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