Reptiles of Congo-Kinshasa  [=Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire]   Bibliography of the reptiles of Congo-Kinshasa Taxonomic history of the reptiles of Congo-Kinshasa Introduced species

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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 Dalophia (Blunt-tailed Worm Lizards)   * Dalophia gigantea Kwango Worm Lizard Broadley 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Gans 2005   * Dalophia luluae Sandoa Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard Broadley 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Gans 2005 Genus Monopeltis (Spade-snouted Worm Lizards)   * Monopeltis adercae Lualaba Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Gans 2005   Monopeltis guentheri Western Congo Worm Lizard Broadley 1998 Gans & Latifi 1971 Gans 2005   Monopeltis kabindae Cabinda Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Broadley 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Gans 2005   * Monopeltis remaclei Lukulu Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Gans 2005   * Monopeltis scalper Carved Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Gans 2005   Monopeltis schoutedeni Kunungu Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Broadley 1998 Gans & Lehman 1973 Gans 2005 Pauwels, Albert & Lenglet 2010   Monopeltis vanderysti Wombali Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Broadley 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Gans 2005 Genus Zygaspis (Purple Round-headed Worm Lizards)   * Zygaspis dolichomenta Congo Round-headed Worm Lizard Broadley & Broadley 1997 Broadley 1998 Gans 2005 Laurent 1958   Zygaspis quadrifrons Kalahari Round-headed Worm Lizard Branch 1998 Branch 2008 Broadley & Broadley 1997 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Gans 2005

	Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)   Crocodylus niloticus Nile Crocodile Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Fuchs, Mertens & Wermuth 1974 King & Burke 1989 Schmidt 1919 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Genus Mecistops (African Slender-snouted Crocodiles)   Mecistops leptorhynchus Central African Slender-snouted Crocodile Branch 2008 [as cataphractus] Broadley & Cotterill 2004 [as cataphractus] Broadley 1998 [as cataphractus] King & Burke 1989 [as cataphractus] Schmidt 1919 [as cataphractus] Shirley, Carr, Nestler, Vliet & Brochu 2018 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 [as cataphractus] Genus Osteolaemus (Dwarf Crocodiles)   Osteolaemus osborni Congo Dwarf Crocodile Broadley 1998 Schmidt 1919 Wermuth & Mertens 1977   Osteolaemus tetraspis West African Dwarf Crocodile King & Burke 1989

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Acanthocercus (Ridgeback Agamas)   Acanthocercus atricollis Black-necked Ridgeback Agama Wagner, Greenbaum, Bauer, Kusamba & Leache 2018   Acanthocercus branchi Zambian Ridgeback Agama Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco & Bauer 2021 Wagner, Greenbaum, Bauer, Kusamba & Leache 2018   Acanthocercus cyanocephalus Blue-headed Ridgeback Agama Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco & Bauer 2021 Wagner, Greenbaum, Bauer, Kusamba & Leache 2018   Acanthocercus kiwuensis Kivu Ridgeback Agama Klausewitz 1957 Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco & Bauer 2021 Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer 2012 Wagner, Greenbaum, Bauer, Kusamba & Leache 2018 Wermuth 1967 Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)   Agama anchietae Western Rock Agama Branch 1998 Wermuth 1967   Agama armata Zambezi Spiny Agama Branch 2008 [as aculeata] Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998   Agama finchi West Kenyan Rainbow Agama Wagner, Freund, Modry, Schmitz & Boehme 2011   Agama picticauda Ada Foah Agama Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Boehme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Roedel & Wagner 2016  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo anchietae Angolan Chameleon Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010   Chamaeleo dilepis Flap-necked Chameleon Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 [as "cf. dilepis"] Tilbury 2010   Chamaeleo gracilis Graceful Chameleon Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Tilbury 2010   Chamaeleo laevigatus Smooth Chameleon Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Schmidt 1919 Tilbury 2010 Genus Kinyongia (East African Dwarf Chameleons)   * Kinyongia adolfifriderici Ituri Dwarf Chameleon Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Greenbaum, Tolley, Joma & Kusamba 2012 Hughes, Kusamba, Behangana & Greenbaum 2017 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Schmidt 1919 Tilbury 2010   Kinyongia carpenteri Ruwenzori Helmeted Chameleon Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Greenbaum, Tolley, Joma & Kusamba 2012 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Tilbury 2010   * Kinyongia gyrolepis Lendu Plateau Chameleon Glaw 2015 Greenbaum, Tolley, Joma & Kusamba 2012   * Kinyongia itombwensis Itombwe Plateau Dwarf Chameleon Hughes, Kusamba, Behangana & Greenbaum 2017   * Kinyongia mulyai Mount Nzawa Crestless Chameleon Glaw 2015 Tilbury & Tolley 2015   Kinyongia xenorhina Ruwenzori Plate-nosed Chameleon Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Tilbury 2010 Genus Rhampholeon (African Leaf Chameleons)   Rhampholeon boulengeri Central African Leaf Chameleon Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Loveridge 1957 Tilbury 2010   * Rhampholeon hattinghi Mount Nzawa Leaf Chameleon Glaw 2015 Tilbury & Tolley 2015   Rhampholeon spectrum Spectral Leaf Chameleon Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010 Genus Trioceros (Equatorial Chameleons)   Trioceros bitaeniatus Two-striped Chameleon Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010   Trioceros chapini Grey Chameleon Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010   Trioceros ellioti Montane Side-striped Chameleon Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Loveridge 1957 Tilbury 2010   Trioceros ituriensis Ituri Forest Chameleon Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Tilbury 2010   Trioceros johnstoni Ruwenzori Three-horned Chameleon Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Loveridge 1957 Schmidt 1919 Tilbury 2010   Trioceros oweni Central African Three-horned Chameleon Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Joger 1990 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Laurent 1958 [as unicornis] Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Schmidt 1919 Tilbury 2010   Trioceros rudis Ruwenzori Side-striped Chameleon Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Greenbaum, Tolley, Joma & Kusamba 2012 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Loveridge 1957 Tilbury 2010   Trioceros schoutedeni Congolese Montane Dwarf Chameleon Broadley 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010  Family Cordylidae (Girdled Lizards) Genus Chamaesaura (African Grass Lizards)   Chamaesaura anguina Southern Highland Grass Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1998 [as anguina, part] Marques, Ceriaco, Blackburn & Bauer 2018   Chamaesaura miopropus Zambian Grass Lizard Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 [as C. macrolepis] Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000   Chamaesaura tenuior East African Highland Grass Lizard Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 [as anguina, part] Loveridge 1957 Wermuth 1968 Genus Cordylus (Girdled Lizards)   * Cordylus marunguensis Marungu Girdled Lizard Greenbaum, Stanley, Kusamba, Moninga, Goldberg & Bursey 2012   Cordylus tropidosternum Tropical Girdled Lizard Branch 2008 Broadley & Branch 2002 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Greenbaum, Stanley, Kusamba, Moninga, Goldberg & Bursey 2012  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Ancylodactylus (African Rock and Forest Geckos)   Ancylodactylus dickersonae Ituri Four-lined Forest Gecko Broadley 1998 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Malonza & Bauer 2022 Perret 1986 Schmidt 1919 Spawls, Beraduccii & Malonza 2021 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Ancylodactylus quattuorseriatus Kivu Four-lined Forest Gecko Broadley 1998 Malonza & Bauer 2022 Perret 1986 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Wagner, Safari & Chenga 2021 Genus Elasmodactylus (Tropical Thick-toed Geckos)   Elasmodactylus tuberculosus Warty Thick-toed Gecko Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1947 Loveridge 1957 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus angulatus West African House Gecko Broadley 1998 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Loveridge 1947 Loveridge 1957 Schmidt 1919 [as brookii]   Hemidactylus echinus Spiny Forest Gecko Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1947   Hemidactylus gramineus Kinshasa Half-toed Gecko Ceriaco, Bauer, Kusamba, Agarwal & Greenbaum 2021   * Hemidactylus ituriensis Ituri Forest Gecko Broadley 1998 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Loveridge 1947 Schmidt 1919 Wagner, Leache & Fujita 2014   Hemidactylus longicephalus Long-headed Half-toed Gecko Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1947 Schmidt 1919   Hemidactylus mabouia Cosmopolitan House Gecko Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Loveridge 1947 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Schmidt 1919   Hemidactylus muriceus Prickly Half-toed Gecko Broadley 1998 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Schmidt 1919   Hemidactylus richardsonii Central African Half-toed Gecko Broadley 1998 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Loveridge 1947 Schmidt 1919 Wermuth 1965 Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)   Lygodactylus angolensis Angolan Dwarf Gecko Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1957 Wermuth 1965   Lygodactylus capensis Cape Dwarf Gecko Branch 2008 Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1947   Lygodactylus depressus Spotted Dwarf Gecko Broadley 1998 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Loveridge 1947 Schmidt 1919 Wermuth 1965   Lygodactylus gutturalis Chevron-throated Dwarf Gecko Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Loveridge 1947 Schmidt 1919 Wermuth 1965   Lygodactylus heeneni Katanga Dwarf Gecko Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Loveridge 1947 Wermuth 1965 Genus Pachydactylus (Typical Thick-toed Geckos)   Pachydactylus katanganus Katanga Thick-toed Gecko Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1998 [as oshaughnessyi]   Pachydactylus punctatus Speckled Thick-toed Gecko Bauer & Branch 1995 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998  Family Gerrhosauridae (Plated Lizards) Genus Broadleysaurus (Rough-scaled Plated Lizard)   Broadleysaurus major Rough-scaled Plated Lizard Broadley 1987 Broadley 1998 Schmidt 1919 Wermuth 1968 Genus Gerrhosaurus (Typical Plated Lizards)   Gerrhosaurus bulsi Dundo Plated Lizard Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Branch 1998 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Wermuth 1968   Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus Western Black-lined Plated Lizard Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Schmidt 1919 Genus Tetradactylus (Plated Snake Lizards)   Tetradactylus ellenbergeri Zambian Plated Snake Lizard Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1957 [as fitzsimonsi simplex] Wagner, Roedder & Wilms 2012 Wermuth 1968  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Adolfus (African Forest Lizards)   Adolfus africanus Multi-scaled Forest Lizard Arnold 1989 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Greenbaum, Villanueva, Kusamba, Aristote & Branch 2011 Koehler, Wagner, Visser & Boehme 2003 Laurent 1958 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Schmidt 1919 Wagner, Greenbaum, Malonza & Branch 2014   Adolfus jacksoni East African Forest Lizard Arnold 1989 Broadley 1998 Greenbaum, Beer, Hughes, Wagner, Anderson, Villanueva, Malonza, Kusumba, Muninga, Aristote & Branch 2018 Greenbaum, Villanueva, Kusamba, Aristote & Branch 2011 Loveridge 1957 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Congolacerta (Congolese Lizards)   * Congolacerta asukului Itombwe Plateau Grass Lizard Greenbaum, Villanueva, Kusamba, Aristote & Branch 2011   Congolacerta vauereselli Sparse-scaled Forest Lizard Arnold 1989 Broadley 1998 Greenbaum, Villanueva, Kusamba, Aristote & Branch 2011 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Loveridge 1957 Schmidt 1919 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Gastropholis (Keel-bellied Lizards)   Gastropholis echinata African Spiny-tailed Lizard Arnold 1989 Broadley 1998 Laurent 1958 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Schmidt 1919   * Gastropholis tropidopholis Ituri Keel-bellied Lizard Arnold 1989 Laurent 1958 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Schmidt 1919 Genus Heliobolus (Bushveld Lizards)   Heliobolus nitida Red-tailed Bushveld Lizard Broadley 1998 Schmidt 1919 Szczerbak 1975 Genus Holaspis (Blue-tailed Gliding Lizards)   Holaspis guentheri Western Blue-tailed Gliding Lizard Arnold 1989 Broadley 1998 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Schmidt 1919   Holaspis laevis Eastern Blue-tailed Gliding Lizard Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Genus Ichnotropis (Rough-scaled Lizards)   Ichnotropis bivittata Angolan Rough-scaled Lizard Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1957   Ichnotropis capensis Southern Rough-scaled Lizard Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998   * Ichnotropis chapini Aba Rough-scaled Lizard Schmidt 1919 Genus Latastia (African Long-tailed Lizards)   Latastia johnstonii Malawi Long-tailed