African reptiles are categorized by reptilian order:
Order Testudines: turtles
ImageCommon name(s)Scientific nameDistributionNotes 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. 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 Central African RepublicZambezi flapshell turtleCycloderma frenatumTanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique East African black mud turtle Pelusios subniger East Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles Geometric tortoise Psammobates geometricus Cape area of South Africa Leopard tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis savannah from Sudan to South Africa 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 Radiated tortoise Astrochelys radiata native to southern Madagascar Speke's hinge-back tortoise Kinixys spekii Southeastern Africa (incl. Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda) 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
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