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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:

	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 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Pietersen & Pietersen 2001 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 & Douglas 1992 Bates 1991 Bates 1992 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1998 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen 1989 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Agama anchietae Western Rock Agama Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958   Agama armata Zambezi Spiny Agama Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt 2002   Agama atra Southern Rock Agama Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Burger 1993 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Cunningham, Henderson & Tolley 2003 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 Wermuth 1967 Waal 1978   Agama hispida Southern Spiny Agama Bates 1991 Bates 1992 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1998 Cornelius, Marais & Cunningham 2012 McLachlan 1981 Waal 1978   Agama knobeli Namibian Black Agama Branch 1998  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Bradypodion (Southern African Dwarf Chameleons)   * Bradypodion atromontanum Swartberg Dwarf Chameleon Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch, Tolley & Tilbury 2006 Glaw 2015 Tilbury 2010   * Bradypodion barbatulum Beardless Dwarf Chameleon Tolley, Tilbury & Burger 2022   * Bradypodion baviaanense Baviaanskloof Mountains Dwarf Chameleon Tolley, Tilbury & Burger 2022   * Bradypodion caeruleogula Eshowe Dwarf Chameleon Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Glaw 2015 Raw & Brothers 2008 Tilbury 2010   * Bradypodion caffrum Transkei Dwarf Chameleon Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010   * Bradypodion damaranum Knysna Dwarf Chameleon Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch, Tolley & Tilbury 2006 Glaw 2015 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010   * Bradypodion dracomontanum Drakensberg Dwarf Chameleon Bates 1996 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010   * Bradypodion gutturale Little Karroo Dwarf Chameleon Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch, Tolley & Tilbury 2006 Burger 1993 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010   * Bradypodion kentanicum Kentani Dwarf Chameleon Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Burger 1997 Glaw 2015 Tilbury 2010   * Bradypodion melanocephalum Black-headed Dwarf Chameleon Armstrong 2001 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Glaw 2015 Johnson & Raw 1989 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010   * Bradypodion nemorale Qudeni Dwarf Chameleon Armstrong 2001 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010   * Bradypodion ngomeense Ngome Dwarf Chameleon Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Glaw 2015 Tilbury & Tolley 2009 Tilbury 2010   * Bradypodion occidentale Namaqua Dwarf Chameleon Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch, Tolley & Tilbury 2006 Glaw 2015 Tilbury 2010 Visser 1979   * Bradypodion pumilum Western Cape Dwarf Chameleon Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch, Tolley & Tilbury 2006 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010   Bradypodion setaroi Saint Lucia Dwarf Chameleon Armstrong 2001 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010   * Bradypodion taeniabronchum Elandsberg Dwarf Chameleon Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Burger 1997 Cunningham, Henderson & Tolley 2003 Glaw 2015 Tilbury 2010   * Bradypodion thamnobates Natal Midlands Dwarf Chameleon Armstrong 2001 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010   Bradypodion transvaalense Transvaal Dwarf Chameleon Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Glaw 2015 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Tilbury 2010   * Bradypodion ventrale Eastern Cape Dwarf Chameleon Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch & Braack 1989 [as karrooicum] Branch 1981 Branch, Tolley & Tilbury 2006 Glaw 2015 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021 Tilbury 2010 Visser 1979   * Bradypodion venustum Grootvadersbosch Dwarf Chameleon Tolley, Tilbury & Burger 2022 Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo dilepis Flap-necked Chameleon Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Fitzsimons 1956 Glaw 2015 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Schmidt 2002 Tilbury 2010 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978   Chamaeleo namaquensis Namaqua Chameleon Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Glaw 2015 Leuteritz 2005 Tilbury 2010  Family Cordylidae (Girdled Lizards) Genus Chamaesaura (African Grass Lizards)   Chamaesaura aenea Coppery Grass Lizard Bates 1988 Bates 1991 Bates 1992 Bates 1996 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   Chamaesaura anguina Southern Highland Grass Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021 Toit, Mouton & Flemming 2003   Chamaesaura macrolepis Large-scaled Grass Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Pietersen & Pietersen 2002 Genus Cordylus (Girdled Lizards)   * Cordylus aridus Dwarf Karoo Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Mouton & Wyk 1994   * Cordylus cloetei Fraserburg Girdled Lizard Branch 1998 Mouton & Wyk 1994   Cordylus cordylus Cape Girdled Lizard Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 [as tasmani] Branch 1989 Branch 1998 [as tasmani] Burger 1993 Burger 1997 [as tasmani] Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Diedericks & Daniels 2014 Heerden, Mouton & Wyk 1992 