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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:

	Worm Lizards (Amphisbaenia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Amphisbaenidae (Typical Worm Lizards) Genus Cynisca (West African Round-headed Worm Lizards)   * Cynisca schaeferi Cameroon Worm Lizard Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gans 1987 Gans 2005 Genus Monopeltis (Spade-snouted Worm Lizards)   Monopeltis galeata Helmeted Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gans 2005   Monopeltis jugularis Equatorial Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gans & Lehman 1973 Gans 2005

	Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)   Crocodylus suchus West African Crocodile Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as niloticus] Fuchs, Mertens & Wermuth 1974 King & Burke 1989 [as niloticus] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Genus Mecistops (African Slender-snouted Crocodiles)   Mecistops leptorhynchus Central African Slender-snouted Crocodile Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as cataphractus] King & Burke 1989 [as cataphractus] Shirley, Carr, Nestler, Vliet & Brochu 2018 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as cataphractus] Genus Osteolaemus (Dwarf Crocodiles)   Osteolaemus tetraspis West African Dwarf Crocodile Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 King & Burke 1989 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)   Agama agama Common Rainbow Agama Böhme 2005 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Rödel 2021 Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Böhme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Rödel & Wagner 2016 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner, Barej & Schmitz 2009 [as A. picticauda] Wagner, Krause & Böhme 2008   Agama doriae Nigerian Agama Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Grandison 1968 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Moody & Böhme 1984 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Agama gracilimembris Lesser Ground Agama Böhme 1975 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Joger 1982 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner & Bauer 2011   Agama lebretoni Cameroon Rainbow Agama Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as sylvanus] Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Böhme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Rödel & Wagner 2016 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner, Barej & Schmitz 2009   Agama parafricana Lesser African Forest Agama Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Böhme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Rödel & Wagner 2016   Agama sankaranica Sankaranian Agama Böhme & Schneider 1987 Chirio & LeBreton 2007   * Agama wagneri Mokolo Rainbow Agama Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo africanus Sahel Chameleon Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Glaw 2015 Joger 1982 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Chamaeleo dilepis Flap-necked Chameleon Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Glaw 2015 Mertens 1966 Tilbury 2010   Chamaeleo gracilis Graceful Chameleon Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Chamaeleo senegalensis Senegal Chameleon Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010 Genus Rhampholeon (African Leaf Chameleons)   Rhampholeon spectrum Spectral Leaf Chameleon Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Euskirchen, Schmitz & Boehme 2000 Glaw 2015 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Trioceros (Equatorial Chameleons)   * Trioceros camerunensis Cameroon Chameleon Barej, Ineich, Gvozdik, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Gonwouo, LeBreton, Bott & Schmitz 2010 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010   Trioceros cristatus Crested Chameleon Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Glaw 2015 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   * Trioceros montium Cameroon Two-horned Mountain Chameleon Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Euskirchen, Schmitz & Boehme 2000 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010   Trioceros oweni Central African Three-horned Chameleon Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   * Trioceros perreti Southern Peacock Chameleon Barej, Ineich, Gvozdik, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Gonwouo, LeBreton, Bott & Schmitz 2010 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1992 Tilbury 2010   * Trioceros pfefferi Bakossi Two-horned Chameleon Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Euskirchen, Schmitz & Boehme 2000 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010   Trioceros quadricornis Four-horned Chameleon Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Euskirchen, Schmitz & Boehme 2000 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Mertens 1968 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Trioceros serratus Serrated Chameleon Barej, Ineich, Gvozdik, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Gonwouo, LeBreton, Bott & Schmitz 2010 Glaw 2015 Mertens 1922 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Trioceros wiedersheimi Northern Peacock Chameleon Barej, Ineich, Gvozdik, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Gonwouo, LeBreton, Bott & Schmitz 2010 Glaw 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos) Genus Hemitheconyx (African Fat-tailed Geckos)   Hemitheconyx caudicinctus West African Fat-tailed Gecko Boehme 1975 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Ineich 1993 Seufer, Kaverkin & Kirschner (eds.) 2005 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Ancylodactylus (African Rock and Forest Geckos)   * Ancylodactylus alantika Alantika Rock Gecko Bauer, Chirio, Ineich & LeBreton 2006 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 LeBreton, Chirio & Gonwouo 2013 Malonza & Bauer 2022   * Ancylodactylus