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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 liberiensis Liberian Worm Lizard Dodd 2014 Gans 1987 Gans 2005 Taylor & Weyer 1958

	Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)   Crocodylus suchus West African Crocodile Dodd 2014 King & Burke 1989 [as niloticus] Taylor & Weyer 1958 [as niloticus] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Mecistops (African Slender-snouted Crocodiles)   Mecistops cataphractus West African Slender-snouted Crocodile Dodd 2014 King & Burke 1989 Roedel & Glos 2019 Shirley, Carr, Nestler, Vliet & Brochu 2018 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Osteolaemus (Dwarf Crocodiles)   Osteolaemus tetraspis West African Dwarf Crocodile Dodd 2014 [as "cf. tetraspis"] Hillers & Roedel 2007 King & Burke 1989 Roedel & Glos 2019 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)   Agama africana West African Rainbow Agama Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Boehme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Roedel & Wagner 2016 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth 1967   Agama picticauda Ada Foah Agama Hillers & Roedel 2007 [as agama] Ineich 2003 [as agama] Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Boehme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Roedel & Wagner 2016 Loveridge 1941 [as agama] Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 [as agama] Roedel & Glos 2019 [as A. agama] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as agama]  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo gracilis Graceful Chameleon Dodd 2014 Glaw 2015 Ineich 2003 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Loveridge 1941 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Chamaeleo senegalensis Senegal Chameleon Dodd 2014 Grandison 1956 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Tilbury 2010  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Ancylodactylus (African Rock and Forest Geckos)   Ancylodactylus occidentalis West African Rock Gecko Penner & Roedel 2013 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus angulatus West African House Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Ineich 2003 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Hemidactylus ansorgii Slender Forest Gecko Bauer, Tchibozo, Pauwels & Lenglet 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Hemidactylus fasciatus African Banded Forest Gecko Cansdale 1955 Dodd 2014 [as "fasciatus complex"] Loveridge 1941 Loveridge 1947 Roedel & Glos 2019 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner, Leache & Fujita 2014 Wermuth 1965   Hemidactylus mabouia Cosmopolitan House Gecko Broadley 1977 Loveridge 1957 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Hemidactylus muriceus Prickly Half-toed Gecko Hillers & Roedel 2007 [as "cf. muriceus"] Roedel & Glos 2019 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth 1965 Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)   Lygodactylus conraui Cameroon Dwarf Gecko Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth 1965   Lygodactylus gutturalis Chevron-throated Dwarf Gecko Dodd 2014 Taylor & Weyer 1958  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Gastropholis (Keel-bellied Lizards)   Gastropholis echinata African Spiny-tailed Lizard Arnold 1989 Dodd 2014 Loveridge 1941 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Holaspis (Blue-tailed Gliding Lizards)   Holaspis guentheri Western Blue-tailed Gliding Lizard Roedel & Glos 2019  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Cophoscincopus (West African Keeled Water Skinks)   Cophoscincopus durus Liberian Keeled Water Skink Boehme, Schmitz & Ziegler 2000 Ineich 2003 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Cophoscincopus greeri Guinean Keeled Water Skink Ineich 2003 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Cophoscincopus simulans Ghanese Keeled Water Skink Boehme, Schmitz & Ziegler 2000 Ineich 2003 Roedel & Glos 2019 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)   Mochlus fernandi Western Red-flanked Skink Branch 2011 Dodd 2014 Roedel & Glos 2019 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner, Boehme, Pauwels & Schmitz 2009 Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)   Trachylepis affinis Lesser Brown-flanked Skink Dodd 2014 Hillers & Roedel 2007 Hoogmoed 1974 Loveridge 1941 Roedel & Glos 2019 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Trachylepis bensonii Liberian Forest Skink Dodd 2014 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Trachylepis maculilabris Common Speckled-lipped Skink Dodd 2014 Hoogmoed 1974 Ineich 2003 Roedel & Glos 2019 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Trachylepis paucisquamis Western Forest Skink Hoogmoed 1974 [as polytropis occidentalis] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus exanthematicus Western Savanna Monitor Bayless 2002 Bennett in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Varanus niloticus Nile Monitor Bayless 2002 Boehme & Ziegler 1997 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Varanus stellatus African Forest Monitor Bayless 2002 [as V. ornatus] Boehme & Ziegler 1997 [as V. ornatus] Boehme & Ziegler in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 [as V. ornatus] Hillers & Roedel 2007 [as V. ornatus] Ineich 2003 [as V. ornatus] Roedel & Glos 2019 [as V. ornatus] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as V. ornatus]

