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Daini Beach Kenya is often referred to as a collective term for a group of interconnected beaches located south of Mombasa that make up Diani Beach. Two of the most popular beaches in Kenya are Diani Beach and Galu Beach, which each stretch for 15 kilometers over powdery white sand. Additionally, there are beaches such as Tiwi, Diani, Galu, Kikondo, and Chale that are also worth visiting on a Kenya Safari Tour to Diani Beach.
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Identifications
Identifications
516
Observations
Observations
251
Species
Species
47
People
People
Top Species
1.
Acropora
23
2.
Dipsastraea
20
3.
Astreopora
14
4.
Acanthastrea
13
5.
Coscinaraea
12
6.
Goniopora
11
7.
Favites pentagona (Esper, 1790)
9
8.
Platygyra
9
9.
Holothuria atra Jaeger, 1833
8
10.
Montipora
8
Top Observers
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Bradley Rasmussen
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Top Species
1.
Acropora
23
2.
Dipsastraea
20
3.
Astreopora
14
4.
Acanthastrea
13
5.
Coscinaraea
12
6.
Goniopora
11
7.
Favites pentagona (Esper, 1790)
9
8.
Platygyra
9
9.
Holothuria atra Jaeger, 1833
8
10.
Montipora
8
11.
Xeniidae
7
12.
Cycloseris
5
13.
Platax teira (Forsskål, 1775)
5
14.
Gymnothorax griseus (Lacepède, 1803)
5
15.
Merulinidae
5
16.
Favites pentagona
5
17.
Pocillopora
5
18.
Agama lionotus Boulenger, 1896
5
19.
Palythoa tuberculosa
5
20.
Cercopithecus mitis
5
21.
Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)
4
22.
Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier, 1816)
4
23.
Colobus angolensis palliatus Peters, 1868
4
24.
Millepora
4
25.
Halimeda
4
26.
Nardoa variolata (Bruzelius, 1805)
4
27.
Cercopithecus mitis albogularis (Sykes, 1831)
4
28.
Chlorocebus pygerythrus hilgerti (Neumann, 1902)
4
29.
Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
4
30.
Plesiastrea peroni Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
3
31.
Protoreaster lincki (Blainville, 1830)
3
32.
Magnoliopsida
3
33.
Lygodactylus mombasicus Loveridge, 1935
3
34.
Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758)
3
35.
Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
3
36.
Sargassum
3
37.
Lobophyllia
3
38.
Scleractinia
3
39.
Linckia
3
40.
Trichonephila
3
41.
Broadleysaurus major (Duméril, 1851)
3
42.
Chaetodon trifasciatus
3
43.
Hydnophora
3
44.
Agama lionotus
3
45.
Azadirachta indica
2
46.
Bostrychia hagedash
2
47.
TBD
2
48.
Alveopora
2
49.
Ceryle rudis (Linnaeus, 1758)
2
50.
Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758
2
51.
Pavona
2
52.
Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors, 1826
2
53.
Echinopora hirsutissima Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
2
54.
Paramontastraea peresi (Faure & Pichon, 1978)
2
55.
Gymnothorax griseus
2
56.
Palythoa
2
57.
Chlorocebus pygerythrus (F.Cuvier, 1821)
2
58.
Lobophytum
2
59.
Conglomeratusclera coerulea
2
60.
Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817
2
61.
Paraechinophyllia variabilis Arrigoni, Benzoni & Stolarski, 2019
2
62.
Trichonephila inaurata
2
63.
Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
2
64.
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
2
65.
Brachysomophis
2
66.
Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
2
67.
Galaxea
2
68.
Cryptoblepharus africanus
2
69.
Bostrychia hagedash (Latham, 1790)
2
70.
Culcita schmideliana (Bruzelius, 1805)
2
71.
Porites
2
72.
Acanthuridae
2
73.
Cercopithecus mitis Wolf, 1822
2
74.
Paraluteres prionurus (Bleeker, 1851)
2
75.
Gasteracantha falcicornis
2
76.
Ploceus bojeri
2
77.
Favites
2
78.
Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758
2
79.
Lygodactylus mombasicus
2
80.
Cyphastrea
2
81.
Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier, 1829)
2
82.
Gasteracantha falcicornis Butler, 1873
2
83.
Ichthyaetus hemprichii (Bruch, 1855)
2
84.
Coris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
2
85.
Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829)
2
86.
Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758)
2
87.
Leptastrea
2
88.
Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
2
89.
Dascyllus trimaculatus
2
90.
Plesiastrea peroni
2
91.
Drupella
2
92.
Ocypode ryderi
2
93.
Salticidae
1
94.
Lissachatina
1
95.
Oliva caerulea
1
96.
Ixora
1
97.
Hedydipna collaris (Vieillot, 1819)
1
98.
Numenius phaeopus
1
99.
Zebrasoma scopas
1
100.
Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767)
1
101.
Oreochromis niloticus
1
102.
Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846)
1
103.
Ploceus bojeri (Cabanis, 1869)
1
104.
Echidna nebulosa
1
105.
Parapercis hexophtalma
1
106.
Aves
1
107.
Scorpaenopsis
1
108.
Coenobita violascens Heller, 1862
1
109.
Stenopus hispidus (Olivier, 1811)
1
110.
Chrysiptera biocellata
1
111.
Accipitrinae
1
112.
Colobus angolensis Sclater, 1860
1
113.
Colobus angolensis palliatus
1
114.
Metophiurida
1
115.
Echinopora hirsutissima
1
116.
Echinophyllia aspera
1
117.
Cassia
1
118.