dilepis Foulassi Rock Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo & Chirio 2021 Malonza & Bauer 2022 Perret 1986   Ancylodactylus koehleri Cameroon Mountains Rock Gecko Bauer & LeBreton 2021 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Malonza & Bauer 2022 Perret 1986   Ancylodactylus spinicollis Spiny-necked Rock Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Malonza & Bauer 2022 Perret 1986 Segniagbeto 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus albituberculatus White-tubercled Half-toed Gecko Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Hemidactylus angulatus West African House Gecko Boehme & Schneider 1987 [as brookii] Boehme 1975 [as brookii] Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Joger 1982 [as brookii] Lawson 1993 [as brookii] Loveridge 1947 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Hemidactylus ansorgii Slender Forest Gecko Bauer, Tchibozo, Pauwels & Lenglet 2006 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Henle & Boehme 2003 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Hemidactylus coalescens Nkoelon Half-toed Gecko Wagner, Leache & Fujita 2014   Hemidactylus echinus Spiny Forest Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Henle & Boehme 2003   Hemidactylus eniangii Cross River Half-toed Gecko Wagner, Leache & Fujita 2014   Hemidactylus kamdemtohami Mount Iboundji Half-toed Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Hemidactylus longicephalus Long-headed Half-toed Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Loveridge 1947   Hemidactylus mabouia Cosmopolitan House Gecko Boehme 1975 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Joger 1982 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   * Hemidactylus makolowodei Northwest Cameroon Half-toed Gecko Bauer, LeBreton, Chirio, Ineich & Talla Kouete 2006 Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Hemidactylus muriceus Prickly Half-toed Gecko Bauer, Tchibozo, Pauwels & Lenglet 2006 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Henle & Boehme 2003 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus Azagny Half-toed Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Henle & Boehme 2003 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Hemidactylus richardsonii Central African Half-toed Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Loveridge 1947 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)   Lygodactylus conraui Cameroon Dwarf Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Loveridge 1947 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Lygodactylus depressus Spotted Dwarf Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007   * Lygodactylus dysmicus Foulassi Dwarf Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Wermuth 1965   Lygodactylus fischeri Sierra Leone Dwarf Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Loveridge 1947 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Lygodactylus gutturalis Chevron-throated Dwarf Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Urocotyledon (Tail-pad Geckos)   Urocotyledon palmata Webbed Tail-pad Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Loveridge 1947   * Urocotyledon weileri Cameroon Tail-pad Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Loveridge 1947  Family Gerrhosauridae (Plated Lizards) Genus Broadleysaurus (Rough-scaled Plated Lizard)   Broadleysaurus major Rough-scaled Plated Lizard Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Broadley 1987 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)   Acanthodactylus guineensis Guinea Fringe-toed Lizard Arnold 1983 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Meinig & Boehme 2002 Szczerbak 1975 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Adolfus (African Forest Lizards)   Adolfus africanus Multi-scaled Forest Lizard Arnold 1989 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Koehler, Wagner, Visser & Boehme 2003 Schmitz, Euskirchen & Boehme 2000 Wagner, Greenbaum, Malonza & Branch 2014 Genus Gastropholis (Keel-bellied Lizards)   Gastropholis echinata African Spiny-tailed Lizard Arnold 1989 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Heliobolus (Bushveld Lizards)   Heliobolus nitida Red-tailed Bushveld Lizard Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Holaspis (Blue-tailed Gliding Lizards)   Holaspis guentheri Western Blue-tailed Gliding Lizard Arnold 1989 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Latastia (African Long-tailed Lizards)   Latastia longicaudata Common Long-tailed Lizard Boehme 1975 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Genus Poromera (African Swamp Lizard)   Poromera fordii African Swamp Lizard Arnold 1989 Bischoff 1992 Chirio & LeBreton 2007  Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos) Genus Ptyodactylus (Fan-toed Geckos)   Ptyodactylus togoensis Sahelian Fan-toed Gecko Bauer, Tchibozo, Pauwels & Lenglet 2006 [as P. ragazzii] Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as P. ragazzii] Heimes 1987 [as P. ragazzii] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as P. ragazzii] Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)   Tarentola annularis Egyptian White-spotted Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Joger 1984 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Tarentola ephippiata African Wall Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Joger 1984 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Feylinia (African Snake Skinks)   Feylinia currori Western Forest Snake Skink Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1983 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Feylinia grandisquamis Cameroon Snake Skink Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1983 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Genus Lacertaspis (Central African Leaf-litter Skinks)   * Lacertaspis chriswildi Mount Kupe Leaf-Litter Skink Boehme & Schmitz 1996 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005   