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
This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.
Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.
| 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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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: