Reptiles of
Senegal 

 

Bibliography of the reptiles of Senegal Taxonomic history of the reptiles of Senegal Introduced species
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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 feae

Guinea-Bissau Worm Lizard

Gans 1987 Gans 2005 Mane & Trape 2015 Trape 2014
 
Cynisca manei

Bamako Samba Worm Lizard

Mane & Trape 2015 Trape 2014 Trape, Mane & Balde 2014
 
Cynisca senegalensis

Senegal Worm Lizard

Gans 1987 Gans 2005 Mane & Trape 2015 Trape 2014

Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

West African Crocodile

Brito 2003 [as niloticus] Fuchs, Mertens & Wermuth 1974 Joger & Lambert 2002 [as niloticus] King & Burke 1989 [as niloticus] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
Genus Osteolaemus (Dwarf Crocodiles)
 
Osteolaemus tetraspis

West African Dwarf Crocodile

Joger & Lambert 2002 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

Casamance Agama

The Reptile Database (viewed 10th April, 2011) Wermuth 1967
 
Agama boensis

Boe Agama

Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Agama boueti

Mali Agama

Berre 1989 Boehme 1978 Cisse & Karns 1978 Joger 1979 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Agama picticauda

Ada Foah Agama

Cisse & Karns 1978 [as agama] Geniez, Padial & Crochet 2011 [as agama] Joger & Lambert 2002 [as agama] Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Boehme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Roedel & Wagner 2016 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 [as agama] Monasterio, Alvarez, Trape & Roedel 2016 [as agama] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as agama] Wagner, Krause & Boehme 2008 [as agama]
 
Agama sankaranica

Sankaranian Agama

Joger & Lambert 2002
 
Agama weidholzi

Senegal Agama

Cisse & Karns 1978 Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger & Lambert 2002 Joger 1979 Joger 1981 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner & Bauer 2011 Wagner, Ineich, Leache, Wilms, Trape, Boehme & Schmitz 2009
 Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)
 
Chamaeleo gracilis

Graceful Chameleon

Boehme 1978 Cisse & Karns 1978 Glaw 2015 Joger & Lambert 2002 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Chamaeleo senegalensis

Senegal Chameleon

Cisse & Karns 1978 Glaw 2015 Joger & Lambert 2002 Joger 1981 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Monasterio, Alvarez, Trape & Roedel 2016 Papenfuss 1969 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos)
Genus Hemitheconyx (African Fat-tailed Geckos)
 
Hemitheconyx caudicinctus

West African Fat-tailed Gecko

Cisse & Karns 1978 Grismer 1988 Joger & Lambert 2002 Joger 1981 Loveridge 1947 Papenfuss 1969 Seufer, Kaverkin & Kirschner (eds.) 2005 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus angulatus

West African House Gecko

Boehme 1978 [as brookii] Cisse & Karns 1978 [as brookii] Joger & Lambert 2002 [as "brooki complex"] Loveridge 1947 Monasterio, Alvarez, Trape & Roedel 2016 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth 1965
 
Hemidactylus mabouia

Cosmopolitan House Gecko

Boehme 1978 Cisse & Karns 1978 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)
 
Lygodactylus gutturalis

Chevron-throated Dwarf Gecko

Boehme 1978 Cisse & Karns 1978 Joger & Lambert 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth 1965
Genus Stenodactylus (Afro-Asian Thin-toed Geckos)
 
Stenodactylus petrii

North African Thin-toed Gecko

Arnold 1980 Cisse & Karns 1978 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Stenodactylus sthenodactylus

Elegant Thin-toed Gecko

Baha el Din 2006 Boehme 1978 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)
 
Acanthodactylus aureus

Golden Fringe-toed Lizard

Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Salvador 1982 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Acanthodactylus dumerilii

Lesser Fringe-toed Lizard

Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 [as senegalensis] Salvador 1982 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Latastia (African Long-tailed Lizards)
 
