Species list: Reptiles and amphibians
The following species are known or expected to occur in the Gondwana Canyon Park area of the Greater Fish River Canyon Landscape:
Species | |
Common Platanna | Xenopus laevis |
Guttural Toad | Bufo gutturalis |
Karoo Toad | Bufo gariepensis |
Raucous Toad | Bufo rangeri |
Paradise Toad | Bufo robinsoni |
Marbled Rubber Frog | Phrynomantis annectens |
Tandy's Sand Frog | Tomopterna tandyi |
Cape River Frog | Afrana fuscigula |
Angola River Frog | Afrana angolensis |
Clicking Stream Frog | Strongylopus grayi |
Namaqua Stream Frog | Strongylopus springbokensis |
Namaqua Caco | Cacosternum namaquense |
Helmeted / Marsh Terrapin | Pelomedusa subrufa |
Leopard Tortoise | Geochelone pardalis |
Bowsprit Tortoise | Chersina angulata |
Nama Padloper | Homopus sp. nov |
Namaqualand Tent Tortoise | Psammobates tentorius |
Namaqua Flat Gecko | Afroedura namaquensis |
Striped Leaf-Toed Gecko | Goggia lineata |
Richtersveld Leaf-Toed Gecko | Goggia gemmula |
Namaqua Day Gecko | Phelsuma ocellata |
Namibian Dwarf Gecko | Lygodactylus bradfieldi |
Giant Ground Gecko | Chondrodactylus angulifer |
Cape Button-Scale Gecko | Pachydactylus. bibronii |
Tropical Button-Scale Gecko | Pachydactylus turneri |
Weber's Gecko | Pachydactylus weberi |
Western Cape Gecko | Pachydactylus labialis |
Marico Gecko | Pachydactylus mariquensis |
Speckled Gecko | Pachydactylus punctatus |
Namibian Rough-Scaled Gecko | Pachydactylus rugosus |
Western Spotted Gecko | Pachydactylus serval |
Great Namaqualand Gecko | Pachydactylus haackei |
Namaqua Gecko | Pachydactylus namaquensis |
Common Barking Gecko | Pachydactylus garrulous |
Festive Gecko | Narudasia festiva |
Common Ground Agama | Agama aculeata |
Western Rock Agama | Agama anchietae |
Southern Rock Agama | Agama atra |
Spiny Agama | Agama hispida |
Namaqua Chameleon | Chamaeleo namaquensis |
Striped legless skink | Acontias lineatus |
Sperrgebiet Blind Legless Skink | Typhlosaurus meyeri |
Namibian Dwarf Burrowing Skink | Scelotes capensis |
Wedge-Snouted Skink | Trachylepis acutilabris |
Cape Skink | Trachylepis capensis |
Western Three-Lined Skink | Trachylepis occidentalis |
Western Variegated Skink | Trachylepis variegata |
Namibian Tree Skink | Trachylepis spilogaster |
Koppie Skink | Trachylepis sulcata |
Western Sandveld Lizard | Nucras tessellata |
Round-Snouted Sand Lizard | Meroles knoxii |
Spotted Desert Lizard | Meroles suborbitalis |
Karoo Sand Lizard | Pedioplanis laticeps |
Ocellated/Spotted Sand Lizard | Pedioplanis lineoocellata |
Namaqua Sand Lizard | Pedioplanis namaquensis |
Namibian Plain Sand Lizard | Pedioplanis inornata |
Dwarf Plated Lizard | Cordylosaurus subtessellatus |
Karoo Girdled Lizard | Cordylus polyzonus |
Gariep Flat Lizard | Platysaurus capensis |
Veld Leguaan / Rock Monitor | Varanus albigularis |
Water Leguaan | Varanus niloticus |
Slender Wormsnake | Leptotyphlops gracilior |
Namibian Wormsnake | Leptotyphlops occidentalis |
Delalande's Blind Snake | Rhinotyphlops lalandei |
Beaked Blind Snake | Rhinotyphlops schinzi |
Cape House Snake | Lamprophis fiskii |
Brown House Snake | Lamprophis fuliginosus |
Spotted House Snake | Lamprophis guttatus |
Mole Snake | Pseudaspis cana |
Spotted Skaapsteker | Psammophylax rhombeatus |
Western Whip Snake | Psammophis trigrammus |
Karoo Whip Snake | Psammophis notostictus |
Namib Sand Snake | Psammophis namibensis |
Cross-Marked Sand Snake | Psammophis crucifer |
Dwarf-Beaked Snake | Dipsina multimaculata |
Rhombic Egg-Eater | Dasypeltis scabra |
Spotted Bush Snake | Philothamnus semivariegatus |
Namaqua Tiger Snake | Telescopus beetzi |
Southern Tiger Snake | Telescopus semiannulatus |
Twin-Striped Shovel-Snout | Prosymna bivittata |
Southwestern Shovel-Snout | Prosymna frontalis |
Coral Snake | Aspidelaps lubricus |
Black Spitting-Cobra | Naja woodi |
Cape Cobra | Naja nivea |
Horned Adder | Bitis caudalis |
Desert Mountain Adder | Bitis xeropaga |
Many-Horned Adder | Bitis cornuta |
Puff Adder | Bitis arietans |
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