Lacertaspis gemmiventris Yellow-bellied Mountain Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Fuhn 1972 Perret 1973 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005   * Lacertaspis lepesmei Mount Bambouto Leaf-Litter Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Fuhn 1972 Perret 1973 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005   Lacertaspis reichenowii Cameroon Mountain Leaf-Litter Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Fuhn 1972 Perret 1973 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005   Lacertaspis rohdei Gabon Leaf-Litter Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Fuhn 1972 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Perret 1973 Schmitz, Euskirchen & Boehme 2000 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005 Genus Leptosiaphos (Slender Leaf-litter Skinks)   Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae Uganda Five-toed Skink Broadley 1989 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005   * Leptosiaphos amieti Mount Kala Leaf-litter Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Perret 1973 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005   Leptosiaphos dungeri Nigerian Leaf-litter Skink Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   * Leptosiaphos fuhni East Cameroon Leaf-litter Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Perret 1973 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005   * Leptosiaphos ianthinoxantha Yellow-and-Violet-bellied Mountain Skink Boehme 1975 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005   * Leptosiaphos koutoui Adamaoua Mountains Leaf-litter Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Ineich, Schmitz, Chirio & LeBreton 2004 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005   * Leptosiaphos pauliani Red-sided Leaf-litter Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Fuhn 1972 Perret 1973 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005   Leptosiaphos vigintiserierum Twenty-lined Mountain Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Fuhn 1972 Perret 1973 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005 Genus Melanoseps (Black Limbless Skinks)   Melanoseps occidentalis Western Limbless Skink Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1981 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)   Mochlus fernandi Western Red-flanked Skink Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Schmitz, Euskirchen & Boehme 2000 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner, Boehme, Pauwels & Schmitz 2009   Mochlus guineensis Guinean Supple Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Mochlus striatus Central African Red-flanked Skink Wagner, Boehme, Pauwels & Schmitz 2009 Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)   Panaspis breviceps Short-headed Snake-eyed Skink Broadley 1989 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Medina, Bauer, Branch, Schmitz, Conradie, Nagy, Hibbitts, Ernst, Portik, Nielsen, Colston, Kusamba, Behangana, Roedel & Greenbaum 2016 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   * Panaspis duruarum Cameroon Snake-eyed Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Fuhn 1970 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005   Panaspis togoensis Togo Snake-eyed Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Fuhn 1972 Perret 1973 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)   Trachylepis affinis Lesser Brown-flanked Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Hoogmoed 1974 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Trachylepis albilabris African White-lipped Forest Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Hoogmoed 1974   Trachylepis buettneri Togo Savanna Skink Boehme & Schneider 1987 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Trachylepis gonwouoi Turquoise-bellied Skink Allen, Tapondjou, Welton & Bauer 2017   Trachylepis maculilabris Common Speckled-lipped Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Hoogmoed 1974 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Trachylepis makolowodei Belemboke Skink Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & LeBreton 2008 Gvozdik, Dolinay, Zassi-Boulou & Babangenge 2018   * Trachylepis mekuana Bamboutos Mountain Grass Skink Chirio & Ineich 2000 Chirio & LeBreton 2007   * Trachylepis nganghae Mount Ngang-Ha Grass Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Ineich & Chirio 2004   Trachylepis perrotetii Orange-flanked Skink Boehme & Schneider 1987 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Trachylepis polytropis Greater Forest Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Hoogmoed 1974 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Trachylepis quinquetaeniata African Five-lined Skink Boehme 1975 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Joger 1982 Koppetsch 2020 Sternfeld 1917 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus exanthematicus Western Savanna Monitor Bennett in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Joger 1982 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Varanus niloticus Nile Monitor Bayless 2002 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Herrmann, Schmitz, Herrmann & Boehme 2007 Lenz in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Varanus stellatus African Forest Monitor Bayless 2002 [as V. ornatus] Boehme & Ziegler 1997 [as V. ornatus] Boehme & Ziegler in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 [as V. ornatus] Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as V. ornatus] Schmitz, Euskirchen & Boehme 2000 [as V. ornatus] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as V. ornatus]

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Calabaria (Calabar Boa)   Calabaria reinhardtii Calabar Boa Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Hughes 1983 Joger 1982 Lawson 1993 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Stimson 1969 Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)   Eryx muelleri West African Sand Boa Chirio & LeBreton 2007  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Afronatrix (West African Brown Water Snake)   Afronatrix anoscopus West African Brown Water Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)   Crotaphopeltis degeni Yellow-flanked Herald Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Rasmussen, Chirio & Ineich 2000   Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis West African Herald Snake Boehme & Schneider 1987 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Joger 1982 [as acarina] Rasmussen, Chirio & Ineich 2000   Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Common Herald Snake Boehme & Schneider 1987 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Joger 1982 Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)   Dasypeltis confusa Diamondback Egg Eater Bates & Broadley 2018 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012   Dasypeltis fasciata Central African Egg Eater Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gans 1959 Hughes 1983 Joger 1982 Lawson 1993 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012   Dasypeltis gansi Savanna Egg Eater Bates & Ineich 2012 Bates, Trape & Spawls 2013 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape & Mane 2006 Genus Dipsadoboa (Nocturnal Tree Snakes)   Dipsadoboa duchesnei Blue-tailed Nocturnal Tree Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Joger 1982 Lawson 1993 Rasmussen 1989   Dipsadoboa underwoodi Cameroon Nocturnal Tree Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gvozdik 2008 Rasmussen 1993   Dipsadoboa unicolor Unicoloured Nocturnal Tree Snake Boehme 1975 Branch, Conradie & Tolley in Branch, Bayliss, Bittencourt-Silva, Conradie, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo & Tolley 2019 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Lawson 1993 Rasmussen 1993   Dipsadoboa viridis Green Nocturnal Tree Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Lawson 1993 [as elongata] Rasmussen 1993   Dipsadoboa weileri Grey Nocturnal Tree Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Perret 1960 [as isolepis] Rasmussen 1993 Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)   Dispholidus sp. (Boomslang) Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as D. typus occidentalis] David & Ineich 1999 [as D. typus] Hughes 1983 [as D. typus] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as D. typus] Genus Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes)   Grayia caesar Long-tailed Water Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Mertens 1968   Grayia ornata Ornate Water Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983   Grayia smythii Equatorial Water Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993   Grayia tholloni Nandi Water Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Genus Hapsidophrys (Emerald Snakes)   Hapsidophrys lineatus Black-lined Green Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983   Hapsidophrys smaragdinus Common Emerald Snake Boehme 1975 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Genus Hydraethiops (Central African Water Snakes)   Hydraethiops laevis Smooth-scaled Water Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983   Hydraethiops melanogaster Black-bellied Water Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Joger 1990 Genus Meizodon (African Smooth Snakes)   Meizodon coronatus West African Crowned Smooth Snake Boehme & Schneider 1987 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Joger 1982   Meizodon regularis East African Crowned Smooth Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Schatti 1985   Meizodon semiornatus Semi-ornate Smooth Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)   Natriciteres fuliginoides Collared Marsh Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993   Natriciteres olivacea Olive Marsh Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993   Natriciteres variegata Variable Marsh Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)   Philothamnus angolensis Angolan Green Snake Boehme & Schneider 1987 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021   Philothamnus bequaerti Uganda Green Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983   Philothamnus carinatus Barred Green Snake Boehme 1975 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021   Philothamnus dorsalis Brown-snouted Green Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Philothamnus heterodermus Emerald Green Snake Boehme & Schneider 1987 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021   Philothamnus heterolepidotus Slender Green Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993   Philothamnus hughesi Congolese Green Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape & Roux-Esteve 1990   Philothamnus irregularis Irregular Green Snake Boehme & Schneider 1987 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993   Philothamnus nitidus Cameroon Green Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993   Philothamnus ornatus Ornate Green Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Philothamnus semivariegatus Variegated Bush Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)   Platyceps perreti Cameroon Whip Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 [as florulentus] Joger 1982 [as florulentus] Schatti 1988 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Genus Rhamnophis (Dagger-tooth Tree Snakes)   Rhamnophis aethiopissa Large-eyed Green Tree Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993   Rhamnophis batesii Spotted Dagger-tooth Tree Snake Broadley & Wallach 2002 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Genus Scaphiophis (African Hook-nosed Snakes)   Scaphiophis albopunctatus Common African Hook-nosed Snake Broadley 1994 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Joger 1982 Lawson 1993 Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)   Telescopus variegatus Variable Cat Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Joger 1982 Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)   Thelotornis kirtlandii Northern Vine Snake Broadley 2001 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Genus Thrasops (Black Tree Snakes)   Thrasops flavigularis Yellow-throated Black Tree Snake Broadley & Wallach 2002 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Joger 1982 Lawson 1993   Thrasops jacksonii Common Black Tree Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Genus Toxicodryas (African Tree Cat Snakes)   Toxicodryas adamanteus Eastern Powdered Cat Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as pulverulenta] Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Hughes 1983 [as pulverulenta] Lawson 1993 [as pulverulenta]   Toxicodryas blandingii Western Black-and-Yellow Tree Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)   Dendroaspis jamesonii Central African Green Mamba Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Schmitz, Euskirchen & Boehme 2000 Spawls & Branch 1995   Dendroaspis polylepis Black Mamba Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Haakansson & Madsen 1983 LeBreton & Chirio 2004 Stark 1986 Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)   Elapsoidea laticincta Sudanese Garter Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Elapsoidea semiannulata Half-banded Garter Snake Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja annulata Ringed Water Cobra Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995   Naja haje Egyptian Cobra Trape, Chirio, Broadley & Wuster 2009   Naja katiensis Brown Spitting Cobra Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Naja melanoleuca Central African Forest Cobra Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018   Naja multifasciata Burrowing Cobra Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995   Naja nigricollis Black-necked Spitting Cobra Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wuster, Crookes, Ineich, Mane, Pook, Trape & Broadley 2007   Naja savannula West African Banded Cobra Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018   Naja subfulva Brown Forest Cobra Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as N. melanoleuca] Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018 Genus Pseudohaje (Tree Cobras)   Pseudohaje goldii Central African Tree Cobra Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes)   Amblyodipsas unicolor Equatorial Purple-glossed Snake Broadley 1971 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)   Aparallactus lunulatus Reticulated Centipede Eater Boehme & Schneider 1987 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Aparallactus modestus Western Forest Centipede Eater Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)   Atractaspis aterrima Western Forest Stiletto Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis boulengeri Central African Stiletto Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Laurent 1950 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis congica Congo Stiletto Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Laurent 1950 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis corpulenta Fat Stiletto Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Laurent 1950 Lawson 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis dahomeyensis Dahomey Stiletto Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1950 Papenfuss 1969 Spawls & Branch 1995 Villiers 1975 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis irregularis Variable Stiletto Snake Boehme 1975 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 [as A. coalescens] Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1950 Perret 1960 [as A. coalescens] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as A. coalescens] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis reticulata Reticulate Stiletto Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1950 Lawson 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis watsoni Sokoto Stiletto Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Mane & Ineich 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)   Boaedon fuliginosus Common African House Snake Boehme & Schneider 1987 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Joger 1982 [as "cf. fuliginosus"]   Boaedon lineatus Lined House Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Boaedon longilineatus Long-lined House Snake Trape & Mediannikov 2016   Boaedon olivaceus Olive House Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993   Boaedon paralineatus Central African Lined House Snake Trape & Mediannikov 2016   Boaedon perisilvestris Central African Savanna House Snake Trape & Mediannikov 2016 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Boaedon subflavus Yellow House Snake Trape & Mediannikov 2016   Boaedon virgatus West African House Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Genus Bothrolycus (Black Loreal-pitted Snake)   Bothrolycus ater Black Loreal-pitted Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Mertens 1968 Genus Bothrophthalmus (Red-and-Black Striped Snakes)   Bothrophthalmus brunneus Brown-bellied Snake Boehme 1975 Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Bothrophthalmus lineatus Red-and-Black Striped Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Genus Buhoma (African Forest Snakes)   Buhoma depressiceps Pale-headed Forest Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Mertens 1968 Genus Chamaelycus (African Banded Snakes)   Chamaelycus fasciatus Ituri Banded Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Genus Dendrolycus (Central African Banded Snake)   Dendrolycus elapoides Central African Banded Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Genus Dromophis (Olympic Snakes)   Dromophis lineatus Lined Olympic Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Hughes 2004 Joger 1982   Dromophis praeornatus Ornate Olympic Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Genus Gonionotophis (Lesser File Snakes)   Gonionotophis brussauxi Eastern Forest Dwarf File Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993   Gonionotophis grantii Savanna Dwarf File Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Genus Hormonotus (Yellow Forest Snake)   Hormonotus modestus Yellow Forest Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Genus Kladirostratus (Striped Beaked Snakes)   Kladirostratus togoensis Western Striped Beaked Snake Chirio & Ineich 1991 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)   Limaformosa crossi Savanna File Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983   Limaformosa guirali White-speckled Forest File Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Mertens 1968   Limaformosa savorgnani Central African Forest File Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Lanza & Broadley 2014 Loveridge 1957 Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)   Lycophidion irroratum Western Forest Wolf Snake Boehme & Schneider 1987 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983   Lycophidion jacksoni Trape 2021   Lycophidion laterale Masked Wolf Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993   Lycophidion multimaculatum Many-spotted Wolf Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Lycophidion ornatum Ornate Wolf Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Lycophidion semicinctum Semi-annulated Wolf Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1968 Genus Mehelya (Greater File Snakes)   Mehelya poensis Western Forest File Snake Boehme 1975 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993   Mehelya stenophthalmus Small-eyed File Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Genus Poecilopholis (Central American Earth Snakes)   Poecilopholis cameronensis Efulen Burrowing Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Genus Polemon (African Snake Eaters)   Polemon bocourti Lambarene Snake Eater Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Hughes 2003 Muller 1910   Polemon collaris Fawn-headed Snake Eater Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Joger 1982 Lawson 1993 Portillo, Branch, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum 2019 Villiers 1975   Polemon fulvicollis Yellow-necked Snake Eater Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Polemon gabonensis Gabon Snake Eater Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Muller 1910 Portillo, Branch, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum 2019   Polemon gracilis Slender Snake Eater Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983   Polemon griseiceps Grey-headed Snake Eater Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Joger 1990 Portillo, Branch, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum 2019   Polemon notatus African Spotted Snake Eater Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Muller 1910 Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)   Prosymna ambigua Central African Shovel-snout Boehme & Schneider 1987 Broadley 1980 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983   Prosymna collaris Collared Shovel-snout Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011   Prosymna greigerti Sudan Savanna Shovel-snout Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Hughes 1983 [as P. meleagris]   Prosymna meleagris Speckled Shovel-snout Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis elegans Elegant Sand Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Perret 1961   Psammophis mossambicus East African Olive Grass Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as occidentalis] Hughes 1983 [as phillipsii] Joger 1982 [as phillipsii] Lawson 1993 [as phillipsii] Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019   Psammophis rukwae Lake Rukwa Sand Snake Boehme & Schneider 1987 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as P. sibilans] Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019   Psammophis sudanensis Sudan Sand Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Genus Rhamphiophis (Beaked Snakes)   Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus Western Beaked Snake Chirio & Ineich 1991 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Joger 1982  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)   Myriopholis adleri Chadian Thread Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape & Mane 2006   Myriopholis boueti Mali Thread Snake Ineich & Prudent 2014   Myriopholis narirostris Sahel Thread Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Doucet 1963 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Papenfuss 1969   Myriopholis perreti Cameroon Thread Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Genus Tricheilostoma (West African Forest Thread Snakes)   Tricheilostoma sundewalli Central African Thread Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 Joger 1990 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python regius Ball Python Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Joger 1982 Lawson 1993   Python sebae Northern Rock Python Broadley 1984 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Hughes 1983 Joger 1982 Lawson 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)   Afrotyphlops angolensis Golden Blind Snake Boehme & Schneider 1987 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Afrotyphlops congestus Marbled Blind Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Afrotyphlops decorosus Cameroon Gracile Blind Snake Boehme 1975 Broadley & Wallach 2007 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999   Afrotyphlops lineolatus Lineolate Blind Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Afrotyphlops punctatus Spotted Blind Snake Boehme & Schneider 1987 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   * Afrotyphlops rouxestevae Douala Blind Snake Trape 2019   Afrotyphlops steinhausi Common Cameroon Blind Snake Broadley & Wallach 2009 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Letheobia (African Gracile Blind