Reptiles of
Congo-Kinshasa  [=Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire]

 

Bibliography of the reptiles of Congo-Kinshasa Taxonomic history of the reptiles of Congo-Kinshasa Introduced species
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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.
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Worm Lizards (Amphisbaenia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Amphisbaenidae (Typical Worm Lizards)
Genus Dalophia (Blunt-tailed Worm Lizards)
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Dalophia gigantea

Kwango Worm Lizard

Broadley 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Gans 2005
  *
Dalophia luluae

Sandoa Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard

Broadley 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Gans 2005
Genus Monopeltis (Spade-snouted Worm Lizards)
  *
Monopeltis adercae

Lualaba Spade-snouted Worm Lizard

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Gans 2005
 
Monopeltis guentheri

Western Congo Worm Lizard

Broadley 1998 Gans & Latifi 1971 Gans 2005
 
Monopeltis kabindae

Cabinda Spade-snouted Worm Lizard

Broadley 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Gans 2005
  *
Monopeltis remaclei

Lukulu Spade-snouted Worm Lizard

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Gans 2005
  *
Monopeltis scalper

Carved Spade-snouted Worm Lizard

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Gans 2005
 
Monopeltis schoutedeni

Kunungu Spade-snouted Worm Lizard

Broadley 1998 Gans & Lehman 1973 Gans 2005 Pauwels, Albert & Lenglet 2010
 
Monopeltis vanderysti

Wombali Spade-snouted Worm Lizard

Broadley 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Gans 2005
Genus Zygaspis (Purple Round-headed Worm Lizards)
  *
Zygaspis dolichomenta

Congo Round-headed Worm Lizard

Broadley & Broadley 1997 Broadley 1998 Gans 2005 Laurent 1958
 
Zygaspis quadrifrons

Kalahari Round-headed Worm Lizard

Branch 1998 Branch 2008 Broadley & Broadley 1997 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Gans 2005

Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)
Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)
 
Crocodylus niloticus

Nile Crocodile

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Fuchs, Mertens & Wermuth 1974 King & Burke 1989 Schmidt 1919 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
Genus Mecistops (African Slender-snouted Crocodiles)
 
Mecistops leptorhynchus

Central African Slender-snouted Crocodile

Branch 2008 [as cataphractus] Broadley & Cotterill 2004 [as cataphractus] Broadley 1998 [as cataphractus] King & Burke 1989 [as cataphractus] Schmidt 1919 [as cataphractus] Shirley, Carr, Nestler, Vliet & Brochu 2018 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 [as cataphractus]
Genus Osteolaemus (Dwarf Crocodiles)
 
Osteolaemus osborni

Congo Dwarf Crocodile

Broadley 1998 Schmidt 1919 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 
Osteolaemus tetraspis

West African Dwarf Crocodile

King & Burke 1989

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Acanthocercus (Ridgeback Agamas)
 
Acanthocercus atricollis

Black-necked Ridgeback Agama

Wagner, Greenbaum, Bauer, Kusamba & Leache 2018
 
Acanthocercus branchi

Zambian Ridgeback Agama

Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco & Bauer 2021 Wagner, Greenbaum, Bauer, Kusamba & Leache 2018
 
Acanthocercus cyanocephalus

Blue-headed Ridgeback Agama

Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco & Bauer 2021 Wagner, Greenbaum, Bauer, Kusamba & Leache 2018
 
Acanthocercus kiwuensis

Kivu Ridgeback Agama

Klausewitz 1957 Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco & Bauer 2021 Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer 2012 Wagner, Greenbaum, Bauer, Kusamba & Leache 2018 Wermuth 1967
Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)
 
Agama anchietae

Western Rock Agama

Branch 1998 Wermuth 1967
 
Agama armata

Zambezi Spiny Agama

Branch 2008 [as aculeata] Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998
 
Agama finchi

West Kenyan Rainbow Agama

Wagner, Freund, Modry, Schmitz & Boehme 2011
 
Agama picticauda

Ada Foah Agama

Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Boehme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Roedel & Wagner 2016
 Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)
 
Chamaeleo anchietae

Angolan Chameleon

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010
 
Chamaeleo dilepis

Flap-necked Chameleon

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 [as "cf. dilepis"] Tilbury 2010
 
Chamaeleo gracilis

Graceful Chameleon

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Tilbury 2010
 
Chamaeleo laevigatus

Smooth Chameleon

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Schmidt 1919 Tilbury 2010
Genus Kinyongia (East African Dwarf Chameleons)
  *
Kinyongia adolfifriderici

Ituri Dwarf Chameleon

Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Greenbaum, Tolley, Joma & Kusamba 2012 Hughes, Kusamba, Behangana & Greenbaum 2017 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Schmidt 1919 Tilbury 2010
 
Kinyongia carpenteri

Ruwenzori Helmeted Chameleon

Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Greenbaum, Tolley, Joma & Kusamba 2012 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Tilbury 2010
  *
Kinyongia gyrolepis

Lendu Plateau Chameleon

Glaw 2015 Greenbaum, Tolley, Joma & Kusamba 2012
  *
Kinyongia itombwensis

Itombwe Plateau Dwarf Chameleon

Hughes, Kusamba, Behangana & Greenbaum 2017
  *
Kinyongia mulyai

Mount Nzawa Crestless Chameleon

Glaw 2015 Tilbury & Tolley 2015
 
Kinyongia xenorhina

Ruwenzori Plate-nosed Chameleon

Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Tilbury 2010
Genus Rhampholeon (African Leaf Chameleons)
 
Rhampholeon boulengeri

Central African Leaf Chameleon

Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Loveridge 1957 Tilbury 2010
  *
Rhampholeon hattinghi

