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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)   Crocodylus niloticus Nile Crocodile Fuchs, Mertens & Wermuth 1974 King & Burke 1989 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Genus Mecistops (African Slender-snouted Crocodiles)   Mecistops leptorhynchus Central African Slender-snouted Crocodile Shirley, Carr, Nestler, Vliet & Brochu 2018

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Acanthocercus (Ridgeback Agamas)   Acanthocercus gregorii Kenyan Ridgeback Agama Wagner, Greenbaum, Bauer, Kusamba & Leache 2018 Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)   Agama mwanzae Mwanza Rock Agama Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo anchietae Angolan Chameleon Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Chamaeleo dilepis Flap-necked Chameleon Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Glaw 2015 Hinkel 1996 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Tilbury 2010   Chamaeleo laevigatus Smooth Chameleon Broadley & Howell 1991 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Tilbury 2010 Genus Kinyongia (East African Dwarf Chameleons)   Kinyongia rugegensis Rugege Highlands Dwarf Chameleon Glaw 2015 [as adolfifriderici] Hughes, Kusamba, Behangana & Greenbaum 2017 Genus Rhampholeon (African Leaf Chameleons)   Rhampholeon boulengeri Central African Leaf Chameleon Glaw 2015 Hinkel 1996 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Tilbury 2010 Genus Trioceros (Equatorial Chameleons)   Trioceros ellioti Montane Side-striped Chameleon Broadley & Howell 1991 Fischer & Hinkel 1992 Glaw 2015 Hinkel 1996 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Tilbury 2010   Trioceros johnstoni Ruwenzori Three-horned Chameleon Glaw 2015 Hinkel 1996 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Tilbury 2010   Trioceros rudis Ruwenzori Side-striped Chameleon Broadley & Howell 1991 Glaw 2015 Hinkel 1996 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Tilbury 2010  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus angulatus West African House Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Hemidactylus mabouia Cosmopolitan House Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)   Lygodactylus gutturalis Chevron-throated Dwarf Gecko Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018  Family Gerrhosauridae (Plated Lizards) Genus Gerrhosaurus (Typical Plated Lizards)   Gerrhosaurus flavigularis Yellow-throated Plated Lizard Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Adolfus (African Forest Lizards)   Adolfus jacksoni East African Forest Lizard Broadley & Howell 1991 Greenbaum, Beer, Hughes, Wagner, Anderson, Villanueva, Malonza, Kusumba, Muninga, Aristote & Branch 2018 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Congolacerta (Congolese Lizards)   Congolacerta vauereselli Sparse-scaled Forest Lizard Broadley & Howell 1991 Hinkel 1996  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Feylinia (African Snake Skinks)   Feylinia currori Western Forest Snake Skink Pauwels 2019 Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)   Trachylepis maculilabris Common Speckled-lipped Skink Fischer & Hinkel 1992 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Trachylepis megalura Grass-top Skink Koppetsch 2020 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Trachylepis striata Eastern Striped Skink Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Trachylepis varia Savanna Variable Skink Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus niloticus Nile Monitor Bayless 2002 Chirio & LeBreton 2007

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)   Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Common Herald Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)   Dasypeltis atra Forest Egg Eater Bates & Broadley 2018 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Dasypeltis scabra Common African Egg Eater Bates & Broadley 2018 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Dipsadoboa (Nocturnal Tree Snakes)   Dipsadoboa unicolor Unicoloured Nocturnal Tree Snake Rasmussen 1993 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Dipsadoboa viridis Green Nocturnal Tree Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Rasmussen 1993 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)   Dispholidus kivuensis Kivu Boomslang Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Pitman 1974 Genus Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes)   Grayia tholloni Nandi Water Snake Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)   Natriciteres olivacea Olive Marsh Snake Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)   Philothamnus angolensis Angolan Green Snake Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Philothamnus battersbyi Northeastern Green Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Lanza 1990 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002   Philothamnus carinatus Barred Green Snake Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Philothamnus heterodermus Emerald Green Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Philothamnus heterolepidotus Slender Green Snake Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Philothamnus hoplogaster Southeastern Green Snake Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Philothamnus nitidus Cameroon Green Snake Broadley & Howell 1991 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Philothamnus ruandae Rwanda Emerald Green Snake Pitman 1974 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Philothamnus semivariegatus Variegated Bush Snake Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)   Thelotornis mossambicanus Eastern Vine Snake Broadley 2001 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Derleyn 1978 [as capensis shilsi] Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Genus Thrasops (Black Tree Snakes)   Thrasops jacksonii Common Black Tree Snake Derleyn 1977 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)   Dendroaspis jamesonii Central African Green Mamba David & Ineich 1999 Derleyn 1977 Spawls & Branch 1995 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Dendroaspis polylepis Black Mamba Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)   Elapsoidea loveridgei Northeastern Garter Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Fischer & Hinkel 1992 Jakobsen 1997 Pitman 1974 Spawls & Branch 1995 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja annulata Ringed Water Cobra Fischer & Hinkel 1992   Naja nigricollis Black-necked Spitting Cobra Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Naja subfulva Brown Forest Cobra David & Ineich 1999 [as N. melanoleuca] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as