Sika loo Noga le Mmantseane; le tsa Metsi [Reptilians and Aquatics]

Sika loo Noga le Mmantseane; le tsa Metsi [Reptilians and Aquatics]

Setswana and English Names of Reptiles and Aquatic Animals [Sika loo Noga, Mmantseane, le Ditshedi tsa Metsi]

Setswana, English and Scientific names and pictures of various reptiles and aquatic creatures found in these parts of the world.
As there is an infinitely large number of fish types and species, only one entry has been included here, under the generic name “fish”.

TSN: Kwena
ENG: Crocodile
SCI: [Generic]
Andy  Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
TSN: Kgwathe/Gopane
ENG: Monitor
SCI: [Generic]
By Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE – White-throated Monitor (Varanus albigularis),
CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40771421
TSN: Lelobu/Lebodu
ENG: [Flap-Necked] Chameleon
SCI: [Generic]
Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/
3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
TSN: Mmantseane o tlhogo-tala/ Boluukopo
ENG: [Southern] Tree Agama
SCI: Acanthocercus atricollis
By Southern_Tree_Agama_2348840851.jpg: Chris Easonderivative work: B kimmel (talk) – Southern_Tree_Agama_2348840851.jpg, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/
index.php?curid=17228938
TSN: Mmampharing
ENG: Barking Gecko
SCI: Ptenopus garrulus
By Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE – Common Barking Gecko (Ptenopus garrulus),
CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40771499
TSN: Rrankgatakane
ENG: House Gecko
SCI: [Generic]
By ZooFari – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?
curid=6417942
TSN: Mokgatitswane/ Mmantsiane
ENG: Speckled Rock Skink
SCI: Trachylepis punctatissima

 

Photo by K Sono, BW

TSN: Letlametlo/ Segwagwa
ENG: Bullfrog
SCI: [Generic]
By Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE – African Bullfrog (Pyxicephalus edulis) juvenile,
CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40168077
TSN: Segwagwane  
ENG: Toad [also frog]
SCI: Generic
By Charles J. Sharp – Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography.co.uk, CC
BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88119712
TSN: Koloti/Kwididi
ENG: Tadpole
SCI[Generic]
JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
TSN: Tlhapi
ENG: Fish
SCI: [Generic]
https://www.mmegi.bw/features/ botswanas-food-production-can-join-the-blue-revolution/news
TSN: Twene  
ENG: Catfish
SCI: Ictonyx striatus
By W.A. Djatmiko (Wie146) – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/
index.php?curid=4124676
TSN: Khudubane
ENG: [Fresh-water] Turtle
SCI: [Generic]
By Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE – Helmeted Terrapin (Pelomedusa subrufa), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40723864
TSN: Khudu
ENG: Tortoise
SCI: [Generic]
By Childzy at en.wikipedia – Own work (&quot;I created this work entirely by myself.&quot;) Transferred from en.wikipedia using CommonsHelper., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14318814
TSN: Tlhware
ENG: Python
SCI: [Generic]  
By Graham J. Alexander, University of the Witwatersrand – http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/ 10_16_2009_h40Of66eey _10_16_2009_0, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9045496
TSN: Lebolobolo
ENG: Puff adder
SCI: Bitis arietans

https: //reptilesmagazine.com/puff-adder-research-in-africa/
TSN: Kake
ENG: Cobra
SCI: [Generic]
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/parody/images/9/9a/ Cape_cobra_%28Naja_nivea%29.jpg /revision/latest? cb=20220530205402
TSN: Mokwepa o Montsho
ENG: Black Mamba
SCI: Dendroaspis polylepis
By TimVickers – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11360973
TSN: Mokwepa o Motala
ENG: Green Mamba
SCI: Dendroaspis angusticeps
originally posted to Flickr by David~O at https://www.flickr.com/photos/8106459@N07
/511782908. It was reviewed on 23 March 2012 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be
licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.
TSN: Legwere
ENG: Boomslang/Tree Snake
SCI: Dispholidus typus
By William Warby from London, England – Boomslang SnakeUploaded by berichard, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6492092
TSN: Lesolamae
ENG: [Rhombic/ Common] Egg-eater
SCI: Dasypeltis scabra
http://www.biodiversityexplorer.info/reptiles/squamata/ serpentes/ colubridae/dasypeltis_scabra.htm

 

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