The Natural History Society of Swaziland

Fauna and Flora: Reptiles

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The Reptile Species List:

LIST OF THE REPTILES OF SWAZILAND

(List for “Wild Swaziland”)

Compiled by Richard Boycott - January 2006

Family CROCODYLIDAE (Crocodiles)

Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

Family PELOMEDUSIDAE (Freshwater Terrapins)

Helmeted Terrapin (Pelomedusa subrufa)

Serrated Hinged Terrapin (Pelusios sinuatus)

Family TESTUDINIDAE (Land Tortoises)

Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis)

Natal Hinged Tortoise (Kinixys natalensis)

Speke’s Hinged Tortoise (Kinixys spekii)

Family GEKKONIDAE (Geckos)

Marley’s Flat Gecko (Afroedura marleyi)

Giant Swazi Flat Gecko (Afroedura major)

Cape Dwarf Gecko (Lygodactylus capensis capensis)

Spotted Dwarf Gecko (Lygodactylus ocellatus ocellatus)

Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)

Wahlberg’s Velvet Gecko (Homopholis wahlbergii)

Spotted Thick-toed Gecko (Pachydactylus maculatus)

Van Son’s Thick-toed Gecko (Pachydactylus vansoni)

Turner’s Thick-toed Gecko (Pachydactylus turneri)

Family AGAMIDAE (Agamas)

Southern Tree Agama (Acanthocerus atricollis)

Southern Rock Agama (Agama atra atra)

Distant’s Ground Agama (Agama aculeata distanti)

Peters Ground Agama (Agama armata)

Family CHAMAELEONIDAE (Chameleons)

Flap-neck Chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis)

Swazi Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion sp.)

Family SCINCIDAE (Skinks)

Montane Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes mirus)

Mozambique Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes mossambicus)

Rainbow Rock Skink (Trachylepis margaritifer)

Cape Skink (Trachylepis capensis)

Variable (Trachylepis varia)

Eastern Striped Skink (Trachylepis striata)

Montane Speckled Skink (Trachylepis puntatissima)

Sundevall’s Writhing Skink (Lygosoma sundevallii sundevallii)

Wahlberg’s Snake-eyed Skink (Panaspis wahlbergii)

Giant Legless Skink (Acontias plumbeus)

Family LACERTIDAE (Lacertids)

Delalande’s Sandveld Lizard (Nucras lalandii)

Holub’s Sandveld Lizard (Nucras holubi)

Ornate Sandveld Lizard (Nucras ornata)

Family VARANIDAE (Monitors)

Rock Monitor (Varanus albigularis)

Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus)

Family GERRHOSAURIDAE (Plated Lizards)

Giant Plated Lizard (Gerrhosaurus validus validus)

Yellow-throated Plated Lizard (Gerrhosaurus flavigularis)

Rough-scaled Plated Lizard (Gerrhosaurus major)

African Long-tailed Seps (Tetradactylus africanus africanus)

Family CORDYLIDAE (Girdled Lizards)

Transvaal Grass Lizard (Cordylus aenea)

Cape Grass Lizard (Cordylus anguina anguina)

Large-scaled Grass Lizard (Cordylus macrolepis macrolepis)

Warren’s Girdled Lizard (Cordylus warreni warreni)

Barberton Girdled Lizard (Cordylus warreni barbertonensis)

Tropical Girdled Lizard (Cordylus tropidosternum jonesii)

Transvaal Girdled Lizard (Cordylus vittifer)

Drakensberg Crag Lizard (Pseudocordylus melanotus melanotus)

Common Flat Lizard (Platysaurus intermedius natalensis)

Lebombo Flat Lizard (Platysaurus lebomboensis)

Family TYPHLOPIDAE (Blind Snakes)

Bibron’s Blind Snake (Typhlops bibronii)

Schlegel’s Beaked Blind Snake (Typhlops schlegelii schlegelii)

Family LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE (Thread Snakes)

Long-tailed Thread Snake (Leptotyphlops longicaudus)

Peter’s Thread Snake (Leptotyphlops scutifrons scutifrons)

Eastern Thread Snake (Leptotyphlops scutifrons conjunctus)

Incognito Thread Snake (Leptotyphlops incognitus)

Tello’s Thread Snake (Leptotyphlops telloi)

Family BOIDAE (Pythons)

South African Rock Python (Python natalensis)

Family COLUBRIDAE (Typical Snakes)

Dusky-bellied Water Snake (Lycodonomorphus laevissimus)

Common Brown Water Snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus)

Floodplain Water Snake (Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris)

Yellow-bellied House Snake (Lamprophis fuscus)

Olive House Snake (Lamprophis inornatus)

Spotted House Snake (Lamprophis guttatus)

Brown House Snake (Lamprophis capensis)

Swazi Rock Snake (Lamprophis swazicus)

Cape Wolf Snake (Lycophidion capense)

Variegated Wolf Snake (Lycophidion variegatum)

Cape File Snake (Mehelya capensis)

Black File Snake (Mehelya nyassae)

Common Slug Eater (Duberria lutrix)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Eastern Bark Snake (Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia)

Spotted Skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus rhombeatus)

Stripe-bellied Sand Snake (Psammophis subtaeniatus subtaeniatus)

Short-snouted Grass Snake (Psammophis brevirostris brevirostris)

Olive Grass Snake (Psammophis mossambicus)

Cross-marked Grass Snake (Psammophis crucifer)

Sundevall’s Shovel-snout (Prosymna sundevallii lineata)

East African Shovel-snout (Prosymna stuhlmannii)

Semiornate Snake (Meizodon semiornatus)

Green Water Snake (Philothamnus hoplogaster)

Eastern Natal Green Snake (Philothamnus natalensis natalensis)

Western Natal Green Snake (Philothamnus natalensis occidentalis)

Spotted Bush Snake (Philothamnus semivariegatus)

Herald Snake (Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia)

Marbled Tree Snake (Dipsadoboa aulica)

Eastern Tiger Snake (Telescopus semiannulatus semiannulatus)

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

Vine Snake (Thelotornis capensis capensis)

Brown Egg Eater (Dasypeltis inornata)

Common Egg Eater (Dasypeltis scabra)

Family ATRACTASPIDIDAE (Burrowing Snakes)

Reticulated Centipede Eater (Aparallactus lunulatus)

Cape Centipede Eater (Aparallactus capensis)

Natal Purple-glossed Snake (Amblyodipsas concolor)

Common Purple-glossed Snake (Amblyodipsas polylepis)

Bibron’s Burrowing Asp (Atractaspis bibronii)

Family ELAPIDAE (Elapids)

Spotted Harlequin Snakes (Homoroselaps lacteus)

Striped Harlequin Snakes (Homoroselaps dorsalis)

Sundevall’s Garter Snake (Elapsoidea sundewallii sundewallii)

Decoster’s Garter Snake (Elapsoidea sundewallii decosteri)

Boulenger’s Garter Snake (Elapsoidea boulengeri)

Rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus)

Intermediate Shield-nose Snake (Aspidelaps scutatus intermedius)

Snouted Cobra (Naja annulifera annulifera)

Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica)

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

Family VIPERIDAE (Adders)

Common Night Adder (Causus rhombeatus)

Snouted Night Adder (Causus defilippii)

Berg Adder (Bitis atropos)

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans)

Number of species = 111

Compiled by Richard Boycott - January 2006