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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 Cynisca (West African Round-headed Worm Lizards)   Cynisca leucura White-tailed Worm Lizard Gans 1987 Gans 2005 Joger & Lambert 1996

	Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)   Crocodylus suchus West African Crocodile Chirio 2009 Fuchs, Mertens & Wermuth 1974 King & Burke 1989 [as niloticus] 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 Wermuth & Mertens 1977

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)   Agama boueti Mali Agama Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Agama gracilimembris Lesser Ground Agama Chirio 2009 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Agama paragama West African Tree Agama Chirio 2009 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Agama sankaranica Sankaranian Agama Boehme & Heath 2018 Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Chirio 2009 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo gracilis Graceful Chameleon Boehme & Heath 2018 Chirio 2009 Glaw 2015 Tilbury 2010   Chamaeleo senegalensis Senegal Chameleon Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Glaw 2015 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos) Genus Hemitheconyx (African Fat-tailed Geckos)   Hemitheconyx caudicinctus West African Fat-tailed Gecko Chirio 2009 Papenfuss 1969 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 Chirio 2009 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)   Lygodactylus gutturalis Chevron-throated Dwarf Gecko Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)   Acanthodactylus guineensis Guinea Fringe-toed Lizard Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Meinig & Boehme 2002 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Heliobolus (Bushveld Lizards)   Heliobolus nitida Red-tailed Bushveld Lizard Chirio 2009 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Latastia (African Long-tailed Lizards)   Latastia longicaudata Common Long-tailed Lizard Chirio & LeBreton 2007  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] Chirio 2009 [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 Chirio 2009 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Tarentola ephippiata African Wall Gecko Chirio 2009 Joger 1984 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Tarentola parvicarinata Small-keeled Gecko Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)   Chalcides pulchellus West African Cylindrical Skink Papenfuss 1969 [as thierryi] Pasteur 1981   Chalcides thierryi Togo Cylindrical Skink Chirio 2009 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)   Panaspis togoensis Togo Snake-eyed Skink Chirio 2009 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)   Trachylepis affinis Lesser Brown-flanked Skink Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Chirio 2009 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Trachylepis perrotetii Orange-flanked Skink Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Chirio 2009 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Trachylepis quinquetaeniata African Five-lined Skink Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 [as "cf. quinquetaeniata"] Chirio 2009 Koppetsch 2020 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 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Varanus griseus Desert Monitor Bayless 2002   Varanus niloticus Nile Monitor Bayless 2002 Boehme & Ziegler 1997 Chirio 2009 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 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2009 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Afronatrix (West African Brown Water Snake)   Afronatrix anoscopus West African Brown Water Snake Hughes 1983 Papenfuss 1969 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Bamanophis (West African Whip Snake)   Bamanophis dorri West African Whip Snake Chirio 2009 Hughes 1983 Schatti & Trape 2008 Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)   Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis West African Herald Snake Chirio 2009 Rasmussen 1985 Rasmussen, Chirio & Ineich 2000   Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Common Herald Snake Chirio 2009 Hughes 1983 Papenfuss 1969 Roman 1974 Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)   Dasypeltis fasciata Central African Egg Eater Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Hughes 1983   Dasypeltis gansi Savanna Egg Eater Bates & Ineich 2012 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009   Dasypeltis sahelensis Sahel Egg Eater Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012 Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)   Dispholidus sp. (Boomslang) David & Ineich 1999 [as D. typus] Hughes 1983 [as D. typus] Papenfuss 1969 [as D. typus] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as D. typus] Genus Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes)   Grayia smythii Equatorial Water Snake Hughes 1983 Joger & Lambert 1996 Genus Meizodon (African Smooth Snakes)   Meizodon coronatus West African Crowned Smooth Snake Chirio 2009 Hughes 1983 Papenfuss 1969   Meizodon regularis East African Crowned Smooth Snake Schatti 1985 Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)   Natriciteres olivacea Olive Marsh Snake Hughes 1983 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape 2005 Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)   Philothamnus irregularis Irregular Green Snake Chirio 2009 Hughes 1983 Papenfuss 1969   Philothamnus semivariegatus Variegated Bush Snake Chirio 2009 [as "cf. semivariegatus"] Trape 2005 Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)   Telescopus tripolitanus North African Cat Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Crochet, Rasmussen, Wilms, Geniez, Trape & Boehme 2008 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Wilms, Wagner & Spawls 2021   Telescopus variegatus Variable Cat Snake Chirio 2009 Papenfuss 1969  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)   Dendroaspis polylepis Black Mamba David & Ineich 1999 Haakansson & Madsen 1983 Roman 1973 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)   Elapsoidea semiannulata Half-banded Garter Snake Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Broadley 1998 Chirio 2009 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2006 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja katiensis Brown Spitting Cobra Chirio 2009 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes & Barry 1969 Hughes 1983 Papenfuss 1969 Roman 1973 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Naja nigricollis Black-necked Spitting Cobra Boehme & Heath 2018 Chirio 