Reptiles of
Mafia [Tanzania]

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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.
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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus mabouia

Cosmopolitan House Gecko

Loveridge 1957
 
Hemidactylus platycephalus

Flat-headed Tropical House Gecko

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1977 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)
 
Lygodactylus grotei

Mikindani Dwarf Gecko

Loveridge 1957
 
Lygodactylus picturatus

Yellow-headed Dwarf Gecko

Loveridge 1957
 
Lygodactylus viscatus

Jozani Dwarf Gecko

Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 [as howelli]
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Cryptoblepharus (Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Cryptoblepharus africanus

African Coral-rag Snake-eyed Skink

Broadley & Howell 1991 Loveridge 1957
Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)
 
Mochlus mafianus

Mafia Supple Skink

Broadley 1994 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
 
Mochlus sundevallii

Common Savanna Supple Skink

Loveridge 1957
Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)
 
Trachylepis striata

Eastern Striped Skink

Loveridge 1957
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus niloticus

Nile Monitor

Loveridge 1957 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)
 
Dasypeltis medici

East African Egg Eater

Bates & Broadley 2018 Broadley & Howell 1991 Gans 1959 Loveridge 1957 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)
 
Dispholidus sp.

(Boomslang)

Loveridge 1957 [as D. typus]
Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)
 
Natriciteres olivacea

Olive Marsh Snake

Broadley 1966 Loveridge 1957
Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)
 
Philothamnus punctatus

Speckled Green Snake

Broadley & Howell 1991
 
Philothamnus semivariegatus

Variegated Bush Snake

Loveridge 1957
Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)
 
Thelotornis kirtlandii

Northern Vine Snake

Anderson 2000
 
Thelotornis mossambicanus

Eastern Vine Snake

Broadley 2001
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja subfulva

Brown Forest Cobra

Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 [as N. melanoleuca]
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)
 
Aparallactus capensis

Cape Centipede Eater

Loveridge 1957 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)
 
Boaedon capensis

Brown House Snake

Loveridge 1957 [as f. fuliginosus]
Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)
 
Psammophis sudanensis

Sudan Sand Snake

Loveridge 1957
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Leptotyphlops (Typical Thread Snakes)
 
Leptotyphlops pembae

Pemba Thread Snake

Boundy 2014

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

Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Frazier in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018