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Phelps 2009 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 Waal 1978   * Cordylus imkeae Rooiberg Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Mouton & Wyk 1994   Cordylus jonesii Limpopo Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley & Branch 2002 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 [as tropidosternum] Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   * Cordylus macropholis Large-scaled Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 McLachlan 1979   * Cordylus mclachlani Ceres Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998   * Cordylus minor Dwarf Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Burger 1993   * Cordylus niger Black Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Heerden, Mouton & Wyk 1992 Witberg 2012   * Cordylus oelofseni Porterville Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Mouton & Wyk 1990 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006   Cordylus vittifer Transvaal Girdled Lizard Bates & Broadley 2012 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen 1989 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978 Genus Hemicordylus (Western Crag Lizards)   * Hemicordylus capensis Graceful Crag Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006   * Hemicordylus nebulosus Dwarf Crag Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Mouton & Wyk 1995 Genus Karusasaurus (Karoo Girdled Lizards)   Karusasaurus polyzonus Southern Karoo Girdled Lizard Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Burger 1993 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 Waal 1978 Genus Namazonurus (Namaqua Girdled Lizards)   * Namazonurus lawrenci Richtersveld Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Visser 1979   * Namazonurus peersi Garies Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Genus Ninurta (Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard)   * Ninurta coeruleopunctatus Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Genus Ouroborus (Armadillo Girdled Lizard)   * Ouroborus cataphractus Armadillo Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Burger 1993 Visagie, Mouton & Flemming 2002 Genus Platysaurus (Flat Lizards)   Platysaurus attenboroughi Karasburg Flat Lizard Whiting, Branch, Pepper & Keogh 2015   * Platysaurus broadleyi Augrabies Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch & Whiting 1997 Branch 1998 Whiting, Branch, Pepper & Keogh 2015   * Platysaurus capensis Cape Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley 1978 Visser 1979 Whiting, Branch, Pepper & Keogh 2015   * Platysaurus guttatus Dwarf Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1978 Jacobsen 1989   Platysaurus intermedius Common Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1978 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011   Platysaurus lebomboensis Lebombo Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1994   * Platysaurus minor Waterberg Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1978 Jacobsen 1989   * Platysaurus monotropis Orange-throated Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1994   * Platysaurus orientalis Sekukhune Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1978 Jacobsen 1989   * Platysaurus relictus Soutpansberg Flat Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1978 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Genus Pseudocordylus (Eastern Crag Lizards)   Pseudocordylus langi Lesotho Crag Lizard Bates 2013 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998   Pseudocordylus melanotus Common Crag Lizard Bates & Whittington-Jones 2009 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Waal 1978   * Pseudocordylus microlepidotus Cape Crag Lizard Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Burger 1993 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Cunningham, Henderson & Tolley 2003   * Pseudocordylus spinosus Spiny Crag Lizard Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Waal 1978   Pseudocordylus subviridis Drakensberg Crag Lizard Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Waal 1978   * Pseudocordylus transvaalensis Northern 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 breyeri Waterberg Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Stanley & Bates 2014   * Smaug depressus Soutpansberg Girdled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Stanley & Bates 2014   * Smaug giganteus Giant Girdled Lizard Armstrong 2011 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Waal 1978   Smaug swazicus Swazi Girdled Lizard Bates & Stanley 2020 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 [as barbertonensis] Bourquin 1989 [as barbertonensis] Bourquin 2004 [as barbertonensis]   * 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 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Stanley & Bates 2014  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Afroedura (Flat Geckos)   * Afroedura amatolica Amatola Flat Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura broadleyi Soutpansberg Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura granitica Granitic Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   Afroedura halli Eastern Cape Flat Gecko Bates 1992 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Waal 1978   * Afroedura hawequensis Hawequa Flat Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * 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 karroica Karoo Flat Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   Afroedura langi Lowveld Flat Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Girard 2008 [as "cf. langi"] Jacobsen 1989 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 [as "cf. langi"]   * Afroedura