Lizard Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1957 Genus Poromera (African Swamp Lizard)   Poromera fordii African Swamp Lizard Bischoff 1992 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Eumecia (East African Short-legged Skinks)   Eumecia anchietae Western Short-legged Skink Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1957 Genus Feylinia (African Snake Skinks)   Feylinia currori Western Forest Snake Skink Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013   Feylinia elegans Elegant Snake Skink Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1983   Feylinia grandisquamis Cameroon Snake Skink Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1983 Joger 1990 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Genus Lacertaspis (Central African Leaf-litter Skinks)   Lacertaspis reichenowii Cameroon Mountain Leaf-Litter Skink Broadley 1998 Fuhn 1972 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Perret 1973 Schmidt 1919 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005   Lacertaspis rohdei Gabon Leaf-Litter Skink Perret 1973 Genus Leptosiaphos (Slender Leaf-litter Skinks)   Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae Uganda Five-toed Skink Broadley 1998 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005   Leptosiaphos blochmanni Kivu Three-toed Skink Broadley 1989 Broadley 1998   Leptosiaphos dewittei Congolese Leaf-litter Skink Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1989 Broadley 1998   Leptosiaphos graueri Rwanda Five-toed Skink Broadley 1989 Broadley 1998 Loveridge 1957   Leptosiaphos hackarsi Virunga Four-toed Skink Broadley 1989 Broadley 1998   * Leptosiaphos hylophilus Mabali Leaf-litter Skink Laurent 1982 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017   * Leptosiaphos luberoensis Lubero Leaf-litter Skink Broadley 1998 Witte 1933   Leptosiaphos meleagris Ruwenzori Four-toed Skink Broadley 1998 Ineich 2010 [as Panaspis helleri] Loveridge 1957   * Leptosiaphos rhodurus Kivu Leaf-litter Skink Broadley 1998 Laurent 1951 Genus Lubuya (Benguela White-lined Skink)   Lubuya ivensii Benguela White-lined Skink Branch & Haagner 1993 Branch 2008 Broadley & Willems 2015 Broadley 1998 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Wagner, Roedder & Wilms 2012 Genus Melanoseps (Black Limbless Skinks)   Melanoseps ater Common Black Limbless Skink Broadley 1998   Melanoseps loveridgei Eastern Limbless Skink Broadley, Whiting & Bauer 2006   Melanoseps occidentalis Western Limbless Skink Broadley 1998 Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1981 Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)   Mochlus hinkeli Eastern Red-flanked Skink Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 [as Lepidothyris fernandi] Wagner, Boehme, Pauwels & Schmitz 2009   Mochlus sundevallii Common Savanna Supple Skink Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1994 Broadley 1998 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)   Panaspis breviceps Short-headed Snake-eyed Skink Broadley 1998 Fuhn 1972 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Medina, Bauer, Branch, Schmitz, Conradie, Nagy, Hibbitts, Ernst, Portik, Nielsen, Colston, Kusamba, Behangana, Roedel & Greenbaum 2016 Perret 1973 Schmidt 1919 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005   Panaspis cabindae Cabinda Snake-eyed Skink Broadley 1989 Broadley 1998 Ceriaco, Heinicke, Parker, Marques & Bauer 2020 Fuhn 1970 Medina, Bauer, Branch, Schmitz, Conradie, Nagy, Hibbitts, Ernst, Portik, Nielsen, Colston, Kusamba, Behangana, Roedel & Greenbaum 2016 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Schmidt 1919   Panaspis seydeli Congolese Snake-eyed Skink Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 [as Panaspis tancredii] Fuhn 1970 [as Panaspis tancredii]   * Panaspis smithi Upemba Snake-eyed Skink Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998   Panaspis wahlbergii Savanna Snake-eyed Skink Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Fuhn 1970 Jacobsen & Broadley 2000 Loveridge 1957 Genus Sepsina (Savannah Burrowing Skinks)   Sepsina angolensis Angolan Burrowing Skink Broadley 1998 Witte & Laurent 1943   Sepsina bayonii Luanda Burrowing Skink Broadley 1998   Sepsina hemptinnei Western Four-toed Burrowing Skink Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 [as S. tetradactyla] Loveridge 1957 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 [as S. tetradactyla hemptinnei] Witte & Laurent 1943 Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)   Trachylepis acutilabris Wedge-snouted Skink Branch 1998 Broadley 1998 Schmidt 1919   Trachylepis affinis Lesser Brown-flanked Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Schmidt 1919   Trachylepis albilabris African White-lipped Forest Skink Broadley 1998 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017   Trachylepis albopunctata White-spotted Savanna Skink Marques, Ceriaco, Blackburn & Bauer 2018 [as T. cf. albopunctata]   Trachylepis aureogularis Orange-throated Skink Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017   Trachylepis bayonii Equatorial Mountain Grass Skink Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002   Trachylepis buettneri Togo Savanna Skink Broadley 1998 Hoogmoed 1974 Laurent 1958 [as sudanensis]   Trachylepis maculilabris Common Speckled-lipped Skink Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Hoogmoed 1974 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 Schmidt 1919   Trachylepis makolowodei Belemboke Skink Gvozdik, Dolinay, Zassi-Boulou & Babangenge 2018 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017   Trachylepis megalura Grass-top Skink Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Broadley 2000 Koppetsch 2020 Loveridge 1957 Marques, Ceriaco, Bandeira, Pauwels & Bauer 2019   Trachylepis perrotetii Orange-flanked Skink Broadley 1998 Hoogmoed 1974 Schmidt 1919   Trachylepis planifrons Teita Skink Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Koppetsch 2020   Trachylepis polytropis Greater Forest Skink Broadley 1998 Hoogmoed 1974 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017   * Trachylepis pulcherrima Upemba Five-lined Skink Branch 2008 Broadley & Bauer 1998 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998   Trachylepis quinquetaeniata African Five-lined Skink Broadley & Bauer 1998 Broadley 1998 Koppetsch 2020 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Laurent 1958   Trachylepis raymondlaurenti Cangandala Long-tailed Skink Marques, Ceriaco, Bandeira, Pauwels & Bauer 2019   Trachylepis striata Eastern Striped Skink Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1998 Broadley 2000 Lanza 1990   * Trachylepis upembae Upemba Orange-flanked Skink Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004   Trachylepis varia Savanna Variable Skink Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Broadley 2000 Loveridge 1957 Portik, Bauer & Jackman 2010   Trachylepis wahlbergii Mopane Skink Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Portik, Bauer & Jackman 2010  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus albigularis White-throated Monitor Bayless 2002 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Mertens 1963 Schmidt 1919   Varanus exanthematicus Western Savanna Monitor Bayless 2002 Bennett in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Broadley 1998   Varanus niloticus Nile Monitor Bayless 2002 Boehme & Ziegler 1997 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Lenz in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017   Varanus stellatus African Forest Monitor Bayless 2002 [as V. ornatus] Boehme & Ziegler 1997 [as V. ornatus] Boehme & Ziegler in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 [as V. ornatus] Broadley 1998 [as V. ornatus] Lokasola, Lotana, Babangenge & Tungaluna 2017 [as V. ornatus]

