Species list: Reptiles

This species list of reptiles gives an indication of species which are known or may be expected to occur in the landscape:

TORTOISES & TERRAPINS	Leopard Tortoise	Stigmochelys pardalis
	Kalahari Tent Tortoise	Psammobates oculiferus
	Marsh/Helmeted Terrapin	Pelomedusa subrufa
SNAKES
Blind Snakes	Boyle’s Beaked Blind Snake	Rhinotyphlops boylei
	Schinz’s Beaked Blind Snake	Rhinotyphlops schinzi
	Schlegel’s Beaked Blind Snake	Rhinotyphlops schlegelii
Thread Snakes	Peter’s Thread Snake	Leptotyphlops scutifrons
Pythons	Southern African Python	Python natalensis
Burrowing Asps	Bibron’s Burrowing Asp	Atractaspis bibronii
Purple Glossed Snakes	Kalahari Purple Glossed Snake	Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata
Quill Snouted Snakes	Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake	Xenocalamus bicolor
	Elongate Quill-snouted Snake	Xenocalamus mechowii
Typical Snakes	Brown House Snake	Lamprophis fuliginosus
	Cape Wolf Snake	Lycophidion capense
	Angola File Snake	Mehelya vernayi
	Mole Snake	Pseudaspis cana
	Two-striped Shovel-snout	Prosymna bivittata
	South-western Shovel-snout	Prosymna frontalis
	Viperine Bark Snake	Hemirhagerrhis viperinus
	Dwarf Beaked Snake	Dipsina multimaculata
	Striped Skaapsteker	Psammophylax tritaeniatus
	Karoo Sand Snake	Psammophis notostictus
	Namib Sand Snake	Psammophis leightoni trinasalis
	Jalla's Sand Snake	Psammophis jallae
	Stripe-bellied Sand Snake	Psammophis subtaeniatus
	Leopard and Short-snouted Grass Snakes	Psammophis brevirostris leopardinus
	Olive Grass Snake	Psammophis mossambicus
	Spotted Bush Snake	Philothamnus semivariegatus
	Common/Rhombic Egg Eater	Dasypeltis scabra
	Eastern Tiger Snake	Telescopus semiannulatus
	Boomslang	Dispholidus typus
	Coral Snake	Aspidelaps lubricus infuscatus
	Shield-nose Snake	Aspidelaps scutatus
	Angolan Garter Snake	Elapsoidea semiannulata
	Sundevall’s Garter Snake	Elapsoidea sunderwallii fitzsimonsi
	Snouted Cobra	Naja annulifera
	Black-necked Spitting Cobra	Naya nigricollis nigricincta
	Black Mamba	Dendroaspis polylepis
	Puff Adder	Bitis arietans
	Horned Adder	Bitis caudalis
Worm Lizards	Anchieta’s Spade-snouted Worm Lizard	Monopeltis anchietae
	Kalahari Round-headed Worm Lizard	Zygaspis quadrifrons
	Dusky Spade-snouted Worm Lizard	Monopeltis infuscata
	Slender Spade-snouted Worm Lizard	Monopeltis sphenorhynchus
LIZARDS
Skinks	Percival’s Legless Skink	Acontias percivali
	Sundevall’s Writhing Skink	Lygosoma sundevallii
	Western Three-striped Skink	Mabuya occidentalis
	Kalahari Tree Skink	Mabuya spilogaster
	Striped Skink	Mabuya striata wahlbergi
	Western Rock Skink	Mabuya sulcata
	Variable Skink	Trachylepis varia
	Variegated Skink	Mabuya variegata punctulata
Old World Lizards	Bushveld Lizard	Heliobolus lugubris
	Cape Rough-scaled Lizard	Ichnotropis capensis
	Common Rough-scaled Lizard	Ichnotropis squamulosa
	Spotted Sandveld Lizard	Nucras intertexta
	Holub’s Sand Lizard	Nucras holubi
	Spotted Sand Lizard	Pedioplanis lineoocellata lineoocellata
	Namaqua Sand Lizard	Pedioplanis namaquensis
Plated Lizards	Kalahari Plated Lizard	Gerrhosaurus multilineatus
	Giant Plated Lizard	Gerrhosaurus validus
Girdled Lizards	Jordan’s Girdled Lizard	Cordylus jordani
Monitors	Rock or White-throated Monitor	Varanus albigularis
Agamas	Ground Agama	Agama aculeata
	Anchieta’s Agama	Agama anchietae
	Namibian Rock Agama	Agama planiceps
Chameleons	Flap-neck Chameleon	Chamaeleo dilepis
Geckos	Bradfield’s Dwarf Gecko	Lygodactylus bradfieldi
	Festive Gecko	Narudasia festiva
	Velvety Thick-toed Gecko	Pachydactylus bicolor
	Cape Thick-toed Gecko	Pachydactylus capensis
	Turner’s Thick-toed Gecko	Pachydactylus turneri
	Speckled Thick-toed Gecko	Pachydactylus punctatus
	Common Barking Gecko	Ptenopus garrulus garrulus