leoloensis Leolo Hills Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura maripi Mariepskop Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   Afroedura marleyi Zulu Flat Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura multiporis Woodbush Flat Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura namaquensis Namaqua Flat Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Fitzsimons 1938 Huyssteen & Petford 2021 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Visser 1979   * Afroedura nivaria Drakensberg Flat Gecko Bates 1991 Bates 1992 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Waal 1978   * Afroedura pienaari Waterpoort Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura pondolia Pondo Flat Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Johnson & Raw 1989   * Afroedura pongola Pongola Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura rondavelica Rondavels Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura rupestris Sekukhuneland Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura tembulica Tembu Flat Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Burger 1997 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   Afroedura transvaalica Transvaal Flat Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Branch, Guyton, Schmitz, Barej, Naskrecki, Farooq, Verburgt & Roedel 2017 Jacobsen 1989 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Afroedura waterbergensis Waterberg Flat Gecko Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Genus Afrogecko (Marbled Leaf-toed Gecko)   * Afrogecko porphyreus Marbled Leaf-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Good & Branch 1997 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Branch, Bauer & Good 1995 Heinicke, Daza, Greenbaum, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Nicolau & Jackson 2021 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 Witberg 2012 Genus Chondrodactylus (Giant Ground Gecko and Thick-toed Geckos)   Chondrodactylus angulifer Giant Ground Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Heinz, Brennan, Jackman & Bauer 2021 Visser 1981   Chondrodactylus bibronii Tubercled Thick-toed Gecko Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bauer & Lamb 2005 Bauer 1991 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Burger 1993 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Heinz, Brennan, Jackman & Bauer 2021 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 Waal 1978   Chondrodactylus laevigatus Karas Thick-toed Gecko Heinz, Brennan, Jackman & Bauer 2021 Marques, Ceriaco, Blackburn & Bauer 2018   Chondrodactylus turneri Zambezi Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 2004 Heinz, Brennan, Jackman & Bauer 2021 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Cryptactites (Coastal Leaf-toed Gecko)   * Cryptactites peringueyi Coastal Leaf-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Good & Branch 1997 Branch 1998 Branch, Bauer & Good 1995 Burger 1997 Heinicke, Daza, Greenbaum, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Nicolau, Petford, Edwards, Busschau, Lynch, Kemp, Balmer, Keates, Hundermark, Weeber & Conradie 2021 Genus Goggia (South African Dwarf Leaf-toed Geckos)   * Goggia braacki Western Cape Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Good & Branch 1997 Branch 1998 Good, Bauer & Branch 1996 Heinicke, Turk & Bauer 2017   * Goggia essexi Eastern Cape Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Good & Branch 1997 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Branch, Bauer & Good 1995 Burger 1997 Good, Bauer & Branch 1996 Heinicke, Turk & Bauer 2017   Goggia gemmula Richtersveld Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bauer, Good & Branch 1997 Branch 1998 Good, Bauer & Branch 1996 Heinicke, Turk & Bauer 2017   * Goggia hewitti Swartberg Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Good & Branch 1997 Branch, Bauer & Good 1995 Heinicke, Turk & Bauer 2017   * Goggia hexapora Cedarberg Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Good & Branch 1997 Branch 1998 Branch, Bauer & Good 1995 Good, Bauer & Branch 1996 Heinicke, Turk & Bauer 2017 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006   * Goggia incognita Jacobsbaai Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko Heinicke, Turk & Bauer 2017   Goggia lineata Striped Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bauer, Good & Branch 1997 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Branch, Bauer & Good 1995 Good, Bauer & Branch 1996 Heinicke, Turk & Bauer 2017 Witberg 2012   * Goggia matzikamaensis Matzikama Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko Heinicke, Turk & Bauer 2017   * Goggia microlepidota Small-scaled Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Good & Branch 1997 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Branch, Bauer & Good 1995 Heinicke, Turk & Bauer 2017 McLachlan 1979 Mouton & Wyk 1981 Visser 1979   * Goggia rupicola Namaqua Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Good & Branch 1997 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Branch, Bauer & Good 1995 Good, Bauer & Branch 1996 Heinicke, Turk & Bauer 2017 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus mabouia Cosmopolitan House Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Girard 2008 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Loveridge 1957 Maritz & Alexander 2007 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   * Homopholis mulleri Limpopo Velvet Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Jacobsen 1989   Homopholis wahlbergii Southern African Velvet Gecko Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Bourquin 2019 Branch 1998 