Reptiles of
Djibouti 

 

Bibliography of the reptiles of Djibouti Taxonomic history of the reptiles of Djibouti 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.
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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Acanthocercus (Ridgeback Agamas)
 
Acanthocercus annectans

Eritrean Ridgeback Agama

Ineich 1999 Lanza 1990 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989 Vernet 2000
Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)
 
Agama spinosa

Egyptian Agama

Ineich 1999 Lanza 1990 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989 Vernet 2000 Wagner, Leache, Mazuch & Boehme 2013
Genus Trapelus (Afro-Asian Ground Agamas)
 
Trapelus mutabilis

North African Desert Agama

Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Wagner, Melville, Wilms & Schmitz 2011
Genus Uromastyx (Western Spiny-tailed Agamas)
 
Uromastyx macfadyeni

Somali Spiny-tailed Agama

Ineich 1999 Lanza 1990 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Vernet 2000
 
Uromastyx ocellata

Ocellated Spiny-tailed Agama

Schatti 1989 Wilms & Boehme 2000 Wilms 2001 Wilms, Boehme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009
 Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)
 
Chamaeleo calcaricarens

Spurless Basilisk Chameleon

Glaw 2015 Ineich 1999 [as africanus] Klaver & Boehme 1997 Lanza 1990 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989 [as africanus] Tilbury 2010
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Cyrtopodion (Palearctic Bent-toed Geckos)
 
Cyrtopodion scabrum

Keeled Rock Gecko

Nistri & Vanni 2014
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus arnoldi

Guban Half-toed Gecko

Nistri 2019
 
Hemidactylus citernii

Rahanuin Half-toed Gecko

Nistri & Vanni 2014
 
Hemidactylus flaviviridis

Yellow-bellied House Gecko

Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 
Hemidactylus robustus

Red Sea Half-toed Gecko

Carranza & Arnold 2012 Ineich 1999 [as turcicus] Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989 [as turcicus] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
Genus Stenodactylus (Afro-Asian Thin-toed Geckos)
 
Stenodactylus sthenodactylus

Elegant Thin-toed Gecko

Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014
Genus Tropiocolotes (Afro-Asian Desert Dwarf Geckos)
 
Tropiocolotes somalicus

Somali Dwarf Gecko

Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Sindaco 2007
 Family Gerrhosauridae (Plated Lizards)
Genus Broadleysaurus (Rough-scaled Plated Lizard)
 
Broadleysaurus major

Rough-scaled Plated Lizard

Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Latastia (African Long-tailed Lizards)
 
Latastia boscai

Eritrean Long-tailed Lizard

Bischoff 1991 Ineich 1999 Lanza 1990 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989
 
Latastia longicaudata

Common Long-tailed Lizard

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Vernet 2000
 
Latastia scorteccii

Mandah Long-tailed Lizard

Bischoff 1991 Ineich 1999 Lanza 1990 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989
Genus Mesalina (Afro-Asian Desert Lizards)
 
Mesalina martini

Red Sea Desert Lizard

Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989 Szczerbak 1975
Genus Philochortus (Shield-backed Ground Lizards)
 
Philochortus hardeggeri

Ethiopian Shield-backed Ground Lizard

Ineich 1999 Lanza 1990 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989
Genus Pseuderemias (Sand Runners)
 
Pseuderemias brenneri

Barawa Sand Runner

Nistri & Vanni 2014
 
Pseuderemias mucronata

Anseba Sand Runner

Bischoff 1992 Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Vernet 2000
 
Pseuderemias striata

Striped Sand Runner

Nistri & Vanni 2014
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Ptyodactylus (Fan-toed Geckos)
 
Ptyodactylus ragazzii

Eritrean Fan-toed Gecko

Ineich 1999 Lanza 1990 Metallinou, Cervenka, Crochet, Kratochvil, Wilms, Geniez, Shobrak, Brito & Carranza 2015 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989 [as P. hasselquistii] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Vernet 2000 [as P. hasselquistii]
Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)
 
Tarentola annularis

Egyptian White-spotted Gecko

Hoofien 1962 Ineich 1999 Joger 1984 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)
 
Chalcides ragazzii

Eritrean Cylindrical Skink

Carranza, Arnold, Geniez, Roca & Mateo 2008 Greenbaum, Campbell & Raxworthy 2006 Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Vernet 2000
Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)
 
Trachylepis brevicollis

Short-necked Skink

Ineich 1999 Lanza 1990 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989 [as "cf. brevicollis"] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 
Trachylepis quinquetaeniata

African Five-lined Skink

Ineich 1999 Koppetsch 2020 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989 Vernet 2000
 
Trachylepis striata

Eastern Striped Skink

Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014
 Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)
Genus Pristurus (Semaphore Geckos)
 
Pristurus flavipunctatus

Yellow-spotted Semaphore Gecko

Arnold 2009 Ineich 1999 Lanza 1990 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Vernet 2000
 
Pristurus rupestris

Rock Semaphore Gecko

Nistri & Vanni 2014
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus albigularis

White-throated Monitor

Bayless 2002 Boehme, Joger & Schatti 1989 Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti & Gasperetti 1994 Schatti 1989

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)
 
Eryx colubrinus

East African Sand Boa

Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)
 
Dasypeltis taylori

Somali Egg Eater

Bates & Broadley 2018 Gans 1959 [as scabra]
Genus Eirenis (Middle Eastern Dwarf Snakes)
 
Eirenis africanus

African Dwarf Snake

Ineich 1999 Mahlow, Tillack, Schmidtler & Muller 2013 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti & Monsch 2004
Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)
  *
Platyceps afarensis

Djibouti Whip Snake

Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti & Ineich 2004
 
Platyceps rhodorachis

Wadi Whip Snake

Ineich 1999 Lanza 1990 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
 
Platyceps taylori

Somali Whip Snake

Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014
Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)
 
Telescopus obtusus

Egyptian Cat Snake

Crochet, Rasmussen, Wilms, Geniez, Trape & Boehme 2008 Ineich 1999 [as dhara] Nistri & Vanni 2014 [as dhara] Spawls, Malonza & Beraduccii 2021
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja haje

Egyptian Cobra

Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Vernet 2000
 
Naja pallida

Eastern Pallid Spitting Cobra

Ineich 1999 Lanza 1990 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989 Spawls & Branch 1995
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)
 
Hydrophis platurus

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

David & Ineich 1999 Gasperetti 1988 Spawls & Branch 1995
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)
 
Atractaspis leucomelas

Ogaden Stiletto Snake

David & Ineich 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)
 
Boaedon maculatus

Somali House Snake

Lanza 1990 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989
Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)
 
Prosymna somalica

Northern Somali Shovel-snout

Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014
Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)
 
Psammophis biseriatus

Eastern Link-marked Sand Snake

Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Vernet 2000
 
Psammophis punctulatus

Northern Speckled Sand Snake

Ineich 1999 Lanza 1990 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
 
Psammophis tanganicus

Tanganyika Sand Snake

Ineich 1999 Nistri & Vanni 2014
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)
 
Echis pyramidum

North East African Carpet Viper

David & Ineich 1999 Ineich 1999 Lanza 1990 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 [as varius] Nistri & Vanni 2014 Schatti 1989 Spawls & Branch 1995 Vernet 2000

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

King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

King & Burke 1989 Nistri & Vanni 2014 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Centrochelys (African Spurred Tortoise)
  EX
Centrochelys sulcata

African Spurred Tortoise

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021