Reptiles of
Seychelles 

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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.
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Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

Nile Crocodile

Fuchs, Mertens & Wermuth 1974 Wermuth & Mertens 1977

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
Genus Archaius (Seychelles Chameleon)
  *
Archaius tigris

Seychelles Chameleon

Cheke 1984 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Pawlowski & Kramer 2006
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Ailuronyx (Bronze Geckos)
  *
Ailuronyx seychellensis

Common Seychelles Bronze Gecko

Bourquin & Hitchins 1999 Cheke 1984 Gerlach & Canning 1996 [as tachyscopaeus] Pawlowski & Kramer 2006 Pawlowski & Kramer 2009 Rocha, Perera, Bunbury, Kaiser-Bunbury & Harris 2017 Wermuth 1965
  *
Ailuronyx tachyscopaeus

Lesser Seychelles Bronze Gecko

Gerlach & Canning 1996 Pawlowski & Kramer 2009 Rocha, Perera, Bunbury, Kaiser-Bunbury & Harris 2017
  *
Ailuronyx trachygaster

Greater Seychelles Bronze Gecko

Pawlowski & Kramer 2009 Rocha, Perera, Bunbury, Kaiser-Bunbury & Harris 2017
Genus Gehyra (Four-clawed Geckos)
 
Gehyra mutilata

Common Four-clawed Gecko

Bourquin & Hitchins 1999 Cheke 1984 Pawlowski & Kramer 2006
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus angulatus

West African House Gecko

Cheke 1984 [as brookii]
 
Hemidactylus mercatorius

Farquhar Half-toed Gecko

Angel 1942 [as mabouia] Cheke 1984 [as mabouia] Lanza 1990 Loveridge 1942 [as gardineri] Loveridge 1957 [as mabouia] Vinson & Vinson 1969 [as mabouia] Wermuth 1965 [as mabouia]
Genus Lepidodactylus (Scaly-toed Geckos)
 
Lepidodactylus lugubris

Common Mourning Gecko

Cheke 1984 Vinson & Vinson 1969
Genus Phelsuma (Green Day Geckos)
 
Phelsuma abbotti

Aldabra Day Gecko

Cheke 1982 Cheke 1984 Gardner 1988 Glaw & Roesler 2015 Hallmann, Kruger & Trautmann 1997 Pawlowski 2011
  *
Phelsuma astriata

Lesser Seychelles Day Gecko

Bourquin & Hitchins 1999 Cheke 1982 Cheke 1984 Gardner 1988 Glaw & Roesler 2015 Hallmann, Kruger & Trautmann 1997 Pawlowski & Kramer 2006 Pawlowski 2011
  *
Phelsuma sundbergi

Greater Seychelles Day Gecko

Budzinski 2000 Cheke 1982 Cheke 1984 Gardner 1988 Glaw & Roesler 2015 Hallmann, Kruger & Trautmann 1997 Pawlowski & Kramer 2006 Pawlowski 2011
Genus Urocotyledon (Tail-pad Geckos)
  *
Urocotyledon inexpectata

Southern Seychelles Tail-pad Gecko

Bourquin & Hitchins 1999 Cheke 1984 Gerlach & Ineich 2006 Wermuth 1965
  *
Urocotyledon norzilensis

Northern Seychelles Tail-pad Gecko

Lobon-Rovira, Rocha, Gower, Perera & Harris 2022
 Family Gerrhosauridae (Plated Lizards)
Genus Zonosaurus (Madagascar Plated Lizards)
 
Zonosaurus madagascariensis

Common Madagascar Plated Lizard

Cheke 1984 Gerlach 2006
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Cryptoblepharus (Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks)
  *
Cryptoblepharus aldabrae

Seychelles Snake-eyed Skink

Cheke 1984 [as boutonii] Horner 2007
Genus Janetaescincus (Seychelles Four-toed Burrowing Skinks)
  *
Janetaescincus braueri

Seychelles Highland Burrowing Skink

Cheke 1984 Gerlach & Ineich 2006 Greer 1970 Henkel & Schmidt 1995
  *
Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi

Seychelles Dark Lowland Burrowing Skink

Gerlach & Ineich 2006 Greer 1970 Henkel & Schmidt 1995
Genus Pamelaescincus (Seychelles Speckled Lowland Skink)
  *
Pamelaescincus gardineri

Seychelles Speckled Lowland Skink

Cheke 1984 Gerlach & Ineich 2006 Greer 1970
Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)
  *
Trachylepis sechellensis

Lesser Seychelles Skink

Bourquin & Hitchins 1999 Cheke 1984 Gerlach 2005 Pawlowski & Kramer 2006
  *
Trachylepis wrightii

Greater Seychelles Skink

Bourquin & Hitchins 1999 Cheke 1984 Gerlach 2005 Henkel & Schmidt 1995 Ineich 1990 Pawlowski & Kramer 2006

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Lycognathophis (Seychelles Cliff Snake)
  *
Lycognathophis seychellensis

Seychelles Cliff Snake

Bourquin & Hitchins 1999 Dowling 1990 Gerlach & Ineich 2006 Guibe 1958 Nussbaum 1984
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)
 
Hydrophis platurus

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

David & Ineich 1999 Lawrence 2007 Smith 1926
 
Hydrophis schistosus

Beaked Sea Snake

Leviton, Anderson, Adler & Minton 1992 Minton 1966 Sharma 1982
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)
  *
Boaedon geometricus

Seychelles House Snake

Guibe 1958 Kopeczky & Gemel 2016 Nussbaum 1984 Pawlowski & Kramer 2006

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

Frazier in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Pawlowski & Kramer 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Bourquin & Hitchins 1999 Frazier 1975 Frazier in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Mortimer & Brandis 2013 Mortimer, Camille & Boniface 2011 Mortimer, Jupiter, Collie, Chapman, Liljevik, Betsy, Pimm, Stevenson, Laboudallon, Assary, Seabrook, Augeri & Pierce 2006 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Stuart, Adams & Jenkins 1990
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Bourquin & Hitchins 1999 Frazier 1975 King & Burke 1989 Mortimer, Camille & Boniface 2011 Pawlowski & Kramer 2006 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Remie & Mortimer 2007 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Frazier in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)
  EX
Pelusios castaneus

Chestnut Mud Turtle

Bour & Gerlach 2008 [as seychellensis] Bour, Luiselli, Petrozzi, Segniabeto & Chirio 2016 Fritz & Havas 2006 [as seychellensis] Gerlach 2002 [as seychellensis] Iverson 1992 [as seychellensis]
 
Pelusios castanoides

Yellow-bellied Mud Turtle

Buitelaar & Pous 2011 Fritz & Havas 2006 Gerlach 2002 Gerlach 2008 Iverson 1992 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Pawlowski & Kramer 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Pelusios subniger

East African Black Mud Turtle

Buitelaar & Pous 2011 Fritz & Havas 2006 Gerlach 2002 Gerlach 2008 Glaw & Vences 1994 Iverson 1992 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Pawlowski & Kramer 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Aldabrachelys (Aldabra Tortoise)
  *
Aldabrachelys gigantea

Aldabra Tortoise

Fritz & Havas 2006 Gerlach, Rocamora, Gane, Jolliffe & Vanherck 2013 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wermuth & Mertens 1977