Category Archives: THREATENED GRASSLAND SPECIES PROGRAMME

The goal is to implement an ecosystems approach towards grassland conservation. This focuses on threatened, charismatic and endemic species such as the Blue Swallow, Oribi, Yellow-breasted Pipit, Giant Girdled Lizard (Sungazer) and golden moles. The conservation activities we use have broader implications that address the threats to the broader habitats and ecosystems these flagship species depend on. This provides ecologically-based conservation strategies for the highly threatened grassland biome and its associated species.

Successful custodianship to save Sungazer lizards

Posted on February 15, 2016 by endangeredwildlifetrust

By Bradley Gibbons, the EWT’s Threatened Grassland Species Programme Field Officer, and Dr Ian Little, the EWT’s Threatened Grassland Species Programme Manager The custodianship project for Sungazers was launched at the end of 2015. Twenty landowners were each given a … Continue reading →

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SUNGAZER FACTS

Posted on September 21, 2015 by endangeredwildlifetrust

Smaug giganteus Other names: Giant Zonure, Giant Girdled Lizard, Giant Dragon Lizard, Ouvolk (Afrikaans) DESCRIPTION Length: up to 35-40cm Key identification features (adult) This is the largest of the girdled lizards. It is brown in colour on the upper surface; … Continue reading →