Broadley, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Girard 2008 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002 Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)   Lygodactylus bradfieldi Namibian Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 2011 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Lygodactylus capensis Cape Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Broadley & Howell 1991 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Douglas 1993 Fitzsimons 1956 Girard 2008 Jacobsen 1989 Jacobsen 2012 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Loveridge 1957 Rebelo, Bates, Burger, Branch & Conradie 2019 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Lygodactylus graniticolus Granite Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1992 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Lygodactylus incognitus Soutpansberg Black-spotted Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1992 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Lygodactylus methueni Woodbush Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Lygodactylus montiscaeruli Makgabeng Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1992 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Lygodactylus nigropunctatus Common Black-spotted Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1992 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   Lygodactylus ocellatus Common Ocellated Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Lygodactylus soutpansbergensis Soutpansberg Ocellated Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Travers, Jackman & Bauer 2014   * Lygodactylus waterbergensis Waterberg Dwarf Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1992 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 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   * Pachydactylus amoenus Kamaggas Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Heinicke, Jackman & Branch 2011 Branch 1981 Wermuth 1965   Pachydactylus atorquatus Augrabies Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 [as goodi] Bauer, Barts & Hulbert 2006 Bauer, Lamb & Branch 2006 [as goodi]   * Pachydactylus austeni Port Nolloth Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Lamb 2005 Branch 1981 Branch 1998   Pachydactylus barnardi Garies Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bauer & Lamb 2002 Bauer & Lamb 2005 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Lamb & Bauer 2000   Pachydactylus capensis Common Cape Thick-toed Gecko Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Lamb 2002 Bauer & Lamb 2005 Bauer, Heinicke, Jackman & Branch 2011 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 [as mentalis] Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Jacobsen 1989 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978   Pachydactylus carinatus Richtersveld Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Lamb & Branch 2006   * Pachydactylus formosus Karoo Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Lamb 2002 Bauer & Lamb 2005 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Lamb & Bauer 2000 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 Visser 1979   * Pachydactylus geitje Ocellated Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Lamb 2002 Bauer & Lamb 2005 Bauer 1991 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 [as monticolus] Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Burger 1993 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006   Pachydactylus haackei Great Namaqualand Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bauer & Lamb 2005 Branch 1998 Branch, Bauer & Good 1996   * Pachydactylus kladaroderma Thin-skinned Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Lamb 2002 Bauer & Lamb 2005 Branch & Braack 1989 [as namaquensis] Branch 1981 [as namaquensis] Branch 1989 [as namaquensis] Branch 1998 Branch, Bauer & Good 1996 Burger 1993 [as namaquensis]   * Pachydactylus labialis Western Cape Thick-toed Gecko Bates 1991 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bauer & Lamb 2002 Bauer & Lamb 2005 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Visser 1979   Pachydactylus latirostris Broad-nosed Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Heinicke, Jackman & Branch 2011 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Visser 1979   * Pachydactylus macrolepis Large-scaled Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Heinicke, Jackman & Branch 2011 Branch 1981   Pachydactylus maculatus Spotted Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Lamb 2005 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Burger 1993 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Jacobsen 1989 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021 Visser 1979   * Pachydactylus mariquensis Marico Thick-toed Gecko Bates & Douglas 1992 Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bauer, Heinicke, Jackman & Branch 2011 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Burger 1993 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Mouton & Mostert 1984 Waal 1978   Pachydactylus monicae Sendelingsdrif Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Lamb & Branch 2006   Pachydactylus montanus Karas Mountains Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 [as P. cf. serval] Bauer, Lamb & Branch 2006 Branch 1981 [as serval onscepensis]   Pachydactylus namaquensis Namaqua Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Lamb 2002 Bauer & Lamb 2005 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Branch, Bauer & Good 1996   * Pachydactylus oculatus Golden Spotted Thick-toed Gecko Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Lamb 2005 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Burger 1993 