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Ongava Reptiles Checklist Page 1 of 3 Order Testudines Family Family Description Common Name Scientific Name N* Testudinidae Tortoises 1 Northern Leopard Tortoise Geochelone pardalis babcocki 2 Kalahari Tent Tortoise Psammobates oculiferus Pelomedusidae Side-necked Turtles 3 Marsh Terrapin Pelomedusa subrufa Order Squamata Family Typhlopidae Blind Snakes 4 Boyle’s Beaked Blind Snake Rhinotyphlops boylei 2 5 Schintz’s Beaked Blind Snake Rhinotyphlops schinzi 6 Schlegel's Beaked Blind Snake Rhinotyphlops schlegelii petersii Leptotyphlopidae Thread Snakes 7 Damara Thread Snake Leptotyphlops labialis 2 8 Western Thread Snake Leptotyphlops occidentalis 1 9 Peters' Thread Snake Leptotyphlops scutifrons scutifrons Boidae Pythons 10 Anchieta's Dwarf Python Python anchietae 2 11 Southern African Python Python natalensis Atractaspididae Burrowing Snakes 12 Kalahari Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas ventimaculata 13 Bibron's Stiletto Snake Atractaspis bibronii V 14 Duerden's Beaked Stiletto Snake Atractaspis duerdeni V 15 Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake Xenocalamus bicolor bicolor 16 Elongated Quill-snouted Snake Xenocalamamus mechowii Colubridae Typical Snakes 17 Zebra Racer Coluber zebrina 1 18 Common Egg-eater Dasypeltis scabra 19 Dwarf Beaked Snake Dipsina multimaculata 20 Boomslang Dispholidus typus typus V 21 Viperine Bark Snake Hemirhagerrhis viperinus 1 22 Brown House Snake Lamprophis fuliginosus 23 Cape Wolfsnake Lycophidion capense capense 24 Namibian Wolfsnake Lycophodion namibianum 1 25 Cape Filesnake Mehelya capensis 26 Angolan Filesnake Mehelya vernayi 2 27 Angolan Green Snake Philothamnus angolensis 28 Spotted Bushsnake Philothamnus semivariegatus 29 Angolan Shovel-snout Prosymna angolensis 30 Twin-striped Shovel-snout Prosymna bivittata 31 South-western Shovel-snout Prosymna frontalis 2 32 Kaokoveld Shovel-snout Prosymna visseri 33 Jalla’s Sandsnake Psammophis jallae 34 Leopard Sandsnake Psammophis leopardinus 2 35 Olive Sandsnake Psammophis mossambicus 36 Namib Sandsnake Psammophis namibensis 37 Karoo Sandsnake Psammophis notostictus 38 Stripe-bellied Sandsnake Psammophis subtaeniatus subtaeniatus 39 Western Sandsnake Psammophis trigrammus 2 40 Kalahari Sandsnake Psammophis trinasalis 41 Spotted Skaapsteker Psammophylax rhombeatus rhombeatus 42 Striped Skaapsteker Psammophylax tritaeniatus 43 Mole Snake Pseudaspis cana 44 Western Keeled Snake Pythonodipsas carinata 2 Page 2 of 3 45 Damara Tigersnake Telescopus semiannulatus polystictus 2 46 Common Tigersnake Telescopus semiannulatus semiannulatus 47 Savanna Twigsnake Thelotornis capensis oatesii V Elapidae Cobras 48 Western Coralsnake Aspidelaps lubricus infuscatus V 1 49 Western Shield-nose Snake Aspidelaps scutatus scutatus V 50 Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis V 51 Angolan Gartersnake Elapsoidea semiannulata semiannulata V 2 52 Kalahari Gartersnake Elapsoidea sundevalii fitzsimonsi V 53 Ancheta's Snouted Cobra Naja anchietae V 54 Mozambique Spitting Cobra Naja mossambica V 55 Western Barred Spitting Cobra Naja nigricincta V 2 Viperidae Vipers 56 Puff Adder Bitis arietans arietans V 57 Horned Adder Bitis caudalis V Amphisbaenidae Worm Lizards 58 Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard Dalophia pistillum 59 Ancheita's Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Monopeltis anchietae 60 Dusky Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Monopeltis infuscata 61 Slender Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Monopeltis mauricei 62 Kalahari Round-headed Worm Lizard Zygoaspis quadrifrons Scincidae Skinks 63 Western Legless Skink Acontias occidentalis 64 Sundevalls’s Writhing Skink Lygosoma sundevallii sundevallii 65 Wedge-snouted