Mount Nzawa Leaf Chameleon

Glaw 2015 Tilbury & Tolley 2015
 
Rhampholeon spectrum

Spectral Leaf Chameleon

Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010
Genus Trioceros (Equatorial Chameleons)
 
Trioceros bitaeniatus

Two-striped Chameleon

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010
 
Trioceros chapini

Grey Chameleon

Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010
 
Trioceros ellioti

Montane Side-striped Chameleon

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Loveridge 1957 Tilbury 2010
 
Trioceros ituriensis

Ituri Forest Chameleon

Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Tilbury 2010
 
Trioceros johnstoni

Ruwenzori Three-horned Chameleon

Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Loveridge 1957 Schmidt 1919 Tilbury 2010
 
Trioceros oweni

Central African Three-horned Chameleon

Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Joger 1990 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Laurent 1958 [as unicornis] Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Schmidt 1919 Tilbury 2010
 
Trioceros rudis

Ruwenzori Side-striped Chameleon

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Greenbaum, Tolley, Joma & Kusamba 2012 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Loveridge 1957 Tilbury 2010
 
Trioceros schoutedeni

Congolese Montane Dwarf Chameleon

Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010
 Family Cordylidae (Girdled Lizards)
Genus Chamaesaura (African Grass Lizards)
 
Chamaesaura anguina

Southern Highland Grass Lizard

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1998 [as anguina, part] Marques, Ceriaco, Blackburn & Bauer 2018
 
Chamaesaura miopropus

Zambian Grass Lizard

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 [as C. macrolepis] Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000
 
Chamaesaura tenuior

East African Highland Grass Lizard

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 [as anguina, part] Loveridge 1957 Wermuth 1968
Genus Cordylus (Girdled Lizards)
  *
Cordylus marunguensis

Marungu Girdled Lizard

Greenbaum, Stanley, Kusamba, Moninga, Goldberg & Bursey 2012
 
Cordylus tropidosternum

Tropical Girdled Lizard

Branch 2008 Broadley & Branch 2002 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Greenbaum, Stanley, Kusamba, Moninga, Goldberg & Bursey 2012
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Ancylodactylus (African Rock and Forest Geckos)
 
Ancylodactylus dickersonae

Ituri Four-lined Forest Gecko

Broadley 1998 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Malonza & Bauer 2022 Perret 1986 Schmidt 1919 Spawls, Beraduccii & Malonza 2021 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
 
Ancylodactylus quattuorseriatus

Kivu Four-lined Forest Gecko

Broadley 1998 Malonza & Bauer 2022 Perret 1986 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Wagner, Safari & Chenga 2021
Genus Elasmodactylus (Tropical Thick-toed Geckos)
 
Elasmodactylus tuberculosus

Warty Thick-toed Gecko

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1947 Loveridge 1957 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus angulatus

West African House Gecko

Broadley 1998 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Loveridge 1947 Loveridge 1957 Schmidt 1919 [as brookii]
 
Hemidactylus echinus

Spiny Forest Gecko

Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1947
 
Hemidactylus gramineus

Kinshasa Half-toed Gecko

Ceriaco, Bauer, Kusamba, Agarwal & Greenbaum 2021
  *
Hemidactylus ituriensis

Ituri Forest Gecko

Broadley 1998 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Loveridge 1947 Schmidt 1919 Wagner, Leache & Fujita 2014
 
Hemidactylus longicephalus

Long-headed Half-toed Gecko

Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1947 Schmidt 1919
 
Hemidactylus mabouia

Cosmopolitan House Gecko

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Loveridge 1947 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Schmidt 1919
 
Hemidactylus muriceus

Prickly Half-toed Gecko

Broadley 1998 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Schmidt 1919
 
Hemidactylus richardsonii

Central African Half-toed Gecko

Broadley 1998 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Loveridge 1947 Schmidt 1919 Wermuth 1965
Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)
 
Lygodactylus angolensis

Angolan Dwarf Gecko

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1957 Wermuth 1965
 
Lygodactylus capensis

Cape Dwarf Gecko

Branch 2008 Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1947
 
Lygodactylus depressus

Spotted Dwarf Gecko

Broadley 1998 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Loveridge 1947 Schmidt 1919 Wermuth 1965
 
Lygodactylus gutturalis

Chevron-throated Dwarf Gecko

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Loveridge 1947 Schmidt 1919 Wermuth 1965
 
Lygodactylus heeneni

Katanga Dwarf Gecko

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Loveridge 1947 Wermuth 1965
Genus Pachydactylus (Typical Thick-toed Geckos)
 
Pachydactylus katanganus

Katanga Thick-toed Gecko

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1998 [as oshaughnessyi]
 
Pachydactylus punctatus

Speckled Thick-toed Gecko

Bauer & Branch 1995 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998
 Family Gerrhosauridae (Plated Lizards)
Genus Broadleysaurus (Rough-scaled Plated Lizard)
 
Broadleysaurus major

Rough-scaled Plated Lizard

Broadley 1987 Broadley 1998 Schmidt 1919 Wermuth 1968
Genus Gerrhosaurus (Typical Plated Lizards)
 
Gerrhosaurus bulsi

Dundo Plated Lizard

Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Branch 1998 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Wermuth 1968
 
Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus

Western Black-lined Plated Lizard

Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Schmidt 1919
Genus Tetradactylus (Plated Snake Lizards)
 
Tetradactylus ellenbergeri

Zambian Plated Snake Lizard

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1957 [as fitzsimonsi simplex] Wagner, Roedder & Wilms 2012 Wermuth 1968
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Adolfus (African Forest Lizards)
 
