zarek's Journal

A 2nd edition of the excellent Primates of East Africa identification guide has been published, with some updates to taxonomy and distribution (see Chlorocebus spp.) specifically.
A free PDF version is available here: https://shorturl.at/mptGO

Very exciting news for Kenya! New genus for Kenya and new species altogether - described from Northern Kenya. Gint childsi, a scorpion from the family Buthidae, representing the Southern-most boundary for this genus (all other representatives are from Ethiopia, Somalia, and Somaliland), and named after eminent Kenyan herpetologist, Anthony Childs, who collected the type specimens.
http://www.science.marshall.edu/fet/euscorpius/p2018_266.pdf
This is why we want to see your scorpion photos. When something unusual comes up, someone needs to go collect it and send it in for analysis.