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Published: April 19th 2008
The Mpala School, attended by the children of Mpala staff, recently won a regional competition in gymnastics, and will subsequently be attending the national competition in a few weeks. Thus, they’ve been quite eager to show me their moves the past couple evenings while I’ve been netting birds near the staff village at the Ranch House, where many of them live. It started yesterday, when a sm...
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Chris Anderson
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Chameleons and Blind Snake
Just saw on facebook you had this blog going. Looks like you're having a blast. Just so you know, the chameleons you have been finding are Chamaeleo bitaeniatus and the blind snake you have looks like either Typhlops lineolatus or possibly Typhlops angolensis. It could be a couple other things but you'd need to have started counting scales to ID it. If you want to find more chameleons, try looking at night with your flashlight. They get very light in coloration at night and stand out as a bright flash when you pass a light over them. -Chris