This is a list of reptiles in Togo. There are 162 reptile species in Togo, including 4 crocodilian species, 49 lizard species, 97 snake species, and 12 turtle species. This list is derived from the Reptile Database which includes those reptiles that have recently been classified as extinct.
Crocodilians (Crocodilia)
Crocodylidae
Lizards (Squamata - suborder Lacertilia)
Agamidae
Amphisbaenidae
Chamaeleonidae
Eublepharidae
Gekkonidae
- Ancylodactylus spinicollis <small>Müller, 1907</small>
- Hemidactylus albituberculatus <small>Trape, 2012</small>
- Hemidactylus angulatus <small>Hallowell, 1854</small>
- Hemidactylus ansorgii <small>Boulenger, 1901</small>
- Hemidactylus brookii <small>Gray, 1845</small>
- Hemidactylus fasciatus <small>Gray, 1842</small>
- Hemidactylus kyaboboensis <small>Wagner, Leaché & Fujita, 2014</small>
- Hemidactylus mabouia <small>(Moreau de Jonnès, 1818)</small>
- Hemidactylus matschiei <small>(Tornier, 1901)</small>
- Hemidactylus muriceus <small>Peters, 1870</small>
- Lygodactylus conraui <small>Tornier, 1902</small>
- Lygodactylus gutturalis <small>(Bocage, 1873)</small>
- Lygodactylus picturatus <small>(Peters, 1870)</small>
Phyllodactylidae
Gerrhosauridae
Lacertidae
Scincidae
- Chalcides thierryi <small>Tornier, 1901</small>
- Cophoscincopus greeri <small>Böhme, Schmitz & Ziegler, 2000</small>
- Cophoscincopus simulans <small>(Vaillant, 1885)</small>
- Mochlus fernandi <small>(Burton, 1836)</small>
- Mochlus guineensis <small>(Peters, 1879)</small>
- Panaspis togoensis <small>(Werner, 1902)</small>
- Trachylepis affinis <small>(Gray, 1838)</small>
- Trachylepis albilabris <small>(Hallowell, 1857)</small>
- Trachylepis buettneri <small>(Matschie, 1893)</small>
- Trachylepis maculilabris <small>(Gray, 1845)</small>
- Trachylepis perrotetii <small>(Duméril & Bibron, 1839)</small>
- Trachylepis polytropis <small>(Boulenger, 1903)</small>
- Trachylepis quinquetaeniata <small>(Lichtenstein, 1823)</small>
Varanidae
Snakes (Squamata - suborder Serpentes)
Atractaspididae
Boidae
Colubridae
- Afronatrix anoscopus <small>(Cope, 1861)</small>
- Bamanophis dorri <small>(Lataste, 1888)</small>
- Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis <small>(Reinhardt, 1843)</small>
- Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia <small>(Laurenti, 1768)</small>
- Dasypeltis confusa <small>Trape & Mané, 2006</small>
- Dasypeltis fasciata <small>Smith, 1849</small>
- Dasypeltis gansi <small>Trape & Mané, 2006</small>
- Dasypeltis parascabra <small>Trape, Mediannikov & Trape, 2012</small>
- Dipsadoboa brevirostris <small>(Sternfeld, 1908)</small>
- Dipsadoboa riparia <small>Trape, Mediannikov & Baldé, 2023</small>
- Dipsadoboa underwoodi <small>Rasmussen, 1993</small>
- Dipsadoboa unicolor <small>Günther, 1858</small>
- Dipsadoboa viridis <small>(Peters, 1869)</small>
- Dispholidus typus <small>(Smith, 1828)</small>
- Grayia smithii <small>(Leach, 1818)</small>
- Hapsidophrys lineata <small>Fischer, 1856</small>
- Hapsidophrys smaragdina <small>(Schlegel, 1837)</small>
- Meizodon coronatus <small>(Schlegel, 1837)</small>
- Meizodon regularis <small>Fischer, 1856</small>
- Natriciteres fuliginoides <small>(Günther, 1858)</small>
- Natriciteres olivacea <small>(Peters, 1854)</small>
- Natriciteres variegata <small>(Peters, 1861)</small>
- Philothamnus carinatus <small>(Andersson, 1901)</small>
- Philothamnus heterodermus <small>(Hallowell, 1857)</small>
- Philothamnus irregularis <small>(Leach, 1819)</small>
- Philothamnus nitidus <small>(Günther, 1863)</small>
- Philothamnus semivariegatus <small>(Smith, 1840)</small>
- Rhamnophis aethiopissa <small>Günther, 1862</small>
- Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus <small>(Reinhardt, 1843)</small>
- Scaphiophis albopunctatus <small>Peters, 1870</small>
- Telescopus variegatus <small>(Reinhardt, 1843)</small>
- Thelotornis kirtlandii <small>(Hallowell, 1844)</small>
- Thrasops occidentalis <small>Parker, 1940</small>
- Toxicodryas blandingii <small>(Hallowell, 1844)</small>
- Toxicodryas pulverulenta <small>(Fischer, 1856)</small>
Elapidae
- Dendroaspis jamesoni <small>(Traill, 1843)</small>
- Dendroaspis viridis <small>(Hallowell, 1844)</small>
- Elapsoidea semiannulata <small>Bocage, 1882</small>
- Naja guineensis <small>Broadley, Trape, Chirio, Ineich & Wüster, 2018</small>
- Naja katiensis <small>Angel, 1922</small>
- Naja nigricollis <small>Reinhardt, 1843</small>
- Naja savannula <small>Broadley, Trape, Chirio & Wüster, 2018</small>
- Pseudohaje nigra <small>Günther, 1858</small>
Lamprophiidae
- Boaedon fuliginosus <small>(Boie, 1827)</small>
- Boaedon lineatus <small>Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854</small>
- Boaedon olivaceus <small>(Duméril, 1856)</small>
- Boaedon virgatus <small>(Hallowell, 1854)</small>
- Chamaelycus fasciatus <small>(Günther, 1858)</small>
- Gonionotophis grantii <small>(Günther, 1863)</small>
- Gonionotophis klingi <small>Matschie, 1893</small>
- Hormonotus modestus <small>(Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)</small>
- Limaformosa crossi <small>(Boulenger, 1895)</small>
- Limaformosa guirali <small>(Mocquard, 1887)</small>
- Lycophidion irroratum <small>(Leach, 1819)</small>
- Lycophidion laterale <small>Hallowell, 1857</small>
- Lycophidion nigromaculatum <small>(Peters, 1863)</small>
- Lycophidion semicinctum <small>Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854</small>
- Mehelya poensis <small>(Smith, 1849)</small>
- Mehelya stenophthalmus <small>(Mocquard, 1887)</small>
Leptotyphlopidae
Prosymnidae
Psammophiidae
- Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia <small>(Günther, 1864)</small>
- Kladirostratus togoensis <small>(Matschie, 1893)</small>
- Psammophis afroccidentalis <small>Trape, Böhme & Mediannikov, 2019</small>
- Psammophis elegans <small>(Shaw, 1802)</small>
- Psammophis lineatus <small>(Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)</small>
- Psammophis mossambicus <small>Peters, 1882</small>
- Psammophis phillipsii <small>(Hallowell, 1844)</small>
- Psammophis praeornatus <small>(Schlegel, 1837)</small>
Pythonidae
Typhlopidae
Viperidae
Turtles (Testudines)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
Pelomedusidae
Testudinidae
Trionychidae
References
See also