LIST OF REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS RECORDED FROM THE NYLSVLEY NATURE RESERVE, LIMPOPO PROVINCE.

SPECIES COMMON NAME

Amphibians

Xenopus l. laevis Common Platanna Yes Bufo (Amietophrynus) gutturalis Gutteral Toad Yes Bufo (Amietophrynus) garmani Eastern Olive Toad Bufo (Amietophrynus) maculatus Flat-backed Toad Schismaderma carens Red Toad Breviceps a. adspersus Bushveld Rain Frog Yes Phrynomantis b. bifasciatus Banded Rubber Frog Yes Pyxicephalus adspersus Giant Bullfrog Yes Tomopterna cryptotis Tremolo Sand Frog Tomopterna natalensis Natal Sand Frog Afrana (Amietia) angolensis Common River Frog Strongylopus fasciatus Striped Stream Frog Ptychadena anchietae Red-backed Grass Frog Ptychadena mossambica Mozambique Grass Frog Phrynobatrachus natalensis Snoring Puddle Frog Yes Phrynobatrachus mababiensis Dwarf Puddle Frog Cacosternum boettgeri Common Caco Chiromantis xerampelina Grey Tree Frog Kassina senegalensis Bubbling Kassina

Tomopterna krugerrensis (possible) Knocking Sand Frog

Tortoises, Terrapins

Geochelone pardalis Leopard Tortoise Yes Kinixys lobatsiana Lobatse Hinged Tortoise Psammobates oculifer Serrated Tortoise

Pelomedusa subrufa Marsh Terrapin Yes

Lizards

Lygodactylus capensis Common Dwarf Gecko Pachydactylus capensis Cape Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus affinis Transvaal Thick-toed Gecko Chondrodactylus turneri Turner's Gecko Acanthocercis atricollis Tree Agama Agama aculeata distanti Distant's Ground Agama Chamaeleo dilepis Common Flap-necked Chameleon Trachylepis capensis Three-lined Skink Trachylepis varia Variable Skink Trachylepis sp. (undescribed as yet) Rock Skink Trachylepis punctatissima Spotted Skink Lygosoma sundevallii Sundevall's Writhing Skink Panaspis wahlbergii Wahlberg's Snake-eyed Skink Acontias g. gracilicauda Slender-tailed Legless Skink Nucras holubii Holub's Sandveld Lizard Nucras intertexta Spotted Sandveld Lizard Pedioplanis lineo-ocellata pulchella Spotted Sand Lizard Ichnotropis squamulosa Common Rough-scaled Lizard Ichnotropis capensis Cape Rough-scaled Lizard Varanus albigularis Veld Monitor Varanus niloticus Water Monitor Yes Gerrhosaurus v. validus Giant Plated Lizard Yes Gerrhosaurus flavigularis Yellow-throated Plated Lizard

Monopeltis infuscatus Dusky Spade-snouted Worm Lizard

Snakes

Rhinotyphlops lalandei Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake Leptotyphlops distanti Distant's Thread Snake Python natalensis Southern African Python Lamprophis capensis Brown House Snake Lycophidion capense Cape Wolf Snake Mehelya capensis Cape File Snake Mehelya nyassae Black File Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus Spotted Bush Snake Philothamnus hoplogaster Green Water Snake Prosymna bivittata Two-striped Shovel Snout Pseudaspis cana Mole Snake Dasypeltis scabra Common Egg-eater Telescopus semiannulatus Eastern Tiger Snake Thelotornis capensis V Vine Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Herald Snake Dispholidus typus V Boomslang Psammophylax tritaeniatus Striped Skaapsteker Amblyodipsas polylepis Purple-glossed Snake Xenocalamus bicolor australis Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake Aparallactus capensis Common Centipede-eater Atractaspis bibronii Bibron's Burrowing Asp Naja annulifera V Snouted Cobra Naja mossambica V Mozambique Spitting Cobra Dendroaspis polylepis V Black Mamba Causus defillipi Snouted Night Adder Bitis arietans V Puff Adder