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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

	Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)   Crocodylus suchus West African Crocodile Berre 1989 [as niloticus] Fuchs, Mertens & Wermuth 1974 King & Burke 1989 [as niloticus] Lescure 2014 Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wake & Kluge 1961 [as niloticus] Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Genus Mecistops (African Slender-snouted Crocodiles)   EX Mecistops leptorhynchus Central African Slender-snouted Crocodile Shirley, Carr, Nestler, Vliet & Brochu 2018

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)   Agama doriae Nigerian Agama Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Agama gracilimembris Lesser Ground Agama Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Agama picticauda Ada Foah Agama Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Boehme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Roedel & Wagner 2016   Agama tassiliensis Tassili Agama Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 [as impalearis] Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Trapelus (Afro-Asian Ground Agamas)   Trapelus mutabilis North African Desert Agama Berre 1989 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as mutabilis complex]   Trapelus schmitzi Chadian Plain Agama Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape 2015 Wagner & Boehme 2007 Genus Uromastyx (Western Spiny-tailed Agamas)   Uromastyx dispar South Saharan Spiny-tailed Agama Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 [as acanthinura] Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wake & Kluge 1961 [as acanthinura] Wilms & Boehme 2001 Wilms 2001 Wilms, Boehme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo africanus Sahel Chameleon Glaw 2015 Tilbury 2010 Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Chamaeleo gracilis Graceful Chameleon Glaw 2015 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wake & Kluge 1961   Chamaeleo laevigatus Smooth Chameleon Glaw 2015 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus angulatus West African House Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Loveridge 1947 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)   Lygodactylus gutturalis Chevron-throated Dwarf Gecko Loveridge 1947 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Stenodactylus (Afro-Asian Thin-toed Geckos)   Stenodactylus sthenodactylus Elegant Thin-toed Gecko Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Tropiocolotes (Afro-Asian Desert Dwarf Geckos)   Tropiocolotes tripolitanus Tripoli Dwarf Gecko Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)   Acanthodactylus boskianus Afro-Arabian Fringe-toed Lizard Berre 1989 Salvador 1982 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Acanthodactylus guineensis Guinea Fringe-toed Lizard Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Acanthodactylus longipes Long-footed Fringe-toed Lizard Arnold 1983 Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Salvador 1982 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Acanthodactylus scutellatus Nidua Fringe-toed Lizard Arnold 1983 Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Salvador 1982 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Heliobolus (Bushveld Lizards)   Heliobolus nitida Red-tailed Bushveld Lizard Chabanaud 1918 Szczerbak 1975 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Latastia (African Long-tailed Lizards)   Latastia longicaudata Common Long-tailed Lizard Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Mesalina (Afro-Asian Desert Lizards)   Mesalina rubropunctata Red-spotted Desert Lizard Trape 2015  Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos) Genus Ptyodactylus (Fan-toed Geckos)   Ptyodactylus togoensis Sahelian Fan-toed Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as P. ragazzii] Heimes 1987 [as P. ragazzii] Loveridge 1947 [as P. h. hasselquistii] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 [as P. ragazzii] Trape 2015 [as P. ragazzii] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as P. ragazzii] Wake & Kluge 1961 [as P. h. hasselquistii] Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)   Tarentola annularis Egyptian White-spotted Gecko Berre 1989 Joger 1984 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wake & Kluge 1961   Tarentola ephippiata African Wall Gecko Berre 1989 Joger 1984 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Tarentola hoggarensis Hoggar Wall Gecko Berre 1989 Joger 1984 Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)   Chalcides delislei Central Saharan Three-fingered Skink Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Chalcides ocellatus Mediterranean Ocellated Skink Greenbaum, Campbell & Raxworthy 2006 Schneider in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)   Mochlus mocquardi Chad Supple Skink Chabanaud 1917 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)   Panaspis togoensis Togo Snake-eyed Skink Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Scincopus (Tiger Skinks)   Scincopus fasciatus Banded Tiger Skink Lanza & Corsi 1981 Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)   Trachylepis perrotetii Orange-flanked Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Trachylepis quinquetaeniata African Five-lined Skink Koppetsch 2020 Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wake & Kluge 1961  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus exanthematicus Western Savanna Monitor Bennett in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Grandison 1956 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Varanus griseus Desert Monitor Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Varanus niloticus Nile Monitor Boehme & Ziegler 1997 Buffrenil 1992 Buffrenil, Chabanet & Castanet 1994 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)   Eryx colubrinus East African Sand Boa Graber 1966 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape 2015 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Venchi & Sindaco 2007   Eryx muelleri West African Sand Boa Graber 1966 Hughes & Barry 1969 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)   Crotaphopeltis degeni Yellow-flanked Herald Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis West African Herald Snake Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Common Herald Snake Graber 1966 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)   Dasypeltis confusa