CHECKLIST OF THE REPTILES OF THE KNP TESTUDINIDAE Geochelone pardalis (Bell, 1828) Leopard tortoise / Bergskilpad (=G. pardalis babcocki (Loveridge)) Kinixys spekii Gray, 1863 Speke's hinged-back tortoise / Skarnierdop- (=K. belliana spekii Gray 1863) landskilpad Kinixys natalensis Hewitt, 1935 Natal hinged tortoise / Natal skarnierskilpad PELOMEDUSIDAE Pelomedusa subrufa Lacépède, 1788 Cape terrapin / Platdop waterskilpad Pelusios sinuatus (A. Smith, 1838) Serrated hinged terrapin / Skarnierdop-waterskilpad Pelusios subniger (Lacépède, 1789) Pan hinged terrapin / Pan waterskilpad CROCODYLIDAE Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768 Nile crocodile / Nyl-krokodil GEKKONIDAE Afroedura transvaalica transvaalica (Hewitt, 1925) Transvaal flat gecko / Transvaal se platgeitjie Afroedura langi langi (FitzSimons, 1930) Olifants river flat gecko / Olifantsrivier (=A. pondolia langi (FitzSimons 1930) platgeitjie Afroedura sp. nov. Pafuri flat gecko / Pafuri platgeitjie (=A. langi ssp. nov.) Afroedura pondolia marleyi (FitzSimons ,1943) Lebombo flat gecko / Lebombo se platgeitjie Afroedura haackei Onderstall, 1984 Haacke's flat gecko / Haacke se platgeitjie (=A. multiporis haackei Onderstall, 1984) (=A. pondolia haackei Onderstall,1984) Lygodactylus stevensoni Hewitt, 1926 Khami dwarf gecko / Khami dwerg-geitjie Lygodactylus capensis capensis (A. Smith, 1849) Common dwarf gecko / Gewone dwerg-geitjie Homopholis wahlbergii (A. Smith, 1849) Wahlberg's velv ety gecko / Fluweelagtige geitjie Hemidactylus mabouia mabouia (Moreau de Jonnes, 1818) Tropical house gecko / Tropiese huisgeitjie Pachydactylus turneri Gray, 1864 Turner’s thicktoed gecko / Turnerse se (=P. bibronii A. Smith, 1846) diktoongeitjie Pachydactylus vansoni FitzSimons 1933 Van Son's thicktoed gecko / Van Son se (=P. capensis vansoni FitzSimons 1933) diktoongeitjie Pachydactylus punctatus punctatus Peters, 1854 Spotted thicktoed gecko / Gespikkelde diktoongeitjie Pachydactylus affinis Boulenger, 1896 Transvaal thicktoed gecko / Transvaalse (=P. capensis affinis Boulenger, 1896) diktoongeitjie AGAMIDAE Acanthocercus atricollis A. Smith, 1849 Tree agama / Boom-koggelmander ( = Agama atricollis A. Smith, 1849) Agama aculeata distanti Boulenger, 1902 Distant's spiny agama / Distant se stekel- koggelmander Agama armata Peters, 1854 Tropical spiny agama / Tropiese stekel- (=A. aculeata armata Peters, 1854) koggelmander CHAMAELEONIDAE Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis Leach, 1819 Flap-necked chameleon / Gewone groot verkleur mannetjie SCINCIDAE Scelotes limpopoensis limpopoensis FitzSimons, 1930 Limpopo burrowing skink / Limpopo grawende (=S. limpopoensis FitzSimons 1930) skink Scelotes bidigittatus FitzSimons, 1930 Two-toed burrowing skink / Tweetoon grawende skink Scelotes mossambicus (Peters) 1882 Shortfooted burrowing skink / Kortpoort (=S. brevipes Hewitt, 1923) grawende skink Mabuya depressa Peters, 1854 Eastern Coastal skink / Ooskus platkopskink (=Mabuya homalocephala depressa (Peters, 1854)) Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifer (Peters, 1854) Rainbow rock skink / Bloustert-koppieskink Mabuya varia (Peters, 1867) Common variable skink / Gewone gevlekte (=M. varia varia (Peters) 1978) skink Mabuya striata