Mkhambathi Nature Reserve

Amphibians Amphibians occur in the coastal region of the reserve. • Bush squeaker • Forest tree frog • Knysna leaf-folding frog • Natal chirping frog • Plaintive rain frog • Yellow-striped reed frog Birds The reserve has a large colony (400–800 individuals) of Cape vulture (a threatened species). • African finfoot • African grass owl • Black-bellied bustard • Black-bellied starling • Black-rumped buttonquail • Black-winged lapwing • Broad-tailed warbler • Brown scrub robin • Buff-streaked chat • Cape cormorant • Cape vulture • Chorister robin-chat • Corn crake • Crowned eagle • Denham's bustard • Grey crowned crane • Grey sunbird • Gurney's sugarbird • Half-collared kingfisher • Knysna woodpecker • Olive sunbird • Southern ground hornbill • Spotted ground thrush • Striped flufftail • Swamp nightjar • White-backed night heron Mammals Source: • Chacma baboon • Black-backed jackal • Bushbuck • Eland • Southern reedbuck • Common duiker • Zulu golden mole • Forest shrew • Least dwarf shrew Reptiles • Natal black snake • Southern brown egg eater • Variable legless skink Vegetation There is an abundance of endemic plants found in the Pondoland landscape of the reserve, including the endemic false water-berry, Rhynchocalyx lawsonioides. The Pondo palm is only found in this region, growing along the banks of the Msikaba and Mtentu rivers. Gurney's sugarbird can be found in protea bushes. Broad-tailed warblers can be found in marshland. == Threats ==

The endemic plants in the reserve face threats from fire as a consequence of poaching game, and of pervading invasive alien plants like: • Black wattle • Guava • Tickberry • Triffid weed == Gallery ==

File:Brunsvigia grandiflora S-1737.jpg|Brunsvigia grandiflora File:Watsonia pillansii S-3445.jpg|Watsonia pillansii File:Protea afra suffrutex form S-2922.jpg|Protea afra File:Brunia trigyna S-2970.jpg|Brunia trygyna. A species on the brink of extinction. The only remaining plant in the Mkhambathi Nature Reserve. File:Mkambati_Falls.jpg|Mkambati Falls File:Mkambati_Horseshoe_Falls.jpg|MkambatiHorseshoe Falls File:Mtentu_Swallow_Trail_Falls.jpg|Mtentu Swallow Trail Falls == References ==