SNAKES, CHAMELEONS AND LIZARDS. HERPING IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.

[@BigBass-xf5yi]

Another awesome outing. My knees aren’t what they used to be and I used to spend most of my life in the field, turning cover and rocks throughout the US. Love seeing these little treasures from other parts of the world. Your videos are great therapy for my depression. Lol . Keep at it.

[@TyronePingHerpingSouthAfrica]

Awesome so glad you’re able to enjoy the videos. Appreciate the all the comments too. 👊

[@jbmarx247]

Just wow, just saw a cape skink in my garden, Durbanville.

[@sherryceltic9856]

Hello from Va, USA. Found your channel recently and are new subscribers. You do very good videos 🙂

[@TyronePingHerpingSouthAfrica]

Welcome! Hope you enjoy the videos. 🙌

[@paulmunro595]

Ping you legend!

[@Kitsune1989]

Id love to live somewhere where herping is something i could do. We only have two species of garter snake, two lizards (ones invasive af and everywhere), and sliders in one of the park ponds that people release their pets in. Other then that, nothing. You can easily find everything under the same log. Now if i were on the mainland id have more options. Still remember my gparents freaking out when i came back home with a garbage bin of rattlers. They didnt care i had gone out to flip rocks because the actual dangerous snake species was on the other side of the river in the foothills outside of town. They did not count on the boredom of a preteen with access to the bus schedule who grew up with steve irwin for a role model. They were not impressed when i came rolling up with the garbage bin and a layer of rattlers on the bottom. Im told they could hear the cranky snakes from the driveway. One call to animal control and a lecture later...

[@smetlogik]

Funny how it doesn't matter where you are in the world, you can finds snakes under trash. Gotta say, those slug eaters are pretty cool snakes from my perspective. Those GeoCaches amaze me as some I've found are near crote dens. 😮 That Herald, wow! That dwarf would make the adventure for me, so cool. Nice finds!

[@TyronePingHerpingSouthAfrica]

So true, goes to show how adaptable most species are. Guess everyone always under appreciates the super common species you’re used to finding. Thanks for check it out. ✌️

[@herpingwithberks]

So cool! Those Tetradactylus are high on my list

[@TyronePingHerpingSouthAfrica]

I know a spot!

[@TeamFishweights]

Nice bro! Im binging all your videos now, missing the herps!

[@TyronePingHerpingSouthAfrica]

Knew you’d especially appreciate a trash Herald! Shot for checking them out man. 🙌

[@jdean1851]

AWESOME" New sub from -7c Idaho!

[@TyronePingHerpingSouthAfrica]

Cheers man! Appreciate the sun! It’s a steady 29 degrees (Celsius) here at 7:30am!

[@Bulldog2108]

I was in cape town way back in 2010 and when I was on the top of table mountain I saw a Berg adder which was awesome! It was actually in August too. I've seen Herald snakes, mole snakes and boom slang whilst in Welgavonden nature reserve. I've never really had much luck herping in South Africa, though I have never done designated herping holidays, just looking when I get the chance kind of thing. I have had much better luck on trips to Botswana, Kenya and Tanzania. Great video. Cheers

[@TyronePingHerpingSouthAfrica]

Awesome, Berg Adders are quite common up On the mountain just tricky to spot - great sighting none the less!

[@keenanAvery-dj8kk]

No you didn't

[@aidan-ator7844]

Strange that I haven't seen too many brown house snakes in your videos.

[@TyronePingHerpingSouthAfrica]

Brown House Snakes are found found down on the Cape Peninsula and within the City Of Cape Town where I’m based. They do however start in the northern Suburbs but there’s not really anything special there.

[@DavidYogiFolies]

I really love your videos but there is always a feeling of uncomfort at the same time. you speak a lot of "trash" but you never seem to clean a bit the environment... I have a hard time to understand how someone who supposedly love nature can just leave all those plasic and so on polluting the space without doing anything...

[@TyronePingHerpingSouthAfrica]

Thanks for your comment. So an interesting point, although what one needs to understand the "trash" such a s building rubble, tin etc provides habitat for animals to live in. By removing this established rubble/trash you're actually causing more negative impact on that ecosystem and niche environment for the animals. This doesn't include a plastic bottle, tin can or single use plastic. Which of course any self respecting person would remove - although filming myself picking up trash for "klout" isn't part of the idea for this channel.