Latastia longicaudata

Common Long-tailed Lizard

Bischoff 1991 Boehme 1978 Cisse & Karns 1978 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Mesalina (Afro-Asian Desert Lizards)
 
Mesalina guttulata

Common Small-spotted Desert Lizard

Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Szczerbak 1975 Yousefkhani, Marin & Rastegar-Pouyani 2015
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)
 
Tarentola annularis

Egyptian White-spotted Gecko

Cisse & Karns 1978 Joger 1981 Joger 1984 Papenfuss 1969 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Tarentola chazaliae

Helmeted Gecko

Bons & Geniez 1996 Geniez, Mateo, Geniez & Pether 2004 Ineich, Dia, Alphally & Colas 1998
 
Tarentola parvicarinata

Small-keeled Gecko

Berre 1989 Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger & Lambert 2002 Joger 1984 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Tarentola senegambiae

Senegambian Wall Gecko

Cisse & Karns 1978 [as ephippiata] Joger & Lambert 2002 [as ephippiata] Joger 1981 [as ephippiata] Joger 1984 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)
 
Chalcides armitagei

Gambian Cylindrical Skink

Carranza, Arnold, Geniez, Roca & Mateo 2008 Trape 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Chalcides delislei

Central Saharan Three-fingered Skink

Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Chalcides pulchellus

West African Cylindrical Skink

Carranza, Arnold, Geniez, Roca & Mateo 2008 Greenbaum 2005 Joger & Lambert 2002 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Chalcides sphenopsiformis

Senegal Sand Skink

Boehme 1978 Cisse & Karns 1978 Grandison 1956 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Cophoscincopus (West African Keeled Water Skinks)
 
Cophoscincopus greeri

Guinean Keeled Water Skink

Boehme, Schmitz & Ziegler 2000 Joger & Lambert 2002 [as "cf. greeri"]
 
Cophoscincopus senegalensis

Senegalese Keeled Water Skink

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)
 
Mochlus fernandi

Western Red-flanked Skink

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Panaspis togoensis

Togo Snake-eyed Skink

Boehme 1978 Fuhn 1972 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Panaspis tristaoi

Nimba Snake-eyed Skink

Trape 2010 [as P. "nimbaense"] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Scincus (Sand Fish)
 
Scincus albifasciatus

White-banded Sand Fish

Arnold & Leviton 1977 Boehme 1978 Cisse & Karns 1978 Geniez, Mateo, Geniez & Pether 2004 Hartmann 1989 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)
 
Trachylepis affinis

Lesser Brown-flanked Skink

Cisse & Karns 1978 Hoogmoed 1974 Joger 1981 Monasterio, Alvarez, Trape & Roedel 2016 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis perrotetii

Orange-flanked Skink

Cisse & Karns 1978 Hoogmoed 1974 Joger & Lambert 2002 Joger 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis quinquetaeniata

African Five-lined Skink

Hoogmoed 1974 Joger & Lambert 2002 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 Boehme 1978 Cisse & Karns 1978 Mertens 1963 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Varanus niloticus

Nile Monitor

Bayless 2002 Boehme & Ziegler 1997 Joger & Lambert 2002 Monasterio, Alvarez, Trape & Roedel 2016 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

West African Sand Boa

Berre 1989 Boehme 1978 Stimson 1969 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Afronatrix (West African Brown Water Snake)
 
Afronatrix anoscopus

West African Brown Water Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Joger & Lambert 2002 Monasterio, Alvarez, Trape & Roedel 2016 Trape & Mane 1995 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Bamanophis (West African Whip Snake)
 
Bamanophis dorri

West African Whip Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Joger & Lambert 2002 Papenfuss 1969 Schatti & Trape 2008 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape 1997
Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)
 
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Common Herald Snake

Boehme 1978 Joger & Lambert 2002 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006 Villiers 1975
Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)
 
