Reptiles of
Nigeria 

 

Bibliography of the reptiles of Nigeria Taxonomic history of the reptiles of Nigeria Introduced species
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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 Baikia (Nigerian Worm Lizard)
  *
Baikia africana

Nigerian Worm Lizard

Gans 1967 Gans 2005
Genus Cynisca (West African Round-headed Worm Lizards)
  *
Cynisca gansi

Okoloma Worm Lizard

Gans 1987 Gans 2005
  *
Cynisca kigomensis

Kigom Hills Worm Lizard

Gans 1987 Gans 2005
 
Cynisca leucura

White-tailed Worm Lizard

Gans 1987 Gans 2005
  *
Cynisca nigeriensis

Takwashara Worm Lizard

Gans 1987 Gans 2005

Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

West African Crocodile

Akani, Luiselli, Ogbeibu, Onwuteaka, Chuku, Osakwe, Bombi, Amuzie, Uwagbae & Guo 2010 Fuchs, Mertens & Wermuth 1974 King & Burke 1989 [as niloticus] Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
Genus Mecistops (African Slender-snouted Crocodiles)
 
Mecistops cataphractus

West African Slender-snouted Crocodile

King & Burke 1989 Shirley, Carr, Nestler, Vliet & Brochu 2018 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Osteolaemus (Dwarf Crocodiles)
 
Osteolaemus tetraspis

West African Dwarf Crocodile

Akani, Luiselli, Ogbeibu, Onwuteaka, Chuku, Osakwe, Bombi, Amuzie, Uwagbae & Guo 2010 King & Burke 1989 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

Central African Rainbow Agama

Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019
 
Agama boueti

Mali Agama

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Agama doriae

Nigerian Agama

Butler 1986 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Grandison 1968 Joger 1982 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Moody & Boehme 1984 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Agama gracilimembris

Lesser Ground Agama

Gartshore 1985 Grandison 1968 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner & Bauer 2011
 
Agama lebretoni

Cameroon Rainbow Agama

Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Boehme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Roedel & Wagner 2016 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Agama parafricana

Lesser African Forest Agama

Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Nneji, Adeola, Yan, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Olagunju, Omotoso, Oladipo, Iyiola, Auta, Usman, Abdullahi, Peng, Jin, Murphy, Ugwumba & Che 2018
 
Agama paragama

West African Tree Agama

Butler 1986 Grandison 1968 Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Boehme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Roedel & Wagner 2016 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Agama picticauda

Ada Foah Agama

Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Boehme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Roedel & Wagner 2016
 
Agama sankaranica

Sankaranian Agama

Grandison 1968 Joger 1979 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth 1967
 Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)
 
Chamaeleo africanus

Sahel Chameleon

Dunger 1967 [as basiliscus] Glaw 2015 Joger 1981 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Papenfuss 1969 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Chamaeleo gracilis

Graceful Chameleon

Butler 1986 Dunger 1967 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Chamaeleo necasi

Togo Chameleon

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as quilensis] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Chamaeleo senegalensis

Senegal Chameleon

Dunger 1967 Glaw 2015 Joger 1981 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Rhampholeon (African Leaf Chameleons)
 
Rhampholeon spectrum

Spectral Leaf Chameleon

Dunger 1967 Glaw 2015 Reid 1986 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wild 1994
Genus Trioceros (Equatorial Chameleons)
 
Trioceros cristatus

Crested Chameleon

Dunger 1967 Glaw 2015 Joger 1990 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Reid 1986 Romer 1953 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trioceros oweni

Central African Three-horned Chameleon

Dunger 1967 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Romer 1953 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trioceros quadricornis

Four-horned Chameleon

Boehme 1975 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trioceros serratus

Serrated Chameleon

Barej, Ineich, Gvozdik, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Gonwouo, LeBreton, Bott & Schmitz 2010 Glaw 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trioceros wiedersheimi

Northern Peacock Chameleon

Barej, Ineich, Gvozdik, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Gonwouo, LeBreton, Bott & Schmitz 2010 Glaw 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos)
Genus Hemitheconyx (African Fat-tailed Geckos)
 
