In the field

Our expeditions

Learn more about our field expeditions in Morocco. Read our trip reports and discover the country's incredibly diverse wildlife.

6expeditions
to date
1000+animals
photographed
98species
documented
From the field

Missions & trip reports

Sahara and Sahelian plains in the deep south of Morocco

Our next expedition · Spring 2027

Into the deep Sahara

Deep Atlantic Sahara

The one region of Morocco we've never reached: remote, arid and hard to access. It hides a third of the species we've yet to find for the encyclopedia.

40+species in reach
12new to project

98 / 126 documented+12 within reach

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Female North African Mountain Viper (Vipera monticola) in its High Atlas habitat at 2,600 m, Morocco

Spring 2026

East to west,
North to south

Across the whole country

Going after all the remaining reptile and amphibian species, during the greenest spring of the decade.

90species seen
18new species

Species highlights

Cerastes vipera
Daboia mauritanica
Spalerosophis dolichospilus
Emys orbicularis
Saurodactylus slimani
Tarentola hoggarensis
Trip report coming soon
Pelobates varaldii in a temporary pond, Maâmora forest, Morocco

December 2025 – January 2026

Amphibian mission

Northern Morocco · Atlantic coastline

Looking for the last amphibian species missing from the encyclopedia, and preparing a documentary on Salamandra algira.

25species seen
7new species

Species highlights

Pelobates varaldii
Alytes maurus
Salamandra algira tingitana
Salamandra algira splendens
Salamandra algira spelaea
Salamandra algira atlantica
Trip report coming soon
Juvenile Puff Adder (Bitis arietans) in its rocky, euphorbia habitat near Guelmim, Morocco

August – September 2025

From the Atlas, down to the desert

Atlas & Anti-Atlas mountains · Sahara outskirts

Our longest expedition at that point, dedicated to finding as many new species for the project as possible.

68species seen
25new species

Species highlights

Bitis arietans
Echis leucogaster
Telescopus tripolitanus
Saurodactylus splendidus
Uromastyx dispar
Varanus griseus
Trip report coming soon
Common Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) in tall grass at night, Morocco

August 2025 – present

The Common Chameleon

Caméléon Center Conservation

A report on the chameleons of Morocco and the threats they face, part of our conservation project on the species, in partnership with Morocco Herpetology and the Caméléon Center Conservation.

Species highlight

Chamaeleo chamaeleon
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Salamandra algira tingitana by a stream in the Rif Mountains, Morocco

December 2024

Salamander mission

Northern Morocco

Third and last pilot expedition, this time in winter, hoping to find all the Salamandra algira subspecies.

11species seen
5new species

Species highlights

Hemidactylus turcicus
Trogonophis wiegmanni
Bufo spinosus
Salamandra algira atlantica
Trip report coming soon
Mesalina guttulata on a stony plain in the Anti-Atlas, Morocco

August – September 2024

Pilot mission

Across southern Morocco

Getting more familiar with the fieldwork, fine-tuning our process and working on a pilot for the project.

28species seen
18new species

Species highlights

Cerastes cerastes
Psammophis schokari
Vipera monticola
Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus
Stenodactylus mauritanicus
Tarentola annularis
Trip report coming soon
Sclerophrys mauritanica (Berber toad) at sunrise, Fint Oasis, Morocco

April 2024

The first look

Anti-Atlas

The first herpetological Fauna Morocco expedition, testing the feasibility of the project and whether our idea held up in the field.

25species seen
25new species

Species highlights

Saurodactylus elmoudeni
Tarentola chazaliae
Hemorrhois hippocrepis
Mauremys leprosa
Testudo graeca
Trip report coming soon