Reptiles introduced to
Tanzania 

 

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Introduced species(confirmed and presumed introductions, incl. both surviving and extirpated populations, excl. unpublished records)


Species

References
Lizards (Sauria)

Archaius tigris

Seychelles Chameleon

Glaw 2015 Klaver & Böhme 1997

Hemidactylus puccionii

Somali Plain Gecko

Broadley & Howell 1991 Loveridge 1957

Phelsuma dubia

Dull-green Day Gecko

Berghof 2001 Broadley & Howell 1991 Glaw & Rösler 2015 Pakenham 1983 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Snakes (Serpentes)

Indotyphlops braminus

Brahminy Blind Snake

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999 Pakenham 1983 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Wallach 2009
Turtles (Testudines)

Aldabrachelys gigantea

Aldabra Tortoise

Broadley & Howell 1991 [as A. elephantina] Pakenham 1983 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002