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Calabaria (Calabar Boa)   Calabaria reinhardtii Calabar Boa Briscoe 1949 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Dodd 2014 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Stimson 1969 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Afronatrix (West African Brown Water Snake)   Afronatrix anoscopus West African Brown Water Snake Briscoe 1949 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Dodd 2014 [as Tropidonotus ferox] Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Johnsen 1962 Loveridge 1941 Roedel & Glos 2019 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)   Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Common Herald Snake Johnsen 1962 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)   Dasypeltis confusa Diamondback Egg Eater Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape & Balde 2014   Dasypeltis fasciata Central African Egg Eater Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Dodd 2014 Gans 1959 Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014   Dasypeltis parascabra Guinean Egg Eater Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012 Genus Dipsadoboa (Nocturnal Tree Snakes)   Dipsadoboa guineensis Guinean Nocturnal Tree Snake Doucet 1963 Hughes 1983 [as D. duchesnei] Loveridge 1941 Rasmussen 1989 [as brevirostris] Roedel & Glos 2019 [as D. brevirostris] Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014   Dipsadoboa underwoodi Cameroon Nocturnal Tree Snake Rasmussen 1993 Trape & Balde 2014   Dipsadoboa unicolor Unicoloured Nocturnal Tree Snake Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Johnsen 1962 Rasmussen 1993 Trape & Balde 2014   Dipsadoboa viridis Green Nocturnal Tree Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Rasmussen 1993 Trape & Balde 2014   Dipsadoboa weileri Grey Nocturnal Tree Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as isolepis] Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)   Dispholidus sp. (Boomslang) Ineich 2003 [as D. typus] Trape & Balde 2014 [as D. typus] Genus Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes)   Grayia smythii Equatorial Water Snake Dodd 2014 Hillers & Roedel 2007 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Johnsen 1962 Loveridge 1941 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Hapsidophrys (Emerald Snakes)   Hapsidophrys lineatus Black-lined Green Snake Dodd 2014 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1941 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014   Hapsidophrys smaragdinus Common Emerald Snake Dodd 2014 Hughes 1983 Johnsen 1962 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Meizodon (African Smooth Snakes)   Meizodon coronatus West African Crowned Smooth Snake Taylor & Weyer 1958   Meizodon regularis East African Crowned Smooth Snake Ineich 2003 Schatti 1985 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)   Natriciteres fuliginoides Collared Marsh Snake Hughes 1983 Trape & Balde 2014   Natriciteres olivacea Olive Marsh Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Natriciteres variegata Variable Marsh Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hillers & Roedel 2007 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Johnsen 1962 Loveridge 1941 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)   Philothamnus bellii Sierra Leonean Green Snake Trape & Balde 2014   Philothamnus brunneus Brown Bush Snake Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021   Philothamnus carinatus Barred Green Snake Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014   Philothamnus heterodermus Emerald Green Snake Hillers & Roedel 2007 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014   Philothamnus irregularis Irregular Green Snake Ineich 2003 Senter 2001 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014   Philothamnus nitidus Cameroon Green Snake Hughes 1983 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014   Philothamnus semivariegatus Variegated Bush Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007   Philothamnus smithii Smith's Bush Snake Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Rhamnophis (Dagger-tooth Tree Snakes)   Rhamnophis aethiopissa Large-eyed Green Tree Snake Dodd 2014 Hillers & Roedel 2007 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1941 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Scaphiophis (African Hook-nosed Snakes)   Scaphiophis albopunctatus Common African Hook-nosed Snake Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)   Thelotornis kirtlandii Northern Vine Snake Briscoe 1949 Broadley 2001 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Dodd 2014 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Ineich 2003 Johnsen 1962 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Thrasops (Black Tree Snakes)   Thrasops occidentalis Western Black Tree Snake Briscoe 1949 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Toxicodryas (African Tree Cat Snakes)   Toxicodryas blandingii Western Black-and-Yellow Tree Snake Briscoe 1949 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Dodd 2014 Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Johnsen 1962 Loveridge 1941 Roedel & Glos 2019 Spawls & Branch 1995 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014   Toxicodryas pulverulenta Western Powdered Cat Snake Briscoe 1949 Dodd 2014 Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Johnsen 1962 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)   Dendroaspis jamesonii Central African Green Mamba Taylor & Weyer 1958   Dendroaspis viridis Western Green Mamba Briscoe 1949 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Dodd 2014 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Johnsen 1962 Loveridge 1941 Spawls & Branch 1995 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)   Elapsoidea semiannulata Half-banded Garter Snake David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja guineensis Black Forest Cobra David & Ineich 1999 [as N. melanoleuca] Dodd 2014 [as N. melanoleuca] Hughes 1983 [as N. melanoleuca] Ineich 2003 [as N. melanoleuca] Johnsen 1962 [as N. melanoleuca] Roedel & Glos 2019 Spawls & Branch 1995 [as N. melanoleuca] Taylor & Weyer 1958 [as N. melanoleuca] Trape & Balde 2014 [as "N. cf. melanoleuca sp forest (blackish dorsum)"] Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018   Naja nigricollis Black-necked Spitting Cobra Spawls & Branch 1995 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Wuster & Broadley 2007 Genus Pseudohaje (Tree Cobras)   Pseudohaje nigra Black Tree Cobra David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)   Aparallactus lineatus Lined Centipede Eater Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Aparallactus modestus Western Forest Centipede Eater Briscoe 1949 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Loveridge 1941 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Aparallactus niger West African Black Centipede Eater Ineich 2003 Senter 2001 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)   Atractaspis aterrima Western Forest Stiletto Snake David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis branchi Liberian Stiletto Snake Roedel, Kucharzewski, Mahlow, Chirio, Pauwels, Carlino, Sambolah & Glos 2019 Senter 2021   Atractaspis corpulenta Fat Stiletto Snake David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis irregularis Variable Stiletto Snake David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Laurent 1950 Spawls & Branch 1995 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)   Boaedon fuliginosus Common African House Snake Johnsen 1962 Trape & Balde 2014   Boaedon lineatus Lined House Snake Briscoe 1949 Ineich 2003 Loveridge 1941 Roedel & Glos 2019 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014   Boaedon olivaceus Olive House Snake Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Loveridge 1941 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014   Boaedon virgatus West African House Snake Briscoe 1949 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Dodd 2014 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Johnsen 1962 Loveridge 1941 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Bothrophthalmus (Red-and-Black Striped Snakes)   Bothrophthalmus lineatus Red-and-Black Striped Snake Dodd 2014 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Chamaelycus (African Banded Snakes)   Chamaelycus fasciatus Ituri Banded Snake Ineich 2003 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Dromophis (Olympic Snakes)   Dromophis lineatus Lined Olympic Snake Hughes 2004 Pitman 1974 Genus Gonionotophis (Lesser File Snakes)   Gonionotophis klingi Western Forest Dwarf File Snake Chippindale 1989 Ineich 2003 Roedel & Glos 2019 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Hormonotus (Yellow Forest Snake)   Hormonotus modestus Yellow Forest Snake Hughes 1983 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)   Limaformosa guirali White-speckled Forest File Snake Doucet 1963 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975 Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)   Lycophidion irroratum Western Forest Wolf Snake Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Laurent 1968 Trape & Balde 2014   Lycophidion nigromaculatum Black-spotted Wolf Snake Ineich 2003 Roedel & Glos 2019 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Mehelya (Greater File Snakes)   Mehelya poensis Western Forest File