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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 Chirindia (Pink Round-headed Worm Lizards)   * Chirindia bushbyi Mozambique Round-headed Worm Lizard Broadley 1963 Gans 2005   Chirindia langi Limpopo Round-headed Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Chirindia swynnertoni Chirinda Forest Round-headed Worm Lizard Branch 1998 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1963 Gans 1967 Gans 2005 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Genus Dalophia (Blunt-tailed Worm Lizards)   * Dalophia granti Beira Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard Branch 1998 [as pistillum] Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 [as pistillum] Gans 2005 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 [as pistillum]   Dalophia pistillum Zambezi Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Genus Monopeltis (Spade-snouted Worm Lizards)   Monopeltis decosteri Delagoa Bay Worm Lizard Branch 1998 Broadley 1997 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 [as capensis "Group C"] Gans 2005 Pietersen 2014 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Monopeltis rhodesiana Zimbabwe Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Branch 1998 Broadley 1997 Gans 2005 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Monopeltis sphenorhynchus Slender Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Branch 1998 Broadley 1966 [as habenichti] Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Gans 2005 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Zygaspis (Purple Round-headed Worm Lizards)   Zygaspis arenicola Maputo Round-headed Worm Lizard Bates & Maguire 2009 Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1997 Gans 2005 Pietersen 2014 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   * Zygaspis maraisi Cabo Delgado Round-headed Worm Lizard Broadley & Measey 2016   Zygaspis quadrifrons Kalahari Round-headed Worm Lizard Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1997 Broadley 1966 Gans 2005 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Zygaspis violacea Violet Round-headed Worm Lizard Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1997 Broadley 1966 [as longicauda] Broadley 1990 [as longicauda] Broadley 2008 Gans 2005 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005

	Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)   Crocodylus niloticus Nile Crocodile Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Broadley 2008 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 King & Burke 1989 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wermuth & Mertens 1977

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Acanthocercus (Ridgeback Agamas)   Acanthocercus atricollis Black-necked Ridgeback Agama Broadley 1962 [as cyanogaster] Broadley 1964 [as cyanogaster] Broadley 1966 [as cyanogaster] Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco & Bauer 2021 Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer 2012 Wagner, Greenbaum, Bauer, Kusamba & Leache 2018 Wermuth 1967   Acanthocercus gregorii Kenyan Ridgeback Agama Wagner, Greenbaum, Bauer, Kusamba & Leache 2018 Wermuth 1967 Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)   Agama armata Zambezi Spiny Agama Blake 1965 [as hispida] Branch 1998 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 [as hispida] Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Loveridge 1957 Pietersen & Pietersen 2002 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 [as hispida]   Agama kirkii Zambesi Rock Agama Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Blake 1964 Blake 1965 Branch 1998 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wermuth 1967   Agama mossambica Mozambique Agama Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Blake 1965 Branch 1998 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Loveridge 1957 Manacas 1961 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wermuth 1967  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Bradypodion (Southern African Dwarf Chameleons)   Bradypodion setaroi Saint Lucia Dwarf Chameleon Glaw 2015 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo dilepis Flap-necked Chameleon Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Blake 1965 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Glaw 2015 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Manacas 1961 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Tilbury 2010 Genus Nadzikambia (Mountain Dwarf Chameleons)   * Nadzikambia baylissi Mount Mabu Dwarf Chameleon Branch & Tolley 2010 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Glaw 2015 Genus Rhampholeon (African Leaf Chameleons)   * Rhampholeon bruessoworum Mount Inago Leaf Chameleon Branch, Bayliss & Tolley 2014 Glaw 2015   * Rhampholeon gorongosae Gorongoza Leaf Chameleon Branch 1998 Glaw 2015 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Tilbury 2010   Rhampholeon marshalli Chirinda Leaf Chameleon Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Tilbury 2010   * Rhampholeon maspictus Mount Mabu Leaf Chameleon Branch, Bayliss & Tolley 2014 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Glaw 2015 Tilbury 2010 [as R. chapmanorum]   * Rhampholeon nebulauctor Mount Chiperone Leaf Chameleon Branch, Bayliss & Tolley 2014 Glaw 2015   * Rhampholeon tilburyi Mount Namuli Leaf Chameleon Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Branch & Ryan 2001 [as platyceps] Branch, Bayliss & Tolley 2014 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Glaw 2015 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 [as R. sp.] Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 [as platyceps] Tilbury 2010 [as platyceps] Genus Rieppeleon (Short-tailed Leaf Chameleons)   Rieppeleon brachyurus Beardless Leaf Chameleon Blake 1965 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Tilbury 2010 Genus Trioceros (Equatorial Chameleons)   Trioceros melleri Elephant-eared Chameleon Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Tilbury 2010  Family Cordylidae (Girdled Lizards) Genus Chamaesaura (African Grass Lizards)   Chamaesaura macrolepis Large-scaled Grass Lizard Jordaan 2020 Genus Cordylus (Girdled Lizards)   Cordylus jonesii Limpopo Girdled Lizard Branch 1998 Broadley & Branch 2002 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1966 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wermuth 1968   * Cordylus meculae Mecula Girdled Lizard Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013   Cordylus rhodesianus Zimbabwe Girdled Lizard Branch 1998 Broadley & Branch 2002 Broadley 1966 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Cordylus tropidosternum Tropical Girdled Lizard Broadley & Branch 2002 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Greenbaum, Stanley, Kusamba, Moninga, Goldberg & Bursey 2012 Loveridge 1957 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wermuth 1968   Cordylus vittifer Transvaal Girdled Lizard Bates & Broadley 2012 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Platysaurus (Flat Lizards)   Platysaurus imperator Emperor Flat Lizard Branch 1998 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1978 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Platysaurus intermedius Common Flat Lizard Blake 1964 Branch 1998 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1978 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Platysaurus lebomboensis Lebombo Flat Lizard Branch 1998 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Platysaurus maculatus Spotted Flat Lizard Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1978 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Platysaurus ocellatus Ocellated Flat Lizard Branch 1998 Broadley 1978 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Platysaurus pungweensis Pungwe Flat Lizard Blake 1964 Branch 1998 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1978 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Platysaurus torquatus Striped Flat Lizard Blake 1964 Blake 1965 Branch 1998 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1978 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Smaug (Dragon Girdled Lizards)   Smaug mossambicus Gorongoza Girdled Lizard Blake 1965 Branch 1998 Broadley 1966 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Stanley & Bates 2014 Wermuth 1968   Smaug warreni Lebombo Girdled Lizard Bates & Stanley 2020 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Afroedura (Flat Geckos)   * Afroedura gorongosa Gorongosa Flat Gecko Branch, Guyton, Schmitz, Barej, Naskrecki, Farooq, Verburgt & Roedel 2017 Broadley 1963 [as transvaalica] Broadley 1966 [as t. transvaalica] Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014 [as transvaalica] Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 [as transvaalica]   Afroedura langi Lowveld Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura loveridgei Mozambique Flat Gecko Branch 1998 Branch, Guyton, Schmitz, Barej, Naskrecki, Farooq, Verburgt & Roedel 2017 Broadley 1966 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Chondrodactylus (Giant Ground Gecko and Thick-toed Geckos)   Chondrodactylus laevigatus Karas Thick-toed Gecko Heinz, Brennan, Jackman & Bauer 2021   Chondrodactylus turneri Zambezi Thick-toed Gecko Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Heinz, Brennan, Jackman & Bauer 2021 Genus Elasmodactylus (Tropical Thick-toed Geckos)   Elasmodactylus tetensis Tete Thick-toed Gecko Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Loveridge 1957 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Wermuth 1965 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus mabouia Cosmopolitan House Gecko Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Blake 1965 Branch 1998 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley 1961 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Loveridge 1947 Loveridge 1957 Manacas 1961 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wermuth 1965   Hemidactylus mercatorius Farquhar Half-toed Gecko Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Rocha, Carretero & Harris 2005 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Hemidactylus platycephalus Flat-headed Tropical House Gecko Branch 1998 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1990 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Rocha, Carretero & Harris 2005 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wermuth 1965   Hemidactylus tasmani Zimbabwean Half-toed Gecko Broadley 1966 Broadley 1977 Genus Homopholis (African Velvet Geckos)   Homopholis arnoldi Mahalapye Velvet Gecko Broadley 1992 [as wahlbergii] Broadley 2008 [as wahlbergii] Broadley, Jackman & Bauer 2014   Homopholis wahlbergii Southern African Velvet Gecko Branch 1998 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Broadley, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Loveridge 1947 Pietersen 2014 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wermuth 1965 Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)   Lygodactylus angolensis Angolan Dwarf Gecko Branch 1998 Broadley & Howell 1991 Loveridge 1947 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Lygodactylus angularis Angulated Dwarf Gecko Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   Lygodactylus capensis Cape Dwarf Gecko Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Blake 1965 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Loveridge 1947 Manacas 1961 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Lygodactylus chobiensis Chobe Dwarf Gecko Blake 1964 Branch 1998 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 [as "cf. chobiensis"] Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Pietersen 2014 