Reptiles of
Niger 

 

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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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Worm Lizards (Amphisbaenia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Amphisbaenidae (Typical Worm Lizards)
Genus Cynisca (West African Round-headed Worm Lizards)
 
Cynisca leucura

White-tailed Worm Lizard

Chirio 2009 Mane & Trape 2015

Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)
Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)
  EX
Crocodylus suchus

West African Crocodile

Chirio 2009 Fuchs, Mertens & Wermuth 1974 King & Burke 1989 [as niloticus] Lescure 2014 Papenfuss 1969 [as niloticus] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth & Mertens 1977

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)
 
Agama boueti

Mali Agama

Berre 1989 Chirio 2009 Geniez, Padial & Crochet 2011 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1979 Joger 1981 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Vasconcelos Goncalves, Àlvares & Brito 2013 Wermuth 1967
 
Agama paragama

West African Tree Agama

Chirio 2009 Joger 1981 Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Boehme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Roedel & Wagner 2016 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Vasconcelos Goncalves, Àlvares & Brito 2013
 
Agama picticauda

Ada Foah Agama

Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Boehme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Roedel & Wagner 2016
 
Agama sankaranica

Sankaranian Agama

Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Agama tassiliensis

Tassili Agama

Berre 1989 [as impalearis] Geniez, Padial & Crochet 2011 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Joger 1981 [as impalearis] Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 [as Agama sp.] Papenfuss 1969 [as impalearis] Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 [as impalearis] Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Trapelus (Afro-Asian Ground Agamas)
 
Trapelus mutabilis

North African Desert Agama

Berre 1989 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Papenfuss 1969 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as mutabilis complex]
Genus Uromastyx (Western Spiny-tailed Agamas)
 
Uromastyx geyri

Central Saharan Spiny-tailed Agama

Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wilms & Boehme 2001 Wilms 2001 Wilms, Boehme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009
 Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)
 
Chamaeleo africanus

Sahel Chameleon

Berre 1989 Chirio 2009 Glaw 2015 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Joger 1981 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Papenfuss 1969 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Vasconcelos Goncalves, Àlvares & Brito 2013
 
Chamaeleo senegalensis

Senegal Chameleon

Glaw 2015 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos)
Genus Hemitheconyx (African Fat-tailed Geckos)
 
Hemitheconyx caudicinctus

West African Fat-tailed Gecko

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus angulatus

West African House Gecko

Berre 1989 [as brookii] Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Joger 1979 [as brooki] Joger 1981 [as brooki] Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)
 
Lygodactylus gutturalis

Chevron-throated Dwarf Gecko

Chirio & LeBreton 2007
Genus Stenodactylus (Afro-Asian Thin-toed Geckos)
 
Stenodactylus petrii

North African Thin-toed Gecko

Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Stenodactylus sthenodactylus

Elegant Thin-toed Gecko

Arnold 1980 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Joger 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Tropiocolotes (Afro-Asian Desert Dwarf Geckos)
 
Tropiocolotes nubicus

Nubian Dwarf Gecko

Machado, Salvi, Harris, Brito, Crochet, Geniez, Ahmadzadeh & Carranza 2021
 
Tropiocolotes tripolitanus

Tripoli Dwarf Gecko

Berre 1989 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Joger 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Szczerbak & Golubev 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)
 
Acanthodactylus boskianus

Afro-Arabian Fringe-toed Lizard

Berre 1989 Brito, Rebelo, Crochet & Geniez 2008 Chirio 2009 [as "cf. boskianus"] Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Joger 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Salvador 1982 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Acanthodactylus dumerilii

Lesser Fringe-toed Lizard

Brito, Rebelo, Crochet & Geniez 2008 [as senegalensis] Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 [as senegalensis] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as senegalensis] Vasconcelos Goncalves, Àlvares & Brito 2013 [as "cf. senegalensis"]
 
Acanthodactylus guineensis

Guinea Fringe-toed Lizard

Arnold 1983 Chirio 2009 Joger & Lambert 1996 Meinig & Boehme 2002 Papenfuss 1969 Szczerbak 1975 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Acanthodactylus longipes

