BIODIVERSITY

Australia is a country with a lot of Biodiversity, they are also known for their deadly, Poisonous and Venomous wildlife.  Click here for a highlight of some of the deadly wildlife from Australia

Are harmless, non venomous snakes that feed on only eggs. They are specialised egg-eaters. They swallow eggs wholly, spines in the neck break the eggs, the content is swallowed and the shell spat out. From old text, Ghana supposedly has about four egg-eating snake species. I have confirmed three so far. Two shown here from the Northern savannah part of Ghana and one from the Atewa forest (picture later).  The D. Gansi appears to be the most commonest as i have handled over 30 so far within a 10 year period and only two of the D. scabra and only one of the D. fasciata ? (from the forest) For more details on egg-eaters click here Rhombic egg eater ( Dasypeltis scabra ) Gan's egg eater ( Dasypeltis gansi )

check out snake eggs hatching. Click here for more details

Geckos are lizards that have adapted to climbing structure even upside down. In West Africa there are countless myths surrounding geckos which makes humans kill them on sight. They are considered to be very poisonous to the extent that if a person steps on a gecko, the person's leg will swell until the person dies. That if a gecko licks any food item that is then eaten by a person, the person will die, if a gecko falls in one's food and the food is eaten the person will die. It is also believed that, one has to kill geckos without the tails breaking in order to get blessing.  To read more about geckos click here .

Are generally large lizards with long necks, powerful claws and tails. The largest lizard in the world is a monitor, the Komodo dragon . Click here for more details on monitor lizards in Ghana

Boas and Python have the largest and longest members in the World respectively. The largest snake in the world is a Boa, the Green Anaconda ( Eunectus murinus ) in South America whiles the longest snake in the world is a python, the reticulated python ( Python reticulatus ) in Asia. Click here for details on Boas in Ghana

Hedgehogs are small mammals that primarily feed on insects. Their body is covered with spines which offer them protection against predators. When threatened, they coil into a ball and the soften body parts are covered by the spines. When the name hedgehog is mentioned or a picture is shown, people usually confuse it with two other mammals: the porcupine (also has protective spines) and the pangolin (also able to form protective coils). For more on hedgehogs click this link

They are non venomous snakes  found in the tropics. Some can grow very large and long. The longest snake in the world is a python, the reticulated python of Asia. In Ghana pythons longer than 4 metres have been recorded, these, even though non venomous can deliver very painful and nasty bites.  For details on pythons click here

Ghana, my country is a small West African country that is bordered to the north by Burkina Faso, East by Togo, West by La Cote d' I voire and south by the Gulf of Guinea. Ghana has been among the top three producers of cocoa worldwide and also among the top 10 producers of gold. Has produced great leaders such as Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Kofi Annan, Wold boxing champions such as Azumah Nelson (three times world champion in two weight classes), Alfred "The Cobra" Kotey, Ike "Bazooka" Quartey, Joshua Clottey, Agbeko Joseph, Kofi Jantuah and D. K. Poison among others. In soccer Ghana has won the African cup 4 times and several Junior world cup trophies; The Black meteors (under 23 team) won  bronze in Barcelona 92, The Black Satellite (Under 20 team) won Gold : Fifa world cup in Egypt in 2009, and The Black Starlets (Under 17 team) won the Fifa world cup twice, 1991 in Italy and 1995 in Ecuador and were runners up twice in 1993 in Japan and 1997 in Egypt. A m...