Large Orange Watsonia - Page: 88
Silver Sugarbush - Page: 89
Lip-flower Sugarbush - Page: 89
Red Grass - Page: 89
Spear Grass - Page: 89
Natal Bottlebrush - Page: 89
Boat Grass - Page: 89
Hairy Trident Grass - Page: 89
Paperbark Thorn - Page: 90
Broad-leaf Coral Tree - Page: 90
Midlands Meander - Page: 90
Black Wattle - Page: 90
Dead-leaf Commodore - Page: 90
Cosmos - Page: 91
Tough Love Grass - Page: 91
Green-tipped Fire Lily - Page: 91
Ox-eye Daisy - Page: 91
Common Thatching Grass - Page: 91
Mooi River Opal - Page: 91
Pine Rings - Page: 91
Bush Lily - Page: 92
Bush Beauty - Page: 92
Assegaai - Page: 92
Cape Chestnut - Page: 92
Bug Weed - Page: 92
Real Yellowwood - Page: 93
Black Stinkwood - Page: 93
Tree Fuchsia - Page: 93
Natal Forest Cabbage Tree - Page: 93
Marula - Page: 94
Green Monkey Orange - Page: 94
Natal Aloe - Page: 94
Buffalo-thorn - Page: 94
Tamboti - Page: 95
Umbrella Acacia - Page: 95
Red Bushwillow - Page: 95
Sickle Bush - Page: 95
River Euphorbia - Page: 96
Thorny-rope Flat-bean - Page: 96
Alcimus mimus - Page: 96
Wild Dagga - Page: 97
Milkweed - Page: 97
Blood Lily - Page: 97
Mother-in-law s Tongue - Page: 97
Stapelia gigantea - Page: 97
Triffid Weed - Page: 97
Fever Tree - Page: 98
Wild Date Palm - Page: 98
Dineutus grossus - Page: 98
Bulrush - Page: 99
Blue Waterlily - Page: 99
Broad-leaved Tape Grass - Page: 99
Couch Grass - Page: 99
Common Reed - Page: 99
Wavy-leaved Pondweed - Page: 99
Water Hyacinth - Page: 99
Coastal Strelitzia - Page: 100
Large-leaved Dragon-tree - Page: 100
Coastal Red-milkwood - Page: 100
Coast Silver-oak - Page: 100
Bush Night-fighter - Page: 100
Natal Dune Vygie - Page: 101
Strand Aloe (Dune Aloe) - Page: 101
Natal Plum - Page: 101
Dune Poison-bush - Page: 101
Beach Plakkie - Page: 101
Mamba Swordtail - Page: 101
Bush Tickberry - Page: 101
Beach Bean - Page: 101
Green-apple - Page: 102
Swazi Ordeal Tree - Page: 102
Red-heart Tree - Page: 102
Lebombo Wattle - Page: 102
Wild Parasol Flower - Page: 102
Round-leaved Teak - Page: 103
Leadwood - Page: 103
Pod Mahogany - Page: 103
Lebombo Krantz Ash - Page: 103
Zulu Podberry - Page: 103
Bushveld Charaxes - Page: 103
Blue-spotted Charaxes - Page: 103
Raphia Palm - Page: 104
Southern Lala-palm - Page: 104
Zululand Cycad - Page: 104
Aloe kraussii - Page: 104
Powder-puff Tree - Page: 105
Umdoni - Page: 105
Small-leaved Dragon-tree - Page: 105
Wild Frangipani - Page: 105
Fig Wasps - Page: 105
Swamp Fig - Page: 105
White Mangrove - Page: 106
Red Mangrove - Page: 106
Black Mangrove - Page: 106
Matting Rush - Page: 107
Cape Eelgrass - Page: 107
Coastal Buffalo Grass - Page: 107
Salt Marsh Plant - Page: 107
Sea Pumpkin - Page: 107
Glasswort Samphire - Page: 107
Pemba Mosquito - Page: 107
Antlions - Page: 108
Northern Harvester Termite - Page: 108
Bactrodema aculiferum - Page: 108
Cocktail Ants - Page: 108
Cicadas / Christmas Singers - Page: 109
Reticulate Bagnet - Page: 109
Horn Moth - Page: 109
Red-veined Dropwing - Page: 109
Regal Blow Fly - Page: 109
Bladder Grasshoppers - Page: 109
Thalassius spinosissimus - Page: 110
Banded-legged Nephila - Page: 110
Common Bark Spider - Page: 110
Gasteracantha milvoides - Page: 110
Sun Spiders - Page: 110
Millipedes - Page: 111