2009 Hughes & Barry 1969 Hughes 1983 Papenfuss 1969 Roman 1973 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Naja savannula West African Banded Cobra Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 [as N. melanoleuca] David & Ineich 1999 [as N. melanoleuca] Hughes 1983 [as N. melanoleuca] Roman 1973 [as N. melanoleuca] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as N. melanoleuca]   Naja senegalensis Senegalese Cobra Chirio 2009 Hughes 1983 [as N. haje] Papenfuss 1969 [as N. haje] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as N. haje] 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 Chirio 2009 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)   Aparallactus lunulatus Reticulated Centipede Eater Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2009 Hughes 1983 Trape & Mane 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)   Atractaspis aterrima Western Forest Stiletto Snake David & Ineich 1999 Rasmussen 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis dahomeyensis Dahomey Stiletto Snake David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Papenfuss 1969 Roman 1973 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis micropholis Sahelian Stiletto Snake Chirio 2009 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Papenfuss 1969 Roman 1973 Trape 2005 Trape, Mane & Ineich 2006 Villiers 1965 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis watsoni Sokoto Stiletto Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 Trape 2005 Trape, Mane & Ineich 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)   Boaedon fuliginosus Common African House Snake Boehme & Heath 2018 Chirio 2009 Hughes 1983 Papenfuss 1969   Boaedon lineatus Lined House Snake Boehme & Heath 2018 Chirio 2009 Hughes 1983 Genus Dromophis (Olympic Snakes)   Dromophis lineatus Lined Olympic Snake Chirio 2009 Hughes 1983 Hughes 2004   Dromophis praeornatus Ornate Olympic Snake Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Chirio 2009 Hughes 1983 Papenfuss 1969 Villiers 1965 Genus Gonionotophis (Lesser File Snakes)   Gonionotophis grantii Savanna Dwarf File Snake Chirio 2009 Hughes 1983 Trape & Mane 2006 Genus Hemirhagerrhis (Bark Snakes)   Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia Southeastern Bark Snake Broadley & Hughes 2000 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2006 Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)   Limaformosa crossi Savanna File Snake Chirio 2009 Hughes 1983 Trape & Mane 2006 Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)   Lycophidion irroratum Western Forest Wolf Snake Hughes 1983 Papenfuss 1969 Villiers 1965   Lycophidion semicinctum Semi-annulated Wolf Snake Chirio 2009 Hughes 1983 Genus Polemon (African Snake Eaters)   Polemon neuwiedi West African Snake Eater Hughes 1983 Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)   Prosymna collaris Collared Shovel-snout Chirio 2009 Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Trape & Mane 2006   Prosymna greigerti Sudan Savanna Shovel-snout Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Hughes 1983 [as P. meleagris] Papenfuss 1969 [as P. laurenti] Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis afroccidentalis West African Sand Snake Brito, Rebelo, Crochet & Geniez 2008 [as P. sibilans] Chirio 2009 [as rukwae] Hughes 1983 [as P. sibilans] Papenfuss 1969 [as P. sibilans] Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Villiers 1965 [as P. sibilans]   Psammophis elegans Elegant Sand Snake Chirio 2009 Hughes 1983 Papenfuss 1969   Psammophis sudanensis Sudan Sand Snake Trape & Mane 2006 Trape 2005 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Genus Rhamphiophis (Beaked Snakes)   Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus Western Beaked Snake Chirio & Ineich 1991 Chirio 2009 Papenfuss 1969 Villiers 1965  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)   Myriopholis adleri Chadian Thread Snake Trape & Mane 2006 Trape 2005   Myriopholis albiventer White-bellied Thread Snake Boehme & Heath 2018   Myriopholis boueti Mali Thread Snake Ineich & Prudent 2014 Trape 2005 Genus Tricheilostoma (West African Forest Thread Snakes)   Tricheilostoma bicolor Bicoloured Thread Snake Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Chirio 2009 Hahn & Wallach 1998 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Papenfuss 1969 Villiers 1965   Tricheilostoma sundewalli Central African Thread Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python regius Ball Python Hughes 1983   Python sebae Northern Rock Python Broadley 1984 Chirio 2009 Hughes 1983 Papenfuss 1969 Spawls & Branch 1995  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)   Afrotyphlops punctatus Spotted Blind Snake Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Bitis (African Adders)   Bitis arietans Common Puff Adder Boehme & Heath 2018 Chirio 2009 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Roman 1973 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Causus (Night Adders)   Causus maculatus West African Night Adder Chirio 2009 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Roman 1973 Spawls & Branch 1995   Causus rhombeatus Rhombic Night Adder Papenfuss 1969 Villiers 1965 Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)   Echis leucogaster White-bellied Carpet Viper David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1976 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995   Echis ocellatus West African Carpet Viper Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2009 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1976 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Pook, Joger, Stumpel & Wuster 2009 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape 2018   Echis pyramidum North East African Carpet Viper Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 [as arenicola]

	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] Chirio 2009 [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 variabilis West African Helmeted Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)   Pelusios castaneus Chestnut Mud Turtle Boehme & Heath 2018 Boehme, Meinig & Roedel 1996 Bour, Luiselli, Petrozzi, Segniabeto & Chirio 2016 Chirio 2009 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 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 belliana Central African Hinge-back Tortoise Chirio 2009   Kinixys nogueyi Western Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 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 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 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 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012