Dasypeltis confusa

Diamondback Egg Eater

Bates & Broadley 2018 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
 
Dasypeltis fasciata

Central African Egg Eater

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Gans 1959 Gans 1960 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004
 
Dasypeltis gansi

Savanna Egg Eater

Bates & Ineich 2012 Bates, Trape & Spawls 2013 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
 
Dasypeltis latericia

Senegalese Egg Eater

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
 
Dasypeltis sahelensis

Sahel Egg Eater

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
Genus Dipsadoboa (Nocturnal Tree Snakes)
 
Dipsadoboa weileri

Grey Nocturnal Tree Snake

Monasterio, Alvarez, Trape & Roedel 2016 [as "aff. weileri"]
Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)
 
Dispholidus sp.

(Boomslang)

Broadley & Wallach 2002 [as D. typus] David & Ineich 1999 [as D. typus] Joger & Lambert 2002 [as D. t. typus] Papenfuss 1969 [as D. typus] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as D. typus] Trape & Mane 2002 [as D. typus] Trape & Mane 2006 [as D. typus] Villiers 1975 [as D. typus]
Genus Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes)
 
Grayia smythii

Equatorial Water Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger & Lambert 2002 Joger 1981 Monasterio, Alvarez, Trape & Roedel 2016 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006
 
Grayia tholloni

Nandi Water Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Pauwels 1996 Trape & Mane 1995 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Meizodon (African Smooth Snakes)
 
Meizodon coronatus

West African Crowned Smooth Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Joger & Lambert 2002 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006 Villiers 1975
 
Meizodon semiornatus

Semi-ornate Smooth Snake

Doucet 1963 Villiers 1975
Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)
 
Natriciteres olivacea

Olive Marsh Snake

Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)
 
Philothamnus irregularis

Irregular Green Snake

Boehme 1978 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Joger & Lambert 2002 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006
 
Philothamnus semivariegatus

Variegated Bush Snake

Boehme 1978 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006
 
Philothamnus smithii

Smith's Green Snake

Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021
Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)
 
Telescopus tripolitanus

North African Cat Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Crochet, Rasmussen, Wilms, Geniez, Trape & Boehme 2008 Papenfuss 1969 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006 Wilms, Wagner & Spawls 2021
 
Telescopus variegatus

Variable Cat Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Thrasops (Black Tree Snakes)
 
Thrasops occidentalis

Western Black Tree Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Toxicodryas (African Tree Cat Snakes)
 
Toxicodryas blandingii

Western Black-and-Yellow Tree Snake

Doucet 1963 Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006 Villiers 1975
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)
 
Dendroaspis polylepis

Black Mamba

David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Haakansson & Madsen 1983 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Mane & Balde 2005 Villiers 1975
 
Dendroaspis viridis

Western Green Mamba

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006 Villiers 1975
Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)
 
Elapsoidea semiannulata

Half-banded Garter Snake

Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006
 
Elapsoidea trapei

Senegal Garter Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Mane 1999 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja katiensis

Brown Spitting Cobra

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Naja nigricollis

Black-necked Spitting Cobra

Broadley 1968 Joger & Lambert 2002 Monasterio, Alvarez, Trape & Roedel 2016 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wuster & Broadley 2007
 
Naja savannula

West African Banded Cobra

Boehme 1978 [as N. melanoleuca] Broadley 1968 [as N. melanoleuca] David & Ineich 1999 [as N. melanoleuca] Monasterio, Alvarez, Trape & Roedel 2016 [as N. melanoleuca] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as N. melanoleuca] Trape & Mane 2000 [as N. melanoleuca] Trape & Mane 2002 [as N. melanoleuca] Trape & Mane 2004 [as N. melanoleuca] Trape & Mane 2006 [as N. melanoleuca] Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018
 