Hemitheconyx caudicinctus

West African Fat-tailed Gecko

Butler 1986 Dunger 1968 Grismer 1988 Loveridge 1947 Papenfuss 1969 Seufer, Kaverkin & Kirschner (eds.) 2005 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Ancylodactylus (African Rock and Forest Geckos)
  *
Ancylodactylus gigas

Giant Rock Gecko

Malonza & Bauer 2022 Perret 1986 Trape & Chirio 2013 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Ancylodactylus koehleri

Cameroon Mountains Rock Gecko

Bauer & LeBreton 2021
  *
Ancylodactylus petrodroma

Ondo Rock Gecko

Malonza & Bauer 2022 Perret 1986 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Ancylodactylus spinicollis

Spiny-necked Rock Gecko

Perret 1986 Segniagbeto 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus albituberculatus

White-tubercled Half-toed Gecko

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Hemidactylus angulatus

West African House Gecko

Bauer, Tchibozo, Pauwels & Lenglet 2006 Butler 1986 Cansdale 1955 Dunger 1968 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Loveridge 1947 Papenfuss 1969 Reid 1986 Romer 1953 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Hemidactylus ansorgii

Slender Forest Gecko

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Henle & Boehme 2003 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Hemidactylus echinus

Spiny Forest Gecko

Reid 1986
 
Hemidactylus eniangii

Cross River Half-toed Gecko

Wagner, Leache & Fujita 2014
 
Hemidactylus mabouia

Cosmopolitan House Gecko

Dunger 1968 Loveridge 1947 Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Reid 1986 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth 1965
 
Hemidactylus matschiei

Adele Half-toed Gecko

Dunger 1968 Loveridge 1947 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth 1965
 
Hemidactylus muriceus

Prickly Half-toed Gecko

Dunger 1968 Loveridge 1947 [as intestinalis] Reid 1986 [as intestinalis] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Hemidactylus richardsonii

Central African Half-toed Gecko

Dunger 1968 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)
 
Lygodactylus conraui

Cameroon Dwarf Gecko

Butler 1986 Dunger 1968 Reid 1986 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Lygodactylus fischeri

Sierra Leone Dwarf Gecko

Dunger 1968 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Lygodactylus gutturalis

Chevron-throated Dwarf Gecko

Dunger 1968 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Stenodactylus (Afro-Asian Thin-toed Geckos)
 
Stenodactylus sthenodactylus

Elegant Thin-toed Gecko

Arnold 1980 Baha el Din 2006 Dunger 1968 Papenfuss 1969 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Tropiocolotes (Afro-Asian Desert Dwarf Geckos)
 
Tropiocolotes tripolitanus

Tripoli Dwarf Gecko

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Gerrhosauridae (Plated Lizards)
Genus Broadleysaurus (Rough-scaled Plated Lizard)
 
Broadleysaurus major

Rough-scaled Plated Lizard

Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Broadley 1987 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)
 
Acanthodactylus boskianus

Afro-Arabian Fringe-toed Lizard

Arnold 1983 Brito, Rebelo, Crochet & Geniez 2008 Dunger 1967 Papenfuss 1969 Salvador 1982 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Acanthodactylus boueti

Benin Fringe-toed Lizard

Salvador 1982 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Acanthodactylus guineensis

Guinea Fringe-toed Lizard

Arnold 1983 Dunger 1967 Joger & Lambert 1996 Meinig & Boehme 2002 Papenfuss 1969 Salvador 1982 Szczerbak 1975 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Acanthodactylus longipes

Long-footed Fringe-toed Lizard

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Heliobolus (Bushveld Lizards)
 
Heliobolus nitida

Red-tailed Bushveld Lizard

Dunger 1967 Papenfuss 1969 Szczerbak 1975 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Holaspis (Blue-tailed Gliding Lizards)
 
Holaspis guentheri

Western Blue-tailed Gliding Lizard

Arnold 1989 Dunger 1967 Reid 1986 Romer 1953 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Latastia (African Long-tailed Lizards)
 
