Kruger National Park Reptile List

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Animal Family Common Name Latin Name Animal Sighted

Agamas Distant's Spiny Agama Agama aculeata distanti

Tree Agama Acanthocercus atricollis

Tropical Spiny Agama Agama armata

Amphisbaenia (Worm Lizards) Cape Wedge-Snouted Amphisbaenian Monopeltis capensis

Kalahari Round-Snouted Amphisbaenian Zygaspis quadrifrons

Kalahari Wedge-Snouted Amphisbaenian Monopeltis leonhardi

Lang's Round-Snouted Amphisbaenian Chirindia langi langi

Slender Wedge-Snouted Amphisbaenian Monopeltis sphenorhynchus sphenorhynchus

Violet Round-Snouted Amphisbaenian Zygaspis violacea

Chameleons Flap-Necked Chameleon Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis

Crocodiles Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus

Geckos Common Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus capensiscapensis

Haacke's Flat Gecko Afroedura haackei

Khami Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus stevensoni

Lebombo Flat Gecko Afroedura pondolia marleyi

Olifants River Flat Gecko Afroedura langi langi

Pafuri Flat Gecko Afroedura sp. nov.

Spotted Thick-Toed Gecko Pachydactylus punctatus punctatus

Transvaal Flat Gecko Afroedura transvaalica transvaalica

Transvaal Thick-Toed Gecko Pachydactylus affinis

Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia mabouia

Turner’s Thick-Toed Gecko Pachydactylus turneri

Van Son's Thick-Toed Gecko Pachydactylus vansoni

Wahlberg's Velvety Gecko Homopholis wahlbergii

Lizards Barberton Girdled Lizard Cordylus warreni barbertonensis

Black And Yellow Sand Lizard Heliobolus lugubris

Black-Lined Plated Lizard Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus

Blue-Tailed Scrub Lizard Nucras caesicaudata

Giant Plated Lizard Gerrhosaurus validus validus

Greater Flat Lizard Platysaurus intermedius wilhelmi

Holub's Long-Tailed Lizard Nucras holubi

Jones' Girdled Lizard Cordylus tropidosternum jonesii

Lebombo Girdled Lizard Cordylus warreni warreni

Limpopo Flat Lizard Platysaurus intermedius rhodesianus

Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus niloticus

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Ornate Scrub Lizard Nucras ornata

Rock Leguaan Varanus albigularis albigularis

Rough-Scaled Girdled Lizard Cordylus warreni depressus

Rough-Scaled Sand Lizard Ichnotropis squamulosa

Spotted Scrub Lizard Nucras intertexta

Tawny Plated Lizard Gerrhosaurus major major

Transvaal Flat Lizard Platysaurus intermedius intermedius

Transvaal Girdled Lizard Cordylus vittifer

Van Dam's Girdled Lizard Cordylus vandami

Yellow-Throated Plated Lizard Gerrhosaurus flavigularis

Skinks Common Striped Skink Mabuya striata striata

Common Variable Skink Mabuya varia

Cregoi's Blind Skink Typhlosaurus cregoi cregoi

Dwarf Snake-Eyed Skink Panaspis

Eastern Coastal Skink Mabuya depressa

Giant Legless Skink Acontias plumbeus

Golden Blind Skink Typhlosaurus aurantiacus fitzsimonsi

Limpopo Burrowing Skink Scelotes limpopoensis limpopoensis

Rainbow Rock Skink Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifer

Short-Footed Burrowing Skink Scelotes mossambicus

Sundevall's Writhing Skink Lygosoma sundevallii sundevallii

Two-Toed Burrowing Skink Scelotes bidigittatus

Wahlberg's Snake-Eyed Skink Panaspis wahlbergii

Snakes Bibrons Stiletto Snake Atractaspis bibronii

Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis

Black-Headed Centipede-Eater Aparallactus capensis

Black-Lipped Snake Amblyodipsas microphthalma nigra

Blotched Centipede-Eater Aparallactus lunulatus lunulatus

Brown House Snake Lamprophis fuliginosus

Brown Water Snake Lycodonomorphus rufulus

Cape File Snake Mehelya capensis capensis

Cape Wolf Snake Lycophidion capense capense

Common African Python Python natalensis

Common Egg-Eater Dasypeltis scabra

Common Mole Snake Pseudaspis cana

Common Puffadder Bitis arietans arietans

Common Slug-Eater Duberria lutrix lutrix

Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake Rhinotyphlops lalandei

Dwarf Sand Snake Psammophis angolensis

Eastern Natal Green Snake Philothamnus natalensis natalensis

Eastern Tiger Snake Telescopus semiannulatus semiannulatus

Eastern White-Lipped Snake Amblyodipsas microphthalma microphthalma

Fork-Marked Sand Snake Psammophis leightoni trinasalis

Glossy Worm Snake Leptotyphlops scutifrons scutifrons

Half-Banded Garter Snake Elapsoidea boulengeri

Horned Adder Bitis caudalis

Lebombo Shield Snake Aspidelaps scutatus intermedius

Lesser Worm Snake Leptotyphlops conjunctus incognitus

Long-Tailed Worm Snake Leptotyphlops longicaudus

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Long-Tailed Garter Snake Elapsoidea sundevallii longicauda

Marbled Tree Snake Dipsadoboa aulica

Mfezi Snake Naja mossambica

Mopane Snake Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia nototaenia

Natal Purple-Glossed Snake Amblyodipsas concolor

Nyasa File Snake Mehelya nyassae

Olive Grass Snake Psammophis mossambicus

Purple-Glossed Snake Amblyodipsas polylepis polylepis

Red-Lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Rufous Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus rostratus

Schlegel’s Beaked Blind Snake Rhinotyphlops schlegelii schlegelii

Semiornate Snake Meizodon semiornatus semiornatus

Slender Quill-Nosed Snake Xenocalamus bicolor lineatus

Snouted Cobra Naja annulifera

Snouted Night Adder Causus defilippii

South-Eastern Green Snake Philothamnus hoplogaster

Southern Vine Snake Thelotornis capensis capensis

Spotted House Snake Lamprophis guttatus

Spotted Shovel-Snout Prosymna stuhlmanni

Sundevall's Streaky Shovel-Snout Prosymna sundevallii lineata

Three-Lined Grass Snake Psammophylax tritaeniatus

Transvaal Worm Snake Leptotyphlops distanti

Tree Snake Dispholidus typus typus

Twin-Striped Shovel-Snout Prosymna bivittata

Variegated Bush Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus semivariegatus

Variegated Wolf Snake Lycophidion variegatum

Western Stripe-Bellied Sand Snake Psammophis subtaeniatus subtaeniatus

White Lipped Water Snake Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris

Terrapins Cape Terrapin Pelomedusa subrufa

Pan Hinged Terrapin Pelusios subniger

Serrated Hinged Terrapin Pelusios sinuatus

Tortoises Leopard Tortoise Geochelone pardalis

Natal Hinged Tortoise Kinixys natalensis

Speke's Hinged-Back Tortoise Kinixys spekii

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