Adolfus africanus

Multi-scaled Forest Lizard

Arnold 1989 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Greenbaum, Villanueva, Kusamba, Aristote & Branch 2011 Koehler, Wagner, Visser & Boehme 2003 Laurent 1958 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Schmidt 1919 Wagner, Greenbaum, Malonza & Branch 2014
 
Adolfus jacksoni

East African Forest Lizard

Arnold 1989 Broadley 1998 Greenbaum, Beer, Hughes, Wagner, Anderson, Villanueva, Malonza, Kusumba, Muninga, Aristote & Branch 2018 Greenbaum, Villanueva, Kusamba, Aristote & Branch 2011 Loveridge 1957 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Genus Congolacerta (Congolese Lizards)
  *
Congolacerta asukului

Itombwe Plateau Grass Lizard

Greenbaum, Villanueva, Kusamba, Aristote & Branch 2011
 
Congolacerta vauereselli

Sparse-scaled Forest Lizard

Arnold 1989 Broadley 1998 Greenbaum, Villanueva, Kusamba, Aristote & Branch 2011 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Loveridge 1957 Schmidt 1919 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Genus Gastropholis (Keel-bellied Lizards)
 
Gastropholis echinata

African Spiny-tailed Lizard

Arnold 1989 Broadley 1998 Laurent 1958 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Schmidt 1919
  *
Gastropholis tropidopholis

Ituri Keel-bellied Lizard

Arnold 1989 Laurent 1958 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Schmidt 1919
Genus Heliobolus (Bushveld Lizards)
 
Heliobolus nitida

Red-tailed Bushveld Lizard

Broadley 1998 Schmidt 1919 Szczerbak 1975
Genus Holaspis (Blue-tailed Gliding Lizards)
 
Holaspis guentheri

Western Blue-tailed Gliding Lizard

Arnold 1989 Broadley 1998 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Schmidt 1919
 
Holaspis laevis

Eastern Blue-tailed Gliding Lizard

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004
Genus Ichnotropis (Rough-scaled Lizards)
 
Ichnotropis bivittata

Angolan Rough-scaled Lizard

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1957
 
Ichnotropis capensis

Southern Rough-scaled Lizard

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998
  *
Ichnotropis chapini

Aba Rough-scaled Lizard

Schmidt 1919
Genus Latastia (African Long-tailed Lizards)
 
Latastia johnstonii

Malawi Long-tailed Lizard

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1957
Genus Poromera (African Swamp Lizard)
 
Poromera fordii

African Swamp Lizard

Bischoff 1992 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Eumecia (East African Short-legged Skinks)
 
Eumecia anchietae

Western Short-legged Skink

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1957
Genus Feylinia (African Snake Skinks)
 
Feylinia currori

Western Forest Snake Skink

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013
 
Feylinia elegans

Elegant Snake Skink

Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1983
 
Feylinia grandisquamis

Cameroon Snake Skink

Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1983 Joger 1990 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017
Genus Lacertaspis (Central African Leaf-litter Skinks)
 
Lacertaspis reichenowii

Cameroon Mountain Leaf-Litter Skink

Broadley 1998 Fuhn 1972 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Perret 1973 Schmidt 1919 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005
 
Lacertaspis rohdei

Gabon Leaf-Litter Skink

Perret 1973
Genus Leptosiaphos (Slender Leaf-litter Skinks)
 
Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae

Uganda Five-toed Skink

Broadley 1998 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005
 
Leptosiaphos blochmanni

Kivu Three-toed Skink

Broadley 1989 Broadley 1998
 
Leptosiaphos dewittei

Congolese Leaf-litter Skink

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1989 Broadley 1998
 
Leptosiaphos graueri

Rwanda Five-toed Skink

Broadley 1989 Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1957
 
Leptosiaphos hackarsi

Virunga Four-toed Skink

Broadley 1989 Broadley 1998
  *
Leptosiaphos hylophilus

Mabali Leaf-litter Skink

Laurent 1982 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017
  *
Leptosiaphos luberoensis

Lubero Leaf-litter Skink

Broadley 1998 Witte 1933
 
Leptosiaphos meleagris

Ruwenzori Four-toed Skink

Broadley 1998 Ineich 2010 [as Panaspis helleri] Loveridge 1957
  *
Leptosiaphos rhodurus

Kivu Leaf-litter Skink

Broadley 1998 Laurent 1951
Genus Lubuya (Benguela White-lined Skink)
 
Lubuya ivensii

Benguela White-lined Skink

Branch & Haagner 1993 Branch 2008 Broadley & Willems 2015 Broadley 1998 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Wagner, Roedder & Wilms 2012
Genus Melanoseps (Black Limbless Skinks)
 
Melanoseps ater

Common Black Limbless Skink

Broadley 1998
 
Melanoseps loveridgei

Eastern Limbless Skink

Broadley, Whiting & Bauer 2006
 
Melanoseps occidentalis

Western Limbless Skink

Broadley 1998 Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1981
Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)
 
Mochlus hinkeli

Eastern Red-flanked Skink

Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 [as Lepidothyris fernandi] Wagner, Boehme, Pauwels & Schmitz 2009
 
Mochlus sundevallii

Common Savanna Supple Skink

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1994 Broadley 1998 Lanza & Vanni 1976
Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Panaspis breviceps

Short-headed Snake-eyed Skink

Broadley 1998 Fuhn 1972 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Medina, Bauer, Branch, Schmitz, Conradie, Nagy, Hibbitts, Ernst, Portik, Nielsen, Colston, Kusamba, Behangana, Roedel & Greenbaum 2016 Perret 1973 Schmidt 1919 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005
 
