Species list
This list is compiled from existing records and studies of species in the wider Ferncliffe area as well as our own observations. It’s a work in progress.
We want to complete comprehensive baseline studies of species in the area, but need funding for this purpose. Would you like to undertake a study, or help with a count? Please get in touch!
| Common name | Scientific name | Historically recorded here | First project record | Seen by who | Last project record | Seen by who | Conservation status | Distribution | |||||||||||
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| Bugweed | Solanum mauritianum | Yes | A well-established alien species that has long invaded stream banks and slopes throughout the area. | CC/JS | 2022: The plant remains established and will take years to eradicate. | CC/JS | Alien to South Africa | ||||||||||||
| Ink-berry | Cestrum Laevigatum | Yes | A well-established alien species that has long invaded stream banks throughout the area. | CC/JS (Connor Cullinan/Janine Stephen) | 2022: The plant remains established and will take time to eradicate. | CC/JS | Alien to South Africa | ||||||||||||
| Kahili ginger lily | Hedychium gardnerianum | Yes | Well-established upon project launch in 2021, and at least a decade prior. | CC | 2022: The plant remains established and will take time to eradicate. | CC/JS | Alien to South Africa | ||||||||||||
| Lantana | Lantana camara | Yes | A well-established alien species that has choked ravines and open areas. | CC/JS | 2022: The plant remains established and will take years to eradicate. | CC/JS | Alien to South Africa | ||||||||||||
| Mauritius thorn | Caesalpinia decapetala | Yes | Well-established upon project launch in 2021, and at least a decade prior. | CC | 2023: The plant remains established and will take time to eradicate. | CC/JS | Alien to South Africa | ||||||||||||
| Birds | |||||||||||||||||||
| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | Yes | An occasional individual is seen on the Top Dam. | CC (Connor Cullinan) | After the first rains, September 2021 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | Least Concern (LC) | From South Africa to Ethiopia, but populations decreasing | |||||||||||
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | Yes | 24/03/2021 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | 23/11/2021 | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | ||||||||||||
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | Yes | 2021 | CC/JS | September 2022, very active and regularly seen in the open. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | ||||||||||||
| African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | Yes | Two bird calling above the ridge and displaying. September / October 2021 | CC/JS | Calling from snag near Dell, Feb 2022 | JS | Least Concern (LC) | Sub-Saharan Africa | |||||||||||
| African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | Yes | 06/07/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| African Olive Pigeon or Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | Yes | 08/08/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| African Palm-swift | Cypsiurus parvus | Yes | Regular sightings | CC/JS | Regular sightings | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Widespread across Africa | |||||||||||
| African Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | Yes | Spring 2021 | CC | Summer 2022 | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Sub-Saharan Africa | |||||||||||
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | Yes | 28/07/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | Yes | 29/07/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||||
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | Yes | May 2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | Yes | 2021 | CC/JS | 2022 | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | From Kenya to South Africa | |||||||||||
| Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | Yes | Resident | CC/JS | 12/03/2022 | JS | Least Concern (LC) | Southern and eastern Africa | |||||||||||
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | Yes | Summer migrant, seen November 2021 | Connor Cullinan | Still present March 2022 | Connor Cullinan | Least Concern (LC) | Sub-Saharan Africa | |||||||||||
| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | Yes | May 2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | Yes | Resident | CC/JS | 20/03/2022 | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Southern Africa to Ethiopia | |||||||||||
| Black Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | Yes | 2021 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | 2021 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | Least Concern (LC) | Sub-Saharan Africa | |||||||||||
| Black Sparrowhawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | Yes | November 2022 | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | ||||||||||||||
| Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | Yes | Seen in Glade in May 2021 | Vanessa Stephen | 15/03/2022 | Janine Stephen | Least Concern (LC) | ||||||||||||
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | Yes | 07/08/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | Yes | 24/06/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| Cape Batis | Batis capensis | Yes | 08/08/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique | ||||||||||||||
| Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | Yes | 25/08/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens | Yes | 24/08/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| Chorister Robin-chat | Cossypha dichroa | Yes | 07/08/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | Endemic to South Africa and Swaziland | ||||||||||||||
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | Yes | 27/07/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| Common Fiscal | Lanius collaris | Yes | Least Concern (LC) | ||||||||||||||||
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Yes | 2022 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | 2022 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | Least Concern (LC) | Wide range | |||||||||||
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Yes | Seen regularly near firebreak | Connor Cullinan | 21/08/2021 | JS | Least Concern (LC) | Sub-Saharan Africa | |||||||||||
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | Yes | 08/06/2021 | Near Threatened (NT) | |||||||||||||||
| Dark-capped Bulbul | Pycnonotus tricolor | Yes | March 2022. Common residents. | CC/JS | Seen year round 2022. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Southern Africa | |||||||||||
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Yes | 2021 | CC/JS | Geese attempting to raise goslings on Top Dam in September 2022 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | Least Concern (LC) | ||||||||||||
| Forest Buzzard | Buteo trizonatus | Yes | In 2015/2016 by Connor and myself | Near Threatened (NT) | |||||||||||||||
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | Yes | 29/07/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| Green Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||||
| Grey Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris caesia / Coracina caesia | Yes | Not yet recorded. | Least Concern (LC) | Sub-Saharan Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | 10/08/2022 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | The same individual has since been seen a few times at both the Top and Lower Dams (last seen September 2022). | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||
| Hadeda Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | Yes | 29/07/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| Knysna Turaco | Tauraco corythaix | Yes | April 2021 | Least Concern (LC) | Endemic to South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | Yes | 2021 built half nest under house eaves | CC/JS | Summer 2022, completed nest, three offspring | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Sub-Saharan Africa | |||||||||||
| Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | Heard in 2022 | CC/JS | Heard 2022 | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Much of Sub-Saharan Africa | ||||||||||||
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | Yes | March 2021 | CC/JS (Connor Cullinan/Janine Stephen) | April 2022 | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Sub-Saharan Africa | |||||||||||
| Natal Francolin | Pternistis natalensis | Yes | 2021 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | January 2023. | CC (Connor Cullinan) | Least Concern (LC) | Eastern South Africa to Zambia | |||||||||||
| Olive Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus olivaceus | Yes | May 2021 | Vanessa Stephen | September 2022. A pair in the Pomegranate grove feeding on caterpillars | JS | Least Concern (LC) | South Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi | |||||||||||
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | Yes | March 2021 | CC/JS | September 2022. There are resident birds dueting and gathering spiderwebs | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | ||||||||||||
| Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus | Yes | March 2021 | CC/JS | December 2022. They are active in the Glade | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique | |||||||||||
| Olive Woodpecker | Dendropicos griseocephalus | Yes | Around house 2021 | CC/JS | 10/12/2022 | JS | Least Concern (LC) | Sub-Saharan Africa | |||||||||||
| Purple-crested Turaco | Tauraco porphyreolophus | Yes | A regular visitor. | CC/JS | 21/11/2022 | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | ||||||||||||
