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African reptiles are categorized by reptilian order:
Order Testudines: turtles
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Common Name(s)
Scientific name
Distribution
Notes
African spurred tortoise or Sulcata tortoise
Centrochelys sulcata
southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Third largest species of tortoise in the world; the largest non-island species.[1]
African helmeted turtle Marsh terrapin
Pelomedusa subrufa
Very wide range
Aldabra giant tortoise
Aldabrachelys gigantea
Seychelles
Angonoka tortoise
Astrochelys yniphora
native to Madagascar
Aubry's flapshell turtle
Cycloderma aubryi
Democratic Republic of Congo, Zaire, Gabon, Angola and theCentral African Republic
East African black mud turtle
Pelusios subniger
East Africa
Geometric tortoise
Psammobates geometricus
Cape area of South Africa
Leopard tortoise
Stigmochelys pardalis
savannah from Sudan to South Africa[2]
Lobatse hinge-back tortoise
Kinixys lobatsiana
Southern Africa
African softshell turtle
Trionyx triunguis
parts of East, West and Middle Africa
Pancake tortoise
Malacochersus tornieri
most common in Kenya and Tanzania[3]
Radiated tortoise
Astrochelys radiata
native to southern Madagascar[4]
Speke's hinge-back tortoise
Kinixys spekii
Tanzania, etc.
Turkana mud turtle
Pelusios broadleyi
Eastern Africa (Kenya, etc.)
Upemba mud turtle
Pelusios upembae
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Yellowbelly mud turtle
Pelusios castanoides
Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, and Tanzania
Order Squamata: snakes and lizards
Acanthocercus
Acanthodactylus erythrurus
Acanthodactylus mechriguensis
Agama (genus)
Agama agama
Agama aculeata
Agama africana
Agama armata
Agama caudospinosa
Agama mwanzae
Agama rueppelli
Aspidelaps
Atheris ceratophora
Atheris chlorechis
Atheris desaixi
Atheris hispida
Atheris katangensis
Atheris nitschei
Atheris squamigera
Bitis arietans
Bitis atropos
Bitis caudalis
Bitis cornuta
Bitis gabonica
Bitis heraldica
Bitis inornata
Bitis nasicornis
Bitis parviocula
Bitis peringueyi
Bitis rubida
Bitis schneideri
Bitis worthingtoni
Bitis xeropaga
Boomslang
Boulengerina annulata
Cape Cobra
Cape Dwarf Chameleon
Chalcides armitagei
Chalcides montanus
Chalcides ocellatus
Chalcides pulchellus
Chalcides regazzii
Chalcides thierryi
Chamaeleo hoehnelii
Chamaeleo johnstoni
Chamaeleo melleri
Charina
Common Egg-eater
Eastern green mamba
Echis coloratus
Fischer's Chameleon
Hemidactylus brookii
Hemidactylus echinus
Hemidactylus frenatus
Hemidactylus mabouia
Hemidactylus muriceus
Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus
Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko
Jackson's Chameleon
Karoo Dwarf Chameleon
Lined day gecko
Madagascarophis
Mamba
Mozambique Spitting Cobra
Naja ashei
Naja nigricollis
Namaqua Chameleon
Nile monitor
Nucras caesicaudata
Paranaja multifasciata
Phelsuma pusilla pusilla
Psudohaje goldii
Python anchietae
Python regius
Python sebae
Python sebae natalensis
Red Spitting Cobra
Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus
Rhampholeon spectrum
Rhampholeon brevicaudatus
Rinkhals
Rosette-Nosed Chameleon
Savannah monitor
Sharp-nosed Chameleon
Small-spotted Lizard
Spitting cobra
Strange-nosed Chameleon
Trachylepis striata
Uromastyx geyri
Uroplatus
Uroplatus guentheri
Uroplatus lineatus
Uroplatus phantasticus
Uroplatus fimbriatus
Uroplatus silkorae
Varanus albigularis
Varanus albigularis angolensis
Varanus albigularis microstictus
Varanus albigularis ionidesi
Varanus griseus
Vipera monticola
Western green mamba
Yellow-throated day gecko
Order Crocodilia: crocodiles
Nile Crocodile
Crocodile
Dwarf Crocodile
Slender-snouted Crocodile
^Branch, Bill (William R.) (2008). Tortoises, terrapins and turtles of Africa. Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 978-1-77007-463-7. OCLC 191891072.
^Baker, P.J. Kabigumila, J. Leuteritz, T. Hofmeyr, M. & Ngwava, J.M. (2014-08-29). "Stigmochelys pardalis". doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2015-4.rlts.t163449a1009442.en. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Kenyatta Malonza, Patrick (1 January 2003). "Ecology and Distribution of the Pancake Tortoise". Journal of East African Natural History. 92: 81. doi:10.2982/0012-8317(2003)92[81:EADOTP]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0012-8317. S2CID 84643003.
^"Radiated tortoise". Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteSmithsonian's National Zoo. 25 April 2016.
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