List of reptiles of Africa

African reptiles are categorized by reptilian order:

Order Testudines: turtles

ImageCommon Name(s)Scientific nameDistributionNotes
African spurred tortoise or Sulcata tortoiseCentrochelys sulcatasouthern edge of the Sahara DesertThird largest species of tortoise in the world; the largest non-island species.[1]
African helmeted turtle
Marsh terrapin
Pelomedusa subrufaVery wide range
Aldabra giant tortoiseAldabrachelys giganteaSeychelles
Angonoka tortoiseAstrochelys yniphoranative to Madagascar
Aubry's flapshell turtleCycloderma aubryiDemocratic Republic of Congo, Zaire, Gabon, Angola and theCentral African Republic
East African black mud turtlePelusios subnigerEast Africa
Geometric tortoisePsammobates geometricusCape area of South Africa
Leopard tortoiseStigmochelys pardalissavannah from Sudan to South Africa[2]
Lobatse hinge-back tortoiseKinixys lobatsianaSouthern Africa
African softshell turtleTrionyx triunguisparts of East, West and Middle Africa
Pancake tortoiseMalacochersus tornierimost common in Kenya and Tanzania[3]
Radiated tortoiseAstrochelys radiatanative to southern Madagascar[4]
Speke's hinge-back tortoiseKinixys spekiiTanzania, etc.
Turkana mud turtlePelusios broadleyiEastern Africa (Kenya, etc.)
Upemba mud turtlePelusios upembaeDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Yellowbelly mud turtlePelusios castanoidesMadagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, and Tanzania

Order Squamata: snakes and lizards

Order Crocodilia: crocodiles

References

  1. Branch, Bill (William R.) (2008). Tortoises, terrapins and turtles of Africa. Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 978-1-77007-463-7. OCLC 191891072.
  2. Baker, P.J. Kabigumila, J. Leuteritz, T. Hofmeyr, M. & Ngwava, J.M. (2014-08-29). "Stigmochelys pardalis". doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2015-4.rlts.t163449a1009442.en. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Kenyatta Malonza, Patrick (1 January 2003). "Ecology and Distribution of the Pancake Tortoise". Journal of East African Natural History : A Journal of Biodiversity. 92: 81. doi:10.2982/0012-8317(2003)92[81:EADOTP]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0012-8317.
  4. "Radiated tortoise". Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteSmithsonian's National Zoo.
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