List of REPTILIA species in South Africa
List of REPTILIA species in South Africa
List of REPTILIA species in South Africa
This is a list of REPTILIA in South Africa according to the IUCN Red List.
This list was last updated 2019-09-14
scientific_name | common_name | taxonid | category |
Chersobius signatus |
Speckled Cape Tortoise |
10241 |
EN |
Leptotyphlops jacobseni |
Jacobsen's Thread Snake |
178203 |
LC |
Afroedura nivaria |
Drakensberg Flat Gecko |
174109 |
LC |
Scelotes inornatus |
Smith's Dwarf Burrowing Skink |
178207 |
CR |
Pachydactylus labialis |
Western Cape Gecko |
174121 |
LC |
Montaspis gilvomaculata |
Cream-spotted Mountain Snake |
190527 |
DD |
Pseudocordylus spinosus |
Spiny Crag Lizard |
18517 |
LC |
Cordylus nebulosus |
Dwarf Crag Lizard |
18519 |
VU |
Tetradactylus fitzsimonsi |
FitzSimons' Long-tailed Seps |
110221422 |
VU |
Pachydactylus macrolepis |
Large-scaled Banded Gecko |
110213270 |
LC |
Lygodactylus methueni |
Methuen's Dwarf Gecko |
12439 |
DD |
Bradypodion caffer |
Pondo Dwarf Chameleon |
176290 |
EN |
Bradypodion dracomontanum |
Drakensberg Dwarf Chameleon |
176291 |
NT |
Bradypodion ventrale |
Southern Dwarf Chameleon |
176293 |
LC |
Afroedura multiporis |
Woodbush Flat Gecko |
115648679 |
NT |
Acontias grayi |
Gray's Dwarf Legless Skink |
44974254 |
LC |
Typhlosaurus lomiae |
Lomi's Blind Legless Skink |
22701 |
LC |
Nucras aurantiaca |
Lambert's Bay Sandveld Lizard |
145971380 |
DD |
Goggia rupicola |
Namaqua Pygmy Gecko |
120695014 |
LC |
Vhembelacerta rupicola |
Soutpansberg Rock Lizard |
41227 |
LC |
Australolacerta australis |
Southern Rock Lizard |
41228 |
LC |
Cryptactites peringueyi |
Péringueyi's Leaf-toed Gecko |
41229 |
NT |
Acontias rieppeli |
Woodbush Legless Skink |
41230 |
NT |
Afroedura namaquensis |
Namaqua Flat Gecko |
196887 |
LC |
Afroedura amatolica |
Amatola Flat Gecko |
196889 |
LC |
Afroedura karroica |
Karoo Flat Gecko |
196891 |
LC |
Afroedura haackei |
Haacke's Flat Gecko |
196897 |
LC |
Afroedura tembulica |
Tembu Flat Gecko |
196899 |
LC |
Goggia hewitti |
Hewitt’s Pygmy Gecko |
196914 |
LC |
Lygodactylus graniticolus |
Granite Dwarf Gecko |
196918 |
LC |
Lygodactylus nigropunctatus |
Black-spotted Dwarf Gecko |
196920 |
LC |
Lygodactylus incognitus |
Cryptic Dwarf Gecko |
196921 |
LC |
Lygodactylus montiscaeruli |
Makgabeng Dwarf Gecko |
196922 |
LC |
Lygodactylus soutpansbergensis |
Soutpansberg Dwarf Gecko |
196925 |
LC |
Lygodactylus waterbergensis |
Waterberg Dwarf Gecko |
196927 |
LC |
Pachydactylus affinis |
Transvaal Gecko |
196928 |
LC |
Pachydactylus austeni |
Austen's Gecko |
196930 |
LC |
Pachydactylus barnardi |
Barnard’s Rough Gecko |
196931 |
LC |
Pachydactylus formosus |
Southern Rough Gecko |
196934 |
LC |
Pachydactylus geitje |
Ocellated Gecko |
196935 |
LC |
Pachydactylus kladaroderma |
Thin-skinned Gecko |
196938 |
LC |
Platysaurus guttatus |
Dwarf Flat Lizard |
110164296 |
LC |
Pachydactylus mariquensis |
Marico Thick-toed Gecko |
196940 |
LC |
Pachydactylus oculatus |
Golden Spotted Gecko |
196944 |
LC |
Tetradactylus seps |
Five-toed Whip Lizard |
44929366 |
LC |
Acontias albigularis |
White-throated Legless Skink |
128870755 |
DD |
Nucras livida |
Karoo Sandveld Lizard |
196992 |
LC |
Nucras taeniolata |
Albany Sandveld Lizard |
196995 |
LC |
Tropidosaura gularis |
