Endemic Animals of Eswatini

The bush blackcap (Sylvia nigricapillus ) is a species of bird in the family Sylviidae. It is endemic to South Africa and Eswatini. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. Less

The chorister robin-chat (Cossypha dichroa ) (previously known as the chorister robin) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.It is found in South Africa and Eswatini. Its distribution stretches from the southern Western Cape through the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and Mpumalanga to northern Limpopo.Its natural habitat is evergreen forests, especially in the mist belt region.This is a large robin-chat, about 20 cm in length. ...
The chorister robin-chat is identified by its dark upperparts (the ear coverts and lores are slightly darker than the rest of the face, head, neck and back) and yellow-orange underparts. It has no white eye stripe. Juveniles have a sooty, mottled tawny-buff above and below and its tail is red-orange with a dark centre.The chorister robin-chat is generally solitary. This robin-chat skulks in dense foliage in the forest canopy. In winter it may forage on ground, but usually gleans insects from leaves. It also follows other fauna in its habitat that might disturb insects, which it then hawks. Its diet consists mainly of insects, millipedes, spiders, ticks and fruit in winter. The chorister robin-chat breeds from October to January; it peaks during November. There has been a record where it plays host to red-chested cuckoo, a brood parasite.The chorister robin-chat moves from the interior to coastal forests in winter. Less

The forest canary (Crithagra scotops ) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.It is found in South Africa and Eswatini.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.The forest canary was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split ...
and a number of species including the forest canary were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra. Less

The southern tchagra (Tchagra tchagra ) is a passerine bird found in dense scrub and coastal bush in southern and south-eastern South Africa and Swaziland.This species is a bushshrike, a group closely related to the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, and formerly included in that family. Less

The Drakensberg prinia or saffron-breasted prinia (Prinia hypoxantha ) is a small passerine bird. It lives in eastern South Africa and Eswatini.It lives in the Drakensberg's forest edges, wooded gullies and bracken covered slopes. The Drakensberg prinia was formerly considered to be a subspecies P. m. hypoxantha of the Karoo prinia, P. maculosa. Less

Hyperolius semidiscus is a species of frogs in the family Hyperoliidae. It is found in southern and eastern South Africa and in Eswatini, and it is likely to be present in Mozambique. Common names yellow-striped reed frog, yellow-flanked reed frog, and Hewitt's reed frog have been coined for it. Less

Lycodonomorphus inornatus, commonly known as the olive house snake, the black house snake, and the olive ground snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Lamprophiidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa. It is a nocturnal snake with terrestrial habits. Less

The Transvaal grass lizard, also known as the coppery grass lizard and Transvaal snake lizard (Chamaesaura aenea ) is a species of lizard in the genus Chamaesaura. It is found in southern African grasslands and on slopes. The Transvaal grass lizard is ovoviparous. The scientific name refers to its copper colour.It was first described in 1843 by Fitzinger (who named it Cricochalcis aenea), based on specimens at the Natural History Museum in ...
Berlin that were collected in South Africa by Ludwig Krebs. Less

The Transvaal dwarf chameleon (Bradypodion transvaalense ) is a chameleon native to South Africa, where it is found in forested areas of Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces. It is also known as the Wolkberg dwarf chameleon, after the Wolkberg range. Less

The striped harlequin snake (Homoroselaps dorsalis ) is a species of snake in the family Lamprophiidae and subfamily Atractaspidinae, which is sometimes elevated to the rank of family (as Atractaspididae).It is found in South Africa and Eswatini. Less

The yellow-bellied house snake, (Lamprophis fuscus ), is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is endemic to South Africa. Less

Leptotyphlops telloi, also known commonly as Tello's threadsnake or Tello's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is indigenous to southern Africa. Less

The Tete veld aethomys or Tete veld rat (Aethomys ineptus ) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in South Africa and Eswatini. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, shrubland, and grassland. The common name refers to the type locality, Tete, on the Zambesi River. Less