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | 21/08/2022 | Connor Cullinan | Seen a few times following this in August / September, but not more recently. | CC (Connor Cullinan) | Least Concern (LC) | Wide range | ||||||||||||
| Red-backed Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor nigriceps (Lonchura nigriceps) | Yes | Resident in garden or immediate surrounds | CC/JS (Connor Cullinan/Janine Stephen) | March 2022 | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | ||||||||||||
| Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus | Yes | 18/05/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| Southern Boubou | Laniarius major | Yes | 17/07/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| Southern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris manoensis | Yes | 28/07/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | Endemic to South Africa and southern border of Namibia | ||||||||||||||
| Striated Heron (Green-backed Heron) | Butorides striata | 11/12/2021 | Connor Cullinan | Individual in reeds for some months until water level rose considerably. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Wide range | ||||||||||||
| Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris | Yes | Groups regularly seen and heard around the Glade and in riverine areas. | Connor Cullinan | 15/03/2022 | Connor Cullinan and David Johnson | Least Concern (LC) | Southern Africa to Kenya and Ethiopia | |||||||||||
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | Yes | Least Concern (LC) | Much of Sub-Saharan Africa | |||||||||||||||
| White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | Yes | 27/07/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | Yes | 26/07/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| African Wood Owl | Strix woodfordii | Yes | 06/08/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| Invertebrates | |||||||||||||||||||
| African Leaf Butterfly | Junonia tugela tugela | Yes | 2021 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | January 2023 | CC/JS | Forest Edges, KZN Midlands to Swaziland, Mpumalanga, Limpopo | ||||||||||||
| Bark Mantids | Tarachodidiae | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
| Brownish keeled millipede | Rhopaloskelus terreus | Endemic to KwaZulu-Natal | |||||||||||||||||
| CMR Blister Beetle | Hycleus oculatus | Yes | Summer 2021 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | Around March 2022 | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | ||||||||||||
| Creamstriped Owl | Cyligramma latona | 04/04/2022 | Connor Cullinan | 04/04/2022 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | Least Concern (LC) | Widespread across Africa | ||||||||||||
| Dingaan’s Slender Spined millipede | Spinotarsus dingaanus | Endemic. Only recorded in Ferncliffe Nature Reserve | |||||||||||||||||
| Gaudy Commodore | Precis octavia sesamus | Yes | 2021 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | 2022 | CC/JS | Eastern Cape northwards. | ||||||||||||
| Ghost-like keeled millipede | Gnomeskelus larvatus | Endemic. Only recorded in Ferncliffe Nature Reserve | |||||||||||||||||
| Kraus’s slender spined millipede | Spinotarsus krausi | Endemic. Only recorded in Ferncliffe Nature Reserve | |||||||||||||||||
| Mocker Swallowtail | Papilio dardanus cenea | Yes | 2021 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | January 2023 | CC/JS | Widespread | ||||||||||||
| Obscure keeled millipede | Gnomeskelus retrusus | Endemic. Only recorded in Ferncliffe Nature Reserve | |||||||||||||||||
| Pietermaritzburg keeled millipede | Rhopaloskelus pietermaritzburgensis | Endemic. Only recorded in Ferncliffe Nature Reserve | |||||||||||||||||
| Quekett’s Cannibal Snail | Natalina quekettiana | Data Deficient (DD) | Endemic to KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||||||||||||
| Wahlberg’s Emperor Moth | Nudaurelia wahlbergi | Yes | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mammals | |||||||||||||||||||
| African Marsh Rat | Dasymys incomtus | Near Threatened (NT) | Largely endemic to KwaZulu-Natal. | ||||||||||||||||
| Bushbuck | Tragelaphus scriptus | Yes | 27/06/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | Widespread in sub-Saharan Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Bushpig | Potamochoerus larvatus | Yes | 02/07/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | Eastern and southern Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Cape Porcupine | Hystrix africaeaustralis | Yes | 20/05/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | Widespread in sub-Saharan Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Common or Grey Duiker | Sylvicapra grimmia | Least Concern (LC) | Widespread in sub-Saharan Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Dark-footed Forest Shrew | Myosorex cafer | Yes | 2016 | Vulnerable (VU) | Endemic to KZN and the Eastern Cape (EWT) | ||||||||||||||
| Four-striped Grass Mouse | Rhabdomys pumilio | Yes | Least Concern (LC) | Sub-Saharan Africa | |||||||||||||||