Cape Mountain Lizard |
197008 |
LC |
Tetradactylus tetradactylus |
Longtail Whip Lizard |
44929463 |
LC |
Acontias cregoi |
Cregoi's Legless Skink |
44960195 |
LC |
Acontias wakkerstroomensis |
Wakkerstroom Legless Skink |
128870867 |
DD |
Bitis rubida |
Red Adder |
22475225 |
LC |
Afroedura pongola |
Pongola Flat Gecko |
110193151 |
DD |
Bradypodion caeruleogula |
Dhlinza Dwarf Chameleon |
172551 |
EN |
Afroedura broadleyi |
Broadley’s Flat Gecko |
110187021 |
LC |
Homopus areolatus |
Parrot-beaked Dwarf Tortoise |
170520 |
LC |
Chersobius boulengeri |
Red Padloper |
170521 |
EN |
Homopus femoralis |
Greater Padloper |
170522 |
LC |
Phelsuma ocellata |
Spotted Day Gecko |
16939 |
LC |
Namazonurus peersi |
Peers' Girdled Lizard |
110162485 |
LC |
Pedioplanis laticeps |
Karoo Sand Lizard |
178741 |
LC |
Hemicordylus capensis |
Graceful Crag Lizard |
110160470 |
LC |
Afroedura hawequensis |
Hawequa Flat Gecko |
612 |
LC |
Afroedura granitica |
Granite Flat Gecko |
110187133 |
DD |
Hemicordylus nebulosus |
Dwarf Crag Lizard |
110160538 |
VU |
Bradypodion atromontanum |
Swartberg Dwarf Chameleon |
42678970 |
LC |
Goggia microlepidota |
Small-scaled Gecko |
17124 |
LC |
Platysaurus minor |
Waterberg Flat Lizard |
110164730 |
LC |
Pseudocordylus microlepidotus |
Cape Crag Lizard |
110166782 |
LC |
Bitis inornata |
Plain Mountain Adder |
2817 |
DD |
Acontias meleagris |
Linnaeus' Lance Skink |
44974868 |
LC |
Bradypodion melanocephalum |
Durban Dwarf Chameleon |
42681112 |
NT |
Typhlosaurus caecus |
Cuvier's Blind Legless Skink |
178449 |
LC |
Afroedura leoloensis |
Leolo Flat Gecko |
110191406 |
LC |
Platysaurus monotropis |
Orange-throated Flat Lizard |
110164784 |
NT |
Scelotes sexlineatus |
Striped Dwarf Burrowing Skink |
44978999 |
LC |
Scelotes anguineus |
Algoa Dwarf Burrowing Skink |
44979007 |
LC |
Bradypodion damaranum |
Knysna Dwarf Chameleon |
42679109 |
LC |
Scelotes bipes |
Common Burrowing Skink |
44979043 |
LC |
Pseudocordylus transvaalensis |
Northern Crag Lizard |
110166888 |
LC |
Scelotes caffer |
Cape Dwarf Burrowing Skink |
44979054 |
LC |
Scelotes guentheri |
Günther's Burrowing Skink |
44979051 |
EX |
Bradypodion ngomeense |
Ngome Dwarf Chameleon |
42683297 |
NT |
Scelotes fitzsimonsi |
FitzSimons' Dwarf Burrowing Skink |
44979110 |
LC |
Bradypodion nemorale |
Qudeni Dwarf Chameleon |
3009 |
NT |
Psammobates tentorius ssp. trimeni |
Western Tent Tortoise |
121936835 |
EN |
Afroedura rondavelica |
Rondavels Flat Gecko |
110193608 |
DD |
Bradypodion thamnobates |
Natal Midlands Dwarf Chameleon |
3017 |
EN |
Bradypodion taeniabronchum |
Smith's Dwarf Chameleon |
3023 |
LC |
Lamprophis fiskii |
Fisk's House Snake |
11227 |
LC |
Acontias tristis |
Namaqua Dwarf Legless Skink |
44975073 |
LC |
Bradypodion occidentale |
Namaqua Dwarf Chameleon |
42683369 |
LC |
Bradypodion gutturale |
Little Karoo Dwarf Chameleon |
42679297 |
LC |
Gerrhosaurus typicus |
Namaqua Plated Lizard |
9160 |
LC |
Afroedura maripi |
Maripi Flat Gecko |
110191643 |
LC |
Bitis albanica |
Albany Adder |
22473767 |
EN |
Bitis armata |
Southern Adder |
22473777 |
VU |
Acontias orientalis |
Eastern Cape Legless Skink |
44975191 |
LC |
Ninurta coeruleopunctatus |
Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard |
110163048 |
LC |
Bradypodion pumilum |
Cape Dwarf Chameleon |
42683517 |