Panaspis cabindae

Cabinda Snake-eyed Skink

Broadley 1989 Broadley 1998 Ceriaco, Heinicke, Parker, Marques & Bauer 2020 Fuhn 1970 Medina, Bauer, Branch, Schmitz, Conradie, Nagy, Hibbitts, Ernst, Portik, Nielsen, Colston, Kusamba, Behangana, Roedel & Greenbaum 2016 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Schmidt 1919
 
Panaspis seydeli

Congolese Snake-eyed Skink

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 [as Panaspis tancredii] Fuhn 1970 [as Panaspis tancredii]
  *
Panaspis smithi

Upemba Snake-eyed Skink

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998
 
Panaspis wahlbergii

Savanna Snake-eyed Skink

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Fuhn 1970 Jacobsen & Broadley 2000 Loveridge 1957
Genus Sepsina (Savannah Burrowing Skinks)
 
Sepsina angolensis

Angolan Burrowing Skink

Broadley 1998 Witte & Laurent 1943
 
Sepsina bayonii

Luanda Burrowing Skink

Broadley 1998
 
Sepsina hemptinnei

Western Four-toed Burrowing Skink

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 [as S. tetradactyla] Loveridge 1957 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 [as S. tetradactyla hemptinnei] Witte & Laurent 1943
Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)
 
Trachylepis acutilabris

Wedge-snouted Skink

Branch 1998 Broadley 1998 Schmidt 1919
 
Trachylepis affinis

Lesser Brown-flanked Skink

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Schmidt 1919
 
Trachylepis albilabris

African White-lipped Forest Skink

Broadley 1998 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017
 
Trachylepis albopunctata

White-spotted Savanna Skink

Marques, Ceriaco, Blackburn & Bauer 2018 [as T. cf. albopunctata]
 
Trachylepis aureogularis

Orange-throated Skink

Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017
 
Trachylepis bayonii

Equatorial Mountain Grass Skink

Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
 
Trachylepis buettneri

Togo Savanna Skink

Broadley 1998 Hoogmoed 1974 Laurent 1958 [as sudanensis]
 
Trachylepis maculilabris

Common Speckled-lipped Skink

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Hoogmoed 1974 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Schmidt 1919
 
Trachylepis makolowodei

Belemboke Skink

Gvozdik, Dolinay, Zassi-Boulou & Babangenge 2018 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017
 
Trachylepis megalura

Grass-top Skink

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Broadley 2000 Koppetsch 2020 Loveridge 1957 Marques, Ceriaco, Bandeira, Pauwels & Bauer 2019
 
Trachylepis perrotetii

Orange-flanked Skink

Broadley 1998 Hoogmoed 1974 Schmidt 1919
 
Trachylepis planifrons

Teita Skink

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Koppetsch 2020
 
Trachylepis polytropis

Greater Forest Skink

Broadley 1998 Hoogmoed 1974 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017
  *
Trachylepis pulcherrima

Upemba Five-lined Skink

Branch 2008 Broadley & Bauer 1998 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998
 
Trachylepis quinquetaeniata

African Five-lined Skink

Broadley & Bauer 1998 Broadley 1998 Koppetsch 2020 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Laurent 1958
 
Trachylepis raymondlaurenti

Cangandala Long-tailed Skink

Marques, Ceriaco, Bandeira, Pauwels & Bauer 2019
 
Trachylepis striata

Eastern Striped Skink

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1998 Broadley 2000 Lanza 1990
  *
Trachylepis upembae

Upemba Orange-flanked Skink

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004
 
Trachylepis varia

Savanna Variable Skink

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Broadley 2000 Loveridge 1957 Portik, Bauer & Jackman 2010
 
Trachylepis wahlbergii

Mopane Skink

Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Portik, Bauer & Jackman 2010
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus albigularis

White-throated Monitor

Bayless 2002 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Mertens 1963 Schmidt 1919
 
Varanus exanthematicus

Western Savanna Monitor

Bayless 2002 Bennett in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Broadley 1998
 
Varanus niloticus

Nile Monitor

Bayless 2002 Boehme & Ziegler 1997 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Lenz in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017
 
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] Broadley 1998 [as V. ornatus] Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 [as V. ornatus]

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Calabaria (Calabar Boa)
 
Calabaria reinhardtii

Calabar Boa

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Villiers 1975 Witte 1962
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)
 
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Common Herald Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962
Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)
 
Dasypeltis atra

Forest Egg Eater

Bates & Broadley 2018 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Gans 1959 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
 
Dasypeltis confusa

Diamondback Egg Eater

Bates & Broadley 2018 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
 
Dasypeltis congolensis

Congolese Egg Eater

Trape & Collet 2021 Trape, Mediannikov, Chirio & Chirio 2021
 
Dasypeltis fasciata

Central African Egg Eater

Bates & Broadley 2018 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gans 1959 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962
 
Dasypeltis palmarum

Angolan Egg Eater

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Gans 1959 Witte 1962
 
Dasypeltis scabra

Common African Egg Eater

Bates & Broadley 2018 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Gans 1959 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Witte 1962
Genus Dipsadoboa (Nocturnal Tree Snakes)
 
Dipsadoboa duchesnei

Blue-tailed Nocturnal Tree Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Rasmussen 1989 Witte 1962
 
Dipsadoboa shrevei

Angolan Nocturnal Tree Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Rasmussen 1986 Witte 1962
 
Dipsadoboa unicolor

Unicoloured Nocturnal Tree Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Loveridge 1957 Rasmussen 1993 Witte 1962
 
Dipsadoboa viridis

Green Nocturnal Tree Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 [as elongata] Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Doucet 1963 [as elongata] Rasmussen 1993 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Witte 1962
 
Dipsadoboa weileri

Grey Nocturnal Tree Snake

Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Rasmussen 1993
Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)
 