Long-footed Fringe-toed Lizard

Arnold 1983 Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Salvador 1982 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Vasconcelos Goncalves, Àlvares & Brito 2013
 
Acanthodactylus scutellatus

Nidua Fringe-toed Lizard

Arnold 1983 Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Salvador 1982 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Heliobolus (Bushveld Lizards)
 
Heliobolus nitida

Red-tailed Bushveld Lizard

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 Ineich & Chirio 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Latastia (African Long-tailed Lizards)
 
Latastia longicaudata

Common Long-tailed Lizard

Berre 1989 Chirio 2009 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Joger 1979 Joger 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Mesalina (Afro-Asian Desert Lizards)
 
Mesalina guttulata

Common Small-spotted Desert Lizard

Berre 1989 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Szczerbak 1975 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Mesalina pasteuri

Sahara Desert Lizard

Bischoff 1991 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Pizzigalli, Crochet, Geniez, Martinez-Freiria, Velo-Anton & Brito 2021 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Vasconcelos Goncalves, Àlvares & Brito 2013 Yousefkhani, Marin & Rastegar-Pouyani 2015
 
Mesalina rubropunctata

Red-spotted Desert Lizard

Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Szczerbak 1975 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Philochortus (Shield-backed Ground Lizards)
 
Philochortus zolii

Saharan Shield-backed Ground Lizard

Berre 1989 [as lhotei] Bischoff 1991 [as lhotei] Papenfuss 1969 [as lhotei] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 [as lhotei] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Ptyodactylus (Fan-toed Geckos)
 
Ptyodactylus togoensis

Sahelian Fan-toed Gecko

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as P. ragazzii] Chirio 2009 [as P. ragazzii] Heimes 1987 [as P. ragazzii] Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 [as P. ragazzii] Joger 1981 [as P. hasselquistii] Metallinou, Cervenka, Crochet, Kratochvil, Wilms, Geniez, Shobrak, Brito & Carranza 2015 Papenfuss 1969 [as P. hasselquistii] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 [as P. ragazzii] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as P. ragazzii] Wake & Kluge 1961 [as P. h. hasselquistii]
Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)
 
Tarentola annularis

Egyptian White-spotted Gecko

Joger 1984 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Tarentola ephippiata

African Wall Gecko

Berre 1989 Chirio 2009 Joger 1981 Joger 1984 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Tarentola hoggarensis

Hoggar Wall Gecko

Berre 1989 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Joger 1984 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)
 
Chalcides delislei

Central Saharan Three-fingered Skink

Berre 1989 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Chalcides ocellatus

Mediterranean Ocellated Skink

Berre 1989 Greenbaum, Campbell & Raxworthy 2006 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)
 
Mochlus mocquardi

Chad Supple Skink

Chirio 2009 [as sundevalli] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Panaspis togoensis

Togo Snake-eyed Skink

Chirio 2009 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Scincopus (Tiger Skinks)
 
Scincopus fasciatus

Banded Tiger Skink

Berre 1989 Chirio 2009 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Lanza & Corsi 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Vasconcelos Goncalves, Àlvares & Brito 2013
Genus Scincus (Sand Fish)
 
Scincus albifasciatus

White-banded Sand Fish

Arnold & Leviton 1977 Geniez, Mateo, Geniez & Pether 2004 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)
 
Trachylepis affinis

Lesser Brown-flanked Skink

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis perrotetii

Orange-flanked Skink

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis quinquetaeniata

African Five-lined Skink

Chirio 2009 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Koppetsch 2020 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus exanthematicus

Western Savanna Monitor

Bayless 2002 Bennett in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 Mertens 1963 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Varanus griseus

Desert Monitor

Bayless 2002 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Vasconcelos Goncalves, Alvares & Brito 2013
 
Varanus niloticus

Nile Monitor

Bayless 2002 Boehme & Ziegler 1997 Chirio 2009 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)
 
Eryx colubrinus

East African Sand Boa

Berre 1989 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Papenfuss 1969 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Stimson 1969 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015
 
Eryx muelleri

West African Sand Boa

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Bamanophis (West African Whip Snake)
 
Bamanophis dorri

West African Whip Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019
Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)
 