NT |
Tetradactylus breyeri |
Breyer's Long-tailed Seps |
21662 |
LC |
Tetradactylus eastwoodae |
Eastwood's Whip Lizard |
21663 |
EX |
Platysaurus relictus |
Soutpansberg Flat Lizard |
17575 |
LC |
Ouroborus cataphractus |
Armadillo Spiny-tailed Lizard |
5333 |
LC |
Smaug giganteus |
Giant Spiny-tailed Lizard |
5336 |
VU |
Cordylus lawrenci |
Lawrence's Girdled Lizard |
5338 |
LR/nt |
Cordylus mclachlani |
Mclachlan's Spiny-tailed Lizard |
5340 |
LC |
Smaug depressus |
Flat Girdled Lizard |
110167260 |
LC |
Acontias namaquensis |
Namaqua Lance Skink |
44975368 |
LC |
Cordylus aridus |
Dwarf Karoo Girdled Lizard |
177543 |
LC |
Afroedura rupestris |
|
110194092 |
DD |
Lycophidion pygmaeum |
Pygmy Wolf Snake |
13290941 |
LC |
Namazonurus lawrenci |
Lawrence's Girdled Lizard |
110161343 |
LC |
Cordylus cloetei |
Cloete's Girdled Lizard |
110159298 |
LC |
Ramigekko swartbergensis |
Swartberg Leaf-toed Gecko |
196903 |
LC |
Scelotes bourquini |
Bourquin's Dwarf Burrowing Skink |
19953 |
VU |
Scelotes kasneri |
Kasner's Dwarf Burrowing Skink |
19954 |
NT |
Scelotes gronovii |
Gronovi's Dwarf Burrowing Skink |
19955 |
LC |
Afroedura pienaari |
Pienaar’s Flat Gecko |
110192130 |
LC |
Cordylus imkeae |
Rooiberg Girdled Lizard |
110159395 |
LC |
Goggia incognita |
|
120694322 |
LC |
Acontias lineicauda |
Algoa Bay Legless Skink |
44977744 |
LC |
Goggia matzikamaensis |
|
120694393 |
LC |
Leptotyphlops nigricans |
Black Thread Snake |
44979834 |
LC |
Smaug breyeri |
Waterberg Girdled Lizard |
110167723 |
LC |
Acontias breviceps |
Short-headed Legless Skink |
128870065 |
LC |
Scelotes montispectus |
Bloubergstrand Dwarf Burrowing Skink |
44979206 |
NT |
Cordylus macropholis |
Large-scaled Girdled Lizard |
110159555 |
LC |
Leptotyphlops sylvicolus |
Forest Thread Snake |
44979913 |
LC |
Acontias litoralis |
Coastal Legless Skink |
44977870 |
LC |
Acontias richardi |
Richard's Blind Legless Skink |
44977877 |
DD |
Goggia braacki |
Braack's Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko |
169697 |
LC |
Goggia essexi |
Essex's Pygmy Gecko |
169698 |
LC |
Goggia hexapora |
Cederberg Pygmy Gecko |
169700 |
LC |
Platysaurus orientalis |
Sekhukune Flat Lizard |
110165772 |
LC |
Acontias poecilus |
Variable Legless Skink |
44977934 |
DD |
Psammophis leightoni |
Cape Sand Snake |
44979997 |
LC |
Smaug vandami |
Van Dam's Girdled Lizard |
110167848 |
LC |
Afroedura pondolia |
Pondo Flat Gecko |
115648326 |
LC |
Cordylus minor |
Western Dwarf Girdled Lizard |
110159714 |
LC |
Platysaurus capensis |
Namaqua Flat Lizard |
116770668 |
LC |
Cordylus niger |
Black Girdled Lizard |
110159757 |
LC |
Platysaurus broadleyi |
Augrabies Flat Lizard |
110163858 |
LC |
Bradypodion kentanicum |
Kentani Grass Chameleon |
42680235 |
NT |
Acontias fitzsimonsi |
FitzSimons' Blind Legless Skink |
110229440 |
LC |
Macrelaps microlepidotus |
Natal Black Snake |
110133204 |
LC |
Psammobates geometricus |
Geometric Tortoise |
18398 |
CR |
Tropidosaura montana |
Common Mountain Lizard |
197009 |
LC |
Cordylus oelofseni |
Oelofsen's Girdled Lizard |
110159854 |
LC |
Homopholis mulleri |
Muller's Velvet Gecko |
10235 |
LC |
Pachydactylus amoenus |
Namaqua Banded Gecko |
110213116 |
LC |
Afroedura waterbergensis |
Waterberg Flat Gecko |
110194686 |
LC |
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