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Lygodactylus grotei Mikindani Dwarf Gecko Blake 1965 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Loveridge 1947 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Lygodactylus picturatus Yellow-headed Dwarf Gecko Loveridge 1957 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 [as luteopicturatus] Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Wermuth 1965   * Lygodactylus regulus Prince Dwarf Gecko Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Portik, Travers, Bauer & Branch 2013 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   Lygodactylus rex King Dwarf Gecko Branch & Ryan 2001 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 [as "cf. rex"] Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Pachydactylus (Typical Thick-toed Geckos)   Pachydactylus affinis Transvaal Thick-toed Gecko Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966   Pachydactylus maculatus Spotted Thick-toed Gecko Branch 1998 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi Lake Nyassa Thick-toed Gecko Branch 1998 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1977 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Pachydactylus punctatus Speckled Thick-toed Gecko Bauer & Branch 1995 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Pachydactylus tigrinus Tiger Thick-toed Gecko Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Pachydactylus vansoni Soutpansberg Thick-toed Gecko Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005  Family Gerrhosauridae (Plated Lizards) Genus Broadleysaurus (Rough-scaled Plated Lizard)   Broadleysaurus major Rough-scaled Plated Lizard Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1987 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Loveridge 1957 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wermuth 1968 Genus Gerrhosaurus (Typical Plated Lizards)   Gerrhosaurus flavigularis Yellow-throated Plated Lizard Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Blake 1965 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Manacas 1961 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wermuth 1968   Gerrhosaurus intermedius Eastern Black-lined Plated Lizard Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Broadley 1966 [as nigrolineatus] Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 [as nigrolineatus] Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 [as nigrolineatus] Wermuth 1968 [as n. nigrolineatus] Genus Matobosaurus (Giant Plated Lizards)   Matobosaurus validus Eastern Giant Plated Lizard Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Blake 1965 Branch 1998 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Manacas 1961 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wermuth 1968 Genus Tetradactylus (Plated Snake Lizards)   Tetradactylus africanus African Plated Snake Lizard Bates 2014  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Gastropholis (Keel-bellied Lizards)   Gastropholis vittata Striped Keel-bellied Lizard Arnold 1989 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Loveridge 1957 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Heliobolus (Bushveld Lizards)   Heliobolus lugubris Southern African Bushveld Lizard Broadley 1966 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Szczerbak 1975 Genus Holaspis (Blue-tailed Gliding Lizards)   Holaspis laevis Eastern Blue-tailed Gliding Lizard Arnold 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Loveridge 1957 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Ichnotropis (Rough-scaled Lizards)   Ichnotropis capensis Southern Rough-scaled Lizard Branch 1998 Broadley 1966 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Latastia (African Long-tailed Lizards)   Latastia johnstonii Malawi Long-tailed Lizard Bischoff 1991 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Loveridge 1957 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Meroles (Southwest African Desert Lizards)   Meroles squamulosus Rough-scaled Desert Lizard Branch 1998 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Loveridge 1957 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Nucras (Sandveld Lizards)   Nucras caesicaudata Blue-tailed Sandveld Lizard Branch 1998 Broadley 1972 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Nucras holubi Southern Sandveld Lizard Manacas 1961 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Nucras intertexta Spotted Sandveld Lizard Branch 1998 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1972 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Nucras ornata Ornate Sandveld Lizard Blake 1964 Blake 1965 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1972 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Acontias (Greater Legless Skinks)   Acontias aurantiacus Golden Blind Legless Skink Branch 1998 Broadley 1968 Pietersen, Scholtz & Bastos 2018 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   * Acontias bazarutoensis Bazaruto Blind Legless Skink Branch 1998 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   * Acontias carolinensis Santa Carolina Blind Legless Skink Branch 1998 Broadley 1990 Broadley 2008 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Acontias occidentalis Western Black Legless Skink Broadley & Greer 1969   Acontias parietalis Maputaland Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1990 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Acontias plumbeus Giant Legless Skink Branch 1998 Broadley & Greer 1969 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Zhao, Verdu-Ricoy, Mohlakoana, Jordaan, Conradie & Heideman 2019 Genus Cryptoblepharus (Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks)   Cryptoblepharus africanus African Coral-rag Snake-eyed Skink Blake 1965 Branch 1998 Broadley 1966 Fuhn 1970 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 [as