Reptiles introduced to
Western Cape[South Africa]

 

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 unpublished records)


Species

References
Lizards (Sauria)

Agama planiceps

Damara Rock Agama

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014

Agama sp.

(Rainbow Agama)

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 [as A. agama]

Cordylus jonesii

Limpopo Girdled Lizard

Branch & Braack 1989

Lygodactylus capensis

Cape Dwarf Gecko

Bates 1991b Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 2012 Villiers 2006 Witberg & Van Zyl 2008 Witberg 2008
Snakes (Serpentes)

Boa constrictor

South American Red-tailed Boa

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014

Elaphe taeniura

Stripe-tailed Rat Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014

Pantherophis guttatus

Red Corn Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014

Naja subfulva

Brown Forest Cobra

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 [as N. melanoleuca]

Indotyphlops braminus

Brahminy Blind Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1983a McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Visser 1979c
Turtles (Testudines)

Chelydra serpentina

North American Snapping Turtle

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014

Trachemys scripta

Common Slider

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014