striata (Peters, 1844) Common striped skink / Gewone gestreepte skink Lygosoma sundevallii sundevallii (A. Smith, 1849) Sundevall's writhing skink / Sundevall se grawende skink Panaspis wahlbergii (A. Smith, 1849) Wahlberg's snake-eyed skink / Slangoogskink Panaspis sp. nov. Dwarf snake-eyed skink / Dwerg slangoogskink Acontias plumbeus Bianconi, 1849 Giant legless skink / Reuse pootlose skink Typhlosaurus aurantiacus fitzsimonsi Broadley, 1968 Golden blind skink / Goue pootlose skink Typhlosaurus cregoi cregoi Boulenger, 1903 Cregoi's blind skink / Cregoi se pootlose skink CORDYLIDAE Gerrhosaurus validus validus A. Smith, 1849 Giant plated lizard / Reuse pantserakkedis Gerrhosaurus major major Duméril, 1851 Tawny plated lizard / Grofskub-pantserakkedis Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus Hallowell, 1857 Black-lined plated lizard / Swart-streep pantserakkedis Gerrhosaurus flavigularis Wiegmann, 1828 Yellow -throated plated lizard / Geelkeel- pantserakkedis Cordylus vandami (FitzSimons, 1930) Van Dam's girdled lizard / Van Dam se (=C. warreni vandami FitzSimons) gordelakkedis Cordylus tropidosternum jonesii (Boulenger, 1891) Jones' girdled lizard / Bosveldse skurwejantjie Cordylus warreni depressus (FitzSimons, 1930) Rough-scaled girdled lizard / Grofgeskubde (=C. warreni laevigatus (FitzSimons, 1930) gordelakkedis Cordylus warreni warreni (Boulenger, 1908) Lebombo girdled lizard / Lebombo gordelakkedis Cordylus warreni barbertonensis (Van Dam, 1921) Barberton girdled lizard / Barberton se gordelakkedis Cordylus vittifer (Riechenow, 1887) Transvaal girdled lizard / Transvaal gordelakkedis Platysaurus intermedius wilhelmi Hewitt, 1909 Greater flat lizard / Groot plat rotsakkedis Platysaurus intermedius intermedius Matschie, 1890 Transvaal flat lizard / Transvaalse plat rotsakkedis Platysaurus intermedius rhodesianus FitzSimons, 1941 Limpopo flat lizard / Limpopo se platakkedis LACERTIDAE Nucras ornata (Gray, 1864) Ornate scrub lizard / Pr ag-sandveldakkedis (=N. taeniolata ornata (part) Gray, 1864) Nucras holubi (Steindachner 1882) Holub's long-tailed lizard / Holub se langstertakkedis (=N. taeniolata holubi (Steindachner 1882) (=N. taeniolata ornata (part) Gray, 1864) Nucr as caesicaudata Broadley, 1972 Blue-tailed scrub lizard / Bloustert-sandveldakkedis Nucras intertexta (A. Smith, 1838) Spotted scrub lizard / Gevlekte sandveldakkedis Heliobolus lugubris (A. Smith) 1838 Black and yellow sand lizard / Swart -en-geel (=Eremias (Lampreremias) lugubris A. Smith, 1838) sandakkedis Ichnotropis squamulosa Peters, 1854 Rough-scaled sand lizard / Grofskub- sandveldakkedis VARANIDAE Varanus niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1762) Nile monitor / Water-likkewaan Varanus albigularis albigularis (Daudin, 1802) Rock leguaan / Veldlikkewaan (=V. exanthematicus albigularis Daudin, 1802) AMPHISBAENIDAE Zygaspis quadrifrons (Peters, 1862) Kalahari round-snouted amphisbaenian / Kalahari wurmakkedis Zygaspis violacea (Peters, 1854) Violet round-snouted amphisbaenian / Pers (= cf. Zygaspis vandami vandami FitzSimons 1930) wurmakkedis Chirindia langi langi FitzSimons, 1939 Lang's round-snouted amphisbaenian / Lang (=C. langi FitzSimons 1939) se wurmakkedis Monopeltis leonhardi Werner, 1910 