N. melanoleuca] Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 [as N. melanoleuca] Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 [as N. melanoleuca] Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)   Aparallactus capensis Cape Centipede Eater Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)   Atractaspis bibronii Southern Stiletto Snake Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis irregularis Variable Stiletto Snake Broadley & Howell 1991 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Pitman 1974 Spawls & Branch 1995 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)   Boaedon fuliginosus Common African House Snake Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Boaedon montanus Kigali House Snake Trape, Mediannikov, Hinkel & Hinkel 2022 Genus Buhoma (African Forest Snakes)   Buhoma depressiceps Pale-headed Forest Snake Derleyn 1978 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Dromophis (Olympic Snakes)   Dromophis lineatus Lined Olympic Snake Hughes 2004 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Duberria (African Slug Eaters)   Duberria shirana Shire Slug Eater Broadley & Howell 1991 Pitman 1974 [as D. lutrix atriventris] Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 [as D. lutrix] Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 [as D. lutrix] Genus Gracililima (Black File Snake)   Gracililima nyassae Black File Snake Broadley 1983 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Lanza & Broadley 2014 Lanza 1990 Genus Kladirostratus (Striped Beaked Snakes)   Kladirostratus acutus Eastern Striped Beaked Snake Broadley & Howell 1991 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & Ineich 1991 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)   Limaformosa chanleri Unicolor File Snake Broadley & Howell 1991 [as unicolor] Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Derleyn 1978 [as Mehelya capensis unicolor] Lanza & Broadley 2014 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 [as unicolor] Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Lycodonomorphus (Southern African Water Snakes)   Lycodonomorphus bicolor Tanganyika White-bellied Water Snake Spawls 2010 Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)   Lycophidion jacksoni Kilimanjaro Wolf Snake Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1996 Laurent 1968 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 [as L. capense] Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 [as L. capense] Trape 2021   Lycophidion ornatum Ornate Wolf Snake Broadley 1996 Laurent 1968 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Mehelya (Greater File Snakes)   Mehelya poensis Western Forest File Snake Derleyn 1978 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Polemon (African Snake Eaters)   Polemon christyi Eastern Snake Eater Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Polemon graueri Central Lakes Snake Eater Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)   Prosymna ambigua Central African Shovel-snout Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1980 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis mossambicus East African Olive Grass Snake Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Genus Psammophylax (Skaapstekers)   Psammophylax variabilis Grey-bellied Skaapsteker Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1976 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1983 Keates, Conradie, Greenbaum & Edwards 2019 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Genus Pseudaspis (African Mole Snake)   Pseudaspis cana African Mole Snake Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Leptotyphlops (Typical Thread Snakes)   Leptotyphlops latirostris Uvira Thread Snake Broadley & Wallach 2007 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python natalensis Southern Rock Python Branch 1998 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1984 Spawls & Branch 1995 [as sebae] Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Python sebae Northern Rock Python Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)   Afrotyphlops angolensis Golden Blind Snake Broadley & Wallach 2009 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Afrotyphlops congestus Marbled Blind Snake Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Afrotyphlops lineolatus Lineolate Blind Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Letheobia (African Gracile Blind Snakes)   Letheobia gracilis Urungu Gracile Blind Snake Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Letheobia graueri Lake Tanganyika Gracile Blind Snake Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley & Wallach 2007 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Atheris (African Bush Vipers)   Atheris nitschei Great Lakes Bush Viper Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 David & Ineich 1999 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Bitis (African Adders)   Bitis arietans Common Puff Adder David & Ineich 1999 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Bitis nasicornis African Nose-horned Viper Broadley & Howell 1991 David & Ineich 1999 Derleyn 1977 Pitman 1974 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Causus (Night Adders)   Causus resimus Green Night Adder Broadley & Howell 1991 David & Ineich 1999 Lanza 1990 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Pitman 1974 Spawls & Branch 1995 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Causus rhombeatus Rhombic Night Adder David & Ineich 1999 Rasmussen 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles) Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)   Pelomedusa neumanni Kenyan Helmeted Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)   Pelusios rhodesianus Zambian Mud Turtle Broadley & Boycott 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Pelusios sinuatus East African Serrated Mud Turtle Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Broadley & Boycott 2009 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Pelusios subniger East African Black Mud Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)   Kinixys belliana Central African Hinge-back Tortoise Broadley 2012 Kindler, Branch, Hofmeyr, Maran, Siroky, Vences, Harvey, Hauswaldt, Schleicher, Stuckas & Fritz 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017   Kinixys spekii Eastern Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise Hailey, Broadley, Boycott & Spawls 2021 Ihlow, Farooq, Gvozdik, Hofmeyr, Conradie, Campbell, Harvey, Verburgt & Fritz 2019 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Stigmochelys (Leopard Tortoise)   Stigmochelys pardalis Leopard Tortoise Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021