Zwipuka zwa ḓaka ḽa Richtersveld

Zwipuka zwine Zwiṱuku zwa Richtersveld

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Kha zwine zwa ḽa dzi mammals Richtersveld ina, brown hyenas, aardwolfs, caracal na didingwe (naho zwi tshi konḓa u wanala). U a kona na u vhona black-backed jackals, Cape Fox, the bat-eared fox, African wild cat na striped polecats (ine ya dovha a vhidziwa nga zorilla).
Dzinwe dzi mammals hu vha ho kateliwa meercats (suricates), small-spotted genets na dzinwe tshaka dzo vhalaho dza mongeese (kana ndi mongooses?). Dzi Primates dzi imelelwa nga chacma baboons na ervet monkeys (dzine dza wanala vhukuma tsini na mulambo wa Orange).
Bats, shrews, rats, mice, rabbits na gerbils dzo ḓala vhukuma kha ḽa Richtersveld. Hezwi hu vha ho kateliwa na striped field mouse, karoo bush rat, Brant’s whistling rat (!), round-eared elephant shrew, striped mouse, long-tailed pygmy mouse, Namaqua rock mouse, tree rats, Cape hare, Smith’s red rock rabbit, ground squirrels, Namaqua dune molerat, common molerat, rock dassie (hyrax), dassie rat (ine a ina vhushaka na dassie) na dzi porcupines. Gerbils ho katelwa na Namaqua short-tailed gerbil na hairy-footed gerbil. Hu dovha havha na tshaka dza magwitha.

Zwikokovhi

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Kha zwikokovhi (scaly) na amphibians (slimy), herpetologists i vha yo takala nga u fhambana ha dzi tshaka zwine zwa kokovha u mona na Richtersveld. Hezwi ho vha ho katelwa na zwibode zwiṱukusa, Namaqua kana speckled Padloper (tshihulwane tshi ya lingana 100mm u lapfa). U ya kona u wana na tshibode tsha Geometric na Namaqua tent tortoise. Tswina ho kateliwa na khulwane ya Nile Monitor (kana waterlikkewaan), Karoo girdled lizard, armadillo girdled lizard, Smith’s desert lizard na Cape flat lizard ine ya konḓa u wanala.
Musi ri tshi ḓa kha luaviavi na geckos, ni wana zwi songo ḓoweleyaho Namaqua chameleon (dzine dza tshimbila kha mavu u fhira u dzula kha miri, Namib web-footed gecko, giant ground gecko, Smith’s desert gecko, Austin’s dune gecko, leaf-toed gecko ine ya khou fhedza u wanala zwino, na magwavhavha o vhalaho. Hovhu vhupo vhuimelela inwe ya dzi gecko dzo pfumesaho kha ḽifhasi.
Ṋowa dzi ya konḓa u vhonala, fhedzi hedzi dzine dza vha hone dzi ya kona u vhonala. Hezwi huvha ho katela na black spitting cobra na puff adder, horned adder, desert mountain adder na Namaqua dwarf adder.

Zwiḓula na Zwiṋoni

Hezwi asi zwipuka zwa maḓini hafha Richtersveld, sa zwine hezwi zwipuka zwa ṱoḓa maḓi musi zwi tshi beba. Naho zwo ralo huna tshaka dza malo dza zwiḓula, vhunzhi hazwo zwi ḓivhelwa u ḓi vhulanga muṱavhani zwa bvelela musi hu tshi ḓa mvula. Hezwi hu vha ho katelwa Karoo toad, the endangered Namaqua rain frog na Paradise toad yo wanalaho hu si kale. U vhonala nga u ṱavhanya ha zwiḓula nga murahu ha mvula khulwane zwi fha maanḓa kha madendele a kale a henefho uri zwiḓula zwi tou ḓiswa kha dzingu nga makole ane avha tshi khou bva lwanzheni.
U tshi nga engedza, zwiṋoni zwo fhambanaho zwo no vhonala tshaka dzo no swika 197 dzo vhonala nga ngomu ha |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Trans-frontier Conservation Area. Hezwi zwi wanala vhukuma tsini na mulambo wa Orange,u mona na hune ha vha ho oma tsini na mulambo na dzi thavhani.
Hezwi huvha ho katelwa na Lanner falcon, Black eagle, Southern pale chanting goshawk, spotted eagle owl, blackbreasted snake-eagle, African fish eagle, Cape eagle-owl, jackal buzzard, rock kestrel, Cape spurfowl, bokmakierie, Namaqua sandgrouse, Cape bunting, Diderick cuckoo, redchested cuckoo, African hoopoe, the Cape bulbul, Redeyed bulbul, tractrac chat, mountain chat, longbilled lark, dusky sunbird, swallowtailed bee-eater, redknobbed coot (ine ya pfala sa munna wa kale o tsukaho), fierynecked nightjar, pied kingfisher, various swifts, dzi swallows dzo vhalaho na dzi incongruous ostriches dzine dza sa tou vha nnzhi dzine zwa zwino dzo no vha tshipiḓa tsha khulwane kha u beba kha zwa vhulimi.

Translated by Khalirendwe Nekhavhambe