boutonii]   * Cryptoblepharus ahli Mozambique Island Snake-eyed Skink Horner 2007 Genus Melanoseps (Black Limbless Skinks)   Melanoseps ater Common Black Limbless Skink Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018   Melanoseps loveridgei Eastern Limbless Skink Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 [as "cf. loveridgei"] Broadley 1966 [as Scelotes a. ater] Broadley, Whiting & Bauer 2006 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 [as "cf. ater"] Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 [as ater] Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)   * Mochlus lanceolatus Bazaruto Supple Skink Branch 1998 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 1994 Broadley 2008 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Mochlus sundevallii Common Savanna Supple Skink Blake 1965 Branch 1998 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1994 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Lanza 1983 Manacas 1961 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)   Panaspis maculicollus Spotted-neck Snake-eyed Skink Jacobsen & Broadley 2000   Panaspis wahlbergii Savanna Snake-eyed Skink Blake 1965 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Fuhn 1970 Jacobsen & Broadley 2000 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Medina, Bauer, Branch, Schmitz, Conradie, Nagy, Hibbitts, Ernst, Portik, Nielsen, Colston, Kusamba, Behangana, Roedel & Greenbaum 2016 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Proscelotes (African Slender Skinks)   * Proscelotes aenea Mozambique Slender Skink Blake 1965 Broadley 1966 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Witte & Laurent 1943 Genus Scelotes (Dwarf Burrowing Skinks)   Scelotes arenicola Zululand Dwarf Burrowing Skink Branch 1998 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1994 Jordaan 2021 Pietersen 2014 [as "cf. arenicola"] Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Scelotes bidigittatus Lowveld Dwarf Burrowing Skink Jordaan 2021   * Scelotes duttoni Benguerua Island Dwarf Burrowing Skink Branch 1998 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 1994 Broadley 2008 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Scelotes fitzsimonsi Kosi Bay Dwarf Burrowing Skink Jordaan 2021   * Scelotes insularis Bazaruto Archipelago Dwarf Burrowing Skink Branch 1998 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 1994 Broadley 2008 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Scelotes mossambicus Mozambique Dwarf Burrowing Skink Branch 1998 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1994 Jordaan 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Scelotes vestigifer Coastal Dwarf Burrowing Skink Branch 1998 Broadley 1994 Jordaan 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Scolecoseps (East African Sand Skinks)   * Scolecoseps boulengeri Mozambique Sand Skink Blake 1965 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1995 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Witte & Laurent 1943   * Scolecoseps broadleyi Palma Sand Skink Verburght, Verburght & Branch 2018 Genus Sepsina (Savannah Burrowing Skinks)   Sepsina tetradactyla Eastern Four-toed Burrowing Skink Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)   Trachylepis boulengeri Lindi Speckled-lipped Skink Blake 1965 Branch 1998 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1974 Broadley 2000 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Pietersen 2014 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Trachylepis capensis Cape Skink Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   * Trachylepis casuarinae Casuarina Island Skink Branch 1998 Broadley 1974 Broadley 2000 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Trachylepis damarana Damara Variable Skink Weinell & Bauer 2018   Trachylepis depressa Eastern Coastal Skink Branch 1998 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2000 Broadley 2008 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Trachylepis lacertiformis Bronze Rock Skink Broadley 1963 [as rhodesiana] Broadley 1966 Broadley 1975 Broadley 2000 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Trachylepis maculilabris Common Speckled-lipped Skink Branch 1998 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1974 Broadley 2000 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Trachylepis margaritifer African Rainbow Skink Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley & Bauer 1998 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Manacas 1961 Pietersen 2014 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Trachylepis megalura Grass-top Skink Branch 1998 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Broadley 2000 Koppetsch 2020 Marques, Ceriaco, Bandeira, Pauwels & Bauer 2019 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Trachylepis punctulata Eastern Variegated Skink Branch 1998 Broadley 1975 Broadley 2000 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Trachylepis quinquetaeniata African Five-lined Skink Blake 1964 Blake 1965 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1964 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Trachylepis striata Eastern Striped Skink Blake 1965 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1990 Broadley 2008 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Manacas 1961 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Trachylepis varia Savanna Variable Skink Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Blake 1965 Branch & Ryan 2001 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Manacas 1961 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Weinell & Bauer 2018   Trachylepis wahlbergii Mopane Skink Branch 1998 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1977 Broadley 2000  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus albigularis White-throated Monitor