Reptiles of
Chad 

 

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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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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