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Common Herald Snake

Chirio 2009 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)
 
Dasypeltis gansi

Savanna Egg Eater

Bates, Trape & Spawls 2013 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as fasciata] Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
 
Dasypeltis sahelensis

Sahel Egg Eater

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2009 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
Genus Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes)
 
Grayia smythii

Equatorial Water Snake

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 Joger & Lambert 1996 Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Lytorhynchus (Awl-headed Snakes)
 
Lytorhynchus diadema

Crowned Awl-headed Snake

Gasperetti 1988 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Meizodon (African Smooth Snakes)
 
Meizodon coronatus

West African Crowned Smooth Snake

Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)
 
Natriciteres olivacea

Olive Marsh Snake

Roman 1984 [as fuliginoides] Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)
 
Philothamnus irregularis

Irregular Green Snake

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2015
 
Philothamnus semivariegatus

Variegated Bush Snake

Chirio 2009 [as "cf. semivariegatus"]
 
Philothamnus smithii

Smith's Bush Snake

Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Spalerosophis (Diadem Snakes)
 
Spalerosophis diadema

Common Diadem Snake

Berre 1989 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Geniez 2018 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)
 
Telescopus tripolitanus

North African Cat Snake

Berre 1989 [as dhara] Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2009 Crochet, Rasmussen, Wilms, Geniez, Trape & Boehme 2008 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Papenfuss 1969 [as variegatus] Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015 Wilms, Wagner & Spawls 2021
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)
 
Elapsoidea semiannulata

Half-banded Garter Snake

Chirio 2009 David & Ineich 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja haje

Egyptian Cobra

Chirio 2009 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Shi, Vogel, Ding, Rao, Liu, Zhang, Wu & Chen 2022 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2015 Trape, Chirio, Broadley & Wuster 2009
 
Naja nigricollis

Black-necked Spitting Cobra

Berre 1989 Chirio 2009 Papenfuss 1969 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2015 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Naja nubiae

Nubian Spitting Cobra

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wuster & Broadley 2003
 
Naja savannula

West African Banded Cobra

David & Ineich 1999 [as N. melanoleuca] Roman 1984 [as N. melanoleuca] Trape & Mane 2015 [as N. melanoleuca] Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018
 
Naja senegalensis

Senegalese Cobra

Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2015 Trape, Chirio, Broadley & Wuster 2009
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)
 
Atractaspis micropholis

Sahelian Stiletto Snake

Chirio 2009 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2015 Trape, Mane & Ineich 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atractaspis watsoni

Sokoto Stiletto Snake

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015 Trape, Mane & Ineich 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)
 
Boaedon fuliginosus

Common African House Snake

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2015
 
Boaedon lineatus

Lined House Snake

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Dromophis (Olympic Snakes)
 
Dromophis lineatus

Lined Olympic Snake

Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2015
 
Dromophis praeornatus

Ornate Olympic Snake

Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Gonionotophis (Lesser File Snakes)
 
Gonionotophis grantii

Savanna Dwarf File Snake

Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Hemirhagerrhis (Bark Snakes)
 
Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia

Southeastern Bark Snake

Broadley & Hughes 2000 Chirio & Ineich 1993 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)
 
Limaformosa crossi

Savanna File Snake

Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)
 
Lycophidion semicinctum

Semi-annulated Wolf Snake

Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Malpolon (Montpellier Snakes)
 
Malpolon moilensis

Moila Snake

Berre 1989 Geniez 2018 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)
 
Prosymna collaris

Collared Shovel-snout

Broadley 1980 [as P. greigerti] Chirio 2009 Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)
 
Psammophis aegyptius

Sahara Sand Snake

Brito, Rebelo, Crochet & Geniez 2008 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015
 
Psammophis afroccidentalis

West African Sand Snake

Berre 1989 [as P. sibilans] Chirio 2009 [as rukwae] Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 [as rukwae] Papenfuss 1969 [as P. sibilans] Trape & Mane 2015 [as P. sibilans] Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
 
Psammophis elegans

Elegant Sand Snake

Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2015 Villiers 1975
 
Psammophis sudanensis

Sudan Sand Snake

Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
Genus Rhamphiophis (Montpellier Snakes)
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Rhamphiophis maradiensis

