REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF MPALA Family Genus species ...
REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF MPALA Family Genus species ...
REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF MPALA Family Genus species ...
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<strong>REPTILES</strong> <strong>AND</strong> <strong>AMPHIBIANS</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>MPALA</strong><br />
S. MILLER, S. TAKATA, T. YOUNG, R. PRINGLE, <strong>AND</strong> V. ZERO<br />
<strong>Family</strong> <strong>Genus</strong> <strong>species</strong> Common name Notes<br />
Chelonians<br />
Testudinidae Stigmochelys pardalis Leopard tortoise <br />
Malacochersus tornieri Pancake or Flat tortoise <br />
Pelomedusidae Pelomedusa subrufa Helmeted terrapin <br />
Lizards<br />
Gekkonidae Hemidactylus brookii Brook’s gecko <br />
Lygodactylus keniensis Kenya dwarf gecko <br />
Scincidae Trachylepis brevicollis Short-necked skink <br />
megalura Grass-top or Long-tailed skink <br />
quinquetaeniata Five-lined skink <br />
striata Striped skink <br />
varia Variable skink <br />
Lygosoma afrum Peter’s writhing skink <br />
sundevalli Sundevall’s writhing skink <br />
Lacertidae Nucras boulengeri Boulenger’s scrub lizard <br />
Heliobolus spekii Speke’s sand lizard <br />
Latastia longicaudata Southern long-tailed lizard <br />
Gerrhosauridae Gerrhosaurus flavigularis Yellow-throated plated lizard <br />
major Great plated lizard <br />
Agamidae Acanthocerus atricollis Blue-headed tree agama <br />
Agama agama Red-headed rock agama <br />
caudospinosa Elmenteita rock agama <br />
Chamaeleonidae Chamaeleo bitaeniatus Side-striped chameleon <br />
Varanidae Varanus albigularis White-throated savanna monitor <br />
niloticus Nile monitor <br />
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<strong>Family</strong> <strong>Genus</strong> <strong>species</strong> Common name Notes<br />
Crocodiles<br />
Crocodylidae Crocodylus niloticus Nile crocodile <br />
Snakes<br />
Typhlopidae Typhlops lineolatus Lineolate blind snake <br />
Colubridae Lamprophis fuliginosus Brown house snake <br />
Lycophidion capense jacksoni Jackson’s cape wolf snake <br />
Duberria lutrix Slug-eater <br />
Philothamnus battersbyi Battersby’s green-snake <br />
semivariegatus Spotted bush or wood snake <br />
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia White-lipped snake / White-lip <br />
Dispholidus typus Boomslang <br />
Rhamphiophis rostratus Rufous beaked snake <br />
Psammophis mossambicus Olive or Hissing sand snake <br />
sudanensis Northern stripe-bellied sand snake <br />
Dasypeltis scabra Common or Rhombic egg-eater <br />
Aparallactus lunulatus Plumbeous centipede-eater <br />
Elapidae Elapsoidea loveridgei East African garter snake <br />
Naja haje Egyptian cobra <br />
nigricollis Black-necked spitting cobra <br />
Viperidae Bitis arietans Puff adder <br />
Amphibians<br />
Bufonidae Bufo garmani Garman’s toad <br />
Hemisotidae Hemisus marmoratus Marbled snout-burrower <br />
Hyperoliidae Hyperolius glandicolor pantherinus Common reed frog <br />
Kassina senegalensis Senegal kassina or running frog <br />
Ranidae Phrynobatrachus sp. Puddle frog <br />
Ptychadena anchietae Anchieta’s ridged or rocket frog <br />
mascareniensis Mascarene ridged or rocket frog <br />
Tomopterna cryptotis Cryptic sand frog <br />
Pipidae Xenopus victorianus Lake Victoria clawed frog <br />
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