Click on lizard to view Tetradactylus-paper
Click to view Tetradactylus-paper
Hartwig's Exotic Travels
Hartwig Dell'mour, Biologist
(main interests: reptiles and amphibians)

At the age of four, I decided to become a "jungle explorer". Later, I was not sure whether to study zoology or to become a nature photographer. In the end, I did both.

I spent four years in Southwest Africa,  together with my wife and three children.
The fourth was born right there.
I used to work in the Capital Windhoek (please, pronounce it "Windhook", not "Windhök"!) as a museum curator for reptiles and amphibians. After returning to Austria, not much is left of the professional "jungle exploring". But I invest much of my time and money into visiting the most exquisit and fascinating exotic places. Even without being employed as a scientist, it is still great fun!

The further away from civilization, the more relaxed I feel. Deep inside a dark rainforest at the Amazon, on top of a huge sand dune in the Namib desert, roaming the Australian outback - that's where life is at its best.

This page is dedicated to my various delightful travels and the animals I encountered there.

Have a look. Enjoy!
Do you like this page? Any questions or comments? Mail me!
Examining a Varanus niloticus at the Kunene River Mouth, Namibia
Dr. Hartwig Dell'mour
Königstetten / Austria / Europe
Email:
hartwig_dellmouratyahoo.de
Dark, green, majestic. Click here to visit the Amazon rainforest
The Amazon lowland
rainforest near Manaus
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It's a whole world in one country. Click here to visit South Africa
South Africa
Please note:

This page is regularly replenished.

So do visit me again. You are bound to discover something new next time!

(The latest addition: impressions from the East Sinai coastal reefs. I hope to finish this report soon)
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Australia
One of the greatest places to travel. So far, I have only been to Queensland, and in particular to some of its magnificent rainforests.

But I'll be back -
I promise!
Check this:

Anolis chrysolepis
Monitors (Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus;
Rock Monitor Varanus exanthematicus albigularis;
Lace Monitor Varanus varius)
Vipers (Bitis gabonica, Vipera ammodytes)
Bufo typhonius
Phyllomedusa tomopterna
Australian Tree Frogs 1 (Litoria splendida;
Litoria gracilenta)
Australian Tree Frogs 2 (Litoria xanthomera)
Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cornuta)
terrestrial Leeches
South African Galago (Galago moholi)
Common Genet (Genetta genetta)
Mt. Kilimandjaro from above
Chamaeleo dilepis
African buffalo



The Great Barrier Reef
Magnificent, breathtaking (even if you don't try to breath under water), World Heritage Site:
the largest tropical coral reef. Come and see for yourself!
The Total Solar Eclipse
in Zambia, June 21st 2001
This marvellous and spectacular event may have turned me into another one of those eclipse addicts.
Click to enter the Zambia Eclipse page
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After having been pushed hard to put some of my scientific work on this site -
here it finally is:

A short excerpt from my  thesis (the whole thesis is nearly 200 pages long) on how lizards may change into snake-like creatures.

Red Sea Scuba Diving
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Dahab / Sinai
April-May 2004
Open paper as pdf file:
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