Maradi Beaked Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & Ineich 1991
 
Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus

Western Beaked Snake

Chirio & Ineich 1991 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)
 
Myriopholis adleri

Chadian Thread Snake

Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2015
 
Myriopholis algeriensis

Algerian Thread Snake

Hahn & Wallach 1998 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015 Trape 2002
 
Myriopholis boueti

Mali Thread Snake

Chirio 2009 Hahn 1980 [as narirostris] Ineich & Prudent 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as narirostris] Trape & Mane 2015
 
Myriopholis cairi

Egyptian Thread Snake

Gasperetti 1988 [as bilmaensis] Hahn & Wallach 1998 Hahn 1980 [as bilmaensis] Lanza 1990 [as bilmaensis] Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015 Trape 2002 [as bilmaensis]
Genus Tricheilostoma (West African Forest Thread Snakes)
 
Tricheilostoma bicolor

Bicoloured Thread Snake

Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Chirio 2009 Hahn & Wallach 1998 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Python (Typical Pythons)
 
Python regius

Ball Python

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Mane 2015
 
Python sebae

Northern Rock Python

Broadley 1984 Chirio 2009 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2015
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)
 
Afrotyphlops lineolatus

Lineolate Blind Snake

Chirio 2009 Trape & Mane 2015 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Afrotyphlops punctatus

Spotted Blind Snake

Hahn 1980 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2015 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Bitis (African Adders)
 
Bitis arietans

Common Puff Adder

Berre 1989 Chirio 2009 David & Ineich 1999 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Papenfuss 1969 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Causus (Night Adders)
 
Causus maculatus

West African Night Adder

Chirio 2009 David & Ineich 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2015
Genus Cerastes (Horned Vipers)
 
Cerastes cerastes

Sahara Horned Viper

Berre 1989 Geniez 2018 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Joger 1979 Joger 1981 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Papenfuss 1969 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015
 
Cerastes vipera

Sahara Sand Viper

Berre 1989 Geniez 2018 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape & Mane 2015 Vasconcelos Goncalves, Àlvares & Brito 2013
Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)
 
Echis leucogaster

White-bellied Carpet Viper

Berre 1989 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2009 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1976 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Joger 1979 Joger 1981 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Pook, Joger, Stumpel & Wuster 2009 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2015
 
Echis ocellatus

West African Carpet Viper

Chirio 2009 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1976 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Pook, Joger, Stumpel & Wuster 2009 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2015 Trape 2018
 
Echis romani

Chadian Carpet Viper

Trape 2018

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)
 
Pelomedusa olivacea

Sahelian Helmeted Turtle

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as subrufa] Chirio 2009 [as subrufa] Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Joger & Lambert 1996 [as subrufa] McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 [as subrufa] Petzold, Vargas-Ramirez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroky & Fritz 2014 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Vasconcelos Goncalves, Àlvares & Brito 2013
 
Pelomedusa subrufa

Common Helmeted Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)
 
Pelusios adansonii

Sahelian Mud Turtle

Bour 2008 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Pelusios castaneus

Chestnut Mud Turtle

Bour, Luiselli, Petrozzi, Segniabeto & Chirio 2016 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Centrochelys (African Spurred Tortoise)
 
Centrochelys sulcata

African Spurred Tortoise

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 Fritz & Havas 2006 Gasperetti, Stimson, Miller, Ross & Gasperetti 1993 Ineich, Chirio, Ascani, Rabeil & Newby 2014 Petrozzi, Hema, Demaya, Benansio, Eniang, Diagne, Segniagbeto & Luiselli 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)
 
Kinixys nogueyi

Western Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 King & Burke 1989 [as belliana] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as belliana]
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Cyclanorbis (SubSaharan Flapshell Turtles)
 
Cyclanorbis senegalensis

Senegal Flapshell Turtle

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2009 McGovern, Diagne, Diagne, Luiselli & Meylan 2021 Papenfuss 1969 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Trionyx (African Softshell Turtle)
 
Trionyx triunguis

African Softshell Turtle

Chirio 2009 King & Burke 1989 Papenfuss 1969 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012