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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 Monopeltis (Spade-snouted Worm Lizards)   Monopeltis decosteri Delagoa Bay Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 [as capensis]   Monopeltis infuscata Dusky Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 [as capensis "Group B"] Genus Zygaspis (Purple Round-headed Worm Lizards)   Zygaspis vandami Mpumalanga Round-headed Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1997 Gans 2005

	Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)   Crocodylus niloticus Nile Crocodile Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Acanthocercus (Ridgeback Agamas)   Acanthocercus atricollis Black-necked Ridgeback Agama Anonymous 2002 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)   Agama aculeata Kalahari Spiny Agama Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   Agama atra Southern Rock Agama Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Bradypodion (Southern African Dwarf Chameleons)   Bradypodion transvaalense Transvaal Dwarf Chameleon Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Glaw 2015 Jacobsen 1989 [as "cf. transvaalense"] Tilbury 2010 Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo dilepis Flap-necked Chameleon Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989  Family Cordylidae (Girdled Lizards) Genus Chamaesaura (African Grass Lizards)   Chamaesaura aenea Coppery Grass Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   Chamaesaura anguina Southern Highland Grass Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   Chamaesaura macrolepis Large-scaled Grass Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Cordylus (Girdled Lizards)   Cordylus jonesii Limpopo Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Branch 2002 Jacobsen 1989   Cordylus vittifer Transvaal Girdled Lizard Bates & Broadley 2012 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Platysaurus (Flat Lizards)   Platysaurus intermedius Common Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1978 Jacobsen 1989   Platysaurus lebomboensis Lebombo Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1994   Platysaurus orientalis Sekukhune Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Pseudocordylus (Eastern Crag Lizards)   Pseudocordylus melanotus Common Crag Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Smaug (Dragon Girdled Lizards)   * Smaug barbertonensis Barberton Girdled Lizard Bates & Stanley 2020 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Stanley & Bates 2014   Smaug giganteus Giant Girdled Lizard Armstrong 2011 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   Smaug swazicus Swazi Girdled Lizard Bates & Stanley 2020   Smaug vandami Gravelotte Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Stanley & Bates 2014   Smaug warreni Lebombo Girdled Lizard Bates & Stanley 2020 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Stanley & Bates 2014  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Afroedura (Flat Geckos)   * Afroedura haackei Nelspruit Flat Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Onderstall 1984   Afroedura langi Lowveld Flat Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   Afroedura leoloensis Leolo Hills Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   Afroedura marleyi Zulu Flat Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura rondavelica Rondavels Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Genus Chondrodactylus (Giant Ground Gecko and Thick-toed Geckos)   Chondrodactylus turneri Zambezi Thick-toed Gecko Heinz, Brennan, Jackman & Bauer 2021 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus mabouia Cosmopolitan House Gecko Jacobsen 1989 Genus Homopholis (African Velvet Geckos)   Homopholis arnoldi Mahalapye Velvet Gecko Broadley, Jackman & Bauer 2014   Homopholis wahlbergii Southern African Velvet Gecko Broadley, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)   Lygodactylus capensis Cape Dwarf Gecko Douglas 1993 Jacobsen 1989 Rebelo, Bates, Burger, Branch & Conradie 2019   Lygodactylus nigropunctatus Common Black-spotted Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1992   Lygodactylus ocellatus Common Ocellated Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Genus Pachydactylus (Typical Thick-toed Geckos)   Pachydactylus affinis Transvaal Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Lamb 2002 Bauer & Lamb 2005 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   Pachydactylus capensis Common Cape Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989   Pachydactylus maculatus Spotted Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   Pachydactylus punctatus Speckled Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   Pachydactylus vansoni Soutpansberg Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Jacobsen 1989  Family Gerrhosauridae (Plated Lizards) Genus Broadleysaurus (Rough-scaled Plated Lizard)   Broadleysaurus major Rough-scaled Plated Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Gerrhosaurus (Typical Plated Lizards)   Gerrhosaurus flavigularis Yellow-throated Plated Lizard Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Jacobsen 1989   Gerrhosaurus intermedius Eastern Black-lined Plated Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Branch 1998 [as nigrolineatus] Jacobsen 1989 [as nigrolineatus] Genus Matobosaurus (Giant Plated Lizards)   Matobosaurus validus Eastern Giant Plated Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Tetradactylus (Plated Snake Lizards)   Tetradactylus breyeri Transvaal Plated Snake Lizard Bates 1996 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Heliobolus (Bushveld Lizards)   Heliobolus lugubris Southern African Bushveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Marques, Ceriaco, Heinicke, Chehouri, Conradie, Tolley & Bauer 2022 Genus Ichnotropis (Rough-scaled Lizards)   Ichnotropis capensis Southern Rough-scaled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Meroles (Southwest African Desert Lizards)   Meroles squamulosus Rough-scaled Desert Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Nucras (Sandveld Lizards)   Nucras holubi Southern Sandveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989   Nucras intertexta Spotted Sandveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989   Nucras lalandii Southeastern Sandveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   Nucras ornata Ornate Sandveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1972 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Pedioplanis (African Sand Lizards)   Pedioplanis burchelli Southern Sand Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   Pedioplanis lineoocellata Spotted Sand Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Acontias (Greater Legless Skinks)   * Acontias albigularis White-throated Legless Skink Conradie, Busschau & Edwards 2018   Acontias gracilicauda Thin-tailed Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Greer 1969 Conradie, Busschau & Edwards 2018 Jacobsen 1989   Acontias occidentalis Western Black Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Greer 1969   Acontias plumbeus Giant Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Greer 1969 Jacobsen 1989 Zhao, Verdu-Ricoy, Mohlakoana, Jordaan, Conradie & Heideman 2019   Acontias wakkerstroomensis Wakkerstroom Legless Skink Conradie, Busschau & Edwards 2018 Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)   Mochlus sundevallii Common Savanna Supple Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1966 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)   Panaspis maculicollus Spotted-neck Snake-eyed Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen & Broadley 2000 Jacobsen 1989 [as Panaspis sp. nov.]   Panaspis wahlbergii Savanna Snake-eyed Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen & Broadley 2000 Jacobsen 1989 Medina, Bauer, Branch, Schmitz, Conradie, Nagy, Hibbitts, Ernst, Portik, Nielsen, Colston, Kusamba, Behangana, Roedel & Greenbaum 2016 Genus Scelotes (Dwarf Burrowing Skinks)   Scelotes bidigittatus Lowveld Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1994 Jacobsen 1989   Scelotes mirus Montane Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1994 Jacobsen 1989   Scelotes mossambicus Mozambique Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1994 Jacobsen 1989 [as brevipes] Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)   Trachylepis capensis Cape Skink Jacobsen 1989   Trachylepis damarana Damara Variable Skink Weinell & Bauer 2018   Trachylepis depressa Eastern Coastal Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014   Trachylepis homalocephala Red-sided Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   Trachylepis margaritifer African Rainbow Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989   Trachylepis punctatissima Montane Speckled Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 2000 Jacobsen 1989   Trachylepis striata Eastern Striped Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 2000 Jacobsen 1989   Trachylepis varia Savanna Variable Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus albigularis White-throated Monitor Jacobsen 1989   Varanus niloticus Nile Monitor Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Rhyn 1991

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)   Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Common Herald Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)   Dasypeltis inornata Southern Brown Egg Eater Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Dasypeltis scabra Common African Egg Eater Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Dipsadoboa (Nocturnal Tree Snakes)   Dipsadoboa aulica Cross-barred Nocturnal Tree Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Rasmussen 1989 Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)   Dispholidus viridis Green Boomslang Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 [as D. typus] Genus Meizodon (African Smooth Snakes)   Meizodon semiornatus Semi-ornate Smooth Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)   Philothamnus hoplogaster Southeastern Green Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Philothamnus natalensis Eastern Natal Green Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989   Philothamnus occidentalis Western Natal Green Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Philothamnus semivariegatus Variegated Bush Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)   Telescopus semiannulatus Southern Tiger Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)   Thelotornis capensis Southern Vine Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Wallach 2002 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2001 Jacobsen 1989  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Aspidelaps (Shield-nosed Cobras)   Aspidelaps scutatus Shield-nosed Coral Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Baldwin 2006 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Jacobsen 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)   Dendroaspis polylepis Black Mamba Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)   Elapsoidea boulengeri Zambezi Garter Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 Jacobsen 1989   Elapsoidea sundevallii Southern African Garter Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Hemachatus (Ring-necked Spitting Cobra)   Hemachatus haemachates Ring-necked Spitting Cobra Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja annulifera African Banded Cobra Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Wuster 2004 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Naja mossambica Mozambique Spitting Cobra Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wuster, Crookes, Ineich, Mane, Pook, Trape & Broadley 2007  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Alopecion (Spotted House Snake)   Alopecion guttatum Spotted House Snake Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes)   Amblyodipsas bicolor Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014   Amblyodipsas concolor Natal Purple-glossed Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Amblyodipsas polylepis Common Purple-glossed Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Amplorhinus (Many-spotted Snake)   Amplorhinus multimaculatus Many-spotted Snake Bates 1996 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)   Aparallactus capensis Cape Centipede Eater Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Aparallactus lunulatus Reticulated Centipede