Dispholidus kivuensis

Kivu Boomslang

Laurent 1955 Laurent 1958 Witte 1962
 
Dispholidus punctatus

Spotted Boomslang

Pietersen, Verburght & Davies 2021 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962
 
Dispholidus viridis

Green Boomslang

Laurent 1958 Witte 1962
Genus Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes)
 
Grayia caesar

Long-tailed Water Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Joger 1990 Witte 1962
 
Grayia ornata

Ornate Water Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Witte 1962
 
Grayia smythii

Equatorial Water Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Witte 1962
 
Grayia tholloni

Nandi Water Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Loveridge 1957 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962
Genus Hapsidophrys (Emerald Snakes)
 
Hapsidophrys lineatus

Black-lined Green Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Witte 1962
 
Hapsidophrys smaragdinus

Common Emerald Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Loveridge 1957 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Witte 1962
Genus Helophis (Congolese Mud Snake)
 
Helophis schoutedeni

Congolese Mud Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Nagy, Gvozdik, Meirte, Collet & Pauwels 2014 Witte 1962
Genus Hydraethiops (Central African Water Snakes)
 
Hydraethiops melanogaster

Black-bellied Water Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Witte 1962
Genus Limnophis (Striped Swamp Snakes)
 
Limnophis bangweolicus

Eastern Striped Swamp Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Conradie, Deepak, Keates & Gower 2020
 
Limnophis bicolor

Angolan Striped Swamp Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Conradie, Deepak, Keates & Gower 2020 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
Genus Meizodon (African Smooth Snakes)
 
Meizodon regularis

East African Crowned Smooth Snake

Broadley 1998 Schatti 1985
Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)
 
Natriciteres bipostocularis

Southwestern Forest Marsh Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1966
 
Natriciteres fuliginoides

Collared Marsh Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
 
Natriciteres olivacea

Olive Marsh Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Loveridge 1957 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962
 
Natriciteres variegata

Variable Marsh Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976
Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)
 
Philothamnus angolensis

Angolan Green Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Trape & Collet 2021
 
Philothamnus battersbyi

Northeastern Green Snake

Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
 
Philothamnus bequaerti

Uganda Green Snake

Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983
 
Philothamnus bocagii

Bocage's Green Snake

Trape & Collet 2021
 
Philothamnus carinatus

Barred Green Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962
 
Philothamnus dorsalis

Brown-snouted Green Snake

Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021 Witte 1962
 
Philothamnus heterodermus

Emerald Green Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
 
Philothamnus heterolepidotus

Slender Green Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962
 
Philothamnus hoplogaster

Southeastern Green Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962
 
Philothamnus hughesi

Congolese Green Snake

Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Roux-Esteve 1990 Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021
 
Philothamnus irregularis

Irregular Green Snake

Lanza & Vanni 1976 Witte 1962
 
Philothamnus mayombensis

Mayombe Green Snake

Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021
 
Philothamnus nitidus

Cameroon Green Snake

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
 
Philothamnus ornatus

Ornate Green Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley 1998
 
Philothamnus ruandae

Rwanda Emerald Green Snake

Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
 
Philothamnus semivariegatus

Variegated Bush Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Witte 1962
 
Philothamnus smithii

Smith's Green Snake

Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021
Genus Rhamnophis (Dagger-tooth Tree Snakes)
 
Rhamnophis aethiopissa

Large-eyed Green Tree Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Wallach 2002 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
 
Rhamnophis batesii

Spotted Dagger-tooth Tree Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2002 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
Genus Scaphiophis (African Hook-nosed Snakes)
 
Scaphiophis albopunctatus

Common African Hook-nosed Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1994 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962
Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)
 
Telescopus semiannulatus

Southern Tiger Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Loveridge 1957 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962
Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)
 
Thelotornis capensis

Southern Vine Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Wallach 2002 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2001 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962
 
Thelotornis kirtlandii

Northern Vine Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Broadley 2001 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962
 
Thelotornis mossambicanus

Eastern Vine Snake

Broadley 2001 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993
Genus Thrasops (Black Tree Snakes)
 
Thrasops flavigularis

Yellow-throated Black Tree Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2002 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
 
Thrasops jacksonii

Common Black Tree Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962
Genus Toxicodryas (African Tree Cat Snakes)
 
Toxicodryas adamanteus

Eastern Powdered Cat Snake

Broadley 1998 [as pulverulenta] Chifundera 1990 [as pulverulenta] Chippaux & Jackson 2019 [as pulverulenta] Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Hughes 1983 [as pulverulenta] Loveridge 1957 [as pulverulenta] Witte 1962 [as pulverulenta]
 
Toxicodryas blandingii

Western Black-and-Yellow Tree Snake

Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021
 
Toxicodryas vexator

Eastern Black-and-Yellow Tree Snake

Broadley & Cotterill 2004 [as blandingii] Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)
 
Dendroaspis jamesonii

Central African Green Mamba

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Loveridge 1957 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962
 
Dendroaspis polylepis

Black Mamba

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Haakansson & Madsen 1983 Loveridge 1957 Spawls & Branch 1995
Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)
 
Elapsoidea boulengeri

Zambezi Garter Snake

Broadley 1998 David & Ineich 1999 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
 
Elapsoidea guentherii

Western Garter Snake

Branch 1998 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 [as E. decosteri] David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Jakobsen 1997 Laurent 1958 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962 [as E. decosteri scalaris]
 
Elapsoidea laticincta

Sudanese Garter Snake

Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Jakobsen 1997 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962
 
Elapsoidea loveridgei

Northeastern Garter Snake

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Jakobsen 1997 Laurent 1958 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962
 
