LAPALALA WILDERNESS: REPTILE SPECIES LIST

Common name Scientific name

Agama, Peter’s spiny Agama aculeate armata

Agama, Southern Rock Agama atra atra

Agama, Tree Agama atricollis

Chameleon, Flapnecked Charmaeleo dilepis dilepsis

Crocodile, Nile Crocodylus niloticus

Gecko, Cape Dwarf Lygodactylus capensis

Gecko, Common Dwarf Lygodactylus capensis capensis

Gecko, Turner’s Thick-toed Chondrodactylus turneri

Gecko, Traansvaal Thicktoed Pachydactylus capensis affinis

Chameleon, Flapnecked Charmaelelo dilepis dilepsis

Crocodile, Nile Crocodylus niloticus

Gecko, Tropical Lygodactylus capensis capensis

Gecko, Wahlberg’s Velvet Homopholis wahlbergii

Rock Monitor (Leguaan) Varanus niloticus

Water/Nile Monitor (Leguaan) Varianus albigularis

Lizard, Cape Wedge-Snouted Worm Monopeltis capensis capensis

Lizard, Eastern Worm Zygapsis qaudrifrons

Lizard, Giant Plated Gerrhosaurus vaildus validus

Lizard, Greater Rough Scaled Ichnotropis squmulosa

Lizard, Jones’ Girdled Cordylus tropidostemum jonesii

Lizard, Lesser Rough Scaled Ichnotropis capensis capensis

Lizard, Ocellated Sand Eremias lineo-ocellata

1 Lizard, Ornate Longtailed Nucras taeniolata omata

Lizard, Orangeflanked Flat Platysaurus guttatus minor

Lizard, Spotted Longtailed Nucras intertexta

Lizard, Spotted Sandveld Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Lizard, Transvaal Girdled Cordylus vittifer

Lizard, Waterberg Flat Platysaurus minor

Lizard, Waterberg Girdled Cordylus warreni breyeri

Lizard, Yellowthroated Plated Gerrhosaurus flavigularis

Skink, Bluetailed Koppie Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifer

Skink, Cape Trachylepis capensis

Skink, Dwarf Panapsis wahlbergii

Skink, Percival’s Limbless Acontias percevalli occidentalis

Skink, Spotted-neck Snake-eyed Panaspis meculicollis

Skink, Striped Mabuya striata striata

Skink, Sundeval’s Lygosoma sundevallii sundevallii

Skink, Sundeval’s Writhing Lygosoma sundevallii

Skink, Threelined Mabuya capensis

Skink, Fivelined/Rainbow Trachylepis margaritifer

Skink, Variable Mabuya varia varia

Skink, Wahlberg’s Snake-eyed Panaspis wahlbergii

Snake, African Python Python natalensis

Snake, Bibron’s Blind Typhlops bibronii

Snake, Bibron’s Burrowing Asp Atractaspis bibronii

Snake, Black File Mehelya nyassae

Snake, Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis

2 Snake, Blackheaded Centipede-eater Aparallactus capensis

Snake, Boomslang Dispholidus typus

Snake, Brown House Lamprohpis capensis

Snake, Brown Water Lycodonomorphus rufulus

Snake, Cape File Mehelya capensis

Snake, Cape Centipede-eater Aparallactus capensis

Snake, Cape Wolf Lycophidion capense

Snake, Common Brown Water Lycodonomorphus rufulus

Snake, Common Eggeater Dasypeltis scabra

Snake, Eastern Tiger Telescopus semiannulatus

Snake, Egyptian Cobra Naja haje annulifera

Snake, Red-lipped Herald Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Snake, Spotted Harlequin Homoroselaps lacteus

Snake, Highveld Garter Snake Elapsoidea sundevalli media

Snake, Jalla’s Sand Psammophis jallae

Snake, Delalande’s Blind Typhlops lanlandei

Snake, Lesser Worm Leptotyphlops conjunctus

Snake, Mole Snake Psaedaspis

Snake, Mozambique Spitting Cobra Naja mossambica

Snake, Common Night Adder Causus rhombeatus

Snake, Horned Adder Bitis caudalis

Snake, Olive Whip Psammophis mossambicus

Snake, Peter’s Thread Leptotyphlops scutifrons

Snake, Puff Adder Bitis arietans

Snake, Pygmy Sand Psammophis angloensis

3 Snake, Rinkhals Hemachatus haemachatus

Snake, Roufous-beaked Rhamphiophis rostratus

Snake, Savannah Purple-glossed Amblyodipsas polylepis polylepis

Snake, Schlegel’s Beaked Blind Snake Rhinotyphlops schlegelii

Snake, Shield-nosed Cobra Aspidelaps scutatus scutatus

Snake, Shieldnosed Worm Leptotyphlops scutifrons scutifrons

Snake, Shortsnouted Sand Psammophis sibilans brevirotris

Snake, Snouted Cobra Naja annulifera

Snake, Southern Stiletto Atractaspis bibronii

Snake, Southern Tree Dispholidus typus typus

Snake, Southern Twig Thelotornis capensis capensis

Snake, Spotted Bush Phillothamnus semivariegatus

Snake, Spotted House Lamprophis guttatus

Snake, Striped Skaapsteeker Psammophylax tritaeniatus

Snake, Sundevall’s shovel Snout Prosymna sundevallii sundevallii

Snake, Twig Thelotornis capensis

Snake, Waterberg Quillsnout Xenocalamus bicolour australis

Snake, Western Natal Green Philothamnus natalensis occidentalis

Snake, Western Strip=bellied Sand Snake Psammophis subtaeniatus

Snake, Yellowbellied Sand Psammophis subtaeniatus

Terrapin, Cape Pelomedusa subrufa

Terrapin, Marsh/Helmeted Pelomedusa subrufa

Tortoise, Hingeback Kinixys belliana spekii

Tortoise, Kalahari Tent Psammobates oculifer

Tortoise, Leopard Geochelone pardalis babcocki

4 Tortoise, Lobatse Hinged Kinixys lobatsiana

AMPHIBIANS

Tremolo Sand Frog Tomopterna cryptotis

Natal Sand Frog Tomopterna natalaensis

Eastern Olive Toad Amietophrynus garmini

Raucus Toad Amietophynus rangeri

Guttural Toad Amietophynus gutturalis

Northern Pygmy Toad Poyntonophynus fenoulheti

Red Toad Schismaderma careens

Bushveld Rain Frog Breviceps adspersus

Bubbling Kassina Kassina senegalensis

Common River Frog Afrana angolensis

Broad-banded Grass Frog Ptychadena mossambica

Banded Rubber Frog Phrynomantis bifasciatus

Common Platana Xenopus laevis

African Bullfrog Pyxicephalus edulis

Giant Bullfrog Pyxicephalus adspersus

Common Caco Cacosternum boettgeri

Snoring Puddle Frog Phrynobatrachus natalensis

 References used:

 All items in green are ‘new additions’ to the existing Lapalala species lists

 The S.A. Bushveld: A field Guide from the Waterberg By Lee Gutteridge (2008)

 Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of S.A. By Bill Branch (1988)

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