Reptiles of
Bioko  (formerly Fernando Po or Masie Ngueme Biyogo Island) [Equatorial Guinea]

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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 Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)
 
Agama lebretoni

Cameroon Rainbow Agama

Eisentraut 1973 [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] Mertens 1964 [as agama] Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Wagner, Barej & Schmitz 2009
 Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
Genus Rhampholeon (African Leaf Chameleons)
 
Rhampholeon spectrum

Spectral Leaf Chameleon

Eisentraut 1973 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Tilbury 2010
Genus Trioceros (Equatorial Chameleons)
 
Trioceros cristatus

Crested Chameleon

Eisentraut 1973 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Tilbury 2010
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Trioceros feae

Bioko Montane Chameleon

Eisentraut 1973 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Tilbury 2010
 
Trioceros oweni

Central African Three-horned Chameleon

Eisentraut 1973 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Tilbury 2010
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Ancylodactylus (African Rock and Forest Geckos)
 
Ancylodactylus koehleri

Cameroon Mountains Rock Gecko

Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus angulatus

West African House Gecko

Eisentraut 1973 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
  *
Hemidactylus biokoensis

Bioko Half-toed Gecko

Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Wagner, Leache & Fujita 2014
Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)
 
Lygodactylus conraui

Cameroon Dwarf Gecko

Eisentraut 1973 Loveridge 1947 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Wermuth 1965
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Poromera (African Swamp Lizard)
 
Poromera fordii

African Swamp Lizard

Bischoff 1992 Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1968 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Lacertaspis (Central African Leaf-litter Skinks)
 
Lacertaspis gemmiventris

Yellow-bellied Mountain Skink

Eisentraut 1973 Fuhn 1972 Mertens 1964 Perret 1973 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005
 
Lacertaspis reichenowii

Cameroon Mountain Leaf-Litter Skink

Eisentraut 1973 Fuhn 1972 Mertens 1964 Perret 1973 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005
Genus Leptosiaphos (Slender Leaf-litter Skinks)
 
Leptosiaphos vigintiserierum

Twenty-lined Mountain Skink

Eisentraut 1973 Fuhn 1972 Mertens 1964 Perret 1973 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 [as "L. cf. vigintiserierum"] Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005
Genus Melanoseps (Black Limbless Skinks)
 
Melanoseps occidentalis

Western Limbless Skink

Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1981 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)
 
Mochlus fernandi

Western Red-flanked Skink

Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Wagner, Boehme, Pauwels & Schmitz 2009
Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Panaspis breviceps

Short-headed Snake-eyed Skink

Eisentraut 1973 Fuhn 1972 Mertens 1964 Perret 1973 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005
Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)
 
Trachylepis affinis

Lesser Brown-flanked Skink

Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 [as blandingi] Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Schatti & Loumont 1992
 
Trachylepis polytropis

Greater Forest Skink

Eisentraut 1973 Hoogmoed 1974 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus stellatus

African Forest Monitor

Boehme & Ziegler 1997 [as ornatus] Boehme & Ziegler in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 [as V. ornatus] Eisentraut 1973 [as ornatus] Mertens 1964 [as ornatus] Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 [as V. niloticus]

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

Calabar Boa

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Stimson 1969
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Afronatrix (West African Brown Water Snake)
 
Afronatrix anoscopus

West African Brown Water Snake

Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Dipsadoboa (Nocturnal Tree Snakes)
 
Dipsadoboa unicolor

Unicoloured Nocturnal Tree Snake

Mertens 1964 Rasmussen 1993 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
 
Dipsadoboa viridis

Green Nocturnal Tree Snake

Eisentraut 1973 [as elongata] Mertens 1964 [as elongata] Rasmussen 1993 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes)
 
Grayia caesar

Long-tailed Water Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Hapsidophrys (Emerald Snakes)
 
Hapsidophrys lineatus

Black-lined Green Snake

Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
 
Hapsidophrys smaragdinus

Common Emerald Snake

Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)
 
Natriciteres fuliginoides

Collared Marsh Snake

Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)
 