Elapsoidea semiannulata

Half-banded Garter Snake

Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja anchietae

Southwest African Cobra

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Wuster 2004 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1995 Broadley 1998 [as N. annulifera] Witte 1962
 
Naja annulata

Ringed Water Cobra

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962
 
Naja christyi

Congolese Water Cobra

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962
 
Naja crawshayi

Katanga Spitting Cobra

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Trape & Collet 2021 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Naja haje

Egyptian Cobra

Chifundera 1990 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape, Chirio, Broadley & Wuster 2009 Witte 1962
 
Naja melanoleuca

Central African Forest Cobra

Lanza & Vanni 1976 Laurent 1958 Witte 1962 Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018
 
Naja mossambica

Mozambique Spitting Cobra

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Naja multifasciata

Burrowing Cobra

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962
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Naja nana

Dwarf Water Cobra

Collet & Trape 2020 Raw & Deacon 2021
 
Naja nigricollis

Black-necked Spitting Cobra

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962 Wuster & Broadley 2007
 
Naja subfulva

Brown Forest Cobra

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Laurent 1958 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962 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

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes)
 
Amblyodipsas bicolor

Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake

Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Witte 1962
 
Amblyodipsas katangensis

Katanga Purple-glossed Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Amblyodipsas mechowii

Elongate Quill-snouted Snake

Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Witte 1962
  *
Amblyodipsas michelli

Katanga Quill-snouted Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Witte 1962
 
Amblyodipsas polylepis

Common Purple-glossed Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Trape & Collet 2021 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
  *
Amblyodipsas rodhaini

Congolese Purple-glossed Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962 [as katangensis]
 
Amblyodipsas unicolor

Equatorial Purple-glossed Snake

Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)
 
Aparallactus capensis

Cape Centipede Eater

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Laurent 1958 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Aparallactus lunulatus

Reticulated Centipede Eater

Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Laurent 1958 Loveridge 1957 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Aparallactus modestus

Western Forest Centipede Eater

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Aparallactus moeruensis

Congolese Centipede Eater

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)
 
Atractaspis aterrima

Western Forest Stiletto Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1950 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Atractaspis bibronii

Southern Stiletto Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1950 Loveridge 1957 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Atractaspis boulengeri

Central African Stiletto Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1950 Laurent 1958 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Atractaspis congica

Congo Stiletto Snake

Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1950 Laurent 1958 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Atractaspis corpulenta

Fat Stiletto Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1950 Laurent 1958 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Atractaspis irregularis

Variable Stiletto Snake

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 [as A. battersbyi] Chifundera 1990 [as A. battersbyi] David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 [as A. coalescens] Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Laurent 1950 Loveridge 1957 Spawls & Branch 1995 [as A. battersbyi] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 [as A. battersbyi] Witte 1962 [as A. battersbyi]
  *
Atractaspis katangae

Katanga Stiletto Snake

Trape & Collet 2021
  *
Atractaspis leleupi

Kundelungu Stiletto Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Atractaspis reticulata

Reticulate Stiletto Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1950 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)
 
Boaedon fradei

Moxico House Snake

Hallermann, Ceriaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer 2020 Trape & Collet 2021
 
Boaedon fuliginosus

Common African House Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Witte 1962
 
Boaedon lineatus

Lined House Snake

Broadley 1998 Witte 1962
 
Boaedon montanus

Kigali House Snake

Trape, Mediannikov, Hinkel & Hinkel 2022
 
Boaedon olivaceus

Olive House Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962
 
Boaedon perisilvestris

Central African Savanna House Snake

Greenbaum, Kusamba, Muninga & Aristote 2017 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020
 
Boaedon radfordi

Lendu Plateau House Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Greenbaum, Portillo, Jackson & Kusamba 2015
  *
Boaedon upembae

Upemba Water Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Witte 1962
 
Boaedon virgatus

West African House Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
Genus Bothrolycus (Black Loreal-pitted Snake)
 
Bothrolycus ater

Black Loreal-pitted Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
Genus Bothrophthalmus (Red-and-Black Striped Snakes)
 
Bothrophthalmus lineatus

Red-and-Black Striped Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962
Genus Buhoma (African Forest Snakes)
 
Buhoma depressiceps

Pale-headed Forest Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Witte 1962
Genus Chamaelycus (African Banded Snakes)
 
Chamaelycus christyi

Congolese Banded Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
 
Chamaelycus fasciatus

Ituri Banded Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
 
Chamaelycus parkeri

Kivu Banded Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
Genus Chilorhinophis (Black-and-Yellow Burrowing Snakes)
 
Chilorhinophis gerardi

Katanga Black-and-Yellow Burrowing Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Witte 1962
Genus Dendrolycus (Central African Banded Snake)
 
Dendrolycus elapoides

Central African Banded Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
Genus Dromophis (Olympic Snakes)
 
Dromophis lineatus

Lined Olympic Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Hughes 2004 Loveridge 1957 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962
Genus Duberria (African Slug Eaters)
 
Duberria shirana

Shire Slug Eater

Branch 2008 [as D. lutrix] Broadley & Howell 1991 [as D. lutrix atriventris] Broadley 1998 [as D. lutrix] Chifundera 1990 [as D. lutrix] Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Witte 1962 [as D. lutrix atriventris]
Genus Gonionotophis (Lesser File Snakes)
 
Gonionotophis brussauxi

Eastern Forest Dwarf File Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Laurent 1958 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Witte 1962
Genus Gracililima (Black File Snake)
 
Gracililima nyassae

Black File Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Broadley 2014
Genus Hemirhagerrhis (Bark Snakes)
 
Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia

Southeastern Bark Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Hughes 2000 Chifundera 1990 Trape & Collet 2021
Genus Hormonotus (Yellow Forest Snake)
 
