Tilwane Tasendle taseRichtersveld

Tilwane Letimunyisako taseRichtersveld

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Tilwane letimunyisako letiyingoti taseRichtersveld inja yesiganga, aardwolfs, caracal kanye nengwe (kepha lena iyivela kancane). Uphindze utfole bojakalazi, Cape fox, emalulwane, likati lesiganga, kanye naletinye letinyenti. Kuphindze kube netinkawu kanye netimfene (itfolakala kakhulu eceleni kwemfula wase Orange River).
Emalulwana, emagundwane, bologwaja ngito letijwayelekile eRichtersveld. Loku kufaka ekhatsi emagudwane, emagudwane esiganga, emagudwana lenta umsidvo nalamanye lamanyenti. Kuphindze kutfolakala bologwaja, ground squirrels, Namaqua dune molerat, common molerat, rock dassie (hyrax), dassie rat (ayikahlobani ne dassie kanye nePorcupines. Ema gerbils afaka ekhatsi ema Namaqua short-tailed kanye ne hairy-footed gerbil. Futsi kunema lulwane etinhlobo letinyenti.

Imigololo

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Nasifika kumigololo, bantfu labatsandza tilwane batojabula kwati tinhlobo temigololo letitfolakala eRichtersveld. Loku kufaka ekhatsi litfudvu lelincane kunawo wonkhe emhlabeni, iNamaqua noma iPadloper (lelidzala lingaba lidze libe ngu100mm). uphindze utfole letinye tinhlobo temafudvu. Imigololo letfolakala lana ifaka ekhatsi iWaterlikkerwaan, nalokunye lokunyenti.
Kunyenti lokunye lokutfola eRichtersveld, loku kufaka ekhatsi; chameloans phindze neGeckos, utfola lokungakajwayeleki njenge namuqua chameleon (lokuhamba emhlabatsini, hhayi kugibela sihlahla. iNamib web footed gecko, iGecko lenkhulu, nalokunye lokunyenti. Noma indzawo yalana ingekho inkhulu kakhulu, kutfolakala ema Gecko lamanyenti emhlabeni wonkhe. Tinyoka atikajwayeleki kulendzawo, kepha leto letikhona tiyavakala. Loku kufaka ekhatsi ifeti lekhafulako, ipuff adder, iAdder leneliphondvo, iadder yasetintsabeni kanye ne Namaqua dwarf adder.

Ticoco kanye Netinyoni

Atikho tinyenti tilwane letihlala emantini nesemhlabatsini letitfolakala eRichtersveld, ngoba letilwane leti tidzinga emanti kute tikhone kutalana. Noma kunjalo, kunetinhlobo teticoco letingu 8, letatiwa ngekutigubhela ngephansi kwemhlabatsi tiphume kuphela emuva kwetimvula letanele.
Leti tifaka ekhatsi iKaroo toad, iNamaqua rain frog lesengotini kanye nesicoco lesitsandza kutfolakala iParadise toad. Lokuvela kweticoco emuva kwetimvula, sekwente batfu kutsi batsi tita nemafu kuletinye tindzawo.
Kungeta, kunetinhlobo tetinyoni letingu 197, letibonakele endzaweni yase Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Trans-frontier Conservation Area. Leti titfolakala kakhulu eceleni kwemfula Orange, eceleni kwemfula lowomile nasetintsabeni.
Kufaka ekhatsi Lanner falcon, black eagle, spotted eagle owl, blackbreasted snake-eagle, African fish eagle, cape eagle owl, nalokunye lokunyenti.

Translated by Thandokuhle Motha