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Calabaria (Calabar Boa)   Calabaria reinhardtii Calabar Boa Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Villiers 1975 Witte 1962  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)   Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Common Herald Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962 Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)   Dasypeltis atra Forest Egg Eater Bates & Broadley 2018 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Gans 1959 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962   Dasypeltis confusa Diamondback Egg Eater Bates & Broadley 2018 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012   Dasypeltis congolensis Congolese Egg Eater Trape & Collet 2021 Trape, Mediannikov, Chirio & Chirio 2021   Dasypeltis fasciata Central African Egg Eater Bates & Broadley 2018 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gans 1959 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962   Dasypeltis palmarum Angolan Egg Eater Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Gans 1959 Witte 1962   Dasypeltis scabra Common African Egg Eater Bates & Broadley 2018 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Gans 1959 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Witte 1962 Genus Dipsadoboa (Nocturnal Tree Snakes)   Dipsadoboa duchesnei Blue-tailed Nocturnal Tree Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Rasmussen 1989 Witte 1962   Dipsadoboa shrevei Angolan Nocturnal Tree Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Rasmussen 1986 Witte 1962   Dipsadoboa unicolor Unicoloured Nocturnal Tree Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Loveridge 1957 Rasmussen 1993 Witte 1962   Dipsadoboa viridis Green Nocturnal Tree Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 [as elongata] Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Doucet 1963 [as elongata] Rasmussen 1993 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Witte 1962   Dipsadoboa weileri Grey Nocturnal Tree Snake Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Rasmussen 1993 Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)   Dispholidus kivuensis Kivu Boomslang Laurent 1955 Laurent 1958 Witte 1962   Dispholidus punctatus Spotted Boomslang Pietersen, Verburght & Davies 2021 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962   Dispholidus viridis Green Boomslang Laurent 1958 Witte 1962 Genus Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes)   Grayia caesar Long-tailed Water Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Joger 1990 Witte 1962   Grayia ornata Ornate Water Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Witte 1962   Grayia smythii Equatorial Water Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Witte 1962   Grayia tholloni Nandi Water Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Loveridge 1957 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962 Genus Hapsidophrys (Emerald Snakes)   Hapsidophrys lineatus Black-lined Green Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Witte 1962   Hapsidophrys smaragdinus Common Emerald Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Loveridge 1957 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Witte 1962 Genus Helophis (Congolese Mud Snake)   Helophis schoutedeni Congolese Mud Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Nagy, Gvozdik, Meirte, Collet & Pauwels 2014 Witte 1962 Genus Hydraethiops (Central African Water Snakes)   Hydraethiops melanogaster Black-bellied Water Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Witte 1962 Genus Limnophis (Striped Swamp Snakes)   Limnophis bangweolicus Eastern Striped Swamp Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Conradie, Deepak, Keates & Gower 2020   Limnophis bicolor Angolan Striped Swamp Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Conradie, Deepak, Keates & Gower 2020 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962 Genus Meizodon (African Smooth Snakes)   Meizodon regularis East African Crowned Smooth Snake Broadley 1998 Schatti 1985 Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)   Natriciteres bipostocularis Southwestern Forest Marsh Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1966   Natriciteres fuliginoides Collared Marsh Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962   Natriciteres olivacea Olive Marsh Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Loveridge 1957 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962   Natriciteres variegata Variable Marsh Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)   Philothamnus angolensis Angolan Green Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Trape & Collet 2021   Philothamnus battersbyi Northeastern Green Snake Hughes 1983 Witte 1962   Philothamnus bequaerti Uganda Green Snake Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983   Philothamnus bocagii Bocage's Green Snake Trape & Collet 2021   Philothamnus carinatus Barred Green Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962   Philothamnus dorsalis Brown-snouted Green Snake Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021 Witte 1962   Philothamnus heterodermus Emerald Green Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962   Philothamnus heterolepidotus Slender Green Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962   Philothamnus hoplogaster Southeastern Green Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962   Philothamnus hughesi Congolese Green Snake Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Roux-Esteve 1990 Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021   Philothamnus irregularis Irregular Green Snake Lanza & Vanni 1976 Witte 1962   Philothamnus mayombensis Mayombe Green Snake Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021   Philothamnus nitidus Cameroon Green Snake Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962   Philothamnus ornatus Ornate Green Snake Branch 2008 Broadley 1998   Philothamnus ruandae Rwanda Emerald Green Snake Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962   Philothamnus semivariegatus Variegated Bush Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Witte 1962   Philothamnus smithii Smith's Green Snake Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021 Genus Rhamnophis (Dagger-tooth Tree Snakes)   Rhamnophis aethiopissa Large-eyed Green Tree Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Wallach 2002 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962   Rhamnophis batesii Spotted Dagger-tooth Tree Snake Broadley & Wallach 2002 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962 Genus Scaphiophis (African Hook-nosed Snakes)   Scaphiophis albopunctatus Common African Hook-nosed Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1994 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962 Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)   Telescopus semiannulatus Southern Tiger Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Loveridge 1957 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962 Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)   Thelotornis capensis Southern Vine Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Wallach 2002 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2001 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962   Thelotornis kirtlandii Northern Vine Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Broadley 2001 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962   Thelotornis mossambicanus Eastern Vine Snake Broadley 2001 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Genus Thrasops (Black Tree Snakes)   Thrasops flavigularis Yellow-throated Black Tree Snake Broadley & Wallach 2002 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962   Thrasops jacksonii Common Black Tree Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962 Genus Toxicodryas (African Tree Cat Snakes)   Toxicodryas adamanteus Eastern Powdered Cat Snake Broadley 1998 [as pulverulenta] Chifundera 1990 [as pulverulenta] Chippaux & Jackson 2019 [as pulverulenta] Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Hughes 1983 [as pulverulenta] Loveridge 1957 [as pulverulenta] Witte 1962 [as pulverulenta]   Toxicodryas blandingii Western Black-and-Yellow Tree Snake Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021   Toxicodryas vexator Eastern Black-and-Yellow Tree Snake Broadley & Cotterill 2004 [as blandingii] Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)   Dendroaspis jamesonii Central African Green Mamba Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Loveridge 1957 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962   Dendroaspis polylepis Black Mamba Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Haakansson & Madsen 1983 Loveridge 1957 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)   Elapsoidea boulengeri Zambezi Garter Snake Broadley 1998 David & Ineich 1999 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002   Elapsoidea guentherii Western Garter Snake Branch 1998 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 [as E. decosteri] David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Jakobsen 1997 Laurent 1958 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962 [as E. decosteri scalaris]   Elapsoidea laticincta Sudanese Garter Snake Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Jakobsen 1997 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962   Elapsoidea loveridgei Northeastern Garter Snake Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Jakobsen 1997 Laurent 1958 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962   Elapsoidea semiannulata Half-banded Garter Snake Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja anchietae Southwest African Cobra Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Wuster 2004 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1995 Broadley 1998 [as N. annulifera] Witte 1962   Naja annulata Ringed Water Cobra Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962   Naja christyi Congolese Water Cobra Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962   Naja crawshayi Katanga Spitting Cobra Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Trape & Collet 2021 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Naja haje Egyptian Cobra Chifundera 1990 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape, Chirio, Broadley & Wuster 2009 Witte 1962   Naja melanoleuca Central African Forest Cobra Lanza & Vanni 1976 Laurent 1958 Witte 1962 Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018   Naja mossambica Mozambique Spitting Cobra Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Naja multifasciata Burrowing Cobra Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962   * Naja nana Dwarf Water Cobra Collet & Trape 2020 Raw & Deacon 2021   Naja nigricollis Black-necked Spitting Cobra Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962 Wuster & Broadley 2007   Naja subfulva Brown Forest Cobra Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Laurent 1958 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962 Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018 Genus Pseudohaje (Tree Cobras)   Pseudohaje goldii Central African Tree Cobra Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes)   Amblyodipsas bicolor Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Witte 1962   Amblyodipsas katangensis Katanga Purple-glossed Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Amblyodipsas mechowii Elongate Quill-snouted Snake Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Witte 1962   * Amblyodipsas michelli Katanga Quill-snouted Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Witte 1962   Amblyodipsas polylepis Common Purple-glossed Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Trape & Collet 2021 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   * Amblyodipsas rodhaini Congolese Purple-glossed Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962 [as katangensis]   Amblyodipsas unicolor Equatorial Purple-glossed Snake Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962 Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)   Aparallactus capensis Cape Centipede Eater Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Laurent 1958 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Aparallactus lunulatus Reticulated Centipede Eater Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Laurent 1958 Loveridge 1957 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Aparallactus modestus Western Forest Centipede Eater Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Aparallactus moeruensis Congolese Centipede Eater Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962 Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)   Atractaspis aterrima Western Forest Stiletto Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1950 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Atractaspis bibronii Southern Stiletto Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1950 Loveridge 1957 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Atractaspis boulengeri Central African Stiletto Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1950 Laurent 1958 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Atractaspis congica Congo Stiletto Snake Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1950 Laurent 1958 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Atractaspis corpulenta Fat Stiletto Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1950 Laurent 1958 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Atractaspis irregularis Variable Stiletto Snake Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 [as A. battersbyi] Chifundera 1990 [as A. battersbyi] David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 [as A. coalescens] Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Laurent 1950 Loveridge 1957 Spawls & Branch 1995 [as A. battersbyi] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 [as A. battersbyi] Witte 1962 [as A. battersbyi]   * Atractaspis katangae Katanga Stiletto Snake Trape & Collet 2021   * Atractaspis leleupi Kundelungu Stiletto Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Atractaspis reticulata Reticulate Stiletto Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1950 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962 Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)   Boaedon fradei Moxico House Snake Hallermann, Ceriaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer 2020 Trape & Collet 2021   Boaedon fuliginosus Common African House Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Witte 1962   Boaedon lineatus Lined House Snake Broadley 1998 Witte 1962   Boaedon montanus Kigali House Snake Trape, Mediannikov, Hinkel & Hinkel 2022   Boaedon olivaceus Olive House Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962   Boaedon perisilvestris Central African Savanna House Snake Greenbaum, Kusamba, Muninga & Aristote 2017 Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020   Boaedon radfordi Lendu Plateau House Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Greenbaum, Portillo, Jackson & Kusamba 2015   * Boaedon upembae Upemba Water Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Witte 1962   Boaedon virgatus West African House Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962 Genus Bothrolycus (Black Loreal-pitted Snake)   Bothrolycus ater Black Loreal-pitted Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962 Genus Bothrophthalmus (Red-and-Black Striped Snakes)   Bothrophthalmus lineatus Red-and-Black Striped Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962 Genus Buhoma (African Forest Snakes)   Buhoma depressiceps Pale-headed Forest Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Witte 1962 Genus Chamaelycus (African Banded Snakes)   Chamaelycus christyi Congolese Banded Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962   Chamaelycus fasciatus Ituri Banded Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962   Chamaelycus parkeri Kivu Banded Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962 Genus Chilorhinophis (Black-and-Yellow Burrowing Snakes)   Chilorhinophis gerardi Katanga Black-and-Yellow Burrowing Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Witte 1962 Genus Dendrolycus (Central African Banded Snake)   Dendrolycus elapoides Central African Banded Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962 Genus Dromophis (Olympic Snakes)   Dromophis lineatus Lined Olympic Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Hughes 2004 Loveridge 1957 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962 Genus Duberria (African Slug Eaters)   Duberria shirana Shire Slug Eater Branch 2008 [as D. lutrix] Broadley & Howell 1991 [as D. lutrix atriventris] Broadley 1998 [as D. lutrix] Chifundera 1990 [as D. lutrix] Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Witte 1962 [as D. lutrix atriventris] Genus Gonionotophis (Lesser File Snakes)   Gonionotophis brussauxi Eastern Forest Dwarf File Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Laurent 1958 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Witte 1962 Genus Gracililima (Black File Snake)   Gracililima nyassae Black File Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Broadley 2014 Genus Hemirhagerrhis (Bark Snakes)   Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia Southeastern Bark Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Hughes 2000 Chifundera 1990 Trape & Collet 2021 Genus Hormonotus (Yellow Forest Snake)   Hormonotus modestus Yellow Forest Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962 Genus Hypoptophis (Wedge-snouted Burrowing Snake)   Hypoptophis wilsoni Wedge-snouted Burrowing Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Witte 1962 Genus Kladirostratus (Striped Beaked Snakes)   Kladirostratus acutus Eastern Striped Beaked Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & Ineich 1991 Keates, Conradie, Greenbaum & Edwards 2019 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962   Kladirostratus togoensis Western Striped Beaked Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & Ineich 1991 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Keates, Conradie, Greenbaum & Edwards 2019 Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)   Limaformosa capensis Cape File Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Broadley 2014 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962   Limaformosa chanleri Unicolor File Snake Broadley & Howell 1991 [as unicolor] Lanza & Broadley 2014 Witte 1962 [as unicolor]   Limaformosa guirali White-speckled Forest File Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983   Limaformosa savorgnani Central African Forest File Snake Broadley 1998 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Lanza & Broadley 2014 Lanza 1990 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962 Genus Lycodonomorphus (Southern African Water Snakes)   Lycodonomorphus bicolor Tanganyika White-bellied Water Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962   * Lycodonomorphus leleupi Congo Dark-bellied Water Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019   Lycodonomorphus subtaeniatus Western White-bellied Water Snake Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Witte 1962 Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)   Lycophidion irroratum Western Forest Wolf Snake Broadley & Hughes 1993 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Witte 1962   Lycophidion jacksoni Kilimanjaro Wolf Snake Broadley 1996 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 [as L. capense] Hughes 1983 [as L. capense] Laurent 1968 Trape 2021 Witte 1962   Lycophidion laterale Masked Wolf Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962   Lycophidion meleagre Speckled Wolf Snake Broadley 1996 