List of reptiles of Africa

African reptiles are categorized by reptilian order:

Order Testudines: turtles

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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