Species list: Reptiles

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This species list of reptiles was compiled as part of the Windhoek Biodiversity Inventory, an inventory of an area which overlaps significantly with the Windhoek Green Belt Landscape and has similar habitats. It therefore gives an indication of species which are known or may be expected to occur in the landscape:

TORTOISES & TERRAPINS Leopard Tortoise Geochelone 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 Anchieta’s Dwarf Python Python anchietae
  Southern African  Python Python natalensis
Burrowing Snakes Bibron’s Burrowing Asp Atractaspis bibronii
  Cape Centipede Eater Aparallactus capensis
  Kalahari Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata
  Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake Xenocalamus bicolor
  Elongate Quill-snouted Snake Xenocalamus mechowii
Typical Snakes Brown House Snake Lamprophis fuliginosus
  Cape Wolf Snake Lycophidion capense
  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
  Leopard Grass Snake Psammophis brevirostris leopardinus
  Spotted Bush Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus
  Western Green Snake Philothamnus angolensis
  Common Egg Eater Dasypeltis scabra
  Western Tiger Snake Telescopus semiannulatus polystictus
  Boomslang Dispholidus typus
  Coral Snake Aspidelaps lubricus infuscatus
  Shield-nose Snake Aspidelaps scutatus scutatus
  Sundevall’s Garter Snake Elapsoidea sunderwallii fitzsimonsi
  Snouted Cobra Naja annulifera
  Cape Cobra Naja nivea
  Black-necked Spitting Cobra Naya nigricollis nigricincta
  Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis
  Puff Adder Bitis arietans
  Horned Adder Bitis caudalis
Worm Lizards Kalahari Round-headed Worm Lizard Zygaspis quadrifrons
  Dusky Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Monopeltis infuscata
LIZARDS    
Skinks Percival’s Legless Skink Acontias percivali
  Sundevall’s Writhing Skink Lygosoma sundevallii
  Cape Skink Mabuya capensis
  Western Three-striped Skink Mabuya occidentalis
  Kalahari Tree Skink Mabuya spilogaster
  Striped Skink Mabuya striata wahlbergi
  Western Rock Skink Mabuya sulcata
  Variegated Skink Mabuya variegata punctulata
Old World Lizards Bushveld Lizard Heliobolus lugubris
  Common Rough-scaled Lizard Ichnotropis squamulosa
  Spotted Desert Lizard Meroles suborbitalis
  Spotted Sandveld Lizard Nucras intertexta
  Spotted Sand Lizard Pedioplanis lineoocellata lineoocellata
  Namaqua Sand Lizard Pedioplanis namaquensis
  Western Sand Lizard Pedioplanis undata
Plated Lizards Dwarf Plated Lizard Cordylosaurus subtessellatus
  Giant Plated Lizard Gerrhosaurus validus
Girdled Lizards Jordan’s Girdled Lizard Cordylus jordani
  Herero Girdled Lizard Cordylus pustulatus
     
Monitors Rock 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
  Rough Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus rugosus
  Weber’s Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus weberi
  Common Barking Gecko Ptenopus garrulus garrulus

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