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962   Lycophidion multimaculatum Many-spotted Wolf Snake Branch 1998 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1996 Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962   Lycophidion ornatum Ornate Wolf Snake Broadley 1996 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1968 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962 Genus Mehelya (Greater File Snakes)   * Mehelya laurenti Congolese File Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Witte 1962   Mehelya poensis Western Forest File Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962   Mehelya stenophthalmus Small-eyed File Snake Broadley 1998 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962 Genus Polemon (African Snake Eaters)   Polemon ater Black Snake Eater Portillo, Branch, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum 2019 Trape & Collet 2021   Polemon bocourti Lambarene Snake Eater Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hughes 1983 Hughes 2003 Witte 1962   Polemon christyi Eastern Snake Eater Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Tilbury & Branch 2014 Witte 1962   Polemon collaris Fawn-headed Snake Eater Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Laurent 1958 Portillo, Branch, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum 2019 Witte 1962   Polemon fulvicollis Yellow-necked Snake Eater Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Portillo, Branch, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum 2019 Witte 1962 [as P. gracilis]   Polemon gabonensis Gabon Snake Eater Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Portillo, Branch, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum 2019 Witte 1962   Polemon graueri Central Lakes Snake Eater Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Loveridge 1957 Portillo, Branch, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum 2019 Witte 1962   Polemon notatus African Spotted Snake Eater Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962   Polemon robustus Robust Snake Eater Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Portillo, Branch, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum 2019 Witte 1962 Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)   Prosymna ambigua Central African Shovel-snout Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962   Prosymna greigerti Sudan Savanna Shovel-snout Broadley 1980 Broadley 1998 [as P. meleagris] Chifundera 1990 [as P. meleagris] Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Hughes 1983 [as P. meleagris] Witte 1962 [as P. meleagris] Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis angolensis Dwarf Sand Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Broadley 2002 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Loveridge 1957 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962   Psammophis jallae Zimbabwe Sand Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Witte 1962   Psammophis mossambicus East African Olive Grass Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 [as P. phillipsi] Chifundera 1990 [as "philippsi"] Hughes 1983 [as P. phillipsi] Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 [as P. phillipsi] Trape & Collet 2021 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Witte 1962 [as P. sibilans phillipsi]   Psammophis subtaeniatus Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990   Psammophis zambiensis Zambian Sand Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Hughes & Wade 2002 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Genus Psammophylax (Skaapstekers)   Psammophylax multisquamis Kenyan Striped Skaapsteker Witte 1962   Psammophylax tritaeniatus Southern Striped Skaapsteker Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1976 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Keates, Conradie, Greenbaum & Edwards 2019 Loveridge 1957 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962   Psammophylax variabilis Grey-bellied Skaapsteker Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1976 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Keates, Conradie, Greenbaum & Edwards 2019 Laurent 1958 Witte 1962 [as P. tritaeniatus subniger] Genus Pseudaspis (African Mole Snake)   Pseudaspis cana African Mole Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962 Genus Rhamphiophis (Beaked Snakes)   Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus Western Beaked Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Loveridge 1957 Witte 1962  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Leptotyphlops (Typical Thread Snakes)   Leptotyphlops emini Karagwe Thread Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Witte 1962   Leptotyphlops kafubi Shaba Thread Snake Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Branch 2008 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Collet 2021   Leptotyphlops latirostris Uvira Thread Snake Broadley & Wallach 2007 Hahn 1980 Witte 1962   Leptotyphlops monticolus Virunga Thread Snake Broadley & Wallach 2007 Genus Tricheilostoma (West African Forest Thread Snakes)   * Tricheilostoma kongoensis Kinshasa Thread Snake Trape 2019  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python natalensis Southern Rock Python Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1984 Trape & Collet 2021   Python regius Ball Python Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Witte 1962   Python sebae Northern Rock Python Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1984 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)   Afrotyphlops angolensis Golden Blind Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Afrotyphlops congestus Marbled Blind Snake Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 Laurent 1958 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Afrotyphlops lineolatus Lineolate Blind Snake Branch 2008 [as lineatus] Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962 [as Typhlops boulengeri]   Afrotyphlops mucruso Zambezi Giant Blind Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Trape & Collet 2021 [as A. dinga] Witte 1962 [as Typhlops viridiflavus]   Afrotyphlops punctatus Spotted Blind Snake Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Laurent 1958 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Afrotyphlops schlegelii Variable Giant Blind Snake Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019   Afrotyphlops schmidti Nyunzu Blind Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Afrotyphlops steinhausi Common Cameroon Blind Snake Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Letheobia (African Gracile Blind Snakes)   * Letheobia acutirostrata Irebu Gracile Blind Snake Broadley & Wallach 2009 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Wallach 2005   Letheobia caeca Congolese Gracile Blind Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Witte 1962   Letheobia gracilis Urungu Gracile Blind Snake Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Wallach 2007 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Witte 1962   Letheobia graueri Lake Tanganyika Gracile Blind Snake Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley & Wallach 2007 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Witte 1962   * Letheobia kibarae Upemba Gracile Blind Snake Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley & Wallach 2007 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999   Letheobia praeocularis Flat-headed Blind Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Rasmussen 1997 Witte 1962   Letheobia rufescens Oubangui Gracile Blind Snake Broadley & Wallach 2007 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Witte 1962 [as Typhlops vryjdaghi]   Letheobia stejnegeri Kasai Blind Snake Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Witte 1962   * Letheobia sudanensis Garamba Gracile Blind Snake Broadley & Wallach 2007 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Witte 1962   Letheobia wittei Ubangi Gracile Blind Snake Broadley & Wallach 2007 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Atheris (African Bush Vipers)   Atheris anisolepis Mayombe Bush Viper Broadley 1998 Collet & Trape 2020 David & Ineich 1999 Lawson 1999 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atheris hispida Rough-scaled Bush Viper Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Groen, Bok, Tiemann & Verspui 2019 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Atheris katangensis Katanga Bush Viper Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   * Atheris mongoensis Mongo Hairy Bush Viper Collet & Trape 2020   Atheris nitschei Great Lakes Bush Viper Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1957 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962   Atheris squamigera Southern Green Bush Viper Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Collet & Trape 2020 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Laurent 1958 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Witte 1962 Genus Bitis (African Adders)   Bitis arietans Common Puff Adder Branch 1998 Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962 [as lachesis]   Bitis gabonica Gaboon Adder Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962   Bitis nasicornis African Nose-horned Viper Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962 Genus Causus (Night Adders)   Causus bilineatus Two-striped Night Adder Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Rasmussen 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962 [as lineatus]   Causus lichtensteinii Forest Night Adder Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962   Causus maculatus West African Night Adder Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Rasmussen 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962   Causus resimus Green Night Adder Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Loveridge 1957 Spawls & Branch 1995 Witte 1962   Causus rhombeatus Rhombic Night Adder Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Chifundera 1990 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Rasmussen 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Collet 2021 Witte 1962

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles) Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)   Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Nagy, Kusamba, Collet & Gvozdik 2013 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles) Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)   Pelomedusa neumanni Kenyan Helmeted Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Pelomedusa schweinfurthi Central African Helmeted Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Pelomedusa subrufa Common Helmeted Turtle Petzold, Vargas-Ramirez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroky & Fritz 2014 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)   Pelusios carinatus African Keeled Mud Turtle Broadley 1998 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wermuth & Mertens 1977   Pelusios castaneus Chestnut Mud Turtle Bour, Luiselli, Petrozzi, Segniabeto & Chirio 2016 Broadley 1998 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 King & Burke 1989 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Pelusios chapini Central African Mud Turtle Broadley 1998 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Lanza & Vanni 1976 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Pelusios gabonensis Forest Mud Turtle Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schmidt 1919   Pelusios nanus African Dwarf Mud Turtle Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Laurent 1958 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wermuth & Mertens 1977   Pelusios rhodesianus Zambian Mud Turtle Branch 2008 Broadley & Boycott 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Pelusios sinuatus East African Serrated Mud Turtle Broadley & Boycott 2009 Broadley 1998 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Pelusios subniger East African Black Mud Turtle Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schmidt 1919   * Pelusios upembae Upemba Mud Turtle Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Pelusios williamsi Lake Victoria Mud Turtle Broadley 1998 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)   Kinixys belliana Central African Hinge-back Tortoise Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Broadley 2012 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Laurent 1958 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Tabaka 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schmidt 1919   Kinixys erosa Forest Hinge-back Tortoise Broadley 1998 King & Burke 1989 Lanza & Vanni 1976 Luiselli & Diagne 2014 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schmidt 1919 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002   Kinixys homeana West African Hinge-back Tortoise Broadley 1998 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Luiselli & Diagne 2013 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017   Kinixys nogueyi Western Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Kinixys spekii Eastern Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise Branch 2008 Broadley & Cotterill 2004 Broadley 1998 Hailey, Broadley, Boycott & Spawls 2021 Haagner, Branch & Haagner 2000 Ihlow, Farooq, Gvozdik, Hofmeyr, Conradie, Campbell, Harvey, Verburgt & Fritz 2019 Iverson 1992 Kindler, Branch, Hofmeyr, Maran, Siroky, Vences, Harvey, Hauswaldt, Schleicher, Stuckas & Fritz 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Cycloderma (Central African Flapshell Turtles)   Cycloderma aubryi Forest Flapshell Turtle Broadley 1998 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Genus Trionyx (African Softshell Turtle)   Trionyx triunguis African Softshell Turtle Broadley 1998 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021