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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 Chirindia (Pink Round-headed Worm Lizards)   Chirindia langi Limpopo Round-headed Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   * Chirindia occidentalis Soutpansberg Round-headed Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Dalophia (Blunt-tailed Worm Lizards)   Dalophia pistillum Zambezi Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard Jacobsen 1989   * Dalophia transvaalensis Limpopo Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 [as pistillum] Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 [as pistillum] Fitzsimons 1933 Gans 2005 Genus Monopeltis (Spade-snouted Worm Lizards)   Monopeltis capensis Cape Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1997 Jacobsen 1989   Monopeltis decosteri Delagoa Bay Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1997 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 [as capensis "Group C"] Gans 2005   Monopeltis infuscata Dusky Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1997 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 [as capensis "Group B"]   Monopeltis leonhardi Kalahari Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Jacobsen 1989   Monopeltis sphenorhynchus Slender Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Zygaspis (Purple Round-headed Worm Lizards)   Zygaspis quadrifrons Kalahari Round-headed Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Broadley 1997 Jacobsen 1989   Zygaspis vandami Mpumalanga Round-headed Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1997 Gans 2005

	Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)   Crocodylus niloticus Nile Crocodile Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Ferreira & Pienaar 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Swanepoel, Ferguson & Perrin 2000

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Acanthocercus (Ridgeback Agamas)   Acanthocercus atricollis Black-necked Ridgeback Agama Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Pietersen & Pietersen 2001 Schmidt 2002 Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)   Agama aculeata Kalahari Spiny Agama Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   Agama armata Zambezi Spiny Agama Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt 2002   Agama atra Southern Rock Agama Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Bradypodion (Southern African Dwarf Chameleons)   Bradypodion transvaalense Transvaal Dwarf Chameleon Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Glaw 2015 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Tilbury 2010 Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo dilepis Flap-necked Chameleon Branch 1998 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010  Family Cordylidae (Girdled Lizards) Genus Chamaesaura (African Grass Lizards)   Chamaesaura aenea Coppery Grass Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989   Chamaesaura anguina Southern Highland Grass Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989   Chamaesaura macrolepis Large-scaled Grass Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Pietersen & Pietersen 2002 Genus Cordylus (Girdled Lizards)   Cordylus jonesii Limpopo Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Branch 2002 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 [as tropidosternum] Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002   Cordylus vittifer Transvaal Girdled Lizard Bates & Broadley 2012 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Platysaurus (Flat Lizards)   * Platysaurus guttatus Dwarf Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1978 Jacobsen 1989   Platysaurus intermedius Common Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1978 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011   * Platysaurus minor Waterberg Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1978 Jacobsen 1989   * Platysaurus monotropis Orange-throated Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1994   Platysaurus orientalis Sekukhune Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1978 Jacobsen 1989   * Platysaurus relictus Soutpansberg Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1978 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Genus Pseudocordylus (Eastern Crag Lizards)   Pseudocordylus melanotus Common Crag Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014   * Pseudocordylus transvaalensis Northern Crag Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Smaug (Dragon Girdled Lizards)   * Smaug breyeri Waterberg Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Stanley & Bates 2014   * Smaug depressus Soutpansberg Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Stanley & Bates 2014   Smaug vandami Gravelotte Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Stanley & Bates 2014  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Afroedura (Flat Geckos)   * Afroedura broadleyi Soutpansberg Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura granitica Granitic Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   Afroedura langi Lowveld Flat Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Girard 2008 [as "cf. langi"] Jacobsen 1989 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 [as "cf. langi"]   Afroedura leoloensis Leolo Hills Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura maripi Mariepskop Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura multiporis Woodbush Flat Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura pienaari Waterpoort Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura rupestris Sekukhuneland Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   Afroedura transvaalica Transvaal Flat Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Branch, Guyton, Schmitz, Barej, Naskrecki, Farooq, Verburgt & Roedel 2017 Jacobsen 1989 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura waterbergensis Waterberg Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Genus Chondrodactylus (Giant Ground Gecko and Thick-toed Geckos)   Chondrodactylus turneri Zambezi Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Heinz, Brennan, Jackman & Bauer 2021 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus mabouia Cosmopolitan House Gecko Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Girard 2008 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Schmidt 2002 Genus Homopholis (African Velvet Geckos)   Homopholis arnoldi Mahalapye Velvet Gecko Broadley, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Homopholis mulleri Limpopo Velvet Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Jacobsen 1989   Homopholis wahlbergii Southern African Velvet Gecko Branch 1998 Broadley, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Girard 2008 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002 Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)   Lygodactylus bradfieldi Namibian Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 2011   Lygodactylus capensis Cape Dwarf Gecko Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Girard 2008 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Rebelo, Bates, Burger, Branch & Conradie 2019 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Lygodactylus graniticolus Granite Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1992 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Lygodactylus incognitus Soutpansberg Black-spotted Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1992 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Lygodactylus methueni Woodbush Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Lygodactylus montiscaeruli Makgabeng Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1992 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   Lygodactylus nigropunctatus Common Black-spotted Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1992 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   Lygodactylus ocellatus Common Ocellated Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989   * Lygodactylus soutpansbergensis Soutpansberg Ocellated Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Lygodactylus waterbergensis Waterberg Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1992 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Genus Pachydactylus (Typical Thick-toed Geckos)   Pachydactylus affinis Transvaal Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   Pachydactylus capensis Common Cape Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Heinicke, Jackman & Branch 2011 Broadley 1977 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002   Pachydactylus punctatus Speckled Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 1995 Bauer, Heinicke, Jackman & Branch 2011 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Girard 2008 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 [as "cf. punctatus"] Schmidt 2002   Pachydactylus tigrinus Tiger Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Jacobsen 1989   Pachydactylus vansoni Soutpansberg Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010   Pachydactylus wahlbergii Kalahari Ground Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Haacke 1993 Schmidt 2002 Genus Ptenopus (African Barking Geckos)   Ptenopus garrulus Common Barking Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002  Family Gerrhosauridae (Plated Lizards) Genus Broadleysaurus (Rough-scaled Plated Lizard)   Broadleysaurus major Rough-scaled Plated Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Gerrhosaurus (Typical Plated Lizards)   Gerrhosaurus auritus Kalahari Plated Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Verburgt, Verburgt & Bates 2015   Gerrhosaurus flavigularis Yellow-throated Plated Lizard Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002   Gerrhosaurus intermedius Eastern Black-lined Plated Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Branch 1998 [as nigrolineatus] Jacobsen 1989 [as nigrolineatus] Genus Matobosaurus (Giant Plated Lizards)   Matobosaurus validus Eastern Giant Plated Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Tetradactylus (Plated Snake Lizards)   EX Tetradactylus eastwoodae Limpopo Plated Snake Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Heliobolus (Bushveld Lizards)   Heliobolus lugubris Southern African Bushveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Marques, Ceriaco, Heinicke, Chehouri, Conradie, Tolley & Bauer 2022 Schmidt 2002 Genus Ichnotropis (Rough-scaled Lizards)   Ichnotropis capensis Southern Rough-scaled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Genus Meroles (Southwest African Desert Lizards)   Meroles squamulosus Rough-scaled Desert Lizard Baeckens, Scholliers & Damme 2016 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Schmidt 2002 Genus Nucras (Sandveld Lizards)   Nucras caesicaudata Blue-tailed Sandveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1972 Jacobsen 1989   Nucras holubi Southern Sandveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Schmidt 2002   Nucras intertexta Spotted Sandveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1972 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt 2002   Nucras lalandii Southeastern Sandveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011   Nucras ornata Ornate Sandveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1972 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Genus Pedioplanis (African Sand Lizards)   Pedioplanis lineoocellata Spotted Sand Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002   Pedioplanis pulchella Venus Sand Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Vhembelacerta (Soutpansberg Rock Lizard)   * Vhembelacerta rupicola Soutpansberg Rock Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Acontias (Greater Legless Skinks)   * Acontias cregoi Soutpansberg Blind Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1968 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010   * Acontias fitzsimonsi Kruger Blind Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1968 Jacobsen 1989 Pietersen, Scholtz & Bastos 2018   Acontias gracilicauda Thin-tailed Legless Skink Conradie, Busschau & Edwards 2018   Acontias occidentalis Western Black Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Greer 1969 Jacobsen 1989   Acontias plumbeus Giant Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Greer 1969 Jacobsen 1989 Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010 Zhao, Verdu-Ricoy, Mohlakoana, Jordaan, Conradie & Heideman 2019   * Acontias richardi Limpopo Blind Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 [as Typhlosaurus lineatus richardi] Jacobsen 1989 Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010   * Acontias rieppeli Woodbush Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 [as Aconthophiops lineatus] Jacobsen 1989 [as Aconthophiops lineatus] Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010 [as Aconthophiops lineatus]   * Acontias subtaeniatus Stripe-bellied Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1968 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 [as Typhlosaurus lineatus] Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)   Mochlus sundevallii Common Savanna Supple Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1966 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Schmidt 2002 Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)   Panaspis maculicollus Spotted-neck Snake-eyed Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen & Broadley 2000 Jacobsen 1989 [as Panaspis sp. nov.] Kilunda, Conradie, Wasonga, Jin, Peng, Murphy, Malonza & Che 2019 Kirchhof 2011 Medina, Bauer, Branch, Schmitz, Conradie, Nagy, Hibbitts, Ernst, Portik, Nielsen, Colston, Kusamba, Behangana, Roedel & Greenbaum 2016   Panaspis wahlbergii Savanna Snake-eyed Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 [as "cf. wahlbergii"] Jacobsen & Broadley 2000 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Medina, Bauer, Branch, Schmitz, Conradie, Nagy, Hibbitts, Ernst, Portik, Nielsen, Colston, Kusamba, Behangana, Roedel & Greenbaum 2016 Schmidt 2002 Genus Scelotes (Dwarf Burrowing Skinks)   Scelotes bidigittatus Lowveld Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1994 Jacobsen 1989   Scelotes limpopoensis Limpopo Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt 2002   Scelotes mirus Montane Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1994 Jacobsen 1989   Scelotes mossambicus Mozambique Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)   Trachylepis capensis Cape Skink Broadley 2000 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002   Trachylepis damarana Damara Variable Skink Weinell & Bauer 2018   Trachylepis depressa Eastern Coastal Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 2000 Jacobsen 1989   Trachylepis homalocephala Red-sided Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 2000 Jacobsen 1989   Trachylepis laevigata Limpopo Variable Skink Peters 1869 Weinell & Bauer 2018   Trachylepis margaritifer African Rainbow Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004   Trachylepis punctatissima Montane Speckled Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   Trachylepis punctulata Eastern Variegated Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1975 Broadley 2000 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Portik & Bauer 2012 Portik, Bauer & Jackman 2010 Schmidt 2002   Trachylepis striata Eastern Striped Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 2000 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002   Trachylepis varia Savanna Variable Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt 2002 Weinell & Bauer 2018  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus albigularis White-throated Monitor Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Schmidt 2002   Varanus niloticus Nile Monitor Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Schmidt 2002

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)   Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Common Herald Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)   Dasypeltis inornata Southern Brown Egg Eater Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989   Dasypeltis scabra Common African Egg Eater Broadley 1983 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Schmidt 2002 Genus Dipsadoboa (Nocturnal Tree Snakes)   Dipsadoboa aulica Cross-barred Nocturnal Tree Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch, Conradie & Tolley in Branch, Bayliss, Bittencourt-Silva, Conradie, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo & Tolley 2019 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Rasmussen 1989 Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)   Dispholidus viridis Green Boomslang Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 [as D. typus] Genus Meizodon (African Smooth Snakes)   Meizodon semiornatus Semi-ornate Smooth Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Swanepoel 2010 Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)   Philothamnus hoplogaster Southeastern Green Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010   Philothamnus natalensis Eastern Natal Green Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989   Philothamnus occidentalis Western Natal Green Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Philothamnus semivariegatus Variegated Bush Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002 Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)   Telescopus semiannulatus Southern Tiger Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)   Thelotornis capensis Southern Vine Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2001 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Aspidelaps (Shield-nosed Cobras)   Aspidelaps scutatus Shield-nosed Coral Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Baldwin 2006 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Jacobsen 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)   Dendroaspis angusticeps Southern Green Mamba Dobiey & Vogel 2007   Dendroaspis polylepis Black Mamba Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt 2002 Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)   Elapsoidea boulengeri Zambezi Garter Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Jacobsen 1989   Elapsoidea sundevallii Southern African Garter Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Genus Hemachatus (Ring-necked Spitting Cobra)   Hemachatus haemachates Ring-necked Spitting Cobra Jacobsen 1989 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja annulifera African Banded Cobra Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Wuster 2004 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002   Naja mossambica Mozambique Spitting Cobra Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt 2002 Schultz & Massyn 2008 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Naja subfulva Brown Forest Cobra Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 [as N. melanoleuca] Marais & Jubber 2010 [as N. melanoleuca] Stander, Petford & Huyssteen 2021  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Alopecion (Spotted House Snake)   Alopecion guttatum Spotted House Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Genus Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes)   Amblyodipsas bicolor Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Amblyodipsas concolor Natal Purple-glossed Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Haacke 1982 Jacobsen 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Amblyodipsas microphthalma Eastern Purple-glossed Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Amblyodipsas polylepis Common Purple-glossed Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Pietersen & Pietersen 2002 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Amblyodipsas sabiensis Sabi Quill-snouted Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014   Amblyodipsas transvaalensis Transvaal Quill-snouted Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Amplorhinus (Many-spotted Snake)   Amplorhinus multimaculatus Many-spotted Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)   Aparallactus capensis Cape Centipede Eater Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Aparallactus lunulatus Reticulated Centipede Eater Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)   Atractaspis bibronii Southern Stiletto Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1991 Jacobsen 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis duerdeni Beaked Stiletto Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1991 Jacobsen 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)   Boaedon capensis Brown House Snake Broadley 1983 [as fuliginosus] Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 [as fuliginosus] Genus Duberria (African Slug Eaters)   Duberria lutrix Common Slug Eater Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Gracililima (Black File Snake)   Gracililima nyassae Black File Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Hemirhagerrhis (Bark Snakes)   Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia Southeastern Bark Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Hughes 2000 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Homoroselaps (African Harlequin Snakes)   Homoroselaps dorsalis Striped Harlequin Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Homoroselaps lacteus Spotted Harlequin Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Inyoka (Swazi Rock Snake)   Inyoka swazicus Swazi Rock Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Lamprophis (SubSaharan House Snakes)   Lamprophis aurora Aurora House Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)   Limaformosa capensis Cape File Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Lycodonomorphus (Southern African Water Snakes)   Lycodonomorphus inornatus Olive-brown House Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris Floodplain Water Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014   Lycodonomorphus rufulus Common Brown Water Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)   Lycophidion capense Cape Wolf Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1976 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1996 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010   Lycophidion variegatum Variegated Wolf Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1976 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Raw 1971 Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)   Prosymna bivittata Two-striped Shovel-snout Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002   Prosymna lineata Lineolate Shovel-snout Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Stander 2021   Prosymna stuhlmannii East African Shovel-snout Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Miller 2009   Prosymna sundevallii Southern African Shovel-snout Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis angolensis Dwarf Sand Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Psammophis brevirostris Short-snouted Grass Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt 2002   Psammophis crucifer Cross-marked Grass Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010   Psammophis jallae Zimbabwe Sand Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Jacobsen 1989   Psammophis mossambicus East African Olive Grass Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 [as P. phillipsii] Broadley 2002 Jacobsen 1989 [as P. phillipsii] Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019   Psammophis subtaeniatus Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002   Psammophis trinasalis Kalahari Sand Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Psammophylax (Skaapstekers)   Psammophylax rhombeatus Spotted Skaapsteker Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Psammophylax tritaeniatus Southern Striped Skaapsteker Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Keates, Conradie, Greenbaum & Edwards 2019 Genus Pseudaspis (African Mole Snake)   Pseudaspis cana African Mole Snake Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Genus Rhamphiophis (Beaked Snakes)   Rhamphiophis rostratus Rufous Beaked Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Leptotyphlops (Typical Thread Snakes)   Leptotyphlops conjunctus Cape Thread Snake Jacobsen 1989   Leptotyphlops distanti Transvaal Thread Snake Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Wallach 1997 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Leptotyphlops incognitus Incognito Thread Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002   Leptotyphlops jacobseni Lydenburg Thread Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Broadley 1999   Leptotyphlops scutifrons Zambezi Thread Snake Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)   Myriopholis longicauda Southern African Long-tailed Thread Snake Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Pietersen & Pietersen 2001 Schmidt 2002  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python natalensis Southern Rock Python Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)   Afrotyphlops bibronii Southern African Blind Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010   Afrotyphlops mucruso Zambezi Giant Blind Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   Afrotyphlops schlegelii Variable Giant Blind Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Rhinotyphlops (African Beaked Blind Snakes)   Rhinotyphlops lalandei Cape Blind Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Bitis (African Adders)   Bitis arietans Common Puff Adder Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002   Bitis atropos Cape Mountain Adder Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Bitis caudalis Horned Adder Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Genus Causus (Night Adders)   Causus defilippii Snouted Night Adder Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010   Causus rhombeatus Rhombic Night Adder Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles) Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)   Pelomedusa subrufa Common Helmeted Turtle Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Petzold, Vargas-Ramirez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroky & Fritz 2014 Schmidt 2002 Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)   Pelusios sinuatus East African Serrated Mud Turtle Broadley & Boycott 2009 Jacobsen 1989   Pelusios subniger East African Black Mud Turtle Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Hoffman & Bank 2001 Jacobsen 1989  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)   Kinixys lobatsiana Lobatse Hinge-back Tortoise Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1993 Ihlow, Huyssteen, Vamberger, Cory-Toussaint, Hofmeyr & Fritz 2020   Kinixys natalensis Natal Hinge-back Tortoise Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1993 Jacobsen 1989   Kinixys spekii Eastern Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Hailey, Broadley, Boycott & Spawls 2021 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Psammobates (South African Star Tortoises)   Psammobates oculiferus African Serrated Star Tortoise Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Fritz & Havas 2006 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Genus Stigmochelys (Leopard Tortoise)   Stigmochelys pardalis Leopard Tortoise Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002