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On a tour of the Namib Desert to find the Little 5
Guide digs into the sand looking for the gecko
Nothing in this hole
Here is the sign of a gecko sleeping area
DIgging to the end of the tunnel and seeing its little head
The gecko is completely transparent
With webbed feet for digging in the sand
See the inside of its eyes
It has no way to close its eyes
So it sleeps all day and hunts at night
Interesting seeing into the internal organs
Cute little guy
Technical name is Pachydactylus rangei or alsoo Namib sand gecko
A legless lizard endemic to Namibia
It is not a snake it really is a lizard but without legs
Next on the tour is a viper named Bitis peringueyi which is a sidewinding adder
It burrows in the sand only leaving eyeballs exposed
Very close up shot of the two eyes
Our guide blows some of the sand off of the snake
It is about 12 inches long
The venom is extremely painful but not deadly to humans and no antivenom exists
See the tail curled around and shape of the head
Pretty patterns in the sand
Its a very large desert with colors from rocks that come down the river from Angola and blow back onto the land
Next of the little desert creates is a Namaqua Chameleon
It did not want company and ever so slowly walked away from us
We only saw it black but will turn other colors as chameleons do
It lives in little shrubs
My very favorite photog totally in his happy place
Love the patterns and shapes of the dunes
More dunes
Panorama shot including very active young boys on the tour
More panorama
More dunes
Dunes go on for miles and miles
Ridges and curls from the onshore breezes
Sort of reminds me of the hills of the Palouse
Looking down towards the ocean from a very high dune
The Atlantic Ocean
