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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 Dalophia (Blunt-tailed Worm Lizards)   Dalophia pistillum Zambezi Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Monopeltis (Spade-snouted Worm Lizards)   Monopeltis capensis Cape Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1997 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 [as capensis "Group A"] Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Monopeltis infuscata Dusky Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Monopeltis mauricei Botswana Spade-snouted Worm Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Zygaspis (Purple Round-headed Worm Lizards)   Zygaspis quadrifrons Kalahari Round-headed Worm Lizard Bates 1991 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Broadley 1997 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023

	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 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Acanthocercus (Ridgeback Agamas)   Acanthocercus atricollis Black-necked Ridgeback Agama Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco & Bauer 2021 Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer 2012 Wagner, Greenbaum, Bauer, Kusamba & Leache 2018 Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)   Agama aculeata Kalahari Spiny Agama Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Agama atra Southern Rock Agama Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo dilepis Flap-necked Chameleon Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Chamaeleo namaquensis Namaqua Chameleon Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014  Family Cordylidae (Girdled Lizards) Genus Cordylus (Girdled Lizards)   Cordylus jonesii Limpopo Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Branch 2002 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Cordylus vittifer Transvaal Girdled Lizard Bates & Broadley 2012 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Karusasaurus (Karoo Girdled Lizards)   Karusasaurus polyzonus Southern Karoo Girdled Lizard Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Chondrodactylus (Giant Ground Gecko and Thick-toed Geckos)   Chondrodactylus bibronii Tubercled Thick-toed Gecko Heinz, Brennan, Jackman & Bauer 2021 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Chondrodactylus turneri Zambezi Thick-toed Gecko Heinz, Brennan, Jackman & Bauer 2021 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus mabouia Cosmopolitan House Gecko Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Homopholis (African Velvet Geckos)   Homopholis arnoldi Mahalapye Velvet Gecko Broadley, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)   Lygodactylus bradfieldi Namibian Dwarf Gecko Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Lygodactylus capensis Cape Dwarf Gecko Jacobsen 1989 Rebelo, Bates, Burger, Branch & Conradie 2019 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   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 Jacobsen 1989 [as "cf. ocellatus"] Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Pachydactylus (Typical Thick-toed Geckos)   Pachydactylus affinis Transvaal Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Pachydactylus capensis Common Cape Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Pachydactylus wahlbergii Kalahari Ground Gecko Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Ptenopus (African Barking Geckos)   Ptenopus garrulus Common Barking Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023  Family Gerrhosauridae (Plated Lizards) Genus Gerrhosaurus (Typical Plated Lizards)   Gerrhosaurus flavigularis Yellow-throated Plated Lizard Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Heliobolus (Bushveld Lizards)   Heliobolus lugubris Southern African Bushveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Ichnotropis (Rough-scaled Lizards)   Ichnotropis capensis Southern Rough-scaled Lizard Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Meroles (Southwest African Desert Lizards)   Meroles squamulosus Rough-scaled Desert Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Nucras (Sandveld Lizards)   Nucras holubi Southern Sandveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Nucras intertexta Spotted Sandveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1972 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Nucras lalandii Southeastern Sandveld Lizard Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Nucras ornata Ornate Sandveld Lizard Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Pedioplanis (African Sand Lizards)   Pedioplanis lineoocellata Spotted Sand Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Pedioplanis namaquensis Namaqua Sand Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Acontias (Greater Legless Skinks)   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 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Acontias kgalagadi Kgalagadi Legless Skink Bates 1991 [as Typhlosaurus lineatus] Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Acontias occidentalis Western Black Legless Skink Bates 1996 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)   Mochlus sundevallii Common Savanna Supple Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1966 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)   Panaspis wahlbergii Savanna Snake-eyed Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen & Broadley 2000 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)   Trachylepis capensis Cape Skink Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Trachylepis damarana Damara Variable Skink Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Trachylepis laevigata Limpopo Variable Skink Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Trachylepis occidentalis Western Three-striped Skink Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Trachylepis punctatissima Montane Speckled Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 2000 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Trachylepis punctulata Eastern Variegated Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1975 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Trachylepis spilogaster Namibian Tree Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Trachylepis varia Savanna Variable Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Trachylepis variegata Western Variegated Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus albigularis White-throated Monitor Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Varanus niloticus Nile Monitor Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023

	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 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)   Dasypeltis scabra Common African Egg Eater Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)   Dispholidus viridis Green Boomslang Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 [as D. typus] Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)   Philothamnus hoplogaster Southeastern Green Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Philothamnus occidentalis Western Natal Green Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Philothamnus semivariegatus Variegated Bush Snake Bates 1996 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)   Telescopus semiannulatus Southern Tiger Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)   Thelotornis capensis Southern Vine Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 2001 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023  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 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)   Dendroaspis polylepis Black Mamba Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)   Elapsoidea boulengeri Zambezi Garter Snake Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Elapsoidea sundevallii Southern African Garter Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Scholtz, Barends & Alexander 2020 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 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja annulifera African Banded Cobra Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Wuster 2004 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Naja mossambica Mozambique Spitting Cobra Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Naja nivea Yellow Cobra Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Wuster 2004 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes)   Amblyodipsas bicolor Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Amblyodipsas polylepis Common Purple-glossed Snake Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)   Aparallactus capensis Cape Centipede Eater Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)   Atractaspis bibronii Southern Stiletto Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1991 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis duerdeni Beaked Stiletto Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)   Boaedon capensis Brown House Snake Broadley 1983 [as fuliginosus] Jacobsen 1989 [as fuliginosus] Schmidt 2002 [as fuliginosus] Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Duberria (African Slug Eaters)   Duberria lutrix Common Slug Eater Broadley 1983 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Gracililima (Black File Snake)   Gracililima nyassae Black File Snake Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Homoroselaps (African Harlequin Snakes)   Homoroselaps lacteus Spotted Harlequin Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Lamprophis (SubSaharan House Snakes)   Lamprophis aurora Aurora House Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)   Limaformosa capensis Cape File Snake Branch 1998 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Lycodonomorphus (Southern African Water Snakes)   Lycodonomorphus laevissimus Dusky-bellied Water Snake Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Lycodonomorphus rufulus Common Brown Water Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 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 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)   Prosymna bivittata Two-striped Shovel-snout Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Prosymna sundevallii Southern African Shovel-snout Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis angolensis Dwarf Sand Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Psammophis brevirostris Short-snouted Grass Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Psammophis crucifer Cross-marked Grass Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983   Psammophis jallae Zimbabwe Sand Snake Branch 1998   Psammophis subtaeniatus Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Psammophis trinasalis Kalahari Sand Snake Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 [as P. leightoni] Genus Psammophylax (Skaapstekers)   Psammophylax rhombeatus Spotted Skaapsteker Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Psammophylax tritaeniatus Southern Striped Skaapsteker Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Keates, Conradie, Greenbaum & Edwards 2019 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Pseudaspis (African Mole Snake)   Pseudaspis cana African Mole Snake Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Leptotyphlops (Typical Thread Snakes)   Leptotyphlops distanti Transvaal Thread Snake Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Leptotyphlops incognitus Incognito Thread Snake Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Leptotyphlops scutifrons Zambezi Thread Snake Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python natalensis Southern Rock Python Bates 1996 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)   Afrotyphlops bibronii Southern African Blind Snake Branch 1998 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Rhinotyphlops (African Beaked Blind Snakes)   Rhinotyphlops lalandei Cape Blind Snake Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Bitis (African Adders)   Bitis arietans Common Puff Adder Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Bitis caudalis Horned Adder Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Causus (Night Adders)   Causus defilippii Snouted Night Adder Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Causus rhombeatus Rhombic Night Adder Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles) Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)   Pelomedusa galeata South African Helmeted Turtle Jacobsen 1989 [as subrufa] Petzold, Vargas-Ramirez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroky & Fritz 2014 Schmidt 2002 [as subrufa] Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)   Pelusios sinuatus East African Serrated Mud Turtle Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Homopus (Four-toed Dwarf Tortoises)   Homopus femoralis Greater Padloper Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)   Kinixys lobatsiana Lobatse Hinge-back Tortoise Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1993 Ihlow, Huyssteen, Vamberger, Cory-Toussaint, Hofmeyr & Fritz 2020 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Kinixys spekii Eastern Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Psammobates (South African Star Tortoises)   Psammobates oculiferus African Serrated Star Tortoise Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Fritz & Havas 2006 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Stigmochelys (Leopard Tortoise)   Stigmochelys pardalis Leopard Tortoise Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Zyl 1966