Common Whip Scorpion - Page: 111
Centipedes - Page: 111
Zululand Rock Scorpion - Page: 111
Giant Earthworm - Page: 111
Laccotrephes fabricii - Page: 111
Wild Dog - Page: 114
Spotted Hyena - Page: 114
Caracal - Page: 114
Lion - Page: 115
Leopard - Page: 115
Cheetah - Page: 115
Spotted-necked Otter - Page: 116
Cape Clawless Otter - Page: 116
Banded Mongoose - Page: 116
Striped Polecat - Page: 116
Slender Mongoose - Page: 116
Black-backed Jackal - Page: 117
Serval - Page: 117
Large-spotted Genet - Page: 117
African Wild Cat - Page: 117
Side-striped Jackal - Page: 117
Eland - Page: 118
Cape Buffalo - Page: 118
Giraffe - Page: 118
White Rhino - Page: 119
African Elephant - Page: 119
Hippopotamus - Page: 119
Black Rhino - Page: 119
Red-billed Oxpecker - Page: 119
Common Reedbuck - Page: 120
Waterbuck - Page: 120
Oribi - Page: 120
Mountain Reedbuck - Page: 120
Dung Beetles / Scarab Beetles - Page: 120
Blue Wildebeest - Page: 121
Red Hartebeest - Page: 121
Impala - Page: 121
Black Wildebeest - Page: 121
Burchell s Zebra - Page: 121
Bushbuck - Page: 122
Nyala - Page: 122
Kudu - Page: 122
Bont Tick - Page: 122
Steenbok - Page: 123
Grey Rhebuck - Page: 123
Red Duiker - Page: 123
Klipspringer - Page: 123
Suni - Page: 123
Blue Duiker - Page: 123
Common Molerat - Page: 124
Rock Hyrax - Page: 124
Red Squirrel - Page: 124
Four-striped Grass Mouse - Page: 124
Ice Rat - Page: 124
Four-toed Sengi - Page: 124
Bush Pig - Page: 125
Samango Monkey - Page: 125
Vervet Monkey - Page: 125
Chacma Baboon - Page: 125
Warthog - Page: 125
Aardvark - Page: 126
Cape Porcupine - Page: 126
Pangolin - Page: 126
Honey Badger - Page: 126
Scrub Hare - Page: 127
Smith s Red Rock Rabbit - Page: 127
Wahlberg s Epauletted Fruit Bat - Page: 127
White-tailed Mongoose - Page: 127
Egyptian Fruit Bat - Page: 127
Forest shrew - Page: 127
Egyptian Free-tailed Bat - Page: 127
Natal Hinged Tortoise - Page: 130
Drakensberg Dwarf Chameleon - Page: 130
Leopard Tortoise - Page: 130
Natal Midlands Dwarf Chameleon - Page: 130
Common Flap-neck Chameleon - Page: 130
Rock Monitor - Page: 131
Drakensberg Crag Lizard - Page: 131
Warren s Girdled Lizard - Page: 131
Southern Rock Agama - Page: 131
Cape Gecko - Page: 131
Striped Skink - Page: 131
Southern Tree Agama - Page: 131
Spotted Grass Snake - Page: 132
Gaboon Adder - Page: 132
Cape Berg Adder - Page: 132
Puff Adder - Page: 132
Crossed Whip Snake - Page: 132
Black Mamba - Page: 133
Southern African Python - Page: 133
Rinkhals - Page: 133
Rhombic Egg-eater - Page: 133
Boomslang - Page: 133
Southern Twig Snake - Page: 133
Nile Crocodile - Page: 134
Brown Water Snake - Page: 134
Marsh Terrapin - Page: 134
Nile Monitor - Page: 134
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake - Page: 135
Loggerhead Sea Turtle - Page: 135
Green Sea Turtle - Page: 135
Leatherback Sea Turtle - Page: 135
Mozambique Rain Frog - Page: 136
Angola River Frog (cf with 27109) - Page: 136
Guttural Toad - Page: 136
Clicking Stream Frog - Page: 136
Natal Sand Frog - Page: 136
Natal Chirping Frog - Page: 136
East African Puddle Frog - Page: 137
Southern Foam Nest Frog - Page: 137
Common Platanna - Page: 137
Painted Reed Frog - Page: 137
Greater Leaf-folding Frog - Page: 137
Bottlenosed Dolphin - Page: 140
Common Dolphin - Page: 140
Indian Humpback Dolphin - Page: 140
Humpback Whale - Page: 141
Southern Right Whale - Page: 141
Sperm Whale - Page: 141
Whale Shark - Page: 142
Ragged-tooth shark or Spotted ragged-tooth shark - Page: 142
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark - Page: 142
Shark Ramora - Page: 142
Dorado - Page: 143
Wahoo - Page: 143
King Mackerel - Page: 143
Black Marlin - Page: 143
Sailfish - Page: 143
Pilchard - Page: 143
Manta Ray - Page: 143
Garrick - Page: 144
Seventy-four - Page: 144
Red Steenbras - Page: 144
Zebra Seabream - Page: 144
Blacktail Seabream - Page: 144
Giant Kingfish - Page: 145
Shad - Page: 145
Maned Blenny - Page: 145
Slinger - Page: 145
African Pompano - Page: 145
Yellow-edged Moray - Page: 145
Pterois miles - Page: 145
Powder-blue Surgeonfish - Page: 146
Twobar Clownfish - Page: 146
Sea Goldie - Page: 146
Sergeant Major - Page: 146
Threadfin Butterflyfish - Page: 146
Emperor Angelfish - Page: 146
Clown Triggerfish - Page: 147
Coral Rockcod - Page: 147
Moorish Idol - Page: 147
Goldbar Wrasse - Page: 147
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse - Page: 147
Ember Parrotfish - Page: 147
Bullray - Page: 148
Sharpnose Stingray - Page: 148
Smalltooth Sawfish - Page: 148
East Coast Sole - Page: 149
Lesser Sandshark or Lesser Guitarfish - Page: 149
Blue Stingray - Page: 149
Spotted Eagle Ray - Page: 149
Baardman - Page: 149
Blacksaddle Goatfish - Page: 149
Estuarine Round-Herring - Page: 150
Spotted Grunter - Page: 150
Flathead Mullet - Page: 150
Sibayi goby - Page: 150
Dusky Kob - Page: 150
Mozambique Tilapia - Page: 151
Ox-eye Tarpon - Page: 151
Drakensburg Minnow - Page: 151
Scaly Yellowfish - Page: 151
Chubbyhead Barb - Page: 151
Sharptooth Catfish - Page: 151
Large-mouth Bass - Page: 151
Rainbow Trout - Page: 151
Brown Mussel - Page: 152
Red Bait - Page: 152
Eight-shell Barnacle - Page: 152
Rosy Valcano Barnacle - Page: 152
African Periwinkle - Page: 152
Patella concolor - Page: 153
Squat Sandy Zoanthid - Page: 153
Green Zoanthid - Page: 153
Lustrous Limpet - Page: 153
Natal Lightfoot Crab - Page: 153
Different-leafed Sargassum - Page: 153
Natal Rock Oyster - Page: 153
Turkey-tail - Page: 153
Wedge Weed - Page: 153
Natal Anemone - Page: 153
Seaweed Amphipod - Page: 153
Oval Urchin - Page: 153
Ridged Wedge Shell - Page: 154
Pleated Plough Shell - Page: 154
Pink Ghost Crab - Page: 154
Mole Crab - Page: 154
Wide-foot Beach Louse - Page: 154
Mole Crab - Page: 154
Pink Prawn - Page: 155
Solen cylindraceus - Page: 155
Common Cuttlefish - Page: 156
Common Octopus - Page: 156
Coral nudibranch - Page: 156
Tapering Sea Cucumber - Page: 156
East Coast Rock Lobster - Page: 156
Fan-worm - Page: 157
Tuberculate Turret-sponge - Page: 157
Arabic Cowrie - Page: 157
Toothed Feather-hydroid - Page: 157
Fleshy Soft Coral - Page: 157
Scrolled False Corals - Page: 157
Honeycomb Coral - Page: 157
Feathery Sea Pen - Page: 157
Crown-of-thorns Starfish - Page: 157
Bubble Raft Shell or Violet Snail - Page: 159
Ram s Horn Shell - Page: 159
Comb Jelly - Page: 159
Raft Hydroid - Page: 159
Portuguese Man-of-War - Page: 159
Ground Woodpecker - Page: 162
Speckled Pigeon - Page: 162
Drakensberg Rock-jumper - Page: 162
Cape Rock-Thrush - Page: 162
Mocking Cliff-Chat - Page: 162
Grey-winged Francolin - Page: 163
Black-bellied Bustard - Page: 163
Southern Ground-Hornbill - Page: 163
Secretarybird - Page: 163
Natal Spurfowl - Page: 163
Long-tailed Widowbird - Page: 164
Cattle Egret - Page: 164
Collared Pratincole - Page: 164
Cape Longclaw - Page: 164
Red-billed Quelea - Page: 164
Blue Swallow - Page: 164
Blue Crane - Page: 165
Wattled Crane - Page: 165
Helmeted Guineafowl - Page: 165
Grey Crowned Crane - Page: 165
Hadeda Ibis - Page: 165
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove - Page: 166
Cape Robin-Chat - Page: 166
Scarlet-chested Sunbird - Page: 166
Red-billed Oxpecker - Page: 166
Gurney s Sugarbird - Page: 166
Crowned Hornbill - Page: 167
Brown-hooded Kingfisher - Page: 167
Green Wood-Hoopoe - Page: 167
White-crested Helmet-Shrike - Page: 167
Grey-headed Bush-Shrike - Page: 167
Village Weaver - Page: 167
Knysna Woodpecker - Page: 168
Red-chested Cuckoo - Page: 168
Knysna Turaco - Page: 168
Cape Parrot - Page: 168
Buff-spotted Flufftail - Page: 169
Chorister Robin-Chat - Page: 169
Southern Boubou - Page: 169
Cape Batis - Page: 169
Dark-backed Weaver - Page: 169
White-starred Robin - Page: 169
Pink-throated Twinspot - Page: 170
African Broadbill - Page: 170
Sombre Greenbul - Page: 170
Neergaard s Sunbird - Page: 170
Rudd s Apalis - Page: 170
Brown Scrub-Robin - Page: 170
Narina Trogon - Page: 171
Trumpeter Hornbill - Page: 171
Crested Guineafowl - Page: 171
Purple-crested Turaco - Page: 171
Square-tailed Drongo - Page: 171
Jackal Buzzard - Page: 172
Black-shouldered Kite - Page: 172
Yellow-billed Kite - Page: 172
African Crowned Eagle - Page: 172
Bateleur - Page: 172
Wahlberg s Eagle - Page: 173
Verreaux s Eagle - Page: 173
Long-crested Eagle - Page: 173
Tawny Eagle - Page: 173
Martial Eagle - Page: 173
African Scops-Owl - Page: 174
African Barred Owlet - Page: 174
Marsh Owl - Page: 174
Fiery-necked Nightjar - Page: 174
Spotted Thick-knee - Page: 174
Spotted Eagle-Owl - Page: 174
Palm-nut Vulture - Page: 175
White-backed Vulture - Page: 175
Bearded Vulture - Page: 175
Lappet-faced Vulture - Page: 175
Cape Vulture - Page: 175
Common Moorhen - Page: 176
African Jacana - Page: 176
Egyptian Goose - Page: 176
White-faced Duck - Page: 176
Great White Pelican - Page: 176
Little Grebe - Page: 176
African Spoonbill - Page: 177
African Sacred Ibis - Page: 177
Little Egret - Page: 177
Great Egret - Page: 177
African Darter - Page: 177
Yellow-billed Egret - Page: 177
Goliath Heron - Page: 177
Malachite Kingfisher - Page: 178
Pied Kingfisher - Page: 178
Osprey - Page: 178
Giant Kingfisher - Page: 178
African Fish-Eagle - Page: 178
Black-winged Stilt - Page: 179
Thick-billed Weaver - Page: 179
African Pied Wagtail - Page: 179
Three-banded Plover - Page: 179
Hamerkop - Page: 179
Southern Red Bishop - Page: 179
African Black Oystercatcher - Page: 180
Ruddy Turnstone - Page: 180
Sanderling - Page: 180
White-fronted Plover - Page: 180
Grey-headed Gull - Page: 181
Kelp Gull - Page: 181
Caspian Tern - Page: 181
Cape Gannet - Page: 181
Swift Tern - Page: 181

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