| Geoffroy’s Horse-shoe Bat | Rhinolophus clivosus | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||||
| Large spotted genet | Genetta tigrina | Yes | Least Concern (LC) | ||||||||||||||||
| Leopard | Panthera pardus | Leopard is on the species list for the area, but it's uncertain when one was last seen anywhere near the Reserve or Pilot Project area. | Vulnerable (VU) | Widespread in sub-Saharan Africa | |||||||||||||||
| Rock dassie or Rock Hyrax | Procavia capensis | Yes | In the 1980/1990s in the Pilot Project Area, but disease has left none | Least Concern (LC) | Widespread across Africa in rocky habitat | ||||||||||||||
| Schreiber’s Long-fingered Bat | Miniopterus schreibersii natalensis | Near Threatened (NT) | |||||||||||||||||
| Slender Mongoose (Black-tipped Mongoose) | Herpestes sanguineus | 20/08/2022 | JS | Just one sighting to date | Least Concern (LC) | Widespread across Africa | |||||||||||||
| Temminck’s Hairy Bat | Myotis tricolor | Least Concern (LC) | Sub-saharan, east and (rarely) west and central Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Vervet Monkey | Cercopithecus aethiops | Yes | At least one troop visits the pilot area regularly. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | ||||||||||||||
| Wahlberg’s epauletted fruit bat | Epomophorus wahlbergi | Yes | 01/07/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| Water Mongoose | Atilax palundinosus | Yes | Least Concern (LC) | Sub-Saharan Africa | |||||||||||||||
| Plants | |||||||||||||||||||
| Aparagus Fern | Asparagus plumosus | Yes | 2021 | CC/JS | Common in shady pilot project areas | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Wide range | |||||||||||
| Bugweed | Solanum mauritianum | Yes | A well-established alien species that has long invaded stream banks and slopes throughout the area. | CC/JS | 2022: The plant remains established and will take years to eradicate. | CC/JS | Alien to South Africa | ||||||||||||
| Canary Creeper | Senecio tamoides | Yes | 2021 | CC/JS | A common creeper here, spreads rapidly in cleared areas. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Eastern Cape to Zimbabwe | |||||||||||
| Cape Beech | Rapanea melanophloeos | Yes | 2021 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | January 2023. We are planting this tree. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Western Cape to central Africa | |||||||||||
| Cape Chestnut | Calodendrum capense | Yes | Summer 2021 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | We've seen trees in flower high on the ridge; none in pilot project areas to date | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Western Cape to Ethiopia | |||||||||||
| Common Forest Grape | Rhoicissus tomentosa | Yes | March 2021 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | A climber often seen in the pilot project areas and forest. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Western Cape to Tanzania | |||||||||||
| Forest Cabbage-tree | Cussonia sphaerocephala | Yes | 2021 | CC/JS | Many mature individuals on the ridge and some in the pilot areas. Seedlings present. | CC/JS | SA endemic (Eastern Cape to Mpumalanga) | ||||||||||||
| Forest Croton | Croton sylvaticus | Yes | 2021 | CC/JS | Mature and young individuals present in pilot sites and mature forest | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Eastern Cape to tropical Africa | |||||||||||
| Forest Elder | Nuxia floribunda | Least Concern (LC) | Eastern Cape to central Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Forest Fig | Ficus craterostoma | Eastern Cape to Tropical Africa | |||||||||||||||||
| Forest Gardenia | Gardenia thunbergia | Yes | 2021, tree planted by Wildlands or UKZN project | CC/JS | No other individuals found as yet, but we are planting a few. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique. | |||||||||||
| Forest Natal-mahogany | Trichilia dregeana | Only one tree seen to date in riverine forest. | Connor Cullinan and Sachin Daorsamy | We have planted additional specimens in a pilot area and will monitor these. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Eastern Cape to tropical Africa | ||||||||||||
| Forest Waterberry | Syzygium gerrardii | We are planting some individuals in the pilot areas. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Eastern Cape to tropical Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Green Flower Tree / Poison Olive | Peddiea africana | Yes | 2021 | Connor Cullinan & David Johnson | One tree in the pilot area; others in forest. A few seedlings. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Eastern Cape to tropical Africa | |||||||||||
| Henkel’s Yellowwood | Podocarpus henkelii | Yes | 2021. We are planting this species. | CC/JS | Most felled in colonial times, a few planted or recruited since. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | South African endemic, most abundant in Eastern Cape and KZN | |||||||||||