Latastia longicaudata

Common Long-tailed Lizard

Dunger 1967 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Ptyodactylus (Fan-toed Geckos)
 
Ptyodactylus togoensis

Sahelian Fan-toed Gecko

Bauer, Tchibozo, Pauwels & Lenglet 2006 [as P. ragazzii] Butler 1986 [as P. h. hasselquistii] Dunger 1968 [as P. h. hasselquistii] Heimes 1987 [as P. ragazzii] Joger 1981 [as P. hasselquistii] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 [as P. ragazzii] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as P. ragazzii]
Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)
 
Tarentola ephippiata

African Wall Gecko

Dunger 1968 Joger 1984 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)
 
Chalcides delislei

Central Saharan Three-fingered Skink

Dunger 1972
 
Chalcides thierryi

Togo Cylindrical Skink

Carranza, Arnold, Geniez, Roca & Mateo 2008 Dunger 1972 Greenbaum 2005 Papenfuss 1969 Pasteur 1981 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Feylinia (African Snake Skinks)
 
Feylinia currori

Western Forest Snake Skink

Broadley & Howell 1991 Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1983 Dunger 1972 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Leptosiaphos (Slender Leaf-litter Skinks)
 
Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae

Uganda Five-toed Skink

Broadley 1989 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005
 
Leptosiaphos dungeri

Nigerian Leaf-litter Skink

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Melanoseps (Black Limbless Skinks)
 
Melanoseps occidentalis

Western Limbless Skink

Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1981 Romer 1953 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)
 
Mochlus fernandi

Western Red-flanked Skink

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner, Boehme, Pauwels & Schmitz 2009
 
Mochlus guineensis

Guinean Supple Skink

Butler 1986 Dunger 1973 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Mochlus mocquardi

Chad Supple Skink

Broadley 1966 [as sundevalli] Butler 1986 [as sundevalli] Dunger 1973 [as sundevalli] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Panaspis breviceps

Short-headed Snake-eyed Skink

Reid 1986 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Panaspis togoensis

Togo Snake-eyed Skink

Boehme & Nikolaus 1989 Butler 1986 Dunger 1973 Fuhn 1972 Medina, Bauer, Branch, Schmitz, Conradie, Nagy, Hibbitts, Ernst, Portik, Nielsen, Colston, Kusamba, Behangana, Roedel & Greenbaum 2016 Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Perret 1973 Reid 1986 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Scincopus (Tiger Skinks)
 
Scincopus fasciatus

Banded Tiger Skink

Dunger 1973 Lanza & Corsi 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Scincus (Sand Fish)
 
Scincus albifasciatus

White-banded Sand Fish

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)
 
Trachylepis affinis

Lesser Brown-flanked Skink

Butler 1986 Dunger 1972 Hoogmoed 1974 Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Reid 1986 Romer 1953 [as Mabuya blandingi] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis maculilabris

Common Speckled-lipped Skink

Butler 1986 Dunger 1972 Hoogmoed 1974 Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Reid 1986 Romer 1953 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis perrotetii

Orange-flanked Skink

Butler 1986 Cansdale 1955 Dunger 1972 Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis polytropis

Greater Forest Skink

Reid 1986 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis quinquetaeniata

African Five-lined Skink

Butler 1986 Dunger 1972 Joger 1981 Koppetsch 2020 Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis rodenburgi

Ghanese Savanna Skink

Butler 1986 Hoogmoed 1974 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 Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Varanus niloticus

Nile Monitor

Bayless 2002 Boehme & Ziegler 1997 Butler 1986 Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Varanus stellatus

African Forest Monitor

Bayless 2002 [as V. ornatus] Boehme & Ziegler 1997 [as V. ornatus] Boehme & Ziegler in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 [as V. ornatus] Reid 1986 [as V. ornatus] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as V. ornatus]

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

Calabar Boa

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)
 
Eryx muelleri

West African Sand Boa

Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Balde 2014
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Afronatrix (West African Brown Water Snake)
 
Afronatrix anoscopus

West African Brown Water Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1972 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)
 
Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis

West African Herald Snake

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Rasmussen, Chirio & Ineich 2000 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Common Herald Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Johnsen 1962 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)
 
Dasypeltis confusa

Diamondback Egg Eater

Bates & Broadley 2018 Bates 2013 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Dasypeltis fasciata

Central African Egg Eater

Bates & Broadley 2018 Butler & Reid 1990 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gans 1959 Hughes 1983 Romer 1953 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Dasypeltis gansi

Savanna Egg Eater

Bates, Trape & Spawls 2013 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006
 
Dasypeltis parascabra

Guinean Egg Eater

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
 
Dasypeltis sahelensis

Sahel Egg Eater

Chippaux & Jackson 2019
Genus Dipsadoboa (Nocturnal Tree Snakes)
 
Dipsadoboa duchesnei

Blue-tailed Nocturnal Tree Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Rasmussen 1989 Romer 1953 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Dipsadoboa guineensis

Guinean Nocturnal Tree Snake

Rasmussen 1989 [as brevirostris] Trape & Balde 2014
 
Dipsadoboa underwoodi

Cameroon Nocturnal Tree Snake

Chirio & LeBreton 2007
 
Dipsadoboa unicolor

Unicoloured Nocturnal Tree Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Rasmussen 1993 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Dipsadoboa viridis

Green Nocturnal Tree Snake

Jaekel 1985 [as elongata] Rasmussen 1993 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Dipsadoboa weileri

Grey Nocturnal Tree Snake

Branch, Conradie & Tolley in Branch, Bayliss, Bittencourt-Silva, Conradie, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo & Tolley 2019
Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)
 
Dispholidus sp.

(Boomslang)

Butler & Reid 1990 [as D. typus] David & Ineich 1999 [as D. typus] Hughes 1983 [as D. typus] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as D. typus] Trape & Balde 2014 [as D. typus]
Genus Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes)
 
Grayia smythii

Equatorial Water Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1972 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Grayia tholloni

Nandi Water Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1972 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Hapsidophrys (Emerald Snakes)
 
Hapsidophrys lineatus

Black-lined Green Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1973 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Hapsidophrys smaragdinus

Common Emerald Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1973 Hughes 1983 Romer 1953 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Meizodon (African Smooth Snakes)
 
Meizodon coronatus

West African Crowned Smooth Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Meizodon plumbiceps

Black-headed Smooth Snake

Hughes 1983
 
Meizodon regularis

East African Crowned Smooth Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)
 
Natriciteres fuliginoides

Collared Marsh Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1972 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Natriciteres olivacea

Olive Marsh Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1972 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Natriciteres variegata

Variable Marsh Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1972 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)
 
Philothamnus carinatus

Barred Green Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Philothamnus heterodermus

Emerald Green Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1973 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Philothamnus heterolepidotus

Slender Green Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1973 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Philothamnus irregularis

Irregular Green Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1973 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Philothamnus nitidus

Cameroon Green Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1973 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Philothamnus semivariegatus

Variegated Bush Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1973 Hughes 1983
 
Philothamnus smithii

Smith's Bush Snake

Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)
 
Platyceps perreti

Cameroon Whip Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 [as florulentus] Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 [as florulentus] Schatti 1988 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Rhamnophis (Dagger-tooth Tree Snakes)
 
Rhamnophis aethiopissa

Large-eyed Green Tree Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Scaphiophis (African Hook-nosed Snakes)
 
Scaphiophis albopunctatus

Common African Hook-nosed Snake

Broadley 1994 Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)
 
Telescopus tripolitanus

North African Cat Snake

Crochet, Rasmussen, Wilms, Geniez, Trape & Boehme 2008 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 [as obtusus] Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Balde 2014 Wilms, Wagner & Spawls 2021
 
Telescopus variegatus

Variable Cat Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)
 
Thelotornis kirtlandii

Northern Vine Snake

Broadley 2001 Butler & Reid 1990 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Romer 1953 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Thrasops (Black Tree Snakes)
 
Thrasops flavigularis

Yellow-throated Black Tree Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2002 Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
 
Thrasops jacksonii

Common Black Tree Snake

Trape & Balde 2014
 
Thrasops occidentalis

Western Black Tree Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2002 Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
Genus Toxicodryas (African Tree Cat Snakes)
 
Toxicodryas adamanteus

Eastern Powdered Cat Snake

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

Western Black-and-Yellow Tree Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Toxicodryas pulverulenta

Western Powdered Cat Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Hughes 1983 Romer 1953 Trape & Balde 2014
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)
 
Dendroaspis jamesonii

Central African Green Mamba

Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Dendroaspis viridis

Western Green Mamba

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)
 
Elapsoidea semiannulata

Half-banded Garter Snake

Broadley 1971 Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja annulata

Ringed Water Cobra

Akani, Luiselli, Ogbeibu, Onwuteaka, Chuku, Osakwe, Bombi, Amuzie, Uwagbae & Guo 2010 Trape & Balde 2014 [as N. boulengerina (sic)]
 
Naja haje

Egyptian Cobra

Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Chirio, Broadley & Wuster 2009
 
Naja katiensis

Brown Spitting Cobra

Broadley 1968 Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Naja melanoleuca

Central African Forest Cobra

Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018
 
Naja nigricollis

Black-necked Spitting Cobra

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Romer 1953 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Naja savannula

West African Banded Cobra

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as N. subfulva] Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018
 
Naja senegalensis

Senegalese Cobra

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Chirio, Broadley & Wuster 2009
Genus Pseudohaje (Tree Cobras)
 
Pseudohaje goldii

Central African Tree Cobra

Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
 
Pseudohaje nigra

Black Tree Cobra

Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes)
 
Amblyodipsas unicolor

Equatorial Purple-glossed Snake

Broadley 1971 Butler & Reid 1990 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)
 
Aparallactus lineatus

Lined Centipede Eater

Akinpelu & Areo 2007
 
Aparallactus lunulatus

Reticulated Centipede Eater

Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Aparallactus modestus

Western Forest Centipede Eater

Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)
 
Atractaspis aterrima

Western Forest Stiletto Snake

Boulenger 1896 Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atractaspis corpulenta

Fat Stiletto Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atractaspis dahomeyensis

Dahomey Stiletto Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atractaspis irregularis

Variable Stiletto Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1950 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atractaspis micropholis

Sahelian Stiletto Snake

Berre 1989 Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Mane & Ineich 2006 Villiers 1975 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atractaspis reticulata

Reticulate Stiletto Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atractaspis watsoni

Sokoto Stiletto Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 [as A. microlepidota] Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 [as A. microlepidota] Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 [as A. m. microlepidota] Hughes 1983 [as A. microlepidota] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as A. microlepidota] Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Mane & Ineich 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)
 
Boaedon fuliginosus

Common African House Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1971 Hughes 1983 Johnsen 1962 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Boaedon lineatus

Lined House Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1971 Hughes 1983 Romer 1953 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Boaedon olivaceus

Olive House Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1971 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Boaedon paralineatus

Central African Lined House Snake

Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019
 
Boaedon perisilvestris

Central African Savanna House Snake

Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020
 
Boaedon virgatus

West African House Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1971 Hughes 1983 Romer 1953 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Bothrophthalmus (Red-and-Black Striped Snakes)
 
Bothrophthalmus lineatus

Red-and-Black Striped Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Chamaelycus (African Banded Snakes)
 
Chamaelycus fasciatus

Ituri Banded Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Dendrolycus (Central African Banded Snake)
 
Dendrolycus elapoides

Central African Banded Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983
Genus Dromophis (Olympic Snakes)
 
Dromophis lineatus

Lined Olympic Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Hughes 2004 Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
 
Dromophis praeornatus

Ornate Olympic Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
Genus Gonionotophis (Lesser File Snakes)
 
Gonionotophis grantii

Savanna Dwarf File Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1971 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Gonionotophis klingi

Western Forest Dwarf File Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Dunger 1971 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Hormonotus (Yellow Forest Snake)
 
Hormonotus modestus

Yellow Forest Snake

Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)
 
Limaformosa crossi

Savanna File Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Dunger 1971 Hughes 1983 Papenfuss 1969 Romer 1953 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
 
Limaformosa guirali

White-speckled Forest File Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1971 Hughes 1983 Romer 1953 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)
 
Lycophidion irroratum

Western Forest Wolf Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes & Barry 1969 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Lycophidion laterale

Masked Wolf Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Lycophidion multimaculatum

Many-spotted Wolf Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 [as L. capense] Hughes 1983 [as L. capense] Trape & Balde 2014
 
Lycophidion nigromaculatum

Black-spotted Wolf Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Lycophidion ornatum

Ornate Wolf Snake

Broadley 1996 Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Lycophidion semicinctum

Semi-annulated Wolf Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Mehelya (Greater File Snakes)
  *
Mehelya egbensis

Egbe File Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Dunger 1971 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Mehelya poensis

Western Forest File Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1971 Hughes 1983 Romer 1953 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Mehelya stenophthalmus

Small-eyed File Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Dunger 1971 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Polemon (African Snake Eaters)
 
Polemon acanthias

Five-striped Snake Eater

Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Doucet 1963 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
 
Polemon collaris

Fawn-headed Snake Eater

Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Pitman 1974 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
 
Polemon gabonensis

Gabon Snake Eater

Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Polemon gracilis

Slender Snake Eater

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007
Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)
 
Prosymna collaris

Collared Shovel-snout

Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011
 
Prosymna greigerti

Sudan Savanna Shovel-snout

Butler & Reid 1990 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Hughes 1983 [as P. meleagris] Papenfuss 1969 [as P. laurenti]
 
Prosymna meleagris

Speckled Shovel-snout

Broadley 1980 Butler & Reid 1990 Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)
 
Psammophis afroccidentalis

West African Sand Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 [as P. sibilans] Hughes 1983 [as P. sibilans] Romer 1953 [as P. sibilans] Trape & Balde 2014 [as P. sibilans] Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
 
Psammophis elegans

Elegant Sand Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Joger 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Psammophis mossambicus

East African Olive Grass Snake

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as occidentalis] Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
 
Psammophis phillipsii

West African Olive Grass Snake

Akani, Luiselli, Ogbeibu, Onwuteaka, Chuku, Osakwe, Bombi, Amuzie, Uwagbae & Guo 2010 Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
 
Psammophis sudanensis

Sudan Sand Snake

Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
Genus Rhamphiophis (Beaked Snakes)
 
Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus

Western Beaked Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Chirio & Ineich 1991 Loveridge 1957 Pitman 1974 Trape & Balde 2014
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)
 
Myriopholis macrorhyncha

Large-snouted Thread Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Gasperetti 1988 Hahn 1978 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Balde 2014 [as "cf. macrochynchus"]
 
Myriopholis narirostris

Sahel Thread Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Tricheilostoma (West African Forest Thread Snakes)
 
Tricheilostoma bicolor

Bicoloured Thread Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Hahn & Wallach 1998 Hahn 1980 [as Leptotyphlops brevicaudus] Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as brevicaudus] Papenfuss 1969 [as brevicauda] Trape & Balde 2014
  *
Tricheilostoma greenwelli

Ibadan Thread Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach & Boundy 2005
 
Tricheilostoma sundewalli

Central African Thread Snake

Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Python (Typical Pythons)
 
Python regius

Ball Python

Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Papenfuss 1969 Romer 1953 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Python sebae

Northern Rock Python

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Broadley 1984 Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)
 
Afrotyphlops congestus

Marbled Blind Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2009 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Afrotyphlops lineolatus

Lineolate Blind Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Afrotyphlops punctatus

Spotted Blind Snake

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Afrotyphlops steinhausi

Common Cameroon Blind Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2009 Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Letheobia (African Gracile Blind Snakes)
 
Letheobia crossii

Nigerian Gracile Blind Snake

Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Letheobia weidholzi

Poli Gracile Blind Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 [as praeocularis] Rasmussen 1997 [as praeocularis] Trape & Balde 2014 [as praeocularis] Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Atheris (African Bush Vipers)
 
Atheris broadleyi

Lipondji Bush Viper

Chippaux & Jackson 2019
 
Atheris chlorechis

West African Green Bush Viper

Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Romer 1953 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Atheris squamigera

Southern Green Bush Viper

Butler & Reid 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Bitis (African Adders)
 
Bitis arietans

Common Puff Adder

Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Bitis gabonica

Gaboon Adder

Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Broadley 1983 Butler & Reid 1990 Hughes 1983 Romer 1953 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Bitis nasicornis

African Nose-horned Viper

Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Bitis rhinoceros

Rhinoceros Viper

Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019
Genus Causus (Night Adders)
 
Causus lichtensteinii

Forest Night Adder

Akani, Luiselli, Tooze, Angelici, Corti & Zuffi 2001 Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Causus maculatus

West African Night Adder

Akani, Luiselli, Tooze, Angelici, Corti & Zuffi 2001 Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Joger 1981 Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Causus resimus

Green Night Adder

Akani, Luiselli, Tooze, Angelici, Corti & Zuffi 2001 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Causus rhombeatus

Rhombic Night Adder

Akani, Luiselli, Tooze, Angelici, Corti & Zuffi 2001 Akinpelu & Areo 2007 Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Johnsen 1962 Romer 1953 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)
 
Echis leucogaster

White-bellied Carpet Viper

Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1976 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Echis ocellatus

West African Carpet Viper

Butler & Reid 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1976 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Pook, Joger, Stumpel & Wuster 2009 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Echis romani

Chadian Carpet Viper

Trape 2018

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)
 
Caretta caretta

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

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

Green Sea Turtle

King & Burke 1989 Mettler, Clyde-Brockway, Honarvar & Paladino 2019 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)
 
Pelomedusa olivacea

Sahelian Helmeted Turtle

Boycott & Bourquin 2008 [as subrufa] Fritz & Havas 2006 [as subrufa] Iverson 1992 [as subrufa] Joger 1981 [as subrufa] King & Burke 1989 [as subrufa] Petzold, Vargas-Ramirez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroky & Fritz 2014 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Pelomedusa subrufa

Common Helmeted Turtle

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

West African Helmeted Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)
 
Pelusios adansonii

Sahelian Mud Turtle

Bour 2008 King & Burke 1989 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 
Pelusios castaneus

Chestnut Mud Turtle

Bour, Luiselli, Petrozzi, Segniabeto & Chirio 2016 King & Burke 1989 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Nneji, Adeola, Okeyoyin, Oladipo, Saidu, Samuel, Usongo, Adedeji, Omotoso, Adeyi, Ugwumba & Ugwumba 2019 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Pelusios gabonensis

Forest Mud Turtle

Chirio & LeBreton 2007
 
Pelusios niger

West African Black Mud Turtle

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 King & Burke 1989 Luiselli, Bour, Petrozzi, Akani & Segniagbeto 2018 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Centrochelys (African Spurred Tortoise)
 
Centrochelys sulcata

African Spurred Tortoise

King & Burke 1989 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 erosa

Forest Hinge-back Tortoise

Akani, Luiselli, Ogbeibu, Onwuteaka, Chuku, Osakwe, Bombi, Amuzie, Uwagbae & Guo 2010 King & Burke 1989 Luiselli & Diagne 2014 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Kinixys homeana

West African Hinge-back Tortoise

Akani, Luiselli, Ogbeibu, Onwuteaka, Chuku, Osakwe, Bombi, Amuzie, Uwagbae & Guo 2010 King & Burke 1989 Luiselli & Diagne 2013 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Kinixys nogueyi

Western Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 King & Burke 1989 [as belliana] McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Tabaka 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as belliana]
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Cyclanorbis (SubSaharan Flapshell Turtles)
 
Cyclanorbis elegans

Nubian Flapshell Turtle

Baker, Diagne & Luiselli 2015 King & Burke 1989 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2003 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 
Cyclanorbis senegalensis

Senegal Flapshell Turtle

King & Burke 1989 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2003 McGovern, Diagne, Diagne, Luiselli & Meylan 2021 Papenfuss 1969 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Trionyx (African Softshell Turtle)
 
Trionyx triunguis

African Softshell Turtle

King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012