Reptiles & Amphibians Species List
Chelonians |
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Land Tortoises |
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Angulate tortoise | Ploegskaarskilpad | Chersina angulata | D |
Leopard/Mountain tortoise | Bergskilpad | Geochelone pardalis | D |
Boulenger’s Padloper | Karoo Padloper | Homopus boulengeri | D |
Parrot-beaked tortoise | Papegaaiskilpad | Homopus areolatus | D |
Terrapins |
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Marsh/Helmeted terrapin | Moeraswaterskilpad | Pelomedusa subrufa | D |
Squamata |
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Snakes |
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Delalande’s Beaked Blind Snake | Delalande se Blindeslang | Rhinotyphlops lalandei | D |
Brown House Snake | Bruin Huisslang | Lamprophis fuliginosus | D |
Spotted House Snake | Gevelkte Huisslang | Lamprophis guttatus | D |
Mole Snake | Molslang | Pseudaspis cana | D |
Sundevall’s Shovel-snout | Sundevall se Graffneusslang | Prosymna sundevallii | D |
Spotted/Rhombic Skaapsteker | Gevlekte Skaapsteker | Psammophylax rhombeatus | D |
Karoo Sand/Whip Snake | Karoo Sandslang | Psammophis notostictus | D |
Common/Rhombic Egg Eater | Gewone Eiervreter | Dasypeltis scabra | D |
Boomslang | Boomslang | Dispholidus typus | D |
Spotted Harlequin Snake | Gevlekte Kousbandjie | Homoroselaps lacteus | D |
Coral Snake | Koraalslang | Aspidelaps lubricus | D |
Cape Cobra | Kaapse Kobra | Naja nivea | D |
Rinkhals | Rinkhals | Hemachatus haemachatus | D |
Puff Adder | Pofadder | Bitis arietans | D |
Rhombic Night Adder | Nagadder | Causus rhombeatus | D |
Lizards |
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Western Rock Skink | Koppieskink | Mabuya sulcata | D |
Variegated Skink | Gespikkelde Skink | Mabuya variegata | D |
Western Sandveld Lizard | Westelike Sandveldakkedis | Nucras tessellata | D |
Burchell’s Sand Lizard | Burchell se Sandakkedis | Pedioplanis burchelli | D |
Spotted Sand Lizard | Gevlekte Sandakkedis | Pedioplanis lineoocellata | D |
Namaqua Sand Lizard | Namakwa-sandakkedis | Pedioplanis namaquensis | D |
Namaqua Plated Lizard | Namakwa-pantserakkedis | Gerrhosaurus typicus | D |
Karoo Girdled Lizard | Karoo-gordelakkedis | Cordylus polyzonus | D |
Ground Agama | Grond Koggelmander | Agama aculeata | D |
Southern Rock/Knobel’s Agama | Suidelike Rotskoggelmander | Agama atra | D |
Karoo Dwarf Chameleon | Karoo-dwegverkleurmannetjie | Bradypodian karrooicum | D |
Robertson Dwarf Chameleon | Robertson dwegverkleurmannetjie Bradypodian guttural | D | |
Namaqua Chameleon | Namakwa-verkleurmannetjie | Chameleo namaquensis | D |
Bibron’s Thick-toed Gecko | Bibron se Geitjie | Pachydactylus bibronii | N |
Cape Thick-toed Gecko | Kaapse Geitjie | Pachydactylus capenses | N |
Marico Thick-toed Gecko | Marico-Geitjie | Pachydactylus mariquensis | N |
Cape Skink | Kaapse Skink | Mabuya capensis | D |
Anura |
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Amphibians |
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Common Platanna | Gewone Platanna | Xenopus laevis laevis | N |
Karoo Toad | Karoo Skurwepadda | Bufo gariepensis gariepensis | N |
Cape River Frog | Kaapse Rivierpadda | Rana fusciqula | N |
Common Caco | Gewone Blikslaner | Cacosternum boettgeri | N |
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Southern Rock Agama
- (Page last updated 2013-05-31)