Skink Trachylepis acutilabris 2 66 Ovambo Tree Skink Trachylepis binotata 2 67 Cape Skink Trachylepis capensis 68 Hoesch's Skink Trachylepis hoeschi 2 69 Western Three-striped Skink Trachylepis occidentalis 70 Kalahari Tree Skink Trachylepis spilogaster 71 Western Rock Skink Trachylepis sulcata sulcata 72 Common Variable Skink Trachylepis varia 73 Western Variegated Skink Trachylepis variegata punctalata 74 Wahlberg's Striped Skink Trachylepis striata wahlbergii 75 Namibian Snake-eyed Skink Panaspis wahlbergii 76 Angolan Burrowing Skink Sepsina angolensis 77 Kalahari Burrowing Skink Typhlacontias rohani 78 Striped Blind Legless Skink Typhlosaurus lineatus lineatus Lacertidae Old World Lizards 79 Bushveld Lizard Heliobolus lugubris 80 Cape Rough-scaled Lizard Ichnotropis capensis 81 Caprivi Rough-scaled Lizard Ichnotropis grandiceps 82 Common Rough-scaled Lizard Ichnotropis squamulosa 83 Holub's Sandveld Lizard Nucras holubi 84 Spotted Sandveld Lizard Nucras intertexta 85 Short-headed Sand Lizard Pedioplanis breviceps 1 86 Ocellated Sand Lizard Pedioplanis lineaocellata lineaocellata 87 Namaqua Sand Lizard Pedioplanis namaquensis 88 Waterberg Sand Lizard Pedioplanis rubens 1 89 Western Sand Lizard Pedioplanis undata 2 Gerrhosauridae Plated Lizards 90 Dwarf Plated Lizard Cordylosaurus subtessellatus 91 Kalahari Plated Lizard Gerrhosaurus multilineatus auritus 92 Black-lined Plated Lizard Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus 93 Giant Plated Lizard Gerrhosaurus validus maltzahni 2 Cordylidae Girdled Lizards 94 Jordan’s Girdled Lizard Cordylus jordani 1 Page 3 of 3 Varanidae Monitor Lizards 95 Rock Monitor Varanus albigularis albigularis Agamidae Agamas 96 Ground Agama Agama aculeata aculeata 97 Anchieta's Agama Agama anchietae 98 Etosha Agama Agama etoshae 1 99 Namibian Rock Agama Agama planiceps planiceps 2 Chamaeleonidae Chameleons 100 Angolan Flap-neck Chameleon Chamaeleo dilepis 101 Namaqua Chameleon Chamaeleo namaquensis Gekkonidae Geckos 102 Damaraland Flat Gecko Afroedura africana africana 103 Namibian Giant Ground Gecko Chondrodactylus angulifer namibensis 1 104 Kalahari Ground Gecko Colopus wahlbergii wahlbergii 105 Bradfield's Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus bradfieldi 106 Lawrence's Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus lawrencei 2 107 Velvety Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus bicolor 1 108 Cape Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus capensis 109 Banded thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus fasciatus 1 110 Brandberg Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus gaiasensis 111 Koch’s Namib Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus kochii 1 112 Northern Marico Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus mariquensis latirostris 113 Kaokoveld Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus oreophilus 114 Namibian Speckled Thick-toed Gecko Pachydacylyus punctatus amoenoides 115 Namibian Rough Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus rugosus rugosus 2 116 Large-scaled Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus scutatus 117 Turner’s Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus turneri 118 Weber’s Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus weberi 119 Common Barking Gecko Ptenopus garrulous garrulous 120 Spotted Barking Gecko Ptenopus garrulous maculatus 121 Barnard's Namib Day Gecko Rhoptropus barnardi 2 122 Boulton's Namib Day Gecko Rhoptropus boultoni 1 References *Species Notes Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa (V) Venomous Branch (1998) 3rd Ed 1 Endemic to Namibia A Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa 2 Near endemic to Namibia Marais (2004) 2nd Ed .
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