Kalahari wedge-snouted amphisbaenian / Kalahari wigsnoet wurmakkedis Monopeltis capensis A. Smith, 1848 Cape wedge-snouted amphisbaenian / Kaapse wigsnoet-wurmakkedis Monopeltis sphenorhynchus sphenorhynchus Peters, 1879 Slender wedge-snouted amphisbaenian / Skraal wigsnoet-wurmakkedis SERPENTES TYPHLOPIDAE Rhinotyphlops lalandei Schlegel, 1844 Delalande's Beaked blind snake / Delalande se (=Typhlops lalandei Schlegel, 1844) erdslang Rhinotyphlops schlegelii schlegelii Bianconi, 1850 Schlegel’s Beaked blind snake / Reuse erdslang (=Typhlops schlegelii schlegelii Bianconi, 1850) Leptotyphlops longicaudus (Peters, 1854) Long-tailed worm snake / Vleiskleurige erdslangetjie Leptotyphlops conjunctus incognitus Broadley & Watson, 1976 Lesser worm snake / Dwerg erdslangetjie Leptotyphlops scutifrons scutifrons (Peters, 1854) Glossy worm snake / Glansende erdslangetjie Leptotyphlops distanti (Boulenger, 1892) Transvaal worm snake / Transvaalse erdslangetjie BOIDAE Python natalensis A. Smith, 1840 Common african python / Gewone luislang (=Python sebae natalensis A. Smith, 1840) COLUBRIDAE Lycodonomorphus rufulus (Lichtenstein, 1823) Brown water snake / Bruinwaterslang Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris FitzSimons, 1964 White lipped water snake / Witlipwaterslang (=Lycodonomorphus whytii obscuriventris FitzSimons, 1964) Lamprophis guttatus (A. Smith) 1843 Spotted house snake / Gevlekte huislang Lamprophis fuliginosus (Boie), 1827 Brown house snake / Bruin huislang (=L. fuliginosus fuliginosus (Boie), 1827) Lycophidion variegatum Broadley, 1969 Variegated wolf snake / Gevlekte wolfslang Lycophidion capense capense (A. Smith, 1831) Cape wolf snake / Kaapse wolfslang Mehelya ca pensis capensis (A. Smith, 1847) Cape file snake / Kaapse vylslang Mehelya nyassae (Günther, 1888) Nyasa file snake / Swart vylslang Duberria lutrix lutrix (Linnaeus, 1758) Common slug-eater /Gewone slakvreter Pseudaspis cana (Linnaeus, 1754) Co mmon mole snake / Molslang Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia nototaenia (Günther, 1864) Mopane snake / Basslang Psammophylax tritaeniatus (Günther, 1868) Three-lined grass snake / Gestreepte skaapsteker Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus rostratus Peters, 1854 Rufous beaked snake / Haakneusslang Psammophis leightoni trinasalis Werner, 1902 Fork-marked sand snake / Vurkmerk-sandslang Psammophis subtaeniatus subtaeniatus Peters, 1882 Western stripe-bellied sand snake / Geelpens - sandslang Psammophis mossambicus Peters, 1882 Olive grass snake / Olyfkleurige grasslang (=Psammophis phillipsii (Hallowell)), 1844 Psammophis angolensis (Bocage, 1872) Dwarf sand snake / Dwerg-sandslang Amblyodipsas concolor (A. Smith, 1849) Natal purple-glossed snake / Natalse purper grondslang Amblyodipsas microphthalma microphthalma (Bianconi, 1850) Eastern white-lipped snake / Witlip grondslang (=A. microphthalma (Bianconi) Amblyodipsas microphthalma nigra Jacobsen, 1986. Black-lipped snake / Swartlip grondslang (=A. microphthalma (not Bianconi, (part.) Amblyodipsas polylepis polylepis (Bocage), 1873 Purple-glossed snake / Purper grondslang Xenocalamus bicolor lineatus Roux, 1907 Slender quill-nosed snake / Twee-kleurige spitsneus-grondslang Atractaspis bibronii A. Smith,