Bayless 2002 Blake 1965 Boehme 2003 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1990 Broadley 2008 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Manacas 1961 Mertens 1963 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Varanus niloticus Nile Monitor Blake 1965 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)   Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Common Herald Snake Blake 1964 Blake 1965 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Manacas 1959 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)   Dasypeltis medici East African Egg Eater Bates & Broadley 2018 Branch 1998 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Gans 1959 Lanza 1990 Loveridge 1957 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Dasypeltis scabra Common African Egg Eater Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Gans 1959 Manacas 1959 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Dipsadoboa (Nocturnal Tree Snakes)   Dipsadoboa aulica Cross-barred Nocturnal Tree Snake Branch 1998 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Lanza 1983 Loveridge 1957 Manacas 1959 Rasmussen 1989 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Dipsadoboa flavida Northern Marbled Nocturnal Tree Snake Branch 1998 Branch, Conradie & Tolley in Branch, Bayliss, Bittencourt-Silva, Conradie, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo & Tolley 2019 Broadley & Howell 1991 Lanza 1990 Pietersen 2014 Rasmussen 1989 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   * Dipsadoboa montisilva Mozambique Nocturnal Tree Snake Branch, Conradie & Tolley in Branch, Bayliss, Bittencourt-Silva, Conradie, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo & Tolley 2019 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 [as "cf. s. shrevei"] Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)   Dispholidus viridis Green Boomslang Pietersen, Verburght & Davies 2021 Genus Meizodon (African Smooth Snakes)   Meizodon semiornatus Semi-ornate Smooth Snake Branch 1998 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Lanza 1983 Lanza 1990 Loveridge 1957 Pitman 1974 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schatti 1985 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)   Natriciteres olivacea Olive Marsh Snake Branch 1998 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Lanza 1990 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Pitman 1974 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Natriciteres sylvatica Eastern Forest Marsh Snake Branch 1998 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 [as variegata] Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)   Philothamnus angolensis Angolan Green Snake Blake 1965 [as P. i. irregularis] Branch 1998 Broadley 1963 [as P. i. irregularis] Broadley 1966 [as P. i. irregularis] Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Jesus, Nagy, Branch, Wink, Brehm & Harris 2009 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 [as P. irregularis]   Philothamnus carinatus Barred Green Snake Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 [as "cf. carinatus"]   Philothamnus heterolepidotus Slender Green Snake Broadley 1966 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Philothamnus hoplogaster Southeastern Green Snake Branch 1998 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Jesus, Nagy, Branch, Wink, Brehm & Harris 2009 Loveridge 1957 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Philothamnus macrops Usambara Green Snake Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020   Philothamnus natalensis Eastern Natal Green Snake Branch 1998 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Philothamnus punctatus Speckled Green Snake Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley & Howell 1991 Lanza 1990 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Philothamnus semivariegatus Variegated Bush Snake Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Jesus, Nagy, Branch, Wink, Brehm & Harris 2009 Manacas 1959 Pitman 1974 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)   Telescopus semiannulatus Southern Tiger Snake Broadley 1966 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)   Thelotornis capensis Southern Vine Snake Blake 1965 Broadley & Wallach 2002 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2001 Broadley 2008 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Thelotornis mossambicanus Eastern Vine Snake Branch 1998 Broadley & Wallach 2002 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2001 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995   Thelotornis usambaricus Usambara Vine Snake Broadley & Farooq 2013  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Aspidelaps (Shield-nosed Cobras)   Aspidelaps scutatus Shield-nosed Coral Snake Branch 1998 Broadley & Baldwin 2006 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Manacas 1959 Manacas 1981 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)   Dendroaspis intermedius Eastern Green Mamba Broadley & Howell 1991 [as D. angusticeps] Broadley 1966 [as D. angusticeps] Broadley 1983 [as D. angusticeps] David & Ineich 1999 [as D. angusticeps] Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 [as D. angusticeps] Loveridge 1957 [as D. angusticeps] Manacas 1981 [as D. angusticeps] Pietersen 2014 [as D. angusticeps] Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 [as D. angusticeps] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as D. angusticeps]   Dendroaspis polylepis Black Mamba Broadley 1963 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 David & Ineich 1999 Haakansson & Madsen 1983 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Loveridge 1957 Manacas 1961 Manacas 1981 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Pitman 1974 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)   Elapsoidea boulengeri Zambezi