Diamondback Egg Eater Bates 2013 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Dasypeltis gansi Savanna Egg Eater Bates & Ineich 2012 Bates, Trape & Spawls 2013 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as fasciata] Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Dasypeltis sahelensis Sahel Egg Eater Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)   Dispholidus sp. (Boomslang) David & Ineich 1999 [as D. typus] Roussel & Villiers 1965 [as D. typus] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as D. typus] Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 [as "D. aff. typus"] Genus Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes)   Grayia smythii Equatorial Water Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Roussel & Villiers 1965 [as thollomi] Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Meizodon (African Smooth Snakes)   Meizodon coronatus West African Crowned Smooth Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Graber 1966 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Schatti 1985 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Meizodon regularis East African Crowned Smooth Snake Schatti 1985 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Meizodon semiornatus Semi-ornate Smooth Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Schatti 1985 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)   Natriciteres olivacea Olive Marsh Snake Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)   Philothamnus bequaerti Uganda Green Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Philothamnus hughesi Congolese Green Snake Trape & Roux-Esteve 1990 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Philothamnus irregularis Irregular Green Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Graber 1966 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Philothamnus semivariegatus Variegated Bush Snake Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 [as "P. aff. semivariegatus"]   Philothamnus smithii Smith's Green Snake Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021 Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)   Platyceps florulentus Egyptian Whip Snake Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Platyceps saharicus Saharan Cliff Racer Geniez & Gauthier 2008 Geniez 2018 Schatti & McCarthy 2004 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape 2015 [as tessellata] Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Scaphiophis (African Hook-nosed Snakes)   Scaphiophis albopunctatus Common African Hook-nosed Snake Broadley 1994 Graber 1966 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Spalerosophis (Diadem Snakes)   Spalerosophis diadema Common Diadem Snake Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)   Telescopus obtusus Egyptian Cat Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Crochet, Rasmussen, Wilms, Geniez, Trape & Boehme 2008 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 [as dhara] Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 [as dhara] Spawls, Malonza & Beraduccii 2021 Trape 2015 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Wake & Kluge 1961   Telescopus tripolitanus North African Cat Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Telescopus variegatus Variable Cat Snake Roussel & Villiers 1965 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)   Elapsoidea laticincta Sudanese Garter Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 David & Ineich 1999 Jakobsen 1997 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Elapsoidea semiannulata Half-banded Garter Snake Broadley 1971 David & Ineich 1999 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja haje Egyptian Cobra Graber 1966 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Naja nigricollis Black-necked Spitting Cobra Graber 1966 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Naja nubiae Nubian Spitting Cobra Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape 2015 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wuster & Broadley 2003   Naja savannula West African Banded Cobra Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018   Naja subfulva Brown Forest Cobra Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes)   Amblyodipsas unicolor Equatorial Purple-glossed Snake Roussel & Villiers 1965 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)   Aparallactus lunulatus Reticulated Centipede Eater Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)   Atractaspis aterrima Western Forest Stiletto Snake Rasmussen 2005 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis dahomeyensis Dahomey Stiletto Snake Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Atractaspis micropholis Sahelian Stiletto Snake Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Atractaspis watsoni Sokoto Stiletto Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Graber 1966 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Trape, Mane & Ineich 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)   Boaedon longilineatus Long-lined House Snake Trape & Mediannikov 2016 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Boaedon paralineatus Central African Lined House Snake Trape & Mediannikov 2016 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Boaedon perisilvestris Central African Savanna House Snake Trape & Mediannikov 2016 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Boaedon subflavus Yellow House Snake Graber 1966 [as B. f. fuliginosus] Roussel & Villiers 1965 [as B. fuliginosus] Trape & Mediannikov 2016 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Dromophis (Olympic Snakes)   Dromophis lineatus Lined Olympic Snake Graber 1966 Hughes 2004 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Dromophis praeornatus Ornate Olympic Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Gonionotophis (Lesser File Snakes)   Gonionotophis grantii Savanna Dwarf File Snake Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Hemirhagerrhis (Bark Snakes)   Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia Southeastern Bark Snake Broadley & Hughes 2000 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)   Limaformosa crossi Savanna File Snake Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)   Lycophidion semicinctum Semi-annulated Wolf Snake Papenfuss 1969 Roussel & Villiers 1965 [as L. irroratum] Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Lycophidion tchadensis Chadian Wolf Snake Broadley & Hughes 1993 [as taylori] Largen & Rasmussen 1993 [as taylori] Trape 