Madikwe
Species checklists
What lives here — mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, trees, shrubs, grasses and the geology beneath it all.
Madikwe Mammal Checklist
Every mammal recorded in the Madikwe Game Reserve, from the Big Five down to the shrews and bats…
91 entries →Madikwe Bird Checklist
More than 340 bird species have been recorded at Madikwe, where Kalahari, bushveld and wetland…
334 entries →Madikwe Reptile Checklist
Snakes, lizards, geckos, tortoises and terrapins recorded in the reserve.
57 entries →Madikwe Amphibian Checklist
Frogs and toads of the reserve. Best after the first summer rains, when the pans fill and the…
19 entries →Madikwe Tree Checklist
Indigenous trees of the mixed bushveld, arid sweet bushveld, Kalahari sandveld and turf thornveld…
64 entries →Madikwe Alien & Invasive Plants
Introduced plants recorded in and around the reserve, including declared invaders that are actively…
18 entries →Madikwe Shrub Checklist
The shrub layer — raisins, guarris, spike-thorns and the trumpet thorn that defines the arid sweet…
22 entries →Madikwe Grass Checklist
Grasses of the sweetveld plains, the sourer mountain slopes and the Kalahari sands.
32 entries →Madikwe Geology & Landforms
The bones of the reserve: the Dwarsberg, the Tshwene-Tshwene hills, the Tweedepoort escarpment and…
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