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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 Monopeltis (Spade-snouted Worm Lizards)   Monopeltis galeata Helmeted Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Monopeltis jugularis Equatorial Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Gans & Lehman 1973 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022

	Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) Genus Mecistops (African Slender-snouted Crocodiles)   Mecistops leptorhynchus Central African Slender-snouted Crocodile Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 [as cataphractus] Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Shirley, Carr, Nestler, Vliet & Brochu 2018 Stuart, Adams & Jenkins 1990 [as cataphractus] Genus Osteolaemus (Dwarf Crocodiles)   Osteolaemus tetraspis West African Dwarf Crocodile Boulenger 1905 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)   Agama lebretoni Cameroon Rainbow Agama Eisentraut 1973 [as agama] Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Boehme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Roedel & Wagner 2016 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 [as agama] Mertens 1964 [as agama] Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Wagner, Barej & Schmitz 2009  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo dilepis Flap-necked Chameleon Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Rhampholeon (African Leaf Chameleons)   Rhampholeon spectrum Spectral Leaf Chameleon Eisentraut 1973 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Tilbury 2010 Genus Trioceros (Equatorial Chameleons)   Trioceros chapini Grey Chameleon Glaw 2015 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Tilbury 2010 Watkins-Colwell & Leon 2003   Trioceros cristatus Crested Chameleon Boulenger 1905 Eisentraut 1973 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Tilbury 2010   * Trioceros feae Bioko Montane Chameleon Eisentraut 1973 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Tilbury 2010   Trioceros oweni Central African Three-horned Chameleon Eisentraut 1973 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Tilbury 2010  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Ancylodactylus (African Rock and Forest Geckos)   Ancylodactylus koehleri Cameroon Mountains Rock Gecko Bauer & LeBreton 2021 Perret 1986 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus angulatus West African House Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   * Hemidactylus aporus Poreless Half-toed Gecko Blanc & Fretey 2002 Loveridge 1947 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Wermuth 1965   * Hemidactylus biokoensis Bioko Half-toed Gecko Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Wagner, Leache & Fujita 2014   Hemidactylus coalescens Nkoelon Half-toed Gecko Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Hemidactylus kamdemtohami Mount Iboundji Half-toed Gecko Bauer & Pauwels 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Hemidactylus longicephalus Long-headed Half-toed Gecko Leenders 2004 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Hemidactylus mabouia Cosmopolitan House Gecko Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002   Hemidactylus muriceus Prickly Half-toed Gecko Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   * Hemidactylus newtoni Annobon Half-toed Gecko Blanc & Fretey 2002 Ceriaco, Marques & Bauer 2018 Jesus, Brehm & Harris 2003 Jesus, Brehm & Harris 2005 Loveridge 1947 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Wermuth 1965   Hemidactylus richardsonii Central African Half-toed Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Loveridge 1947 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)   Lygodactylus conraui Cameroon Dwarf Gecko Eisentraut 1973 Loveridge 1947 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Wermuth 1965   Lygodactylus fischeri Sierra Leone Dwarf Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Loveridge 1947 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   * Lygodactylus wermuthi Annobon Dwarf Gecko Ceriaco, Marques & Bauer 2018 Haft 1993 Jesus, Brehm & Harris 2003 [as delicatus] Loveridge 1947 [as thomensis] Pollo 2017 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 [as L. thomensis] Wermuth 1965  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Gastropholis (Keel-bellied Lizards)   Gastropholis echinata African Spiny-tailed Lizard Arnold 1989 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Holaspis (Blue-tailed Gliding Lizards)   Holaspis guentheri Western Blue-tailed Gliding Lizard Bischoff 2001 Boulenger 1905 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Pauwels & Stevart 2007 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Poromera (African Swamp Lizard)   Poromera fordii African Swamp Lizard Arnold 1989 Bischoff 1992 Boulenger 1905 Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1968 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Feylinia (African Snake Skinks)   Feylinia currori Western Forest Snake Skink Boulenger 1905 Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1983 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Feylinia elegans Elegant Snake Skink Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1983 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Lacertaspis (Central African Leaf-litter Skinks)   Lacertaspis gemmiventris Yellow-bellied Mountain Skink Eisentraut 1973 Fuhn 1972 Mertens 1964 Perret 1973 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005   Lacertaspis reichenowii Cameroon Mountain Leaf-Litter Skink Eisentraut 1973 Fuhn 1972 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Perret 1973 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005   Lacertaspis rohdei Gabon Leaf-Litter Skink Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Leptosiaphos (Slender Leaf-litter Skinks)   Leptosiaphos vigintiserierum Twenty-lined Mountain Skink Eisentraut 1973 Fuhn 1972 Mertens 1964 Perret 1973 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 [as "L. cf. vigintiserierum"] Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005 Genus Melanoseps (Black Limbless Skinks)   Melanoseps occidentalis Western Limbless Skink Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1981 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)   Mochlus fernandi Western Red-flanked Skink Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Wagner, Boehme, Pauwels & Schmitz 2009   Mochlus striatus Central African Red-flanked Skink Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)   * Panaspis annobonensis Annobon Snake-eyed Skink Blanc & Fretey 