Species list: Reptiles
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 |