Garter Snake Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 David & Ineich 1999 Manacas 1981 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995   Elapsoidea sundevallii Southern African Garter Snake Blake 1965 Branch 1998 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Loveridge 1957 Manacas 1981 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja annulifera African Banded Cobra Broadley & Wuster 2004 Broadley 1962 [as N. h. haje] Broadley 1963 [as N. h. haje] Broadley 1966 Broadley 1968 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1995 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Manacas 1981 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 [as N. haje]   Naja mossambica Mozambique Spitting Cobra Blake 1965 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1966 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 David & Ineich 1999 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Manacas 1959 Manacas 1981 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wuster, Crookes, Ineich, Mane, Pook, Trape & Broadley 2007   Naja subfulva Brown Forest Cobra Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Branch 1998 [as N. melanoleuca] Broadley & Howell 1991 [as N. melanoleuca] Broadley 1962 Broadley 1966 [as N. melanoleuca] Broadley 1968 [as N. melanoleuca] Broadley 1990 [as N. melanoleuca] Broadley 1992 [as N. melanoleuca] Broadley 2008 [as N. melanoleuca] Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 [as N. melanoleuca] David & Ineich 1999 [as N. melanoleuca] Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 [as N. melanoleuca] Manacas 1981 [as N. melanoleuca] Pitman 1974 [as N. melanoleuca] Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 [as N. melanoleuca] Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 [as N. melanoleuca] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as N. melanoleuca]  Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes) Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)   Hydrophis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Broadley 1966 David & Ineich 1999 Frade & Manacas 1955 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Alopecion (Spotted House Snake)   Alopecion guttatum Spotted House Snake Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes)   Amblyodipsas bicolor Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake Branch 1998 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Manacas 1959 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Amblyodipsas microphthalma Eastern Purple-glossed Snake Branch 1998 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Manacas 1959 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Amblyodipsas polylepis Common Purple-glossed Snake Branch 1998 Broadley 1964 [as miolepis] Broadley 1966 [as Calamelaps unicolor miolepis] Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Lanza 1983 Lanza 1990 Loveridge 1957 [as Calamelaps unicolor warreni] Manacas 1961 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Amblyodipsas sabiensis Sabi Quill-snouted Snake Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Amblyodipsas transvaalensis Transvaal Quill-snouted Snake Branch 1998 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1990 Broadley 2008 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)   Aparallactus capensis Cape Centipede Eater Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Loveridge 1957 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Aparallactus guentheri East African Black Centipede Eater Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Aparallactus lunulatus Reticulated Centipede Eater Branch 1998 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Loveridge 1957 Manacas 1959 Pitman 1974 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Villiers 1975 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   * Aparallactus nigriceps Mozambique Centipede Eater Branch 1998 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Pietersen 2014 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)   Atractaspis bibronii Southern Stiletto Snake Blake 1965 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1991 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Laurent 1950 Loveridge 1957 Manacas 1981 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)   Boaedon capensis Brown House Snake Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 [as B. fuliginosus] Blake 1965 [as f. fuliginosus] Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 [as fuliginosus] Broadley 1962 [as f. fuliginosus] Broadley 1964 [as f. fuliginosus] Broadley 1966 [as f. fuliginosus] Broadley 1990 [as fuliginosus] Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Hughes 1997 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 [as fuliginosus] Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 [as fuliginosus] Genus Chilorhinophis (Black-and-Yellow Burrowing Snakes)   Chilorhinophis butleri Sudan Black-and-Yellow Burrowing Snake Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Duberria (African Slug Eaters)   Duberria lutrix Common Slug Eater Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Duberria shirana Shire Slug Eater Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016   Duberria variegata Spotted Slug Eater Branch 1998 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1990 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Gracililima (Black File Snake)   Gracililima nyassae Black File Snake Broadley 1966 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Lanza 1983 Loveridge 1957 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Hemirhagerrhis (Bark Snakes)   Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia Southeastern Bark Snake Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley & Hughes 2000 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)   Limaformosa capensis Cape File Snake Blake 1965 Broadley 1966 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Manacas 1959 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Lycodonomorphus (Southern African Water Snakes)   Lycodonomorphus mlanjensis Mulanje White-bellied Water Snake Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 [as leleupi]   Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris Floodplain Water Snake Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Kyle, Alexander & Preez 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Lycodonomorphus rufulus Common Brown Water Snake Broadley 1962 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1967 Broadley 1990 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Lycodonomorphus whytii Malawi Water Snake Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1967 Loveridge 1957 Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)   Lycophidion acutirostre Mozambique Wolf Snake Broadley 1996 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002   Lycophidion capense Cape Wolf Snake Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Branch 1976 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1996 Manacas 1959 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Lycophidion nanum Dwarf Wolf Snake Broadley 1983 Broadley 1996 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Lycophidion pygmaeum Pygmy Wolf Snake Jordaan, Cutler & Snijder 2021   * Lycophidion semiannule East African Wolf Snake Broadley 1992 Broadley 1996 Broadley 2008 Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)   Prosymna janii Mozambique Shovel-snout Branch 1998 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Prosymna lineata Lineolate Shovel-snout Broadley 1966 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Prosymna pitmani Multi-scaled Shovel-snout Pietersen & Stanton 2019   Prosymna stuhlmannii East African Shovel-snout Branch 1998 Broadley 1966 [as P. a. ambigua] Broadley 1980 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Loveridge 1957 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis angolensis Dwarf Sand Snake Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Loveridge 1957 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Psammophis brevirostris Short-snouted Grass Snake Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Psammophis crucifer Cross-marked Grass Snake Broadley 1977 Broadley 2002 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Psammophis mossambicus East African Olive Grass Snake Broadley 1990 [as P. phillipsii] Hughes 1983 [as P. phillipsi] Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 [as P. phillipsi] Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019   Psammophis orientalis Eastern Stripe-bellied Sand Snake Branch 1998 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2002 Broadley 2008 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019   Psammophis subtaeniatus Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1977 Broadley 2002 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Psammophis sudanensis Sudan Sand Snake Blake 1964 Blake 1965 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Loveridge 1957 Manacas 1959 Pitman 1974 Genus Psammophylax (Skaapstekers)   Psammophylax tritaeniatus Southern Striped Skaapsteker Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1976 Manacas 1959 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Psammophylax variabilis Grey-bellied Skaapsteker Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1976 Broadley 1983 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Keates, Conradie, Greenbaum & Edwards 2019 Loveridge 1957 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Pseudaspis (African Mole Snake)   Pseudaspis cana African Mole Snake Broadley 1966 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Rhamphiophis (Beaked Snakes)   Rhamphiophis rostratus Rufous Beaked Snake Blake 1965 Branch 1998 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Chirio & Ineich 1991 Lanza 1990 Loveridge 1957 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Pitman 1974 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Leptotyphlops (Typical Thread Snakes)   Leptotyphlops distanti Transvaal Thread Snake Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Wallach 1997 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1983 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Leptotyphlops incognitus Incognito Thread Snake Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Wallach 1997 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1966 [as L. conjuncta] Broadley 1983 Broadley 1990 [as L. conjunctus] Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Hahn 1980 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   * Leptotyphlops pungwensis Pungwe Thread Snake Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Wallach 1997 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Leptotyphlops scutifrons Zambezi Thread Snake Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Wallach 1997 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Hahn 1980 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Leptotyphlops telloi Maputo Thread Snake Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Wallach 1997 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)   Myriopholis ionidesi Liwale Thread Snake Broadley & Wallach 2007   Myriopholis longicauda Southern African Long-tailed Thread Snake Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley & Wallach 1997 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1966 Hahn 1980 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python natalensis Southern Rock Python Broadley 1962 [as sebae] Broadley 1966 [as sebae] Broadley 1984 Broadley 1990 Broadley 2008 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 Manacas 1961 [as sebae] Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 [as sebae]  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)   Afrotyphlops fornasinii East African Blind Snake Branch 1998 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Afrotyphlops mucruso Zambezi Giant Blind Snake Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Blake 1965 Branch 1998 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Hahn 1980 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002   Afrotyphlops obtusus Southern Gracile Blind Snake Broadley & Wallach 2007 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Afrotyphlops rondoensis Rondo Blind Snake Blake 1965 Broadley 1966   Afrotyphlops schlegelii Variable Giant Blind Snake Branch 1998 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Hahn 1980 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Rhinotyphlops (African Beaked Blind Snakes)   Rhinotyphlops lalandei Cape Blind Snake Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Atheris (African Bush Vipers)   * Atheris mabuensis Mount Mabu Bush Viper Branch & Bayliss 2009 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Bitis (African Adders)   Bitis arietans Common Puff Adder Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Blake 1965 Branch 1998 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 David & Ineich 1999 Manacas 1959 [as lachesis] Manacas 1961 [as l. lachesis] Manacas 1981 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995   Bitis atropos Cape Mountain Adder Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Bitis gabonica Gaboon Adder Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 Doucet 1963 Hughes & Barry 1969 Loveridge 1957 Manacas 1961 Manacas 1981 Pitman 1974 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Causus (Night Adders)   Causus defilippii Snouted Night Adder Blake 1965 Branch 1998 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1964 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 David & Ineich 1999 Loveridge 1957 Manacas 1959 Manacas 1981 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995   Causus resimus Green Night Adder Fischer & Hinkel 1992 Lanza 1983 Lanza 1990 Loveridge 1957 Manacas 1981 Pitman 1974   Causus rhombeatus Rhombic Night Adder Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 David & Ineich 1999 Manacas 1959 Manacas 1981 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Proatheris (Lowland Swamp Viper)   Proatheris superciliaris Lowland Swamp Viper Blake 1965 Branch 1998 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1983 David & Ineich 1999 Loveridge 1957 Manacas 1981 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 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 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Hughes in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Hughes in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Hughes in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Hughes in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Broadley 1966 Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Hughes in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005  Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles) Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)   Pelomedusa galeata South African Helmeted Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Pelomedusa subrufa Common Helmeted Turtle Boycott & Bourquin 2008 Broadley 1966 King & Burke 1989 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)   Pelusios castanoides Yellow-bellied Mud Turtle Branch 1998 Broadley 1966 [as castaneus] Broadley 1990 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 King & Burke 1989 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Pelusios rhodesianus Zambian Mud Turtle Broadley & Boycott 2008 Broadley 1966 King & Burke 1989 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Pelusios sinuatus East African Serrated Mud Turtle Broadley & Boycott 2009 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 King & Burke 1989 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Pelusios subniger East African Black Mud Turtle Blake 1964 Branch 1998 Broadley 1962 Broadley 1963 Broadley 1966 Broadley 1992 Broadley 2008 Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 King & Burke 1989 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)   Kinixys natalensis Natal Hinge-back Tortoise Broadley 1993 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Kinixys spekii Eastern Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Broadley 1993 Hailey, Broadley, Boycott & Spawls 2021 Ihlow, Farooq, Gvozdik, Hofmeyr, Conradie, Campbell, Harvey, Verburgt & Fritz 2019 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005   Kinixys zombensis Southeastern Hinge-back Tortoise Bittencourt-Silva, Bayliss & Conradie 2020 Blake 1964 [as belliana] Branch 1998 [as belliana] Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 [as belliana] Broadley 1966 [as belliana] Broadley 1993 [as belliana] Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo, Scott & Tolley 2016 [as belliana] Jacobsen, Pietersen & Pietersen 2010 [as belliana] King & Burke 1989 [as belliana] McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Tabaka 2005 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Portik, Mulungu, Sequeira & McEntee 2013 [as belliana] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 [as belliana] Genus Stigmochelys (Leopard Tortoise)   Stigmochelys pardalis Leopard Tortoise Broadley 1966 King & Burke 1989 Pietersen 2014 Pietersen, Pietersen & Haacke 2013 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Cycloderma (Central African Flapshell Turtles)   Cycloderma frenatum Zambezi Flapshell Turtle Branch 1998 Branch, Roedel & Marais 2005 Broadley & Sachsse 2011 Broadley 1966 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schneider, Buramuge, Aliasse & Serfontein 2005 Wermuth & Mertens 1977