| Horsewood / Perdepis | Clausena anisata | Yes | 2021 | Connor Cullinan | A few individuals grow in the pilot project areas and seedlings are present | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Eastern Cape to Tropical Africa | |||||||||||
| Ink-berry | Cestrum Laevigatum | Yes | A well-established alien species that has long invaded stream banks throughout the area. | CC/JS (Connor Cullinan/Janine Stephen) | 2022: The plant remains established and will take time to eradicate. | CC/JS | Alien to South Africa | ||||||||||||
| Kahili ginger lily | Hedychium gardnerianum | Yes | Well-established upon project launch in 2021, and at least a decade prior. | CC | 2022: The plant remains established and will take time to eradicate. | CC/JS | Alien to South Africa | ||||||||||||
| Lantana | Lantana camara | Yes | A well-established alien species that has choked ravines and open areas. | CC/JS | 2022: The plant remains established and will take years to eradicate. | CC/JS | Alien to South Africa | ||||||||||||
| Large-leaved dragon tree | Dracaena aletriformis | Yes | 2021 | CC/JS | Growing copiously in undisturbed forest areas and here and there in pilot sites | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo | |||||||||||
| Mauritius thorn | Caesalpinia decapetala | Yes | Well-established upon project launch in 2021, and at least a decade prior. | CC | 2023: The plant remains established and will take time to eradicate. | CC/JS | Alien to South Africa | ||||||||||||
| Paintbrush lily or Snake lily | Scadoxus puniceus | Yes | 03/04/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | Southern and eastern Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Pigeonwood | Trema orientalis | Yes | 2021 | Connor Cullinan and Sachin Daorsamy | A few saplings and adults in pilot areas; we are planting this species. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Eastern Cape to tropical Africa & Asia | |||||||||||
| Pompon Tree | Dais cotinifolia | Yes | 2021 | CC/JS | No trees found higher up the slopes as yet. We won't plant more in 2023. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Eastern Cape to Zimbabwe | |||||||||||
| Quinine tree | Rauvolfia caffra | Yes | 2021 | CC/JS | Enormous individuals grow in the Dell stream Pilot Project area | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Eastern Cape to tropical Africa | |||||||||||
| Real Yellowwood | Podocarpus latifolius | Yes | 2021. A few scattered individuals survived colonial felling. | CC/JS | There are some mature individuals on the ridge. We are planting this species. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Western Cape to Tanzania | |||||||||||
| Red Currant | Searsia chirindensis | Yes | March 2021 | CC (Connor Cullinan) | The tree appears to be relatively common in the area. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Widespread, Western Cape to central Africa | |||||||||||
| Simple-leaved False-currant | Allophylus dregeanus | Yes | 2021 | CC/JS | A well-represented understorey tree in the pilot project areas | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Eastern Cape to KZN mistbelt and coast | |||||||||||
| Sneezewood | Ptaeroxylon obliquum | We are planting this species. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Eastern Cape to tropical Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Stinkwood / Black Stinkwood | Ocotea bullata | None found as yet. The project will plant some individuals. | CC/JS | 01/01/2023 | CC/JS | Endangered (EN) | SA endemic. Western Cape to Limpopo | ||||||||||||
| Tree Fuchsia | Halleria lucida | Yes | 2021. | CC/JS | A common tree in the pilot project areas, growing fairly large. | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Western Cape to tropical Africa | |||||||||||
| White Pear | Apodytes dimidiata | Yes | 2021 | CC/JS | 2022 | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Western Cape to Ethiopia | |||||||||||
| White Stinkwood | Celtis africana | Yes | 2021 | CC/JS | Mature and younger individuals are present in pilot project and mature forest sites | CC/JS | Least Concern (LC) | Evergreen forest from the Western Cape to Ethiopia | |||||||||||
| Wild Plum | Harpephyllum caffrum | Yes | 19/05/2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| Reptiles & Amphibians | |||||||||||||||||||
| Boomslang | Dispholidus typus | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||||
| Cape skink | Trachylepis capensis | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||||
| Gutteral Toad | Sclerophrys gutturalis | Yes | May 2021 | Least Concern (LC) | |||||||||||||||
| Natal Forest Tree Frog | Leptopelis natalensis | Yes | 29/05/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | Endemic to KwaZulu-Natal and the northeastern part of the Eastern Cape. | ||||||||||||||
| Puff adder | Bitis arietans | Yes | 15/06/2021 | Least Concern (LC) | Widespread across Africa | ||||||||||||||