Reptiles of the Sabi Sand Wildtuin

Updated 2015

Family Vernacular (Common) Name Scientific Notation

Testundines:
Mountain tortoise Geochlone paralis babcocki
Hingedback tortoise Kinixys beliana speckii
Cape terrapin Pelomedusa subrufa
Serrated hinged terrapin Pelusios sinuatus

Sqamata:
Common dwarf gecko Lygodactylus c. Capensis
Wahlberg’s velvety gecko Homopholis wahlbergii
Tropical house gecko Hemidactylus m. Mabouia
Bibron’s thicktoed gecko Pachydactylus bibronii
Van Son’s thicktoed gecko Pachydactylus c. Vansoni
Tree agama Agama articollis
Distant’s spiny agama Agama aculeata istanti
Flap-necked chameleon Chamaeleo d. Dilepis
Two-toed burrowing skink Scelotes biigitatus
Rainbow rock skink Mabuya quinqutaniata margritifer
Common variable skink Mabuya varia varia
Common striped skink Mabuya s. Striata
Sundeval’s writhing skink Lygosoma sundevallii
Wahlberg’s snake-eyed skink Panaspis wahlbergii
Giant legless skink Acontias plumbeus
Giant plated lizard Gerrhosaurus v. Validus
Tawny plated lizard Gerrhosaurus m. Major
Black-lined plated lizard Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus
Yellow-throated plated lizard Gerrhosaurus flavigularis
Jone’s girdled lizard Cordylus tropidosternum jonesii
Ornate scrub lizard Nucras taeniolata ornate
Rough-scaled sand lizard Ichnotropis squamulosa
Black and yellow sand lizard Heliobolus lugubris
Nile monitor Varanus n. Niloticus
White throated monitor Varanus exanthematicus albigularis
Giant blind snake Typhlops s. Schlegelii
Long-tailed worm snake Leptotyphlops longicaudus
Common African python Python sebae natalensis
Brown house snake Lamprophis f. Fuliginosis
Cape wolf snake Lycophidion f. Fuliginosis
Three-lined grass snake Psammophylax tritaeniatus
Striped bellied sand snake Psammophis subtaeniatus subtaeniatus
Olive grass snake Psammophis phillipsii
Dwarf sand snake Psammophis angolensis
Bibron’s stiletto snake Atractaspis bibronii
Blotched centipede eater Aparallactus l. Lunulatus
Cape centipede eater Aparallactus capensis
Southeastern green snake Philothamnus hoplogaster
Variegated bush snake Philothamnus s. Semivariegatus
Red-lipped snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
Eastern tiger snake Telescopus s. Semiannulatus
Tree snake Dispholidus t. Typus
Southern vine snake Thelotornis c. Capensis
Common egg-eater Dasypeltis scabra
Lebombo shield snake Aspidelaps scutatus intermedius
Egyptian cobra Naja haja annulifera
Mozambique spitting cobra Naja mossambica
Black mamba Dendroaspis polylepis
Snouted night adder Causus defilippii
Puffadder Bitis a. Arietans
Crocodylia:
Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus