A guide to Africa, it's trees and animals

A guide to the great plains of Africa, and the wildlife that flocks there every year to share it's rich bounties

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Green Woodhoopoe ¹
Phoeniculus purpureus

Abyssinian Scimitarbill ²
Rhinopomastus minor

Common Hoopoe ³
Upupa epops

Shovel-nosed Frog ⁴
Hemisus marmoratus

Sudanese Sand Snake ⁵
Psammophis sudanensis

East African Shovel-Snout ⁶
Prosymna stuhlmanni

Spotted Bush Snake ⁷
Philothamnus semivariegatus

Boomslang ⁸
Dispholidus typus

Black-necked Spitting Cobra
Naja nigricollis

East African Garter Snake
Elapsoidea loveridgei

Puff Adder ⁹
Bitis arietans

Mwanza Flat-headed Rock Agama ¹⁰
Agama mwanzae

Tropical Spiny Agama
Agama armata

Kenyan Rock Agama ¹¹
Agama lionotus

Flap-necked Chameleon ¹²
Chamaeleo dilepis

Common Dwarf Gecko ¹³
Lygodactylus capensis

Uganda Savannah Lizard ¹⁴
Nucras boulengeri

Common Long-tailed Lizard ¹⁵
Latastia longicaudata

African Striped Skink ¹⁶
Trachylepis striata

Leopard Tortoise ⁹
Stigmochelys pardalis

Serrated Hinged Terrapin ⁹
Pelusios sinuatus

Yellow-winged Bat ¹⁷
Lavia frons

Small-spotted Genet ¹⁸
Genetta genetta

Honey Badger ¹⁹
Mellivora capensis

Spotted Hyena ²⁰
Crocuta crocuta

Striped Hyena ²¹
Hyaena hyaena

Egyptian Mongoose ²²
Herpestes ichneumon

Common Dwarf Mongoose ²⁰
Helogale parvula

Banded Mongoose ²³
Mungos mungo

White-tailed Mongoose ²⁴
Ichneumia albicauda

Cheetah ²⁵
Acinonyx jubatus

Leopard ²⁶
Panthera pardus

Lion ²⁷
Panthera leo

Serval ²⁸
Leptailurus serval

Caracal ²⁹
Caracal caracal

Black-backed Jackal ¹⁰
Canis mesomelas

Side-striped Jackal ³⁰
Canis adustus

African Wild Dog ³¹
Lycaon pictus

Bat-eared Fox ³²
Otocyon megalotis

Common Warthog ³³
Phacochoerus africanus

Hippopotamus ³⁴
Hippopotamus amphibius

Giraffe ³⁵
Giraffa camelopardalis

Tsessebe ³⁶
Damaliscus lunatus

Impala ³⁷
Aepyceros melampus

Common Wildebeest ³⁸
Connochaetes taurinus

Bohor Reedbuck ³⁹
Redunca redunca

Waterbuck ⁴⁰
Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Bushbuck ⁴¹
Tragelaphus scriptus

Kirk's Dik-dik ⁴²
Madoqua kirkii

Steenbok ⁴³
Raphicerus campestris

Oribi ³⁶
Ourebia ourebi

Klipspringer ⁴⁴
Oreotragus oreotragus

African Buffalo ⁴⁵
Syncerus caffer

Hartebeest ⁴⁶
Alcelaphus buselaphus

Rock Hyrax ⁴⁷
Procavia capensis

Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax ⁴⁸
Heterohyrax brucei

Plains Zebra ⁴⁹
Equus quagga

Black Rhinoceros ⁵⁰
Diceros bicornis

Patas Monkey ⁵¹
Erythrocebus patas

Savannah Elephant ⁵²
Loxodonta africana

Nile Grass Rat ⁵³
Arvicanthis niloticus

Olive Whip Snake ⁵⁴
Psammophis mossambicus

Aardwolf ⁵⁵
Proteles cristata

Lesser Kestrel ³¹
Falco naumanni

Striated Heron ⁵⁶
Butorides striata

Vervet Monkey ⁵⁷
Chlorocebus pygerythrus

Tropical House Gecko ⁵⁸
Hemidactylus mabouia

East African Oryx ²
Oryx beisa

Nile Monitor ⁹
Varanus niloticus

Egyptian Goose ⁵⁹
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Rattling Cisticola ⁶⁰
Cisticola chiniana

Rüppell's Starling ⁶¹
Lamprotornis purpuroptera

Banded Parisoma ¹⁰
Sylvia boehmi

Swahili Sparrow ⁶²
Passer suahelicus

Greater Flamingo ⁶³
Phoenicopterus roseus

Thomson's Gazelle ⁶⁴
Eudorcas thomsonii

Grant's Gazelle ⁶⁵
Nanger granti

Olive Baboon ⁶⁶
Papio anubis

Temminck's Ground Pangolin ⁶⁷
Smutsia temminckii

Eland ⁶⁸
Tragelaphus oryx

Red-lipped Snake ⁶⁹
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Kakamega Agama ⁷⁰
Agama kaimosae

Southern African Python ⁶⁸
Python natalensis

Sedge Warbler ⁷¹
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Yellow-billed Oxpecker ⁷²
Buphagus africanus

White-headed Barbet ⁷³
Lybius leucocephalus

Willow Warbler ⁷⁴
Phylloscopus trochilus

Black-faced Sandgrouse ⁷⁵
Pterocles decoratus

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse ⁷⁶
Pterocles exustus

Yellow-throated Sandgrouse ¹⁰
Pterocles gutturalis

D'Arnaud's Barbet ⁷⁷
Trachyphonus darnaudii

Red-fronted Barbet ¹⁸
Tricholaema diademata

Spot-flanked Barbet ⁷³
Tricholaema lacrymosa

Gray-crested Helmetshrike ⁷⁸
Prionops poliolophus

Secretarybird ⁷⁹
Sagittarius serpentarius

Southern Ground-Hornbill ⁸⁰
Bucorvus leadbeateri

Mocking Cliff-Chat ⁸¹
Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris

Great Egret ⁸²
Ardea alba

Gabar Goshawk ⁸³
Micronisus gabar

Wahlberg's Eagle ⁸⁴
Hieraaetus wahlbergi

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