CFM

As Scientific Manager, Scientific Services at CapeNature, Dr Andrew Turner is the man responsible for the conservation of amphibians and reptiles.

Speaking at Driftsands Nature Reserve on the Cape Flats, he highlighted the array of new vertebrate species, some of which have yet to be named.

The conservation status of the new species must still be assessed. New species include the Karoo rock elephant-shrew, the Swartberg dwarf chameleon and the rough moss frog, and lesser known species like redfin minnows, galaxias fish, sandveld lizards, legless skinks, mountain toads and moss frogs.

A group of frogs called cacos is waiting to be formally described.