Reptiles of
Mali 

 

Bibliography of the reptiles of Mali Taxonomic history of the reptiles of Mali 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 Cynisca (West African Round-headed Worm Lizards)
 
Cynisca leucura

White-tailed Worm Lizard

Mane & Trape 2015

Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)
Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)
  EX
Crocodylus suchus

West African Crocodile

Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 [as niloticus] Fuchs, Mertens & Wermuth 1974 Joger & Lambert 1996 [as niloticus] King & Burke 1989 [as niloticus] Lescure 2014 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
Genus Mecistops (African Slender-snouted Crocodiles)
  EX
Mecistops cataphractus

West African Slender-snouted Crocodile

Shirley, Carr, Nestler, Vliet & Brochu 2018
Genus Osteolaemus (Dwarf Crocodiles)
 
Osteolaemus tetraspis

West African Dwarf Crocodile

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)
 
Agama boensis

Boe Agama

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Agama boueti

Mali Agama

Berre 1989 Boehme & Heath 2018 Geniez, Padial & Crochet 2011 Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1979 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Agama boulengeri

West African Desert Agama

Berre 1989 Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1979 Joger 1981 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape 2011 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner, Ineich, Leache, Wilms, Trape, Boehme & Schmitz 2009
 
Agama cristata

African Crested Agama

Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape 2011 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth 1967
 
Agama gracilimembris

Lesser Ground Agama

Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Agama picticauda

Ada Foah Agama

Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 [as agama] Geniez, Padial & Crochet 2011 [as agama] Joger & Lambert 1996 [as agama] Joger 1981 [as agama] Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Boehme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Roedel & Wagner 2016 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 [as agama] Papenfuss 1969 [as agama] Schatti 1986 [as agama] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 [as agama] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as agama]
 
Agama sankaranica

Sankaranian Agama

Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1979 Joger 1981 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Agama tassiliensis

Tassili Agama

Berre 1989 [as agama] Geniez, Padial & Crochet 2011 Joger & Lambert 1996 [as impalearis] Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 [as Agama sp.] Papenfuss 1969 [as impalearis] Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 [as impalearis] Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Agama weidholzi

Senegal Agama

Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1979 Joger 1981 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner & Bauer 2011 Wagner, Ineich, Leache, Wilms, Trape, Boehme & Schmitz 2009
Genus Trapelus (Afro-Asian Ground Agamas)
 
Trapelus mutabilis

North African Desert Agama

Berre 1989 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as mutabilis complex] Wagner, Melville, Wilms & Schmitz 2011
Genus Uromastyx (Western Spiny-tailed Agamas)
 
Uromastyx dispar

South Saharan Spiny-tailed Agama

Joger & Lambert 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wilms & Boehme 2001 Wilms 2001 Wilms, Boehme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009
 
Uromastyx geyri

Central Saharan Spiny-tailed Agama

Berre 1989 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wilms & Boehme 2001 Wilms 2001 Wilms, Boehme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009
 Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)
 
Chamaeleo africanus

Sahel Chameleon

Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Glaw 2015 Joger & Lambert 1996 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Papenfuss 1969 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Chamaeleo gracilis

Graceful Chameleon

Trape 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Chamaeleo senegalensis

Senegal Chameleon

Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Schatti 1986 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos)
Genus Hemitheconyx (African Fat-tailed Geckos)
 
Hemitheconyx caudicinctus

West African Fat-tailed Gecko

Joger & Lambert 1996 Loveridge 1947 Papenfuss 1969 Schatti 1986 Seufer, Kaverkin & Kirschner (eds.) 2005 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus angulatus

West African House Gecko

Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 [as brooki] Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Joger & Lambert 1996 [as "brooki complex"] Joger 1981 [as "cf. brookii"] Papenfuss 1969 Schatti 1986 [as "cf. brookii"] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Hemidactylus mabouia

Cosmopolitan House Gecko

Joger & Lambert 1996
Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)
 
Lygodactylus gutturalis

Chevron-throated Dwarf Gecko

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Stenodactylus (Afro-Asian Thin-toed Geckos)
 
Stenodactylus petrii

North African Thin-toed Gecko

Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Stenodactylus sthenodactylus

Elegant Thin-toed Gecko

Baha el Din 2006 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Tropiocolotes (Afro-Asian Desert Dwarf Geckos)
 
Tropiocolotes tripolitanus

Tripoli Dwarf Gecko

Boehme & Heath 2018 Joger & Lambert 1996 Minton, Anderson & Anderson 1970 Papenfuss 1969 Ribeiro Junior, Tamar, Maza, Flecks, Wagner, Shacham, Calvo, Geniez, Crochet, Koch & Meiri 2022 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Szczerbak & Golubev 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)
 
Acanthodactylus boskianus

Afro-Arabian Fringe-toed Lizard

Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Salvador 1982 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Acanthodactylus dumerilii

Lesser Fringe-toed Lizard

Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 [as senegalensis] Joger & Lambert 1996 Salvador 1982 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as senegalensis]
 
Acanthodactylus guineensis

Guinea Fringe-toed Lizard

Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Joger & Lambert 1996 Meinig & Boehme 2002 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Acanthodactylus longipes

Long-footed Fringe-toed Lizard

Arnold 1983 Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Joger & Lambert 1996 Salvador 1982 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Acanthodactylus scutellatus

Nidua Fringe-toed Lizard

Arnold 1983 Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Salvador 1982 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Heliobolus (Bushveld Lizards)
 
Heliobolus nitida

Red-tailed Bushveld Lizard

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Latastia (African Long-tailed Lizards)
 
Latastia longicaudata

Common Long-tailed Lizard

Boehme & Heath 2018 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Mesalina (Afro-Asian Desert Lizards)
 
Mesalina pasteuri

Sahara Desert Lizard

Joger & Lambert 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Yousefkhani, Marin & Rastegar-Pouyani 2015
 
Mesalina rubropunctata

Red-spotted Desert Lizard

Berre 1989 Bischoff 1991 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Szczerbak 1975 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Philochortus (Shield-backed Ground Lizards)
 
Philochortus zolii

Saharan Shield-backed Ground Lizard

Joger & Lambert 1996 [as spinalis] Papenfuss 1969 [as spinalis] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Ptyodactylus (Fan-toed Geckos)
 
Ptyodactylus togoensis

Sahelian Fan-toed Gecko

Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 [as P. hasselquistii] Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as P. ragazzii] Heimes 1987 [as P. ragazzii] Joger & Lambert 1996 [as P. ragazzii] Metallinou, Cervenka, Crochet, Kratochvil, Wilms, Geniez, Shobrak, Brito & Carranza 2015 Papenfuss 1969 [as P. hasselquistii] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 [as P. ragazzii] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as P. ragazzii]
Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)
 
Tarentola annularis

Egyptian White-spotted Gecko

Berre 1989 Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1984 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Tarentola ephippiata

African Wall Gecko

Berre 1989 Boehme & Heath 2018 [as "cf. ephippiata"] Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1984 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Tarentola hoggarensis

Hoggar Wall Gecko

Berre 1989 Joger 1984 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Tarentola parvicarinata

Small-keeled Gecko

Berre 1989 Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1981 Joger 1984 Schatti 1986 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)
 
Chalcides delislei

Central Saharan Three-fingered Skink

Boehme & Heath 2018 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Chalcides ocellatus

Mediterranean Ocellated Skink

Boehme & Heath 2018 Greenbaum 2005 Greenbaum, Campbell & Raxworthy 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Chalcides pulchellus

West African Cylindrical Skink

Carranza, Arnold, Geniez, Roca & Mateo 2008 Greenbaum 2005 Joger & Lambert 1996 Schatti 1986 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Panaspis togoensis

Togo Snake-eyed Skink

Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005 Trape & Ineich 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Scincopus (Tiger Skinks)
 
Scincopus fasciatus

Banded Tiger Skink

Joger & Lambert 1996 Lanza & Corsi 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Scincus (Sand Fish)
 
Scincus albifasciatus

White-banded Sand Fish

Arnold & Leviton 1977 Geniez, Mateo, Geniez & Pether 2004 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)
 
Trachylepis affinis

Lesser Brown-flanked Skink

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis keroanensis

Kerouane Skink

Penner, Doumbia, Kouame, Chirio, Sandberger-Loua, Boehme & Barej 2017
 
Trachylepis perrotetii

Orange-flanked Skink

Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Schatti 1986 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis quinquetaeniata

African Five-lined Skink

Broadley & Bauer 1998 Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1979 Joger 1981 Koppetsch 2020 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus exanthematicus

Western Savanna Monitor

Bayless 2002 Bennett in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Varanus griseus

Desert Monitor

Bayless 2002 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Varanus niloticus

Nile Monitor

Bayless 2002 Boehme & Ziegler 1997 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)
 
Eryx muelleri

West African Sand Boa

Berre 1989 Hughes & Barry 1969 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Stimson 1969 Trape & Mane 2017 Villiers 1975
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Afronatrix (West African Brown Water Snake)
 
Afronatrix anoscopus

West African Brown Water Snake

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape & Mane 2017 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Bamanophis (West African Whip Snake)
 
Bamanophis dorri

West African Whip Snake

Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Schatti & Trape 2008 Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)
 
Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis

West African Herald Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Mane 2017
 
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Common Herald Snake

Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)
 
Dasypeltis confusa

Diamondback Egg Eater

Trape & Mane 2017 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
 
Dasypeltis fasciata

Central African Egg Eater

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Joger & Lambert 1996 Schatti 1986
 
Dasypeltis gansi

Savanna Egg Eater

Bates, Trape & Spawls 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2017 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
 
Dasypeltis latericia

Senegalese Egg Eater

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2017 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
 
Dasypeltis sahelensis

Sahel Egg Eater

Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2017 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)
 
Dispholidus sp.

(Boomslang)

David & Ineich 1999 [as D. typus] Joger & Lambert 1996 [as D. t. typus] Papenfuss 1969 [as D. typus] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as D. typus] Trape & Mane 2017 [as D. typus] Villiers 1965 [as D. typus]
Genus Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes)
 
Grayia smythii

Equatorial Water Snake

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Meizodon (African Smooth Snakes)
 
Meizodon coronatus

West African Crowned Smooth Snake

Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Schatti 1985 Trape & Mane 2017
 
Meizodon regularis

East African Crowned Smooth Snake

Schatti 1985
Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)
 
Natriciteres olivacea

Olive Marsh Snake

Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)
 
Philothamnus irregularis

Irregular Green Snake

Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2017 Villiers 1965
 
Philothamnus semivariegatus

Variegated Bush Snake

Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969
 
Philothamnus smithii

Smith's Bush Snake

Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Spalerosophis (Diadem Snakes)
 
Spalerosophis diadema

Common Diadem Snake

Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)
 
Telescopus tripolitanus

North African Cat Snake

Berre 1989 [as dhara] Crochet, Rasmussen, Wilms, Geniez, Trape & Boehme 2008 Joger & Lambert 1996 [as obtusus] Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 Papenfuss 1969 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2017 Wilms, Wagner & Spawls 2021
 
Telescopus variegatus

Variable Cat Snake

Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2017
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)
 
Elapsoidea semiannulata

Half-banded Garter Snake

David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja haje

Egyptian Cobra

Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2017 Trape, Chirio, Broadley & Wuster 2009
 
Naja katiensis

Brown Spitting Cobra

Broadley 1968 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Joger & Lambert 1996 Schatti 1986 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2017 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wuster, Crookes, Ineich, Mane, Pook, Trape & Broadley 2007
 
Naja nigricollis

Black-necked Spitting Cobra

Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2017 Villiers 1965 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Naja savannula

West African Banded Cobra

David & Ineich 1999 [as N. melanoleuca] Joger & Lambert 1996 [as N. melanoleuca] Schatti 1986 [as N. melanoleuca] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as N. melanoleuca] Trape & Mane 2017 [as "cf. melanoleuca" [=savanna form]] Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018
 
Naja senegalensis

Senegalese Cobra

Shi, Vogel, Ding, Rao, Liu, Zhang, Wu & Chen 2022 Trape & Mane 2017 Trape, Chirio, Broadley & Wuster 2009
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes)
 
Amblyodipsas unicolor

Equatorial Purple-glossed Snake

Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)
 
Atractaspis aterrima

Western Forest Stiletto Snake

David & Ineich 1999 Joger & Lambert 1996 Schatti 1986 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2017 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atractaspis dahomeyensis

Dahomey Stiletto Snake

David & Ineich 1999 Joger & Lambert 1996 Schatti 1986 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2017 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atractaspis micropholis

Sahelian Stiletto Snake

David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2017 Trape, Mane & Ineich 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atractaspis watsoni

Sokoto Stiletto Snake

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2017 Trape, Mane & Ineich 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)
 
Boaedon fuliginosus

Common African House Snake

Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2017
 
Boaedon lineatus

Lined House Snake

Joger & Lambert 1996 Schatti 1986 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Dromophis (Olympic Snakes)
 
Dromophis lineatus

Lined Olympic Snake

Hughes 2004 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2017
 
Dromophis praeornatus

Ornate Olympic Snake

Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2017 Villiers 1965
Genus Gonionotophis (Lesser File Snakes)
 
Gonionotophis grantii

Savanna Dwarf File Snake

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)
 
Limaformosa crossi

Savanna File Snake

Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2017 Villiers 1965
Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)
 
Lycophidion albomaculatum

White-spotted Wolf Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Condamin 1994 Joger & Lambert 1996 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2017
 
Lycophidion irroratum

Western Forest Wolf Snake

Trape & Mane 2017
 
Lycophidion semicinctum

Semi-annulated Wolf Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Joger & Lambert 1996 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2017 Villiers 1965
Genus Malpolon (Montpellier Snakes)
 
Malpolon moilensis

Moila Snake

Berre 1989 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Polemon (African Snake Eaters)
 
Polemon neuwiedi

West African Snake Eater

Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)
 
Prosymna collaris

Collared Shovel-snout

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2017
 
Prosymna greigerti

Sudan Savanna Shovel-snout

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Papenfuss 1969 [as P. laurenti] Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)
 
Psammophis afroccidentalis

West African Sand Snake

Berre 1989 [as P. sibilans] Brito, Rebelo, Crochet & Geniez 2008 [as P. sibilans] Papenfuss 1969 [as P. sibilans] Trape & Mane 2017 [as "aff. sibilans"] Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Villiers 1965 [as P. sibilans]
 
Psammophis elegans

Elegant Sand Snake

Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2017
 
Psammophis phillipsii

West African Olive Grass Snake

Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 [as "cf. phillipsii"] Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1981 Schatti 1986 Trape & Mane 2017 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
 
Psammophis schokari

Arabian Sand Snake

Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Rhamphiophis (Beaked Snakes)
 
Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus

Western Beaked Snake

Chirio & Ineich 1991 Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2017
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)
 
Myriopholis adleri

Chadian Thread Snake

Trape & Mane 2017
 
Myriopholis albiventer

White-bellied Thread Snake

Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2017
 
Myriopholis algeriensis

Algerian Thread Snake

Hahn & Wallach 1998 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2017
 
Myriopholis boueti

Mali Thread Snake

Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Hahn & Wallach 1998 Hahn 1980 Ineich & Prudent 2014 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2017
 
Myriopholis rouxestevae

Senegal Thread Snake

Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Rhinoguinea (West African Long-tailed Thread Snake)
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Rhinoguinea magna

West African Long-tailed Thread Snake

Trape & Mane 2017 Trape 2014
Genus Rhinoleptus (West African Sharp-nosed Thread Snake)
 
Rhinoleptus koniagui

West African Sharp-nosed Thread Snake

Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Jallow & Trape 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2017 Trape 2014
Genus Tricheilostoma (West African Forest Thread Snakes)
 
Tricheilostoma bicolor

Bicoloured Thread Snake

Hahn & Wallach 1998 Hahn 1980 [as Leptotyphlops brevicaudus] Joger & Lambert 1996 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as brevicaudus] Papenfuss 1969 [as brevicauda] Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2017 Villiers 1965
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Python (Typical Pythons)
 
Python regius

Ball Python

Joger & Lambert 1996 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Mane 2017
 
Python sebae

Northern Rock Python

Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Broadley 1984 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2017 Villiers 1965
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)
 
Afrotyphlops lineolatus

Lineolate Blind Snake

Trape & Mane 2017
 
Afrotyphlops punctatus

Spotted Blind Snake

Hahn 1980 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2017 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Bitis (African Adders)
 
Bitis arietans

Common Puff Adder

Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 David & Ineich 1999 Joger & Lambert 1996 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Papenfuss 1969 Schatti 1986 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Causus (Night Adders)
 
Causus maculatus

West African Night Adder

David & Ineich 1999 Joger & Lambert 1996 Schatti 1986 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Cerastes (Horned Vipers)
 
Cerastes cerastes

Sahara Horned Viper

Berre 1989 Geniez 2018 Joger & Lambert 1996 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Papenfuss 1969 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2017
 
Cerastes vipera

Sahara Sand Viper

Berre 1989 Geniez 2018 Joger & Lambert 1996 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Papenfuss 1969 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2017
Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)
 
Echis jogeri

Mali Carpet Viper

David & Ineich 1999 Joger & Lambert 1996 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Mane 2017 Trape 2018
 
Echis leucogaster

White-bellied Carpet Viper

Berre 1989 Boehme & Heath 2018 David & Ineich 1999 Joger & Lambert 1996 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Pook, Joger, Stumpel & Wuster 2009 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2017
 
Echis ocellatus

West African Carpet Viper

David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1976 Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1981 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Pook, Joger, Stumpel & Wuster 2009 Schatti 1986 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2017 Trape 2018

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)
 
Pelomedusa olivacea

Sahelian Helmeted Turtle

Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 [as subrufa] Boycott & Bourquin 2008 [as subrufa] Fritz & Havas 2006 [as subrufa] Joger & Lambert 1996 [as subrufa] King & Burke 1989 [as subrufa] McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 [as subrufa] Papenfuss 1969 [as subrufa] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schatti 1986 [as subrufa] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)
 
Pelusios adansonii

Sahelian Mud Turtle

Bour 2008 Joger & Lambert 1996 King & Burke 1989 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Centrochelys (African Spurred Tortoise)
 
Centrochelys sulcata

African Spurred Tortoise

Berre 1989 Fritz & Havas 2006 Gasperetti, Stimson, Miller, Ross & Gasperetti 1993 Joger & Lambert 1996 King & Burke 1989 Papenfuss 1969 Petrozzi, Hema, Demaya, Benansio, Eniang, Diagne, Segniagbeto & Luiselli 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)
 
Kinixys nogueyi

Western Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Joger & Lambert 1996 King & Burke 1989 [as belliana] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as belliana]
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Cyclanorbis (SubSaharan Flapshell Turtles)
 
Cyclanorbis senegalensis

Senegal Flapshell Turtle

Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1981 King & Burke 1989 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2003 McGovern, Diagne, Diagne, Luiselli & Meylan 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Trionyx (African Softshell Turtle)
 
Trionyx triunguis

African Softshell Turtle

Joger & Lambert 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012