Naja senegalensis

Senegalese Cobra

Broadley 1968 [as N. haje] Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Spawls & Branch 1995 [as N. haje] Trape & Mane 2000 [as N. haje] Trape & Mane 2002 [as N. haje] Trape & Mane 2004 [as N. haje] Trape & Mane 2006 [as N. haje] Trape, Chirio, Broadley & Wuster 2009
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes)
 
Amblyodipsas unicolor

Equatorial Purple-glossed Snake

Broadley 1971 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006 Villiers 1975 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)
 
Atractaspis aterrima

Western Forest Stiletto Snake

Boehme 1978 David & Ineich 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atractaspis dahomeyensis

Dahomey Stiletto Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Joger & Lambert 2002 Spawls & Branch 1995 Villiers 1975 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atractaspis microlepidota

Small-scaled Stiletto Snake

David & Ineich 1999 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape 2005 Trape, Mane & Ineich 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atractaspis micropholis

Sahelian Stiletto Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Mane & Ineich 2006 Villiers 1975 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)
 
Boaedon fuliginosus

Common African House Snake

Joger & Lambert 2002 Joger 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006 Villiers 1975
 
Boaedon lineatus

Lined House Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Joger & Lambert 2002 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006 Villiers 1975
Genus Dromophis (Olympic Snakes)
 
Dromophis lineatus

Lined Olympic Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hughes 2004 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006 Villiers 1975
 
Dromophis praeornatus

Ornate Olympic Snake

Boehme 1978 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Monasterio, Alvarez, Trape & Roedel 2016 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Villiers 1965 Villiers 1975
Genus Gonionotophis (Lesser File Snakes)
 
Gonionotophis grantii

Savanna Dwarf File Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)
 
Limaformosa crossi

Savanna File Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006 Villiers 1965
Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)
 
Lycophidion albomaculatum

White-spotted Wolf Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Condamin 1994 Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger & Lambert 2002 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006
 
Lycophidion irroratum

Western Forest Wolf Snake

Papenfuss 1969 Villiers 1975
 
Lycophidion semicinctum

Semi-annulated Wolf Snake

Condamin 1994 [as L. semicinctum] Papenfuss 1969 [as L. semicinctum] Trape & Mane 2002 [as L. semicinctum] Villiers 1975 [as L. semicinctum]
Genus Mehelya (Greater File Snakes)
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Mehelya gabouensis

Gabou File Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Mane 2005 Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)
 
Prosymna collaris

Collared Shovel-snout

Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Trape & Mane 2006
 
Prosymna greigerti

Sudan Savanna Shovel-snout

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Joger & Lambert 2002 Papenfuss 1969 [as P. laurenti] Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006
 
Prosymna meleagris

Speckled Shovel-snout

Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006 Villiers 1975
Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)
 
Psammophis afroccidentalis

West African Sand Snake

Boehme 1978 [as P. sibilans] Brito, Rebelo, Crochet & Geniez 2008 [as P. sibilans] Joger 1981 [as "cf. rukwae"] Trape & Mane 2000 [as P. sibilans] Trape & Mane 2002 [as P. sibilans] Trape & Mane 2004 [as P. sibilans] Trape & Mane 2006 [as P. sibilans] Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
 
Psammophis elegans

Elegant Sand Snake

Joger & Lambert 2002 Joger 1981 Monasterio, Alvarez, Trape & Roedel 2016 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006 Villiers 1975
 
Psammophis phillipsii

West African Olive Grass Snake

Broadley 1977 Joger & Lambert 2002 Joger 1981 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
 
Psammophis sudanensis

Sudan Sand Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Emms, Jambang, Bahl, Mankali, Paziaud & Barnett 2007 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
Genus Rhamphiophis (Beaked Snakes)
 
Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus

Western Beaked Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & Ineich 1991 Joger & Lambert 2002 Joger 1981 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)
 
Myriopholis adleri

Chadian Thread Snake

Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape 2002
 
Myriopholis boueti

Mali Thread Snake

Hahn & Wallach 1998 Hahn 1980 Ineich & Prudent 2014 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006
 
Myriopholis rouxestevae

Senegal Thread Snake

Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Rhinoleptus (West African Sharp-nosed Thread Snake)
 
Rhinoleptus koniagui

West African Sharp-nosed Thread Snake

Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Hahn 1980 Jallow & Trape 2013 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape 2014
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Python (Typical Pythons)
 
Python regius

Ball Python

Boehme 1978 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Monasterio, Alvarez, Trape & Roedel 2016 Papenfuss 1969 Stimson 1969 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006 Villiers 1975
 
Python sebae

Northern Rock Python

Boehme 1978 Broadley 1984 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Joger & Lambert 2002 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Villiers 1975
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)
 
Afrotyphlops lineolatus

Lineolate Blind Snake

Hahn 1980 Joger & Lambert 2002 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Afrotyphlops punctatus

Spotted Blind Snake

Hahn 1980 Joger & Lambert 2002 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Bitis (African Adders)
 
Bitis arietans

Common Puff Adder

Boehme 1978 David & Ineich 1999 Joger & Lambert 2002 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Causus (Night Adders)
 
Causus maculatus

West African Night Adder

David & Ineich 1999 Joger & Lambert 2002 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002 Trape & Mane 2004 Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)
 
Echis jogeri

Mali Carpet Viper

Boehme 1978 [as ocellatus] Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 [as ocellatus] Hughes 1976 [as ocellatus] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as ocellatus] Monasterio, Alvarez, Trape & Roedel 2016 Pook, Joger, Stumpel & Wuster 2009 Spawls & Branch 1995 [as ocellatus] Trape & Mane 2002 [as ocellatus] Trape & Mane 2004 [as ocellatus] Trape & Mane 2006 [as ocellatus] Trape & Mane 2017 Trape 2018
 
Echis leucogaster

White-bellied Carpet Viper

Boehme 1978 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1976 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Pook, Joger, Stumpel & Wuster 2009 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2000 Trape & Mane 2002

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

Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Fretey 1991 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)
 
Pelomedusa olivacea

Sahelian Helmeted Turtle

Boehme 1978 [as subrufa] Boycott & Bourquin 2008 [as subrufa] Fritz & Havas 2006 [as subrufa] Iverson 1992 [as subrufa] Joger & Lambert 2002 [as subrufa] King & Burke 1989 [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
Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)
 
Pelusios adansonii

Sahelian Mud Turtle

Boehme 1978 Bour 2008 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 
Pelusios castaneus

Chestnut Mud Turtle

Bour, Luiselli, Petrozzi, Segniabeto & Chirio 2016 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Pelusios castanoides

Yellow-bellied Mud Turtle

King & Burke 1989
 
Pelusios subniger

East African Black Mud Turtle

Joger & Lambert 2002 Joger 1981 King & Burke 1989
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Centrochelys (African Spurred Tortoise)
 
Centrochelys sulcata

African Spurred Tortoise

Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Papenfuss 1969 Petrozzi, Hema, Demaya, Benansio, Eniang, Diagne, Segniagbeto & Luiselli 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)
 
Kinixys nogueyi

Western Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise

Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Joger & Lambert 2002 Kindler, Branch, Hofmeyr, Maran, Siroky, Vences, Harvey, Hauswaldt, Schleicher, Stuckas & Fritz 2012 King & Burke 1989 [as belliana] McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Tabaka 2005 Monasterio, Alvarez, Trape & Roedel 2016 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 [as belliana] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as belliana] Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Cyclanorbis (SubSaharan Flapshell Turtles)
 
Cyclanorbis senegalensis

Senegal Flapshell Turtle

Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Joger & Lambert 2002 King & Burke 1989 McGovern, Diagne, Diagne, Luiselli & Meylan 2021 Papenfuss 1969 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
Genus Trionyx (African Softshell Turtle)
 
Trionyx triunguis

African Softshell Turtle

Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Papenfuss 1969 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012