Snakes)   Letheobia caeca Congolese Gracile Blind Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983   Letheobia weidholzi Poli Gracile Blind Snake Wallach & Gemel 2018 Genus Typhlops (Afro-Caribbean Blind Snakes)   * Typhlops zenkeri Bitye Blind Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Atheris (African Bush Vipers)   Atheris broadleyi Lipondji Bush Viper Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Lawson 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atheris squamigera Southern Green Bush Viper Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Lawson 1999 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Pitman 1974 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   * Atheris subocularis Cameroon Bush Viper Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Bitis (African Adders)   Bitis arietans Common Puff Adder Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Joger 1982 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995   Bitis gabonica Gaboon Adder Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 Pitman 1974 Schmitz, Euskirchen & Boehme 2000 Spawls & Branch 1995   Bitis nasicornis African Nose-horned Viper Boehme 1975 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Lawson 1993 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Causus (Night Adders)   Causus lichtensteinii Forest Night Adder Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Joger 1982 Lawson 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995   Causus maculatus West African Night Adder Boehme & Schneider 1987 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Hughes 1983 Joger 1982 Lawson 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995   Causus resimus Green Night Adder Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)   Echis romani Chadian Carpet Viper Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as ocellatus] David & Ineich 1999 [as ocellatus] Joger 1982 [as ocellatus] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as ocellatus] Pook, Joger, Stumpel & Wuster 2009 [as ocellatus] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as ocellatus] Trape 2018

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles) Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)   Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle Chirio & LeBreton 2007 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Chirio & LeBreton 2007 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Chirio & LeBreton 2007 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles) Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)   Pelomedusa subrufa Common Helmeted Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Pelomedusa variabilis West African Helmeted Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)   Pelusios adansonii Sahelian Mud Turtle Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Bour 2008 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Maran 2009 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Pelusios castaneus Chestnut Mud Turtle Bour, Luiselli, Petrozzi, Segniabeto & Chirio 2016 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Maran 2009 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Pelusios chapini Central African Mud Turtle Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Pelusios gabonensis Forest Mud Turtle Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Maran 2009 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Pelusios niger West African Black Mud Turtle Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Lawson 1993 Luiselli, Bour, Petrozzi, Akani & Segniagbeto 2018 Maran 2009 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Centrochelys (African Spurred Tortoise)   Centrochelys sulcata African Spurred Tortoise Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Petrozzi, Hema, Demaya, Benansio, Eniang, Diagne, Segniagbeto & Luiselli 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)   Kinixys belliana Central African Hinge-back Tortoise Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Kinixys erosa Forest Hinge-back Tortoise Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gonwouo, Tchassem, Doherty-Bone & Roedel 2021 Kindler, Branch, Hofmeyr, Maran, Siroky, Vences, Harvey, Hauswaldt, Schleicher, Stuckas & Fritz 2012 King & Burke 1989 Luiselli & Diagne 2014 Maran 2009 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Kinixys homeana West African Hinge-back Tortoise Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Iverson 1992 Kindler, Branch, Hofmeyr, Maran, Siroky, Vences, Harvey, Hauswaldt, Schleicher, Stuckas & Fritz 2012 King & Burke 1989 Luiselli & Diagne 2013 Maran 2009 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Kinixys nogueyi Western Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise Broadley 2012 [as belliana] Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as belliana] Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Kindler, Branch, Hofmeyr, Maran, Siroky, Vences, Harvey, Hauswaldt, Schleicher, Stuckas & Fritz 2012 King & Burke 1989 [as belliana] Maran 2009 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Tabaka 2005 [as belliana] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Cyclanorbis (SubSaharan Flapshell Turtles)   Cyclanorbis elegans Nubian Flapshell Turtle Baker, Diagne & Luiselli 2015 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Cyclanorbis senegalensis Senegal Flapshell Turtle Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Iverson 1992 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2003 McGovern, Diagne, Diagne, Luiselli & Meylan 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Cycloderma (Central African Flapshell Turtles)   Cycloderma aubryi Forest Flapshell Turtle Maran 2009 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Trionyx (African Softshell Turtle)   Trionyx triunguis African Softshell Turtle Chirio & LeBreton 2007 King & Burke 1989 Maran 2009 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012