Eater Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)   Atractaspis bibronii Southern Stiletto Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1991 Jacobsen 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)   Boaedon capensis Brown House Snake Broadley 1983 [as fuliginosus] Jacobsen 1989 [as fuliginosus] Genus Duberria (African Slug Eaters)   Duberria lutrix Common Slug Eater Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Gracililima (Black File Snake)   Gracililima nyassae Black File Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Hemirhagerrhis (Bark Snakes)   Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia Southeastern Bark Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Hughes 2000 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Homoroselaps (African Harlequin Snakes)   Homoroselaps dorsalis Striped Harlequin Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989   Homoroselaps lacteus Spotted Harlequin Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Inyoka (Swazi Rock Snake)   Inyoka swazicus Swazi Rock Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Lamprophis (SubSaharan House Snakes)   Lamprophis aurora Aurora House Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Lamprophis fuscus Yellow-bellied House Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)   Limaformosa capensis Cape File Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Lycodonomorphus (Southern African Water Snakes)   Lycodonomorphus inornatus Olive-brown House Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Lycodonomorphus laevissimus Dusky-bellied Water Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Haagner & Branch 1994 Jacobsen 1989   Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris Floodplain Water Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Lycodonomorphus rufulus Common Brown Water Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)   Lycophidion capense Cape Wolf Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1976 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1996 Jacobsen 1989   Lycophidion variegatum Variegated Wolf Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1976 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)   Prosymna bivittata Two-striped Shovel-snout Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Prosymna lineata Lineolate Shovel-snout Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Prosymna stuhlmannii East African Shovel-snout Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis angolensis Dwarf Sand Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Psammophis brevirostris Short-snouted Grass Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Psammophis crucifer Cross-marked Grass Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Jacobsen 1989   Psammophis mossambicus East African Olive Grass Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 [as P. phillipsii] Broadley 2002 Jacobsen 1989 [as P. phillipsii] Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019   Psammophis subtaeniatus Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Jacobsen 1989   Psammophis trinasalis Kalahari Sand Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Genus Psammophylax (Skaapstekers)   Psammophylax rhombeatus Spotted Skaapsteker Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Psammophylax tritaeniatus Southern Striped Skaapsteker Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Pseudaspis (African Mole Snake)   Pseudaspis cana African Mole Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Rhamphiophis (Beaked Snakes)   Rhamphiophis rostratus Rufous Beaked Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Leptotyphlops (Typical Thread Snakes)   Leptotyphlops conjunctus Cape Thread Snake Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Wallach 1997 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Leptotyphlops distanti Transvaal Thread Snake Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Leptotyphlops incognitus Incognito Thread Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Leptotyphlops jacobseni Lydenburg Thread Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Broadley 1999   Leptotyphlops scutifrons Zambezi Thread Snake Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)   Myriopholis longicauda Southern African Long-tailed Thread Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python natalensis Southern Rock Python Branch 2016 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)   Afrotyphlops bibronii Southern African Blind Snake Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Afrotyphlops schlegelii Variable Giant Blind Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Rhinotyphlops (African Beaked Blind Snakes)   Rhinotyphlops lalandei Cape Blind Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Bitis (African Adders)   Bitis arietans Common Puff Adder Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989   Bitis atropos Cape Mountain Adder Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Causus (Night Adders)   Causus defilippii Snouted Night Adder Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Jacobsen 1989   Causus rhombeatus Rhombic Night Adder Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles) Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)   Pelomedusa subrufa Common Helmeted Turtle Jacobsen 1989 Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)   Pelusios sinuatus East African Serrated Mud Turtle Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Boycott 2009 Jacobsen 1989   Pelusios subniger East African Black Mud Turtle Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Hoffman & Bank 2001  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)   Kinixys lobatsiana Lobatse Hinge-back Tortoise Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1993 Ihlow, Huyssteen, Vamberger, Cory-Toussaint, Hofmeyr & Fritz 2020   Kinixys natalensis Natal Hinge-back Tortoise Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1993 Haagner 1992 Jacobsen 1989   Kinixys spekii Eastern Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 2010 Hailey, Broadley, Boycott & Spawls 2021 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Stigmochelys (Leopard Tortoise)   Stigmochelys pardalis Leopard Tortoise Jacobsen 1989