Hormonotus modestus

Yellow Forest Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
Genus Hypoptophis (Wedge-snouted Burrowing Snake)
 
Hypoptophis wilsoni

Wedge-snouted Burrowing Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Witte 1962
Genus Kladirostratus (Striped Beaked Snakes)
 
Kladirostratus acutus

Eastern Striped Beaked Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & Ineich 1991 Keates, Conradie, Greenbaum & Edwards 2019 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962
 
Kladirostratus togoensis

Western Striped Beaked Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & Ineich 1991 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Keates, Conradie, Greenbaum & Edwards 2019
Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)
 
Limaformosa capensis

Cape File Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Broadley 2014 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962
 
Limaformosa chanleri

Unicolor File Snake

Broadley & Howell 1991 [as unicolor] Lanza & Broadley 2014 Witte 1962 [as unicolor]
 
Limaformosa guirali

White-speckled Forest File Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983
 
Limaformosa savorgnani

Central African Forest File Snake

Broadley 1998 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Lanza & Broadley 2014 Lanza 1990 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962
Genus Lycodonomorphus (Southern African Water Snakes)
 
Lycodonomorphus bicolor

Tanganyika White-bellied Water Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962
  *
Lycodonomorphus leleupi

Congo Dark-bellied Water Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019
 
Lycodonomorphus subtaeniatus

Western White-bellied Water Snake

Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Witte 1962
Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)
 
Lycophidion irroratum

Western Forest Wolf Snake

Broadley & Hughes 1993 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Witte 1962
 
Lycophidion jacksoni

Kilimanjaro Wolf Snake

Broadley 1996 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 [as L. capense] Hughes 1983 [as L. capense] Laurent 1968 Trape 2021 Witte 1962
 
Lycophidion laterale

Masked Wolf Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
 
Lycophidion meleagre

Speckled Wolf Snake

Broadley 1996 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962
 
Lycophidion multimaculatum

Many-spotted Wolf Snake

Branch 1998 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1996 Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962
 
Lycophidion ornatum

Ornate Wolf Snake

Broadley 1996 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1968 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962
Genus Mehelya (Greater File Snakes)
  *
Mehelya laurenti

Congolese File Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Witte 1962
 
Mehelya poensis

Western Forest File Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962
 
Mehelya stenophthalmus

Small-eyed File Snake

Broadley 1998 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962
Genus Polemon (African Snake Eaters)
 
Polemon ater

Black Snake Eater

Portillo, Branch, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum 2019 Trape & Collet 2021
 
Polemon bocourti

Lambarene Snake Eater

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Hughes 2003 Witte 1962
 
Polemon christyi

Eastern Snake Eater

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Tilbury & Branch 2014 Witte 1962
 
Polemon collaris

Fawn-headed Snake Eater

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Laurent 1958 Portillo, Branch, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum 2019 Witte 1962
 
Polemon fulvicollis

Yellow-necked Snake Eater

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Portillo, Branch, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum 2019 Witte 1962 [as P. gracilis]
 
Polemon gabonensis

Gabon Snake Eater

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Portillo, Branch, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum 2019 Witte 1962
 
Polemon graueri

Central Lakes Snake Eater

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Loveridge 1957 Portillo, Branch, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum 2019 Witte 1962
 
Polemon notatus

African Spotted Snake Eater

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
 
Polemon robustus

Robust Snake Eater

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Portillo, Branch, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum 2019 Witte 1962
Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)
 
Prosymna ambigua

Central African Shovel-snout

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962
 
Prosymna greigerti

Sudan Savanna Shovel-snout

Broadley 1980 Broadley 1998 [as P. meleagris] Chifundera 1990 [as P. meleagris] Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Hughes 1983 [as P. meleagris] Witte 1962 [as P. meleagris]
Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)
 
Psammophis angolensis

Dwarf Sand Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Broadley 2002 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Loveridge 1957 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962
 
Psammophis jallae

Zimbabwe Sand Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Witte 1962
 
Psammophis mossambicus

East African Olive Grass Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 [as P. phillipsi] Chifundera 1990 [as "philippsi"] Hughes 1983 [as P. phillipsi] Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 [as P. phillipsi] Trape & Collet 2021 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Witte 1962 [as P. sibilans phillipsi]
 
Psammophis subtaeniatus

Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990
 
Psammophis zambiensis

Zambian Sand Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Hughes & Wade 2002 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
Genus Psammophylax (Skaapstekers)
 
Psammophylax multisquamis

Kenyan Striped Skaapsteker

Witte 1962
 
Psammophylax tritaeniatus

Southern Striped Skaapsteker

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1976 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Keates, Conradie, Greenbaum & Edwards 2019 Loveridge 1957 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962
 
Psammophylax variabilis

Grey-bellied Skaapsteker

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1976 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Keates, Conradie, Greenbaum & Edwards 2019 Laurent 1958 Witte 1962 [as P. tritaeniatus subniger]
Genus Pseudaspis (African Mole Snake)
 
Pseudaspis cana

African Mole Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962
Genus Rhamphiophis (Beaked Snakes)
 
Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus

Western Beaked Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Leptotyphlops (Typical Thread Snakes)
 
Leptotyphlops emini

Karagwe Thread Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Witte 1962
 
Leptotyphlops kafubi

Shaba Thread Snake

Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Branch 2008 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Collet 2021
 
Leptotyphlops latirostris

Uvira Thread Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2007 Hahn 1980 Witte 1962
 
Leptotyphlops monticolus

Virunga Thread Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2007
Genus Tricheilostoma (West African Forest Thread Snakes)
  *
Tricheilostoma kongoensis

Kinshasa Thread Snake

Trape 2019
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Python (Typical Pythons)
 
