List of reptiles of Africa
Introduction African reptiles are categorized by reptilian order:'''Order Testudines: turtles'''ImageCommon Name(s)Scientific nameDistributionNotes  African spurred tortoise or Sulcata tortoise ''Centrochelys sulcata''  southern edge of the Sahara Desert Third largest species of tortoise in the world; the largest non-island species.100px African helmeted turtle  Marsh terrapin ''Pelomedusa subrufa''  Very wide range100px  Aldabra giant tortoise  ''Aldabrachelys gigantea''  Seychelles100px  Angonoka tortoise  ''Astrochelys yniphora''  native to Madagascar  Aubry's flapshell turtle  ''Cycloderma aubryi''  Democratic Republic of Congo, Zaire, Gabon, Angola and theCentral African Republic 100px  East African black mud turtle  ''Pelusios subniger''  East Africa 100px  Geometric tortoise  ''Psammobates geometricus'' Cape area of South Africa  100px Leopard tortoise  ''Stigmochelys pardalis'' savannah from Sudan to South Africa  Lobatse hinge-back tortoise  ''Kinixys lobatsiana'' Southern Africa    African softshell turtle  ''Trionyx triunguis''  parts of East, West and Middle Africa100px Pancake tortoise ''Malacochersus tornieri''  most common in Kenya and Tanzania 100px  Radiated tortoise ''Astrochelys radiata'' native to southern Madagascar 100px  Speke's hinge-back tortoise  ''Kinixys spekii'' Tanzania, etc. Turkana mud turtle  ''Pelusios broadleyi''  Eastern Africa (Kenya, etc.) Upemba mud turtle  ''Pelusios upembae''  Democratic Republic of the Congo 100px  Yellowbelly mud turtle  ''Pelusios castanoides''  Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, and Tanzania '''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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