Appendix 8 - Species list: Reptiles Reptile species recorded in the Garden Route National Park. Source: Branch & Hanekom (1987); Grindley (1985); Jacobsen & Randall (2013); SANParks unpublished data; Whitfield et al. (1983). Scientific Name Common Name SQUAMATA - SERPENTES (SNAKES) TYPHLOPIDAE Rhinotyphlops lalandei Delalande’s beaked blind snake COLUBRIDAE Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Herald snake Dasypeltis scabra Common eggeater Dispholidus typus Boomslang Duberria lutrix Common slug-eater Lamprophis aurora Aurora house snake Lamprophis fuliginosus Brown house snake Lamprophis inornatus Olive house snake Lycodonomorphys rufulus Brown water snake Lycophidion capense Cape wolf snake Philothamnus hoplogaster Green water snake Philothamnus natalensis Western Natal green snake Psammophis crucifer Cross-marked grass snake Psammophylax rhombeatus Spotted skaapsteker Pseudaspis cana Mole snake ELAPIDAE Homoroselaps lacteus Spotted harlequin snake Hydrophis platura Yellow-bellied sea snake Naja nivea Cape cobra VIPERIDAE Bitis arietans arietans Puff adder Bitis atropos Cape mountain adder Causus rhombeatus Common night adder SQUAMATA - SAURIA (LIZARDS) SCINCIDAE Acontias meleagris Cape legless skink Eremias lineocelata Sand lizard Mabuya capensis Striped skink Mabuya homalocephala Speckled skink Pedioplanis lineocellata Spotted sand lizard Trachylepis homalocephala Red-sided skink Trachylepis capensis Cape skink GERRHOSAURIDAE Gerrhosaurus flavigularis Yellow-throated plated lizard Tetradactylus seps seps Short-legged seps CORDYLIDAE Chamaesaura anguina Cape grass lizard Cordylus cordylus Cape girldiled lizard Ninurta coeruleopunctatus Blue-spotted girdled lizard Pseudocordylus microlepidotus Cape crag lizard LACERTIDAE Tropidosaura gularis Yellow-striped mountain lizard CHAMAELEONIDAE Bradypodion damaranum Knysna dwarf chameleon GEKKONIDAE Pachydactylus geitjie Ocellated thick-toed gecko Afrogecko porpyreus Marbled leaf-toe gecko AGAMINAE Agama atra atra Common rock agama VARANIDAE Varanus exanthematicus Rock monitor TESTUDINES (TORTOISES / TERRAPINS / TURTLES) TESTUDINIDAE Chersina angulata Angulate tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis Leopard tortoise Homopus areolatus Parrot-beaked tortoise DERMOCHELYIDAE Eretmochelys imbricata Hawkbill sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback turtle CHELONIIDAE Caretta caretta Loggerhead turtle Chelonia mydas Green turtle PELOMEDUSIDAE Pelomedusa subrufa Cape terrapin .