2002 Ceriaco, Marques & Bauer 2018 Fuhn 1972 Jesus, Brehm & Harris 2003 Medina, Bauer, Branch, Schmitz, Conradie, Nagy, Hibbitts, Ernst, Portik, Nielsen, Colston, Kusamba, Behangana, Roedel & Greenbaum 2016 Perret 1973 [as africana] Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Soares, Ceriaco, Marques, Bastos-Silveira, Scheinberg, Harris, Brehm & Jesus 2018   Panaspis breviceps Short-headed Snake-eyed Skink Eisentraut 1973 Fuhn 1972 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Perret 1973 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005 Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)   Trachylepis affinis Lesser Brown-flanked Skink Boulenger 1905 [as Mabuia raddonii] Eisentraut 1973 Hoogmoed 1974 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 [as blandingi] Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Schatti & Loumont 1992   Trachylepis albilabris African White-lipped Forest Skink Boulenger 1905 Hoogmoed 1974 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Trachylepis maculilabris Common Speckled-lipped Skink Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   * Trachylepis ozorii Annobon Forest Skink Blanc & Fretey 2002 Ceriaco, Marques & Bauer 2016 Ceriaco, Marques & Bauer 2018 Haft 1993 Jesus, Brehm & Harris 2003 Jesus, Brehm & Harris 2005 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Trachylepis polytropis Greater Forest Skink Eisentraut 1973 Hoogmoed 1974 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus niloticus Nile Monitor Boulenger 1905 Lenz in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004   Varanus stellatus African Forest Monitor Boehme & Ziegler 1997 [as ornatus] Boehme & Ziegler in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 [as V. ornatus] Eisentraut 1973 [as ornatus] Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 [as ornatus] Mertens 1964 [as ornatus] Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 [as V. niloticus]

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Calabaria (Calabar Boa)   Calabaria reinhardtii Calabar Boa Boulenger 1905 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Stimson 1969  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Afronatrix (West African Brown Water Snake)   Afronatrix anoscopus West African Brown Water Snake Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)   Dasypeltis fasciata Central African Egg Eater Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Dipsadoboa (Nocturnal Tree Snakes)   Dipsadoboa duchesnei Blue-tailed Nocturnal Tree Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Dipsadoboa underwoodi Cameroon Nocturnal Tree Snake Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Dipsadoboa unicolor Unicoloured Nocturnal Tree Snake Boulenger 1905 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Rasmussen 1993 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Dipsadoboa viridis Green Nocturnal Tree Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Eisentraut 1973 [as elongata] Mertens 1964 [as elongata] Rasmussen 1993 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Dipsadoboa weileri Grey Nocturnal Tree Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Rasmussen 1993 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes)   Grayia caesar Long-tailed Water Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Grayia ornata Ornate Water Snake Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Grayia smythii Equatorial Water Snake Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Hapsidophrys (Emerald Snakes)   Hapsidophrys lineatus Black-lined Green Snake Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Hapsidophrys smaragdinus Common Emerald Snake Boulenger 1905 Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Hydraethiops (Central African Water Snakes)   Hydraethiops melanogaster Black-bellied Water Snake Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)   Natriciteres fuliginoides Collared Marsh Snake Boulenger 1905 Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)   Philothamnus carinatus Barred Green Snake Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Loveridge 1957 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   * Philothamnus girardi Annobon Green Snake Blanc & Fretey 2002 Ceriaco, Marques & Bauer 2018 Jesus, Brehm & Harris 2003 Jesus, Nagy, Branch, Wink, Brehm & Harris 2009 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Philothamnus heterodermus Emerald Green Snake Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Philothamnus nitidus Cameroon Green Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as P. semivariegatus] Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Rhamnophis (Dagger-tooth Tree Snakes)   Rhamnophis aethiopissa Large-eyed Green Tree Snake Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Rhamnophis batesii Spotted Dagger-tooth Tree Snake Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)   Thelotornis kirtlandii Northern Vine Snake Boulenger 1905 Broadley 2001 Eisentraut 1973 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Thrasops (Black Tree Snakes)   Thrasops flavigularis Yellow-throated Black Tree Snake Boulenger 1905 Broadley & Wallach 2002 Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Toxicodryas (African Tree Cat Snakes)   Toxicodryas adamanteus Eastern Powdered Cat Snake Boulenger 1905 [as pulverulenta] Eisentraut 1973 [as pulverulenta] Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 [as pulverulenta] Mertens 1964 [as pulverulenta] Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Toxicodryas blandingii Western Black-and-Yellow Tree Snake Eisentraut 1973 Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Spawls & Branch 1995  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)   Dendroaspis jamesonii Central African Green Mamba Boulenger 1905 David & Ineich 1999 Eisentraut 1973 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja annulata Ringed Water Cobra David & Ineich 1999 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Spawls & Branch 1995   Naja melanoleuca Central African Forest Cobra Boulenger 1905 David & Ineich 1999 Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018   Naja multifasciata Burrowing Cobra David & Ineich 1999 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Pseudohaje (Tree Cobras)   Pseudohaje goldii Central African Tree Cobra David & Ineich 1999 Eisentraut 1973 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Spawls & Branch 1995  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)   Aparallactus modestus Western Forest Centipede Eater Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)   Atractaspis boulengeri