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Waal 1978   Pachydactylus punctatus Speckled Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 1995 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bauer, Heinicke, Jackman & Branch 2011 Branch 1981 [as amoenoides] Branch 1998 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Girard 2008 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 [as "cf. punctatus"] Schmidt 2002   Pachydactylus purcelli Karoo Spotted Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer 1991 Bauer, Lamb & Branch 2006 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Burger 1993 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Nicolau & Lynch 2019   Pachydactylus rangei Namib Web-footed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1981 Branch 1998   Pachydactylus rugosus Rough Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bauer & Lamb 2002 Bauer & Lamb 2005 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Lamb & Bauer 2000   Pachydactylus tigrinus Tiger Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Jacobsen 1989   Pachydactylus vansoni Soutpansberg Thick-toed Gecko Bates 1992 Bates 1996 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Lamb 2002 Bauer & Lamb 2005 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010   Pachydactylus visseri Ai-Ais Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Lamb & Branch 2006   Pachydactylus wahlbergii Kalahari Ground Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Haacke 1993 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Pachydactylus weberi Klipfontein Thick-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bauer & Lamb 2002 Bauer & Lamb 2005 Bauer, Lamb & Branch 2006 Branch 1981 Genus Ptenopus (African Barking Geckos)   Ptenopus garrulus Common Barking Gecko Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978 Genus Ramigekko (Swartberg Leaf-toed Gecko)   * Ramigekko swartbergensis Swartberg Leaf-toed Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Good & Branch 1997 Branch 1998 Heinicke, Daza, Greenbaum, Jackman & Bauer 2014 Genus Rhoptropella (Namaqua Day Gecko)   * Rhoptropella ocellata Namaqua Day Gecko Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Glaw & Roesler 2015 Hallmann, Kruger & Trautmann 1997 Visser 1979  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 Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Broadley 1987 Jacobsen 1989 Loveridge 1957 Genus Cordylosaurus (Dwarf Plated Lizard)   Cordylosaurus subtessellatus Dwarf Plated Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Burger 1993 Genus Gerrhosaurus (Typical Plated Lizards)   Gerrhosaurus auritus Kalahari Plated Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Verburgt, Verburgt & Bates 2015   Gerrhosaurus flavigularis Yellow-throated Plated Lizard Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Bauer 2000 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Douglas 1992 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Maritz & Alexander 2007 Masterson, Koen, Du Toit & Horn 2010 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Visser 1979 Wermuth 1968 Waal 1978   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]   Gerrhosaurus typicus Namaqua Plated Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Burger 1993 Burger 1997 Baard 1987 Cloete, Mohamed, Ponton, Tokota & Maritz 2019 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 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Genus Tetradactylus (Plated Snake Lizards)   Tetradactylus africanus African Plated Snake Lizard Bates 1997 Bates 2014 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Mason & Alexander 1996 Waal 1978   * Tetradactylus breyeri Transvaal Plated Snake Lizard Bates 1996 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Pietersen 2020 Waal 1978   EX Tetradactylus eastwoodae Limpopo Plated Snake Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989   * Tetradactylus fitzsimonsi Cape Plated Snake Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Burger 1997   * Tetradactylus seps Short-legged Plated Snake Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998   * Tetradactylus tetradactylus Four-toed Plated Snake Lizard Bates 1988 Bates 1992 Bates 1996 Bates 1997 Bates 2011 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Burger 1993 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Australolacerta (Cape Rock Lizard)   * Australolacerta australis Cape Rock Lizard Bates 1991 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Villiers, Baard & Branch 1983 Genus Heliobolus (Bushveld Lizards)   Heliobolus lugubris Southern African Bushveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Marques, Ceriaco, Heinicke, Chehouri, Conradie, Tolley & Bauer 2022 Schmidt 2002 Szczerbak 1975 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Ichnotropis (Rough-scaled Lizards)   Ichnotropis capensis Southern Rough-scaled Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Genus Meroles (Southwest African Desert Lizards)   Meroles ctenodactylus Giant Desert Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Lamb & Bauer 2003 Szczerbak 1975   Meroles cuneirostris Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bischoff 1991 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Lamb & Bauer 2003   Meroles knoxii Round-snouted Desert Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Bauer 2004 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Burger 1993 Lamb & Bauer 2003 Plessis & Mouton 2011 Szczerbak 1975   Meroles squamulosus Rough-scaled Desert Lizard Baeckens, Scholliers & Damme 2016 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Loveridge 1957 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978   Meroles suborbitalis Spotted Desert Lizard Bates 1991 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Lamb & Bauer 2003 Szczerbak 1975 Genus Nucras (Sandveld Lizards)   * Nucras aurantiaca Golden Sandveld Lizard Bauer, Childers, Broeckhoven & Mouton 2019   Nucras caesicaudata Blue-tailed Sandveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1972 Jacobsen 1989   Nucras holubi Southern Sandveld Lizard Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Nucras intertexta Spotted Sandveld Lizard Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley 1972 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Nucras lalandii Southeastern Sandveld Lizard Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Masterson, Koen, Du Toit & Horn 2010 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978   * Nucras livida Karoo Sandveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley 1972 Conradie, Busschau & Jordaan 2020 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Toit & Albas 2003   Nucras ornata Ornate Sandveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1972 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   * Nucras taeniolata Striped Sandveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1972 Burger 1997 Conradie 2012   Nucras tessellata Western Sandveld Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley 1972 Burger 1993 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Oosthuizen 2018 [as N. livida] Plessis & Mouton 2011 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 Genus Pedioplanis (African Sand Lizards)   Pedioplanis burchelli Southern Sand Lizard Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Burger 1993 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Cunningham, Henderson & Tolley 2003 Jacobsen 1989 Szczerbak 1975 Waal 1978   Pedioplanis inornata Plain Sand Lizard Bates 1991 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1981 [as undata] Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 [as undata] Szczerbak 1975 [as undata]   Pedioplanis laticeps Cape Sand Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Kirchhof, Penner, Roedel & Muller 2017 Plessis & Mouton 2011 Szczerbak 1975   Pedioplanis lineoocellata Spotted Sand Lizard Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Szczerbak 1975 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978   Pedioplanis namaquensis Namaqua Sand Lizard Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Szczerbak 1975 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978   Pedioplanis pulchella Venus Sand Lizard Bates 1996 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bauer 1991 [as lineoocellata] Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Burger 1993 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Jacobsen 1989 Szczerbak 1975 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 Genus Tropidosaura (South African Mountain Lizards)   Tropidosaura cottrelli Drakensberg Mountain Lizard Bates 2013 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin & Channing 1980 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1985 Branch 1998   Tropidosaura essexi Lesotho Mountain Lizard Bates 1992 Bates 1996 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bischoff 1992 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998   * Tropidosaura gularis Cape Mountain Lizard Bates 1991 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bischoff 1992 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Cunningham, Henderson & Tolley 2003   * Tropidosaura montana Common South African Mountain Lizard Armstrong 2001 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bischoff 1992 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Genus Vhembelacerta (Soutpansberg Rock Lizard)   * Vhembelacerta rupicola Soutpansberg Rock Lizard Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Acontias (Greater Legless Skinks)   * Acontias albigularis White-throated Legless Skink Conradie, Busschau & Edwards 2018   * Acontias breviceps Short-headed Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley & Greer 1969 Conradie, Busschau & Edwards 2018   * Acontias cregoi Soutpansberg Blind Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1968 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010   * Acontias fitzsimonsi Kruger Blind Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1968 Jacobsen 1989 Pietersen, Scholtz & Bastos 2018   Acontias gariepensis Gariep Blind Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley 1968 Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010   * Acontias gracilicauda Thin-tailed Legless Skink Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley & Greer 1969 Conradie, Busschau & Edwards 2018 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978   * Acontias grayi Graafwater Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley & Greer 1969   Acontias kgalagadi Kgalagadi Legless Skink Bates 1991 [as Typhlosaurus lineatus] Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 [as Typhlosaurus lineatus] Branch 1998 [as Typhlosaurus l. lineatus] Broadley 1968 [as Typhlosaurus lineatus] Conradie & Bourquin 2013 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 [as Typhlosaurus lineatus] Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Acontias lineatus Striped Dwarf Legless Skink Bates 1991 Bates 1996 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Braack 1989 [as "cf. lineatus"] Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley & Greer 1969 Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010   * Acontias lineicauda Algoa Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021   * Acontias litoralis Coastal Legless Skink Bates 1991 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley & Greer 1969 Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010 Mashinini 2010   * Acontias meleagris Cape Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley & Greer 1969 Burger 1993 Girard 2002 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 Witberg 2012   * Acontias namaquensis Namaqua Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch & Maritz 2010 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley & Greer 1969 Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010   Acontias occidentalis Western Black Legless Skink Bates 1996 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 [as g. gracilicauda] Branch 1998 Broadley & Greer 1969 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   * Acontias orientalis Eastern Cape Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley & Greer 1969 Cunningham, Henderson & Tolley 2003 Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010   Acontias parietalis Maputaland Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 [as a. aurantiacus] Bourquin 2004 [as a. aurantiacus] Branch 1998 [as a. aurantiacus] Broadley 1968 [as A. a. aurantiacus] Broadley 1990 Pietersen, Scholtz & Bastos 2018   Acontias plumbeus Giant Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 [as A. poecilus] Bourquin & Lambiris 1996 [as A. poecilus] Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 [as A. poecilus] Branch 1981 Branch 1998 [as A. poecilus] Broadley & Greer 1969 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010 [as A. poecilus] Zhao, Verdu-Ricoy, Mohlakoana, Jordaan, Conradie & Heideman 2019   * Acontias richardi Limpopo Blind Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 [as Typhlosaurus lineatus richardi] Jacobsen 1989 Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010   * Acontias rieppeli Woodbush Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 [as Aconthophiops lineatus] Jacobsen 1989 [as Aconthophiops lineatus] Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010 [as Aconthophiops lineatus]   * Acontias subtaeniatus Stripe-bellied Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1968 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 [as Typhlosaurus lineatus]   * Acontias tristis Northern Cape Striped Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley & Greer 1969 Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010   Acontias wakkerstroomensis Wakkerstroom Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 [as breviceps] Conradie, Busschau & Edwards 2018 Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010 [as breviceps] Genus Cryptoblepharus (Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks)   Cryptoblepharus africanus African Coral-rag Snake-eyed Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 [as boutonii] Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Haacke 1975 Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)   Mochlus sundevallii Common Savanna Supple Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Broadley 1966 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Loveridge 1957 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 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.] Kilunda, Conradie, Wasonga, Jin, Peng, Murphy, Malonza & Che 2019 Kirchhof 2011 Medina, Bauer, Branch, Schmitz, Conradie, Nagy, Hibbitts, Ernst, Portik, Nielsen, Colston, Kusamba, Behangana, Roedel & Greenbaum 2016   Panaspis wahlbergii Savanna Snake-eyed Skink Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 [as "cf. wahlbergii"] Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen & Broadley 2000 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kilunda, Conradie, Wasonga, Jin, Peng, Murphy, Malonza & Che 2019 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Maritz & Alexander 2007 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Medina, Bauer, Branch, Schmitz, Conradie, Nagy, Hibbitts, Ernst, Portik, Nielsen, Colston, Kusamba, Behangana, Roedel & Greenbaum 2016 Nicolau, Kemp & Conradie 2019 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978 Genus Scelotes (Dwarf Burrowing Skinks)   * Scelotes anguinus Algoa Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Burger 1997 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021   Scelotes arenicola Zululand Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1994   Scelotes bidigittatus Lowveld Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1994 Jacobsen 1989   * Scelotes bipes Silvery Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Heideman, Mulcahy, Sites, Hendricks & Daniels 2011   * Scelotes caffer Cape Three-toed Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Burger 1993   Scelotes capensis Namibian Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1981 Branch 1998   * Scelotes farquharsoni Qudeni Dwarf Burrowing Skink Raw 2020   Scelotes fitzsimonsi Kosi Bay Dwarf Burrowing Skink Armstrong 2001 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 2004 Broadley 1994   * Scelotes gronovii Cape One-toed Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Heideman, Mulcahy, Sites, Hendricks & Daniels 2011 Witberg 2012   * Scelotes guentheri Natal Dwarf Burrowing Skink Armstrong 2001 [as bourquini] Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 [as bourquini] Bourquin 2004 [as bourquini] Branch 1998 [as bourquini] Broadley 1994 [as bourquini]   * Scelotes inornatus Plain Dwarf Burrowing Skink Armstrong 2001 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1994   * Scelotes kasneri Cape Two-toed Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Heideman, Mulcahy, Sites, Hendricks & Daniels 2011   Scelotes limpopoensis Limpopo Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt 2002   Scelotes mirus