2021 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 [as "L. aff. capense"] Genus Malpolon (Montpellier Snakes)   Malpolon moilensis Moila Snake Trape 2015 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)   Prosymna ambigua Central African Shovel-snout Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Prosymna collaris Collared Shovel-snout Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Prosymna greigerti Sudan Savanna Shovel-snout Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis aegyptius Sahara Sand Snake Graber 1966 [as P. schokari] Leviton, Anderson, Adler & Minton 1992 [as P. schokari] Trape 2015 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Psammophis afroccidentalis West African Sand Snake Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Psammophis elegans Elegant Sand Snake Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Psammophis mossambicus East African Olive Grass Snake Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Psammophis rukwae Lake Rukwa Sand Snake Graber 1966 [as P. sibilans] Roussel & Villiers 1965 [as P. sibilans] Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Psammophis sudanensis Sudan Sand Snake Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Rhamphiophis (Beaked Snakes)   Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus Western Beaked Snake Chirio & Ineich 1991 Graber 1966 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Rhamphiophis rostratus Rufous Beaked Snake Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)   Myriopholis adleri Chadian Thread Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn & Wallach 1998 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape 2002 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Myriopholis boueti Mali Thread Snake Hahn & Wallach 1998 Hahn 1980 [as debilis] Ineich & Prudent 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as debilis] Trape & Mane 2006 [as debilis] Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Myriopholis lanzai Ghat Thread Snake Berre 1989 [as Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus] Hahn & Wallach 1998 [as Leptotyphlops cairi] Hahn 1978 [as Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus] Trape 2015 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Myriopholis occipitalis Kouki Thread Snake Trape & Chirio 2019 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Tricheilostoma (West African Forest Thread Snakes)   Tricheilostoma sundewalli Central African Thread Snake Hahn & Wallach 1998 [as Leptotyphlops bicolor] Hahn 1980 [as Leptotyphlops bicolor] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as Leptotyphlops bicolor] Roussel & Villiers 1965 [as Leptotyphlops bicolor] Trape & Mane 2006 [as Leptotyphlops bicolor] Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020  Family Micrelapidae (Short-jawed Rear-fanged Snakes) Genus Micrelaps (Afro-Asian Black-headed Snakes)   Micrelaps vaillanti Somali Black-headed Snake Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python regius Ball Python McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Python sebae Northern Rock Python Broadley 1984 Graber 1966 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)   Afrotyphlops lineolatus Lineolate Blind Snake Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Afrotyphlops punctatus Spotted Blind Snake Graber 1966 Hahn 1980 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Letheobia (African Gracile Blind Snakes)   Letheobia weidholzi Poli Gracile Blind Snake Trape 2019 [as L. logonensis] Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Bitis (African Adders)   Bitis arietans Common Puff Adder Graber 1966 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Causus (Night Adders)   Causus maculatus West African Night Adder David & Ineich 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Causus resimus Green Night Adder Broadley & Howell 1991 David & Ineich 1999 Graber 1966 [as C. rhombeatus] Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Roussel & Villiers 1965 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Cerastes (Horned Vipers)   Cerastes cerastes Sahara Horned Viper Berre 1989 Geniez 2018 Graber 1966 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape 2015 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Werner, Verdier, Rosenman & Sivan 1991   Cerastes vipera Sahara Sand Viper Graber 1966 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape 2015 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)   Echis leucogaster White-bellied Carpet Viper Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape 2015 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020 Venchi & Sindaco 2007   Echis romani Chadian Carpet Viper David & Ineich 1999 [as ocellatus] Hughes 1976 [as ocellatus] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as ocellatus] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as ocellatus] Trape 2018 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles) Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)   Pelomedusa subrufa Common Helmeted Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)   Pelusios adansonii Sahelian Mud Turtle Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Bour 2008 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Pelusios castaneus Chestnut Mud Turtle Bour, Luiselli, Petrozzi, Segniabeto & Chirio 2016 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Centrochelys (African Spurred Tortoise)   Centrochelys sulcata African Spurred Tortoise Berre 1989 Fritz & Havas 2006 King & Burke 1989 Petrozzi, Hema, Demaya, Benansio, Eniang, Diagne, Segniagbeto & Luiselli 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wake & Kluge 1961 Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)   Kinixys belliana Central African Hinge-back Tortoise Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Kinixys homeana West African Hinge-back Tortoise Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Kinixys nogueyi Western Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Cyclanorbis (SubSaharan Flapshell Turtles)   Cyclanorbis elegans Nubian Flapshell Turtle Baker, Diagne & Luiselli 2015 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 King & Burke 1989 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2003 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Cyclanorbis senegalensis Senegal Flapshell Turtle Chirio & LeBreton 2007 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 Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012