Snake Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Johnsen 1962 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Polemon (African Snake Eaters)   Polemon acanthias Five-striped Snake Eater Briscoe 1949 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1941 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014   Polemon barthii Guinea Snake Eater Hughes 1983 Hughes 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)   Prosymna meleagris Speckled Shovel-snout Broadley 1980 Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis phillipsii West African Olive Grass Snake Briscoe 1949 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Johnsen 1962 Senter 2001 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python regius Ball Python Chirio & LeBreton 2007 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999   Python sebae Northern Rock Python Broadley 1984 Dodd 2014 Hillers & Roedel 2007 Ineich 2003 Roedel & Glos 2019 Spawls & Branch 1995 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)   Afrotyphlops liberiensis Liberian Blind Snake Broadley & Wallach 2009 Dodd 2014 Hahn 1980 Ineich 2003 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Afrotyphlops lineolatus Lineolate Blind Snake Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Afrotyphlops manni Harbel Blind Snake Broadley & Wallach 2009 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 Loveridge 1941 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Afrotyphlops punctatus Spotted Blind Snake Dodd 2014 Hughes 1983 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Letheobia (African Gracile Blind Snakes)   Letheobia leucosticta White-spotted Gracile Blind Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 Hughes 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Balde 2014  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Atheris (African Bush Vipers)   Atheris chlorechis West African Green Bush Viper Briscoe 1949 David & Ineich 1999 Dodd 2014 Hillers & Roedel 2007 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Johnsen 1962 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Roedel & Glos 2019 Spawls & Branch 1995 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atheris hirsuta Tai Hairy Bush Viper Penner, Gonwouo & Roedel 2013 Genus Bitis (African Adders)   Bitis nasicornis African Nose-horned Viper Briscoe 1949 David & Ineich 1999 Dodd 2014 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Loveridge 1941 Roedel & Glos 2019 Spawls & Branch 1995 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014   Bitis rhinoceros Rhinoceros Viper Briscoe 1949 [as gabonica] Dodd 2014 Hillers & Roedel 2007 [as gabonica] Hughes 1983 [as gabonica] Ineich 2003 Loveridge 1941 [as B. gabonica] Roedel & Glos 2019 Spawls & Branch 1995 [as gabonica] Taylor & Weyer 1958 [as gabonica] Trape & Balde 2014 Genus Causus (Night Adders)   Causus lichtensteinii Forest Night Adder David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Spawls & Branch 1995 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape & Balde 2014   Causus maculatus West African Night Adder Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Dodd 2014 Hughes 1983 Ineich 2003 Johnsen 1962 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014   Causus rhombeatus Rhombic Night Adder Briscoe 1949 Loveridge 1941 Taylor & Weyer 1958

	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 Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Dodd 2014 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Dodd 2014 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Dodd 2014 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles) Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)   Pelomedusa variabilis West African Helmeted Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)   Pelusios castaneus Chestnut Mud Turtle Bour, Luiselli, Petrozzi, Segniabeto & Chirio 2016 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Dodd 2014 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Pelusios cupulatta Ivorian Mud Turtle Bour & Maran 2003 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Pelusios gabonensis Forest Mud Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)   Kinixys erosa Forest Hinge-back Tortoise Dodd 2014 Hillers & Roedel 2007 King & Burke 1989 Loveridge 1941 Luiselli & Diagne 2014 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Kinixys homeana West African Hinge-back Tortoise Fritz & Havas 2006 Hillers & Roedel 2007 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Loveridge 1941 Luiselli & Diagne 2013 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Cyclanorbis (SubSaharan Flapshell Turtles)   Cyclanorbis senegalensis Senegal Flapshell Turtle Chirio & LeBreton 2007 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 Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Dodd 2014 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Roedel & Glos 2019 Taylor & Weyer 1958 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012