Montane Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1994 Jacobsen 1989   * Scelotes montispectus Bloubergstrand Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer, Whiting & Sadlier 2003 Heideman, Mulcahy, Sites, Hendricks & Daniels 2011   Scelotes mossambicus Mozambique Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 [as brevipes] Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1994 Jacobsen 1989 [as brevipes] Johnson & Raw 1989 [as brevipes]   Scelotes sexlineatus Striped Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Heideman, Mulcahy, Sites, Hendricks & Daniels 2011 Visser 1979   Scelotes vestigifer Coastal Dwarf Burrowing Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1994 Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)   Trachylepis capensis Cape Skink Bates & Douglas 1992 Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bauer 1991 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Broadley 2000 Burger 1993 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Masterson, Koen, Du Toit & Horn 2010 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Phelps 2009 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 Witberg 2012 Waal 1978   Trachylepis damarana Damara Variable Skink Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Weinell & Bauer 2018   Trachylepis depressa Eastern Coastal Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 2000 Jacobsen 1989   Trachylepis homalocephala Red-sided Skink Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 2000 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Portik, Bauer & Jackman 2010 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 Waal 1978   * Trachylepis laevigata Limpopo Variable Skink Peters 1869 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Weinell & Bauer 2018   Trachylepis margaritifer African Rainbow Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley & Bauer 1998 Broadley 2000 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004   Trachylepis occidentalis Western Three-striped Skink Bates 1991 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley 2000 Burger 1993 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978   Trachylepis punctatissima Montane Speckled Skink Bates & Douglas 1992 Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Broadley 2000 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Fitzsimons 1956 [as striata] Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978   Trachylepis punctulata Eastern Variegated Skink Bates 1988 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley 1975 Broadley 2000 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Portik & Bauer 2012 Portik, Bauer & Jackman 2010 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978   Trachylepis sparsa Karasburg Tree Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Broadley 2000 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988   Trachylepis spilogaster Namibian Tree Skink Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Broadley 2000 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023   Trachylepis striata Eastern Striped Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Broadley 2000 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Maritz & Alexander 2007 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002   Trachylepis sulcata Koppie Skink Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bauer 1991 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 2000 Burger 1993 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Portik, Bauer & Jackman 2010 Portik, Bauer & Jackman 2011 Waal 1978   Trachylepis varia Savanna Variable Skink Bates & Douglas 1992 Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley 2000 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Maritz & Alexander 2007 Masterson, Koen, Du Toit & Horn 2010 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Weinell & Bauer 2018 Waal 1978   Trachylepis variegata Western Variegated Skink Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Bauer 1995 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley 1975 Broadley 2000 Burger 1993 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Portik & Bauer 2012 Portik, Bauer & Jackman 2010 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 Visser 1981 Waal 1978 Genus Typhlosaurus (Blind Legless Skinks)   * Typhlosaurus caecus Yellow Blind Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Heideman, Wilson, Hendricks, Don & Moses 1998 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley 1968 Visser 1979   * Typhlosaurus lomiae Northern Cape Blind Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Huyssteen & Petford 2021   Typhlosaurus meyeri Sperrgebiet Blind Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Broadley 1968   * Typhlosaurus vermis Pink Blind Legless Skink Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Heideman, Wilson, Hendricks, Don & Moses 1998 Branch 1981 Branch 1998  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus albigularis White-throated Monitor Bates 1990 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bayless, Switak & Patterson 2002 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1981 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Conradie 2012 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Els 2005 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Riley & Branch 1999 Schmidt 2002 Switak 2007 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978   Varanus niloticus Nile Monitor Bates 1992 Bates 1997 Bates 2010 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1981 Branch 1998 Charlton 1973 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Rhyn 1991 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978