Philothamnus carinatus

Barred Green Snake

Eisentraut 1973 Loveridge 1957 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
 
Philothamnus nitidus

Cameroon Green Snake

Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Rhamnophis (Dagger-tooth Tree Snakes)
 
Rhamnophis aethiopissa

Large-eyed Green Tree Snake

Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)
 
Thelotornis kirtlandii

Northern Vine Snake

Eisentraut 1973 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Thrasops (Black Tree Snakes)
 
Thrasops flavigularis

Yellow-throated Black Tree Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2002 Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Toxicodryas (African Tree Cat Snakes)
 
Toxicodryas adamanteus

Eastern Powdered Cat Snake

Eisentraut 1973 [as pulverulenta] Mertens 1964 [as pulverulenta] Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
 
Toxicodryas blandingii

Western Black-and-Yellow Tree Snake

Eisentraut 1973 Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)
 
Dendroaspis jamesonii

Central African Green Mamba

Eisentraut 1973 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja melanoleuca

Central African Forest Cobra

Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Pseudohaje (Tree Cobras)
 
Pseudohaje goldii

Central African Tree Cobra

David & Ineich 1999 Eisentraut 1973 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)
 
Boaedon olivaceus

Olive House Snake

Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
 
Boaedon virgatus

West African House Snake

Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Bothrolycus (Black Loreal-pitted Snake)
 
Bothrolycus ater

Black Loreal-pitted Snake

Boulenger 1919 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Eisentraut 1973 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Bothrophthalmus (Red-and-Black Striped Snakes)
 
Bothrophthalmus brunneus

Brown-bellied Snake

Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Buhoma (African Forest Snakes)
 
Buhoma depressiceps

Pale-headed Forest Snake

Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Chamaelycus (African Banded Snakes)
 
Chamaelycus fasciatus

Ituri Banded Snake

Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Hormonotus (Yellow Forest Snake)
 
Hormonotus modestus

Yellow Forest Snake

Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)
 
Lycophidion laterale

Masked Wolf Snake

Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Mehelya (Greater File Snakes)
 
Mehelya poensis

Western Forest File Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Polemon (African Snake Eaters)
 
Polemon collaris

Fawn-headed Snake Eater

Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Tricheilostoma (West African Forest Thread Snakes)
 
Tricheilostoma sundewalli

Central African Thread Snake

Eisentraut 1973 Hahn & Wallach 1998 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Mertens 1964 [as gestri] Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Python (Typical Pythons)
 
Python sebae

Northern Rock Python

Broadley 1984 Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)
 
Afrotyphlops angolensis

Golden Blind Snake

Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
 
Afrotyphlops congestus

Marbled Blind Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2009 Eisentraut 1973 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Afrotyphlops punctatus

Spotted Blind Snake

Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Atheris (African Bush Vipers)
  *
Atheris hetfieldi

Bioko Bush Viper

Ceriaco, Marques & Bauer 2020 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
 
Atheris squamigera

Southern Green Bush Viper

Broadley 1998 Capocaccia 1961 Ceriaco, Marques & Bauer 2020 Eisentraut 1973 Loveridge 1957 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Bitis (African Adders)
 
Bitis nasicornis

African Nose-horned Viper

David & Ineich 1999 Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022
Genus Causus (Night Adders)
 
Causus maculatus

West African Night Adder

Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022

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

Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Butynski 1996 Eisentraut 1964 Mettler, Clyde-Brockway, Honarvar & Paladino 2019 Rader, Mba, Morra & Hearn 2006 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Stuart, Adams & Jenkins 1990 Tomas, Godley, Castroviejo & Raga 2010
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Butynski 1996 Eisentraut 1964 Rader, Mba, Morra & Hearn 2006 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Stuart, Adams & Jenkins 1990 Tomas, Godley, Castroviejo & Raga 2010
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Butynski 1996 Rader, Mba, Morra & Hearn 2006 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Tomas, Fretey, Raga & Castroviejo 2001 Tomas, Godley, Castroviejo & Raga 2010
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Butynski 1996 Rader, Mba, Morra & Hearn 2006 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Tomas, Godley, Castroviejo & Raga 2010