Reptiles of
South Sudan 

 

Bibliography of the reptiles of South Sudan Taxonomic history of the reptiles of South Sudan Introduced species
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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
Genus Mecistops (African Slender-snouted Crocodiles)
  EX
Mecistops leptorhynchus

Central African Slender-snouted Crocodile

Shirley, Carr, Nestler, Vliet & Brochu 2018 [as cataphractus]

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

Dongola Agama

Wagner & Bauer 2011
 
Agama picticauda

Ada Foah Agama

Boehme, Wagner, Malonza, Loetters & Koehler 2005 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 [as agama] Loveridge 1957 [as agama] Werner 1908 [as colonorum]
 
Agama rueppelli

Arboreal Agama

Drewes 1972 Wagner & Bauer 2011
 Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)
 
Chamaeleo gracilis

Graceful Chameleon

Friis & Rasmussen 1981 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Werner 1908
 
Chamaeleo laevigatus

Smooth Chameleon

Broadley & Howell 1991 Glaw 2015 Werner 1908
Genus Trioceros (Equatorial Chameleons)
 
Trioceros bitaeniatus

Two-striped Chameleon

Boehme & Klaver 1980 Broadley & Howell 1991 Friis & Rasmussen 1981 Glaw 2015 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Klaver & Boehme 1997
 
Trioceros conirostratus

Sudanese Unicorn Chameleon

Glaw 2015 Hughes, Blackburn, Wilber & Behangana 2018 Tilbury 1998 Tilbury 2010
 
Trioceros ellioti

Montane Side-striped Chameleon

Boehme & Klaver 1980 Broadley & Howell 1991 Friis & Rasmussen 1981 Glaw 2015 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010
  *
Trioceros kinetensis

Mount Kineti Chameleon

Boehme & Klaver 1980 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Schmidt 1943 Tilbury 2010
 
Trioceros rudis

Ruwenzori Side-striped Chameleon

Glaw 2015 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Tilbury 2010
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Ancylodactylus (African Rock and Forest Geckos)
 
Ancylodactylus dickersonae

Ituri Four-lined Forest Gecko

Friis & Rasmussen 1981 [as africana] Perret 1986 Spawls, Beraduccii & Malonza 2021 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus angulatus

West African House Gecko

Drewes 1972 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Loveridge 1947 Werner 1908
 
Hemidactylus lanzai

Lake Chew Bahir Half-toed Gecko

Drewes 1972 [as H. isolepis] Smid, Mazuch, Novakova, Modry, Malonza, Elmi, Carranza & Moravec 2020
Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)
 
Lygodactylus gutturalis

Chevron-throated Dwarf Gecko

Loveridge 1947 Werner 1908
 
Lygodactylus sudanensis

Sudan Dwarf Gecko

Loveridge 1947
Genus Stenodactylus (Afro-Asian Thin-toed Geckos)
 
Stenodactylus sthenodactylus

Elegant Thin-toed Gecko

Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
 Family Gerrhosauridae (Plated Lizards)
Genus Broadleysaurus (Rough-scaled Plated Lizard)
 
Broadleysaurus major

Rough-scaled Plated Lizard

Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013 Broadley 1987
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Adolfus (African Forest Lizards)
 
Adolfus africanus

Multi-scaled Forest Lizard

Friis & Rasmussen 1981 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Koehler, Wagner, Visser & Boehme 2003 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Genus Heliobolus (Bushveld Lizards)
 
Heliobolus spekii

East African Bushveld Lizard

Drewes 1972 Lanza 1990 Loveridge 1957 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Werner 1908
Genus Latastia (African Long-tailed Lizards)
 
Latastia longicaudata

Common Long-tailed Lizard

Drewes 1972
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)
 
Tarentola annularis

Egyptian White-spotted Gecko

Joger 1984 Lanza 1990
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)
 
Chalcides bottegi

Ethiopian Cylindrical Skink

Drewes 1972 Greenbaum 2005 Greenbaum, Campbell & Raxworthy 2006
Genus Leptosiaphos (Slender Leaf-litter Skinks)
 
Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae

Uganda Five-toed Skink

Broadley 1989 Schmidt 1943 [as weberi] Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
 
Leptosiaphos kilimensis

Kilimanjaro Five-toed Skink

Ullenbruch & Boehme 2017
Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)
 
Trachylepis brevicollis

Short-necked Skink

Drewes 1972 Haxaire & Ineich 1999
 
Trachylepis maculilabris

Common Speckled-lipped Skink

Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Loveridge 1957
 
Trachylepis megalura

Grass-top Skink

Haxaire & Ineich 1999
 
Trachylepis perrotetii

Orange-flanked Skink

Werner 1908 [as Mabuia mongallensis]
 
Trachylepis quinquetaeniata

African Five-lined Skink

Broadley & Bauer 1998 Drewes 1972 Friis & Rasmussen 1981 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Koppetsch 2020 Werner 1908
 
Trachylepis striata

Eastern Striped Skink

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1977 Broadley 2000 Drewes 1972 Lanza 1990 Werner 1908
 
Trachylepis varia

Savanna Variable Skink

Schmidt 1943
 
Trachylepis wingatii

Sudan Grass Skink

Koppetsch 2020 Werner 1908
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus albigularis

White-throated Monitor

Bayless 2002
 
Varanus exanthematicus

Western Savanna Monitor

Bayless 2002 Werner 1908 [as V. ocellatus]
 
Varanus niloticus

Nile Monitor

Bayless 2002 Werner 1908

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

East African Sand Boa

Owen 1956 Werner 1908 [as E. thebaicus]
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)
 
Crotaphopeltis degeni

Yellow-flanked Herald Snake

Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Loveridge 1957 Pitman 1974 Werner 1908 [as Leptodira attarensis]
 
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Common Herald Snake

Corkill 1935 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Loveridge 1955 Werner 1908
Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)
 
Dasypeltis atra

Forest Egg Eater

Bates & Broadley 2018 Broadley & Howell 1991 Friis & Rasmussen 1981 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Pitman 1974
 
Dasypeltis confusa

Diamondback Egg Eater

Bates & Broadley 2018 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
 
Dasypeltis scabra

Common African Egg Eater

Bates & Broadley 2018 Broadley 1983 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Loveridge 1955 Loveridge 1957
Genus Dipsadoboa (Nocturnal Tree Snakes)
 
Dipsadoboa weileri

Grey Nocturnal Tree Snake

Rasmussen 1993
Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)
 
Dispholidus sp.

(Boomslang)

Haxaire & Ineich 1999 [as D. t. typus] Loveridge 1955 [as D. typus] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as D. typus] Werner 1908 [as D. typus]
Genus Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes)
 
Grayia smythii

Equatorial Water Snake

Loveridge 1955
 
Grayia tholloni

Nandi Water Snake

Corkill 1935 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Owen 1956 Pitman 1974
Genus Hapsidophrys (Emerald Snakes)
 
Hapsidophrys lineatus

Black-lined Green Snake

Ullenbruch & Boehme 2017
Genus Meizodon (African Smooth Snakes)
 
Meizodon coronatus

West African Crowned Smooth Snake

Friis & Rasmussen 1981 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Loveridge 1955 Pitman 1974
 
Meizodon regularis

East African Crowned Smooth Snake

Schatti 1985
 
Meizodon semiornatus

Semi-ornate Smooth Snake

Corkill 1935 Lanza 1990 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Schatti 1985
Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)
 
Natriciteres olivacea

Olive Marsh Snake

Corkill 1935 Loveridge 1955 Loveridge 1958 Werner 1908
Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)
 
Philothamnus angolensis

Angolan Green Snake

Corkill 1935 [as Chlorophis emini] Werner 1908 [as Chlorophis emini]
 
Philothamnus battersbyi

Northeastern Green Snake

Loveridge 1955 Loveridge 1958 Pitman 1974
 
Philothamnus bequaerti

Uganda Green Snake

Hughes 1985 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Loveridge 1955 [as i. irregularis] Loveridge 1958 [as i. irregularis] Werner 1908 [as Chlorophis irregularis]
 
Philothamnus heterolepidotus

Slender Green Snake

Broadley & Howell 1991 Loveridge 1955 Loveridge 1957 Loveridge 1958 Pitman 1974
 
Philothamnus semivariegatus

Variegated Bush Snake

Corkill 1935 Loveridge 1955 Loveridge 1958 Pitman 1974 Werner 1908
Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)
 
Platyceps florulentus

Egyptian Whip Snake

Loveridge 1955 Pitman 1974
Genus Scaphiophis (African Hook-nosed Snakes)
 
Scaphiophis albopunctatus

Common African Hook-nosed Snake

Broadley 1994 Loveridge 1955 Pitman 1974
 
Scaphiophis raffreyi

Ethiopian Hook-nosed Snake

Broadley 1994 Haxaire & Ineich 1999
Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)
 
Telescopus obtusus

Egyptian Cat Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Crochet, Rasmussen, Wilms, Geniez, Trape & Boehme 2008 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 [as dhara] Loveridge 1955 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 [as dhara] Spawls, Malonza & Beraduccii 2021
Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)
 
Thelotornis kirtlandii

Northern Vine Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2002 Broadley 2001 Owen 1956
Genus Thrasops (Black Tree Snakes)
 
Thrasops jacksonii

Common Black Tree Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2002 Friis & Rasmussen 1981 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Ullenbruch & Boehme 2017
Genus Toxicodryas (African Tree Cat Snakes)
 
Toxicodryas adamanteus

Eastern Powdered Cat Snake

Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Ullenbruch & Boehme 2017 [as pulverulenta]
 
Toxicodryas vexator

Eastern Black-and-Yellow Tree Snake

Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Loveridge 1955 [as blandingii] Pitman 1974 [as blandingii]
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)
 
Dendroaspis jamesonii

Central African Green Mamba

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Owen 1956 Pitman 1974 Spawls & Branch 1995
 
Dendroaspis polylepis

Black Mamba

Haakansson & Madsen 1983 Loveridge 1955 Pitman 1974 Spawls & Branch 1995 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)
 
Elapsoidea laticincta

Sudanese Garter Snake

Broadley 1971 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Jakobsen 1997 Loveridge 1955 Pitman 1974 Spawls & Branch 1995
 
Elapsoidea loveridgei

Northeastern Garter Snake

Jakobsen 1997
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja ashei

East African Spitting Cobra

Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
 
Naja haje

Egyptian Cobra

Corkill 1935 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Loveridge 1955 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape, Chirio, Broadley & Wuster 2009
 
Naja nigricollis

Black-necked Spitting Cobra

Corkill 1935 Loveridge 1955 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Werner 1908
 
Naja pallida

Eastern Pallid Spitting Cobra

Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
 
Naja subfulva

Brown Forest Cobra

Flower 1931 [as N. melanoleuca] Loveridge 1955 [as N. melanoleuca] Pitman 1974 [as N. melanoleuca] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as N. melanoleuca] Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes)
 
Amblyodipsas unicolor

Equatorial Purple-glossed Snake

Broadley 1971 Ullenbruch & Boehme 2017 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)
 
Aparallactus jacksonii

Sudan Centipede Eater

Lanza 1990 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Loveridge 1955 Pitman 1974 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Aparallactus lunulatus

Reticulated Centipede Eater

Loveridge 1940 Loveridge 1955 Segniagbeto, Trape, David, Ohler, Dubois & Glitho 2011 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Werner 1908
Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)
 
Atractaspis aterrima

Western Forest Stiletto Snake

Rasmussen 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995
 
Atractaspis fallax

False Stiletto Snake

Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atractaspis irregularis

Variable Stiletto Snake

Friis & Rasmussen 1981 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Loveridge 1955 Schmidt 1943 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atractaspis phillipsi

Sudanese Stiletto Snake

Corkill 1935 [as A. microlepidota] Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 [as A. m. microlepidota] Loveridge 1955 [as A. m. microlepidota] Loveridge 1957 [as A. m. microlepidota] Pitman 1974 [as A. m. microlepidota] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as A. microlepidota]
 
Atractaspis watsoni

Sokoto Stiletto Snake

Trape, Mane & Ineich 2006
Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)
 
Boaedon fuliginosus

Common African House Snake

Broadley 1983 Corkill 1935 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Pitman 1974
 
Boaedon lineatus

Lined House Snake

Loveridge 1955 Werner 1908
 
Boaedon perisilvestris

Central African Savanna House Snake

Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toingue & Kerah 2020
Genus Chilorhinophis (Black-and-Yellow Burrowing Snakes)
 
Chilorhinophis butleri

Sudan Black-and-Yellow Burrowing Snake

Loveridge 1958 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Werner 1908
Genus Dromophis (Olympic Snakes)
 
Dromophis lineatus

Lined Olympic Snake

Hughes 2004 Loveridge 1955 Pitman 1974 Werner 1908
Genus Hemirhagerrhis (Bark Snakes)
 
Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii

Kenyan Bark Snake

Broadley & Hughes 2000
 
Hemirhagerrhis kelleri

Stripe-bellied Bark Snake

Broadley & Hughes 2000
 
Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia

Southeastern Bark Snake

Broadley & Hughes 2000 Broadley 1983 Owen 1956 Werner 1908
Genus Hormonotus (Yellow Forest Snake)
 
Hormonotus modestus

Yellow Forest Snake

Owen 1956
Genus Kladirostratus (Striped Beaked Snakes)
 
Kladirostratus togoensis

Western Striped Beaked Snake

Chirio & Ineich 1991 Keates, Conradie, Greenbaum & Edwards 2019
Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)
 
Limaformosa savorgnani

Central African Forest File Snake

Lanza & Broadley 2014 Lanza 1990 Loveridge 1957 Owen 1956 Pitman 1974 Werner 1908 [as Simocephalus butleri]
Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)
 
Lycophidion depressirostre

Flat-snouted Wolf Snake

Broadley & Hughes 1993 Broadley 1996 Chippaux & Jackson 2019
 
Lycophidion irroratum

Western Forest Wolf Snake

Broadley & Hughes 1993
 
Lycophidion jacksoni

Kilimanjaro Wolf Snake

Broadley & Hughes 1993 Broadley 1996 Laurent 1968 Loveridge 1955 [as L. c. capense] Trape 2021
 
Lycophidion ornatum

Ornate Wolf Snake

Broadley & Hughes 1993 Broadley 1996 Laurent 1968
Genus Polemon (African Snake Eaters)
 
Polemon christyi

Eastern Snake Eater

Owen 1956
Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)
 
Prosymna ambigua

Central African Shovel-snout

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1980 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Loveridge 1955 Loveridge 1957 Loveridge 1958 Pitman 1974
 
Prosymna greigerti

Sudan Savanna Shovel-snout

Broadley 1980 Loveridge 1955 [as P. meleagris] Loveridge 1958 [as P. laurenti] Papenfuss 1969 [as P. laurenti] Pitman 1974 [as P. laurenti]
Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)
 
Psammophis mossambicus

East African Olive Grass Snake

Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
 
Psammophis rukwae

Lake Rukwa Sand Snake

Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
 
Psammophis sudanensis

Sudan Sand Snake

Corkill 1935 [as P. subtaeniatus] Loveridge 1940 Loveridge 1955 Loveridge 1957 Pitman 1974
 
Psammophis tanganicus

Tanganyika Sand Snake

Largen & Rasmussen 1993
Genus Psammophylax (Skaapstekers)
 
Psammophylax multisquamis

Kenyan Striped Skaapsteker

Owen 1956
Genus Rhamphiophis (Beaked Snakes)
 
Rhamphiophis rostratus

Rufous Beaked Snake

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1983 Chirio & Ineich 1991 Lanza 1990 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Loveridge 1955 Pitman 1974
 
Rhamphiophis rubropunctatus

Red-spotted Beaked Snake

Chirio & Ineich 1991 Lanza 1990 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Loveridge 1955 Pitman 1974 Werner 1908
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Leptotyphlops (Typical Thread Snakes)
 
Leptotyphlops emini

Karagwe Thread Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2007 Loveridge 1955 Loveridge 1957 Pitman 1974
Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)
 
Myriopholis braccianii

Eritrean Mountain Thread Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2007 Loveridge 1955 [as cairi]
 Family Micrelapidae (Short-jawed Rear-fanged Snakes)
Genus Micrelaps (Afro-Asian Black-headed Snakes)
 
Micrelaps vaillanti

Somali Black-headed Snake

Lanza 1990 [as M. boettgeri] Loveridge 1955 [as M. boettgeri] Pitman 1974 [as M. boettgeri] Rasmussen 2002
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Python (Typical Pythons)
 
Python regius

Ball Python

Owen 1956 Pitman 1974 Werner 1908
 
Python sebae

Northern Rock Python

Broadley 1984 Owen 1956 Spawls & Branch 1995 Werner 1908
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)
 
Afrotyphlops brevis

Somali Giant Blind Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2009 Hahn 1980 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Loveridge 1955 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 Werner 1908 [as schlegelii]
 
Afrotyphlops lineolatus

Lineolate Blind Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2009 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Afrotyphlops punctatus

Spotted Blind Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2009 Corkill 1935 Loveridge 1955 Schmidt 1943 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Werner 1908
Genus Letheobia (African Gracile Blind Snakes)
  *
Letheobia toritensis

Torit Gracile Blind Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2007 Loveridge 1955 [as pallida]
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Atheris (African Bush Vipers)
 
Atheris squamigera

Southern Green Bush Viper

Ullenbruch & Boehme 2017
Genus Bitis (African Adders)
 
Bitis arietans

Common Puff Adder

Corkill 1935 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Owen 1956 Spawls & Branch 1995 Werner 1908
 
Bitis gabonica

Gaboon Adder

Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1983 Loveridge 1957 Owen 1956 Pitman 1974 Spawls & Branch 1995
 
Bitis nasicornis

African Nose-horned Viper

Broadley & Howell 1991 Friis & Rasmussen 1981 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Loveridge 1955 Loveridge 1957 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Pitman 1974 Spawls & Branch 1995
Genus Causus (Night Adders)
 
Causus lichtensteinii

Forest Night Adder

Friis & Rasmussen 1981 Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Loveridge 1955 Pitman 1974
 
Causus maculatus

West African Night Adder

Haxaire & Ineich 1999 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995
 
Causus resimus

Green Night Adder

Corkill 1935 Loveridge 1955 Pitman 1974 Spawls & Branch 1995 Werner 1908
 
Causus rhombeatus

Rhombic Night Adder

Corkill 1935 Loveridge 1955 Spawls & Branch 1995
Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)
 
Echis pyramidum

North East African Carpet Viper

Drewes 1972 Pitman 1974 [as E. carinatus leakeyi] Spawls & Branch 1995

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

Central African Helmeted Turtle

Drewes 1972 [as subrufa] Petzold, Vargas-Ramirez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroky & Fritz 2014 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)
 
Pelusios adansonii

Sahelian Mud Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Pelusios chapini

Central African Mud Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)
 
Kinixys belliana

Central African Hinge-back Tortoise

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Kinixys erosa

Forest Hinge-back Tortoise

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Kinixys nogueyi

Western Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Stigmochelys (Leopard Tortoise)
 
Stigmochelys pardalis

Leopard Tortoise

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Cyclanorbis (SubSaharan Flapshell Turtles)
 
Cyclanorbis elegans

Nubian Flapshell Turtle

Baker, Diagne & Luiselli 2015 Demaya, Benansio, Lado, Diagne, Dendi & Luiselli 2019 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Cyclanorbis senegalensis

Senegal Flapshell Turtle

McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2003 McGovern, Diagne, Diagne, Luiselli & Meylan 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Trionyx (African Softshell Turtle)
 
Trionyx triunguis

African Softshell Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021