#namaquensis

[froggirleyeball]

Namaqua Rain Frog

AKA namaqua short-headed frog, Breviceps namaquensis

A round little fellow!

These guys live in Namaqualand and Namibia, in southern Africa. Their toes aren't webbed, and they spend most of their time underground, only coming out after it rains to look for tasty insects.

When threatened, they squeak and inflate to deter predators! I don't think I'd be deterred at all, they're such little cuties!

When they lay eggs, they cover them up in thick yolk-y fluid and the tadpoles live there until grown. Interesting tactic, that.

[drinksss]

New video! Why the Namaqua chameleon is INSANELY intelligent.

[herpsandbirds]

Namaqua Rain Frog (Breviceps namaquensis), family Brevicipitidae, Velddrif, South Africa

photograph by Tyrone Ping

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #InternationalChameleonDay :

Chameleons by Robert Jacob Gordon (Dutch, 1743-1795), from The Gordon African Collection, 4 albums of natural history illustrations made during his Cape Colony (South Africa) expeditions (1777-86). Now in the Rijksmuseum collection.

1. Chamaeleo namaquensis (Namaqua Chameleon) RP-T-1914-17-99

2. Bradypodion pumilum (Cape Dwarf Chameleon) RP-T-1914-17-101

3. Bradypodion pumilum in three poses (Cape Dwarf Chameleon) RP-T-1914-17-100

drawings on paper, H 660mm × W 480mm ea.

[ruthbancroftgarden]

Lachenalia namaquensis

Lachenalia is a genus of bulbs in the Scilloideae subfamily of the Asparagus Family (this subfamily was formerly classified as a family of its own - the Hyacinth Family). Because the lachenalias are mostly from the winter-rainfall area in western South Africa and southwestern Namibia, they are well-suited for cultivation in California and other areas with a Mediterranean climate. In keeping with this, they grow during the cool winter months, and then go dormant during the dry months of summer. Lachenalia takes its name from Namaqualand, in northwestern South Africa.

-Brian

[mastomysowner]

Five Old World Mice by Jennifer Rae Kinyak

"I've drawn five old-world mice species—Apomys datae (Luzon montane forest mouse), Aethomys namaquensis (Namaqua rock rat), Tokudaia muenninki (Muennink's spiny rat), Arvicanthis niloticus (African grass rat), and Apodemus sylvaticus (wood mouse)—in colored pencil and marker on vellum. A random-number generator selected these particular critters for me to draw. They're in varying shades of light brown, with their big inquisitive eyes alert to threat or fun."

[kouji-yamamoto]

200618 ・ ・ 葉の生え変わり時期🍂🌱 いつのまにか伸びてる ・ ・ いつのころかケラリアフルチコーサが欲しいな思って探していたけれど無さすぎて記憶から抜けていた🤪 ・ ・ #ケラリア #ナマクエンシス #ケラリアナマクエンシス #ceraria #namaquensis #塊根植物 #多肉植物 #サボテン #観葉植物 #botanicallife #caudex #cactus #succulent #神戸 #ナマクエンシス_ky https://www.instagram.com/p/CBkh12dljKi/?igshid=13fsv93pmkfsr

[emanuro]

A desert specialist, the Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) walking on the sand thanks to its fingers kept flat like snow shoes. They can change their skin tone depending on the temperature: darker when heating is needed, lighter when the sun is high and temperature must be lowered with higher reflectance. #pickoftheday #mostrakryptos #chameleon #namaqua #namaquensis #reptile #herping #herp #herpsofinstagram #survivor #sand #namib #dune @ilcp_photographers (presso Swakopmund, Namibia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrAUZR_hUdi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pll7tepvdd5o

[botaniqueer]

An update on the Crassula planter! (Can’t remember if I actually posted it before) I’m really happy with the desert-y look I was able to give it. The biggest challenge is that the larger one needs a little more water than the others and it ends up shrivelling quite a bit before I can give it more so the others don’t get overwatered.

The branchy, shrubby-looking on is Crassula sarcocaulis, the textured on is Crassula namaquensis, and the one with the triangular leaves and flowers is Crassula deceptor.

C. namaquensis is my favorite one texturally and it feels like those sugar coated gummy peaches when it needs water!

I’m hoping these can flower at the same time one day since they’d be cool to try and breed!

[wonder-rooms]

Namaqua Chameleon, Chamaeleo namaquensis (1777-1786) - Robert Jacob Gordon

[ainawgsd]

The Namaqua rock rat (Aethomys namaquensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is sometimes included in the genus Micaelamys. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, dry savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, rocky areas, hot desert, temperate desert, rocky shores, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas.

[nature-and-biodiversity-blog]

Namaqua Chameleon Chamaeleo namaquensis

[herpsandbirds]

Namaqua Rain Frog (Breviceps namaquensis), family Brevicipitidae, Western Cape, South Africa.

photograph by Tyrone Ping

[the-mists-of-time]

[toadschooled]

Tiny, angry, and covered in sand, this juvenile Namaqua rain frog [Breviceps namaquensis] was found in Hopefield, South Africa. These frogs are largely fossorial, and are known to squeak angrily when provoked. Images by iNaturalist user Hendre.

[antiqueanimals]

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Volume 6: Reptiles. Written by Bernard Grzimek. 1984.

1.) Common chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon)

2.) Flap-necked chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis)

3.) Carpet Chameleon (Furcifer lateralis)

4.) Cape dwarf chameleon (Bradypodion pumilum)

5.) Brown leaf chameleon (Brookesia superciliaris)

6.) Spectral pygmy chameleon (Rhampholeon spectrum)

7.) Helmeted chameleon (Trioceros hoehnelli)

8.) Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis)