Reptiles of
Pemba [Tanzania]

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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.
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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)
 
Chamaeleo dilepis

Flap-necked Chameleon

Broadley & Howell 1991 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Pakenham 1983 Tilbury 2010
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Ebenavia (Madagascan Clawless Geckos)
 
Ebenavia safari

Pemba Clawless Gecko

Bauer, Good & Branch 1997 [as inunguis] Hawlitschek, Scherz, Ruthensteiner, Crottini & Glaw 2018 Nussbaum & Raxworthy 1998 [as inunguis] Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 [as inunguis] Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 [as E. inunguis]
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus angulatus

West African House Gecko

Broadley & Howell 1991 Pakenham 1983 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 [as brooki]
 
Hemidactylus mabouia

Cosmopolitan House Gecko

Loveridge 1957 Pakenham 1983 Wermuth 1965
 
Hemidactylus platycephalus

Flat-headed Tropical House Gecko

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1977 Pakenham 1983 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)
 
Lygodactylus grotei

Mikindani Dwarf Gecko

Broadley & Howell 1991 Loveridge 1947 Pakenham 1983 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Genus Phelsuma (Green Day Geckos)
  *
Phelsuma parkeri

Pemba Day Gecko

Broadley & Howell 1991 Glaw & Roesler 2015 Pakenham 1983 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Cryptoblepharus (Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Cryptoblepharus africanus

African Coral-rag Snake-eyed Skink

Broadley & Howell 1991 Loveridge 1957 Pakenham 1983
Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)
 
Mochlus pembanus

Pemba Supple Skink

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1994 Pakenham 1983 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)
 
Trachylepis albotaeniata

Pemba Speckled-lipped Skink

Branch 1998 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 2000 Loveridge 1957 Pakenham 1983 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
 
Trachylepis striata

Eastern Striped Skink

Loveridge 1957 Pakenham 1983

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)
  *
Dispholidus pembae

Pemba Boomslang

Hughes 2021
Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)
  *
Natriciteres pembana

Pemba Marsh Snake

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Loveridge 1957 Pakenham 1983 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)
 
Philothamnus punctatus

Speckled Green Snake

Broadley & Howell 1991
 
Philothamnus semivariegatus

Variegated Bush Snake

Loveridge 1957 Pakenham 1983
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja mossambica

Mozambique Spitting Cobra

Broadley & Howell 1991 David & Ineich 1999 Pakenham 1983 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wuster, Crookes, Ineich, Mane, Pook, Trape & Broadley 2007
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)
 
Boaedon capensis

Brown House Snake

Loveridge 1957 [as f. fuliginosus] Pakenham 1983 [as fuliginosus]
Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)
  *
Lycophidion pembanum

Pemba Wolf Snake

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1996 Laurent 1968 Pakenham 1983 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Leptotyphlops (Typical Thread Snakes)
 
Leptotyphlops pembae

Pemba Thread Snake

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley & Wallach 2007 Hahn 1980 Loveridge 1957 Pakenham 1983 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Letheobia (African Gracile Blind Snakes)
  *
Letheobia pembana

Pemba Gracile Blind Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2007 Pakenham 1983 [as pallida] Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Pakenham 1983 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Pakenham 1983 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
 Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)
 
Pelusios castanoides

Yellow-bellied Mud Turtle

Broadley & Howell 1991 Pakenham 1983 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018