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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Worm Lizards (Amphisbaenia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Amphisbaenidae (Typical Worm Lizards) Genus Cynisca (West African Round-headed Worm Lizards)   Cynisca feae Guinea-Bissau Worm Lizard Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Gans 1987 Gans 2005 Mane & Trape 2015   Cynisca leonina Los Archipelago Worm Lizard Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012   Cynisca manei Bamako Samba Worm Lizard Mane & Trape 2015   Cynisca oligopholis Cassine River Worm Lizard Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Chirio 2013 [as "aff. oligopholis"] Gans 1987 Gans 2005 Mane & Trape 2015

	Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)   Crocodylus suchus West African Crocodile Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 King & Burke 1989 [as niloticus] Monard 1940 [as Champse vulgaris] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Osteolaemus (Dwarf Crocodiles)   Osteolaemus tetraspis West African Dwarf Crocodile Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Monard 1940 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)   Agama boensis Boe Agama Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Agama picticauda Ada Foah Agama Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Boehme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Roedel & Wagner 2016 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 [as agama] Monard 1940 [as colonorum] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as agama]   Agama weidholzi Senegal Agama Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Joger 1979 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner & Bauer 2011 Wagner, Ineich, Leache, Wilms, Trape, Boehme & Schmitz 2009  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo gracilis Graceful Chameleon Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Glaw 2015 Grandison 1956 Monard 1940 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Chamaeleo senegalensis Senegal Chameleon Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Glaw 2015 Grandison 1956 Monard 1940 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos) Genus Hemitheconyx (African Fat-tailed Geckos)   Hemitheconyx caudicinctus West African Fat-tailed Gecko Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus angulatus West African House Gecko Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Loveridge 1947 Monard 1940 [as brookii] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)   Lygodactylus gutturalis Chevron-throated Dwarf Gecko Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Loveridge 1947 Monard 1940 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth 1965  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Latastia (African Long-tailed Lizards)   * Latastia ornata Ornate Long-tailed Lizard Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Bischoff 1991 Monard 1940 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos) Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)   Tarentola senegambiae Senegambian Wall Gecko Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Joger 1984 Monard 1940 [as ephippiata] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)   Chalcides armitagei Gambian Cylindrical Skink Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Trape 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Chalcides pulchellus West African Cylindrical Skink Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Monard 1940 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)   Mochlus guineensis Guinean Supple Skink Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Welch 1982 Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)   Panaspis tristaoi Nimba Snake-eyed Skink Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)   Trachylepis affinis Lesser Brown-flanked Skink Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Trachylepis keroanensis Kerouane Skink Harmsen & Boehme 2019   Trachylepis perrotetii Orange-flanked Skink Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Monard 1940 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus exanthematicus Western Savanna Monitor Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Bayless 2002 Bennett in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Manacas 1955 Monard 1940 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Varanus niloticus Nile Monitor Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Bayless 2002 Boehme & Ziegler 1997 Monard 1940 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)   Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Common Herald Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Manacas 1955 Monard 1940 Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)   Dasypeltis confusa Diamondback Egg Eater Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)   Dispholidus sp. (Boomslang) Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 [as D. typus] David & Ineich 1999 [as D. typus] Manacas 1955 [as D. typus] Monard 1940 [as D. typus] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as D. typus] Genus Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes)   Grayia smythii Equatorial Water Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Manacas 1955 Monard 1940 Genus Hapsidophrys (Emerald Snakes)   Hapsidophrys smaragdinus Common Emerald Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Loveridge 1957 Pitman 1974 Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)   Natriciteres olivacea Olive Marsh Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)   Philothamnus heterodermus Emerald Green Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Villiers 1975   Philothamnus heterolepidotus Slender Green Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Monard 1940   Philothamnus irregularis Irregular Green Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Monard 1940   Philothamnus pobeguini Guinean Green Snake Monard 1940   Philothamnus semivariegatus Variegated Bush Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Hughes & Barry 1969 Monard 1940   Philothamnus smithii Smith's Green Snake Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021 Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)   Thelotornis kirtlandii Northern Vine Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Broadley & Wallach 2002 Broadley 2001 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Loveridge 1957 Genus Thrasops (Black Tree Snakes)   Thrasops occidentalis Western Black Tree Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Genus Toxicodryas (African Tree Cat Snakes)   Toxicodryas blandingii Western Black-and-Yellow Tree Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Manacas 1955 Monard 1940  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)   Dendroaspis jamesonii Central African Green Mamba Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Manacas 1981 Monard 1940   Dendroaspis viridis Western Green Mamba Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 David & Ineich 1999 Manacas 1981 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)   Elapsoidea semiannulata Half-banded Garter Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Broadley 1971 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Manacas 1981 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja guineensis Black Forest Cobra Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 [as N. melanoleuca] David & Ineich 1999 [as N. melanoleuca] Manacas 1981 [as N. melanoleuca] Monard 1940 [as N. melanoleuca] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as N. melanoleuca] Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018   Naja nigricollis Black-necked Spitting Cobra Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Manacas 1981 Monard 1940 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wuster & Broadley 2007   Naja senegalensis Senegalese Cobra Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 [as N. haje]  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes)   Amblyodipsas unicolor Equatorial Purple-glossed Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Broadley 1971 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)   Atractaspis aterrima Western Forest Stiletto Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Laurent 1950 Manacas 1981 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)   Boaedon fuliginosus Common African House Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Manacas 1955   Boaedon lineatus Lined House Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Manacas 1955 Monard 1940 Genus Dromophis (Olympic Snakes)   Dromophis lineatus Lined Olympic Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Broadley 1983 Hughes 2004 Loveridge 1957 Manacas 1955 Monard 1940 Genus Gonionotophis (Lesser File Snakes)   Gonionotophis grantii Savanna Dwarf File Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Doucet 1963 Papenfuss 1969 Villiers 1975 Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)   Lycophidion albomaculatum White-spotted Wolf Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Condamin 1994 Laurent 1968 [as L. semicinctum] Manacas 1955 [as L. semicinctum] Monard 1940 [as L. semicinctum]   Lycophidion irroratum Western Forest Wolf Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes & Barry 1969 Manacas 1955 Genus Mehelya (Greater File Snakes)   Mehelya poensis Western Forest File Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012   Mehelya stenophthalmus Small-eyed File Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Monard 1940 Villiers 1975 Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)   Prosymna meleagris Speckled Shovel-snout Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Monard 1940 Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis afroccidentalis West African Sand Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 [as P. sibilans] Manacas 1955 [as P. sibilans] Monard 1940 [as P. sibilans] Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019   Psammophis elegans Elegant Sand Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Manacas 1955 Monard 1940   Psammophis phillipsii West African Olive Grass Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)   Myriopholis albiventer White-bellied Thread Snake Trape & Mane 2006   Myriopholis boueti Mali Thread Snake Ineich & Prudent 2014   Myriopholis narirostris Sahel Thread Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Hahn 1980 Manacas 1955 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Genus Rhinoleptus (West African Sharp-nosed Thread Snake)   Rhinoleptus koniagui West African Sharp-nosed Thread Snake Jallow & Trape 2013 Trape 2014  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python regius Ball Python Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Monard 1940   Python sebae Northern Rock Python Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Broadley 1984 Monard 1940 Spawls & Branch 1995  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)   Afrotyphlops punctatus Spotted Blind Snake Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Hahn 1980 Manacas 1955 Monard 1940 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Bitis (African Adders)   Bitis arietans Common Puff Adder Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 David & Ineich 1999 Manacas 1981 Monard 1940 Spawls & Branch 1995   Bitis nasicornis African Nose-horned Viper Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Genus Causus (Night Adders)   Causus maculatus West African Night Adder Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 David & Ineich 1999 Manacas 1981 Spawls & Branch 1995

	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 Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Catry, Barbosa, Indjai, Almeida, Godley & Vie 2002 King & Burke 1989 Monard 1940 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles) Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)   Pelomedusa olivacea Sahelian Helmeted Turtle Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 [as subrufa] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)   Pelusios castaneus Chestnut Mud Turtle Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Bour, Luiselli, Petrozzi, Segniabeto & Chirio 2016 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Monard 1940 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)   Kinixys homeana West African Hinge-back Tortoise Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012   Kinixys nogueyi Western Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 King & Burke 1989 [as belliana] Monard 1940 [as belliana] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as belliana]  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Cyclanorbis (SubSaharan Flapshell Turtles)   Cyclanorbis senegalensis Senegal Flapshell Turtle Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 King & Burke 1989 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2003 McGovern, Diagne, Diagne, Luiselli & Meylan 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Trionyx (African Softshell Turtle)   Trionyx triunguis African Softshell Turtle Auliya, Wagner & Boehme 2012 Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012