Python natalensis

Southern Rock Python

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1984 Trape & Collet 2021
 
Python regius

Ball Python

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962
 
Python sebae

Northern Rock Python

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1984 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)
 
Afrotyphlops angolensis

Golden Blind Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Afrotyphlops congestus

Marbled Blind Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 Laurent 1958 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Afrotyphlops lineolatus

Lineolate Blind Snake

Branch 2008 [as lineatus] Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962 [as Typhlops boulengeri]
 
Afrotyphlops mucruso

Zambezi Giant Blind Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Trape & Collet 2021 [as A. dinga] Witte 1962 [as Typhlops viridiflavus]
 
Afrotyphlops punctatus

Spotted Blind Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Afrotyphlops schlegelii

Variable Giant Blind Snake

Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019
 
Afrotyphlops schmidti

Nyunzu Blind Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Afrotyphlops steinhausi

Common Cameroon Blind Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Letheobia (African Gracile Blind Snakes)
  *
Letheobia acutirostrata

Irebu Gracile Blind Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2009 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Wallach 2005
 
Letheobia caeca

Congolese Gracile Blind Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Witte 1962
 
Letheobia gracilis

Urungu Gracile Blind Snake

Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Wallach 2007 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Witte 1962
 
Letheobia graueri

Lake Tanganyika Gracile Blind Snake

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley & Wallach 2007 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Witte 1962
  *
Letheobia kibarae

Upemba Gracile Blind Snake

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Wallach 2007 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999
 
Letheobia praeocularis

Flat-headed Blind Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Rasmussen 1997 Witte 1962
 
Letheobia rufescens

Oubangui Gracile Blind Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2007 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Witte 1962 [as Typhlops vryjdaghi]
 
Letheobia stejnegeri

Kasai Blind Snake

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Witte 1962
  *
Letheobia sudanensis

Garamba Gracile Blind Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2007 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Witte 1962
 
Letheobia wittei

Ubangi Gracile Blind Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2007 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Atheris (African Bush Vipers)
 
Atheris anisolepis

Mayombe Bush Viper

Broadley 1998 Collet & Trape 2020 David & Ineich 1999 Lawson 1999 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atheris hispida

Rough-scaled Bush Viper

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Groen, Bok, Tiemann & Verspui 2019 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Atheris katangensis

Katanga Bush Viper

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
  *
Atheris mongoensis

Mongo Hairy Bush Viper

Collet & Trape 2020
 
Atheris nitschei

Great Lakes Bush Viper

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
 
Atheris squamigera

Southern Green Bush Viper

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Collet & Trape 2020 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Laurent 1958 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962
Genus Bitis (African Adders)
 
Bitis arietans

Common Puff Adder

Branch 1998 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962 [as lachesis]
 
Bitis gabonica

Gaboon Adder

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962
 
Bitis nasicornis

African Nose-horned Viper

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962
Genus Causus (Night Adders)
 
Causus bilineatus

Two-striped Night Adder

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Rasmussen 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962 [as lineatus]
 
Causus lichtensteinii

Forest Night Adder

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962
 
Causus maculatus

West African Night Adder

Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Rasmussen 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962
 
Causus resimus

Green Night Adder

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Loveridge 1957 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962
 
Causus rhombeatus

Rhombic Night Adder

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Rasmussen 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962

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

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)
 
Pelomedusa neumanni

Kenyan Helmeted Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Pelomedusa schweinfurthi

Central African Helmeted Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Pelomedusa subrufa

Common Helmeted Turtle

Petzold, Vargas-Ramirez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroky & Fritz 2014 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)
 
Pelusios carinatus

African Keeled Mud Turtle

Broadley 1998 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 
Pelusios castaneus

Chestnut Mud Turtle

Bour, Luiselli, Petrozzi, Segniabeto & Chirio 2016 Broadley 1998 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 King & Burke 1989 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Pelusios chapini

Central African Mud Turtle

Broadley 1998 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Lanza & Vanni 1976 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Pelusios gabonensis

Forest Mud Turtle

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schmidt 1919
 
Pelusios nanus

African Dwarf Mud Turtle

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Laurent 1958 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 
Pelusios rhodesianus

Zambian Mud Turtle

Branch 2008 Broadley & Boycott 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Pelusios sinuatus

East African Serrated Mud Turtle

Broadley & Boycott 2009 Broadley 1998 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Pelusios subniger

East African Black Mud Turtle

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schmidt 1919
  *
Pelusios upembae

Upemba Mud Turtle

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Pelusios williamsi

Lake Victoria Mud Turtle

Broadley 1998 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)
 
Kinixys belliana

Central African Hinge-back Tortoise

Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Broadley 2012 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Laurent 1958 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Tabaka 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schmidt 1919
 
Kinixys erosa

Forest Hinge-back Tortoise

Broadley 1998 King & Burke 1989 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Luiselli & Diagne 2014 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schmidt 1919 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
 
Kinixys homeana

West African Hinge-back Tortoise

Broadley 1998 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Luiselli & Diagne 2013 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017
 
Kinixys nogueyi

Western Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Kinixys spekii

Eastern Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise

Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Hailey, Broadley, Boycott & Spawls 2021 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Ihlow, Farooq, Gvozdik, Hofmeyr, Conradie, Campbell, Harvey, Verburgt & Fritz 2019 Iverson 1992 Kindler, Branch, Hofmeyr, Maran, Siroky, Vences, Harvey, Hauswaldt, Schleicher, Stuckas & Fritz 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Cycloderma (Central African Flapshell Turtles)
 
Cycloderma aubryi

Forest Flapshell Turtle

Broadley 1998 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
Genus Trionyx (African Softshell Turtle)
 
Trionyx triunguis

African Softshell Turtle

Broadley 1998 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021