Burhinus vermiculatus (Cabanis, 1868)
1
119.
Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838
1
120.
Favites vasta
1
121.
Ictinogomphus ferox
1
122.
Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801)
1
123.
Ictinogomphus ferox (Rambur, 1842)
1
124.
Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758)
1
125.
Anarhynchus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
1
126.
Arothron
1
127.
Phyllidiella zeylanica
1
128.
Myrmicaria brunnea
1
129.
Colotis danae (Fabricius, 1775)
1
130.
Lissachatina albopicta (E.A.Smith, 1878)
1
131.
Coris formosa (Bennett, 1830)
1
132.
Pycnonotus barbatus
1
133.
Atelerix albiventris (Wagner, 1841)
1
134.
Cypsiurus parvus
1
135.
Trithemis annulata
1
136.
Gomphosus caeruleus
1
137.
Paramontastraea peresi
1
138.
Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840
1
139.
Oulophyllia
1
140.
Epibolus
1
141.
Eriphia smithii
1
142.
Cossypha heuglini Hartlaub, 1866
1
143.
Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813
1
144.
Odontodactylus scyllarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
1
145.
Nesticodes
1
146.
Ostracion meleagris
1
147.
Kassongia orientalis
1
148.
Echinophyllia
1
149.
Pteropterus
1
150.
Tilapia
1
151.
Anthozoa
1
152.
Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855)
1
153.
Synapta maculata (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)
1
154.
Galaxea fascicularis
1
155.
Vanellus coronatus
1
156.
Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774)
1
157.
Xestospongia testudinaria
1
158.
Motacilla aguimp Temminck, 1820
1
159.
Padina
1
160.
Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider, 1801)
1
161.
Trapezia
1
162.
Hastula hectica
1
163.
Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1833)
1
164.
Sclerophytum
1
165.
Neotrygon indica Pavan-Kumar, Kumar, Pitale, Shen & Borsa, 2018
1
166.
Cissus
1
167.
Euphorbia
1
168.
Grammistes sexlineatus (Thunberg, 1792)
1
169.
Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
1
170.
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
1
171.
Saurida gracilis
1
172.
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
1
173.
Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)
1
174.
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758
1
175.
Trichonephila inaurata madagascariensis (Vinson, 1863)
1
176.
Sansevieria
1
177.
Thalassodendron ciliatum (Forssk.) Hartog
1
178.
Pocillopora damicornis
1
179.
Sternula saundersi (Hume, 1877)
1
180.
Geograpsus stormi De Man, 1895
1
181.
Halgerda wasinensis Eliot, 1904
1
182.
Cyligramma fluctuosa
1
183.
Tabernaemontana divaricata
1
184.
Plagusia squamosa
1
185.
Icthyophaga vocifer (Daudin, 1800)
1
186.
Chrysiptera unimaculata
1
187.
Papio cynocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766)
1
188.
Fistularia commersonii
1
189.
Capparis
1
190.
Adansonia digitata L.
1
191.
Pogonornis melanopterus (Peters, 1854)
1
192.
Fungiidae
1
193.
Coris cuvieri (Bennett, 1831)
1
194.
Colobus guereza
1
195.
Pleuractis
1
196.
Gymnothorax rueppelliae
1
197.
Epibolus pulchripes
1
198.
Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacepède, 1802)
1
199.
Trichonephila inaurata (Walckenaer, 1841)
1
200.
Coenobita violascens
1
201.
Archispirostreptus gigas
1
202.
Avicennia marina
1
203.
Linckia laevigata
1
204.
Tridacna
1
205.
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don
1
206.
Selenicereus undatus
1
207.
Plumeria obtusa
1
208.
Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)
1
209.
Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766)
1
210.
Camponotus
1
211.
Thalasseus bengalensis (R.Lesson, 1831)
1
212.
Cactoideae
1
213.
Lygodactylus picturatus (Peters, 1870)
1
214.
Pomacentridae
1
215.
Sterninae
1
216.
Ammotheidae
1
217.
Phidiana militaris
1
218.
Gardineroseris planulata
1
219.
Synodus
1
220.
Archispirostreptus gigas (Peters, 1855)
1
221.
Synodontidae
1
222.
Gymnothorax
1
223.
Ploceus cucullatus (Statius Muller, 1776)
1
224.
Phereoeca
1
225.
Amphiprion allardi Klausewitz, 1970
1
226.
Scolopsis ghanam
1
227.
Conus arenatus Hwass, 1792
1
228.
Cryptoblepharus africanus (Sternfeld, 1918)
1
229.
Sebastapistes cyanostigma (Bleeker, 1856)
1
230.
Sepioteuthis lessoniana
1
231.
Corvus
1
232.
Angiospermae
1
233.
Cassia fistula
1
234.
Plumeria pudica
1
235.
Trichilia emetica
1
236.
Ocypode
1
237.
Xylocopa caffra
1
238.
Notopholia corusca
1
239.
Sargocentron diadema
1
240.
Ipomoea pes-caprae
1
241.
Hemidactylus mabouia
1
242.
Dermatobranchus rodmani
1
243.
Cyligramma latona
1
244.
Stylissa carteri
1
245.
Blattodea
1
246.
Achatinini
1
247.
Oxymeris dimidiata
1
248.
Scarus psittacus
1
249.
Philothamnus punctatus
1
250.
Otolemur garnettii
1
251.
Spirula spirula
1
252.
Casuarina equisetifolia
1
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3.
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12.
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garrypete
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cirolana
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crlourenco
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pdubss
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Brenton
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kolmarmasha
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chouhanv
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hiphippo
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mwachala
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