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REPTILE LIST
SPECIES COMMON NAME
Land tortoises Geochelone pardalis Mountain or leopard tortoise Kinixys spekii Speke's hinged tortoise
Terrapin Pelomedusa subrufa Marsh terrapin Pelusios sinuatus Serrated hinged terrapin
Burrowing asps, mole vipers, Atractaspis bibronii Southern stiletto snake or Bibron's stiletto snakes burrowing asp Aparallactus capensis Cape or black-headed centipede-eater Xenocalamus bicolor Slender quill-snouted snake
Blind snakes Rhinotyphlops lalandei Delalande's beaked blind snake Rhinotyphlops schlegelii Schlegel's beaked blind snake
Thread snakes Leptotyphlops longicaudus Long-tailed thread snake Leptotyphlops scutifrons Peter's worm or thread snake
Boas and pythons Python natalensis Southern African python
Typical snakes Boaedon capensis Cape or brown house snake Lycophidion capense Cape wolf snake Mehelya nyassae Black file snake Pseudaspis cana Mole snake Rhamphiophis rostratus Rufous beaked snake Telescopus semiannulatus African tiger snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Herald snake Prosymna bivittata Two-striped shovel snout
Sand snakes and relatives Psammophylax tritaeniatus Striped skaapsteker Psammophis subtaeniatus Western stripe-bellied sand snake
Colubrine snakes Philothamnus semivariegatus Spotted bush snake Dasypeltis scabra Common or rhombic egg eater Dispholidus typus typus Boomslang Thelotornis capensis capensis Twig or vine snake
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SPECIES COMMON NAME
Cobras, mambas and relatives Aspidelaps scutatus Shield-nose snake Naja annulifera Snouted or Egyptian cobra Naja mossambica Mozambique spitting cobra Dendroaspis polylepis Black mamba
Vipers Bitis arietans African puff adder
Tropical worm lizards Monopeltis sphenorhynchus Slender spade-snouted worm lizard
Skinks Mochlus sundevallii Sundevall's writhing skink Trachylepis capensis Cape skink Trachylepis margeritifer Rainbow or five-line skink Trachylepis striata African striped skink Trachylepis varia Variable skink Trachylepis variegata Variegated skink Afroablepharus maculicollis Spotted lidless skink Panaspis spp. Spotted-neck snake-eyed skink Scelotes limpopoensis Limpopo burrowing skink
Old world lizards Heliobolus lugubris Bushveld lizard Nucras holubi Holub's sandveld lizard
Plated lizards Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus Black-lined plated lizard Gerrhosaurus validus Giant plated lizard
Girdled lizards Cordylus jonesii Limpopo girdled lizard Cordylus tropidosternum jonesi Tropical girdled lizard Platysaurus intermedius rhodesianus Common flat lizard
Desert lizards Meroles squamulosa Common rough scaled lizard
Monitors Varanus albigularis Rock monitor Varanus niloticus Nile monitor
Agamas Agama aculeata Ground agama Agama armata Peter's ground agama Acanthocercus atricollis Black-necked agama
Chameleons Camaeleo dilepsis Flap-necked chameleon
SPECIES COMMON NAME
Geckos Chondrodactylus turneri Turner's thick-toed gecko Hemidactylus mabouia Moreau's tropical house gecko Homopholis wahlbergii Wahlberg's velvet gecko Lygodactylus capensis Cape dwarf gecko Pachydactylus punctatus Speckled thick-toed gecko Pachydactylus turneri bibronii Turner's thick-toed gecko Chondrodactylus turneri Turner's thick-toed gecko
Crocodiles Crocodylus niloticus Nile crocodile