Central African Stiletto Snake David & Ineich 1999 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Spawls & Branch 1995   Atractaspis corpulenta Fat Stiletto Snake David & Ineich 1999 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis reticulata Reticulate Stiletto Snake David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)   Boaedon olivaceus Olive House Snake Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Boaedon virgatus West African House Snake Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Bothrolycus (Black Loreal-pitted Snake)   Bothrolycus ater Black Loreal-pitted Snake Boulenger 1919 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Bothrophthalmus (Red-and-Black Striped Snakes)   Bothrophthalmus brunneus Brown-bellied Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Buhoma (African Forest Snakes)   Buhoma depressiceps Pale-headed Forest Snake Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Chamaelycus (African Banded Snakes)   Chamaelycus fasciatus Ituri Banded Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Gonionotophis (Lesser File Snakes)   Gonionotophis brussauxi Eastern Forest Dwarf File Snake Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Hormonotus (Yellow Forest Snake)   Hormonotus modestus Yellow Forest Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)   Limaformosa guirali White-speckled Forest File Snake Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)   Lycophidion laterale Masked Wolf Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Mehelya (Greater File Snakes)   Mehelya poensis Western Forest File Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Eisentraut 1973 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Mehelya stenophthalmus Small-eyed File Snake Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Poecilopholis (Central American Earth Snakes)   Poecilopholis cameronensis Efulen Burrowing Snake Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Polemon (African Snake Eaters)   Polemon collaris Fawn-headed Snake Eater Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Polemon notatus African Spotted Snake Eater Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)   Myriopholis perreti Cameroon Thread Snake Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Tricheilostoma (West African Forest Thread Snakes)   Tricheilostoma sundewalli Central African Thread Snake Eisentraut 1973 Hahn & Wallach 1998 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Mertens 1964 [as gestri] Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python sebae Northern Rock Python Broadley 1984 Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Spawls & Branch 1995  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)   Afrotyphlops angolensis Golden Blind Snake Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Watkins-Colwell & Leon 2003   Afrotyphlops congestus Marbled Blind Snake Broadley & Wallach 2009 Eisentraut 1973 Hahn 1980 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Afrotyphlops punctatus Spotted Blind Snake Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Letheobia (African Gracile Blind Snakes)   Letheobia caeca Congolese Gracile Blind Snake Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 [as wittei] Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Atheris (African Bush Vipers)   * Atheris hetfieldi Bioko Bush Viper Ceriaco, Marques & Bauer 2020 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Atheris squamigera Southern Green Bush Viper Boulenger 1905 Broadley 1998 Capocaccia 1961 Ceriaco, Marques & Bauer 2020 David & Ineich 1999 Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Loveridge 1957 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Bitis (African Adders)   Bitis gabonica Gaboon Adder Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Spawls & Branch 1995   Bitis nasicornis African Nose-horned Viper Boulenger 1905 David & Ineich 1999 Eisentraut 1973 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Mertens 1964 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Causus (Night Adders)   Causus lichtensteinii Forest Night Adder Boulenger 1905 David & Ineich 1999 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Loveridge 1957 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Spawls & Branch 1995   Causus maculatus West African Night Adder David & Ineich 1999 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Spawls & Branch 1995

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles) Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Butynski 1996 Eisentraut 1964 Mettler, Clyde-Brockway, Honarvar & Paladino 2019 Rader, Mba, Morra & Hearn 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Stuart, Adams & Jenkins 1990 Tomas, Godley, Castroviejo & Raga 2010 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Butynski 1996 Eisentraut 1964 Rader, Mba, Morra & Hearn 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Stuart, Adams & Jenkins 1990 Tomas, Godley, Castroviejo & Raga 2010 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Butynski 1996 Rader, Mba, Morra & Hearn 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Tomas, Fretey, Raga & Castroviejo 2001 Tomas, Godley, Castroviejo & Raga 2010  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Butynski 1996 Rader, Mba, Morra & Hearn 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Tomas, Godley, Castroviejo & Raga 2010  Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles) Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)   Pelusios gabonensis Forest Mud Turtle Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Pelusios niger West African Black Mud Turtle Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Luiselli, Bour, Petrozzi, Akani & Segniagbeto 2018 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)   Kinixys erosa Forest Hinge-back Tortoise Boulenger 1905 Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002 Luiselli & Diagne 2014 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Tabaka 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022   Kinixys homeana West African Hinge-back Tortoise Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Luiselli & Diagne 2013 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Tabaka 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Cyclanorbis (SubSaharan Flapshell Turtles)   Cyclanorbis elegans Nubian Flapshell Turtle Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022 Genus Trionyx (African Softshell Turtle)   Trionyx triunguis African Softshell Turtle Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sanchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva 2022