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Reptiles and Amphibians of the Skukuza Science Leadership Initiative Campus

A growing collection of reptiles and amphibians detected near-to or on the SSLI campus. The primary goal of the guide is for visiting students and researchers to have easy access to a list of known herpetofauna around the site to facilitate learning.

The list includes species detected ...more ↓

Mozambique Forest Tree Frog 1
Leptopelis mossambicus
Senegal Kassina 2
Kassina senegalensis
Shovel-nosed Frog 3
Hemisus marmoratus
Red-Banded Rubber Frog 2
Phrynomantis bifasciatus
Common Rain Frog 2
Breviceps adspersus
Müller's Platanna
Xenopus muelleri
Anchieta's Ridged Frog 2
Ptychadena anchietae
Edible bullfrog
Pyxicephalus edulis
Grey Foam-nest Tree Frog 4
Chiromantis xerampelina
Garman's Toad 5
Sclerophrys garmani
Guttural Toad 6
Sclerophrys gutturalis
Common River Frog 2
Amietia delalandii
Hyperolius marmoratus taeniatus 7
Egg-eating Snake 8
Dasypeltis scabra
Twig Snake 9
Thelotornis capensis
Eastern Tiger Snake 10
Telescopus semiannulatus semiannulatus
Striped Skaapsteker
Psammophylax tritaeniatus
Stripe-bellied Sand Snake 11
Psammophis subtaeniatus
East African Shovel-Snout 12
Prosymna stuhlmanni
Spotted Bush Snake 5
Philothamnus semivariegatus
Mopane Snake 13
Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia
Black Mamba 14
Dendroaspis polylepis
Mozambique Spitting Cobra 15
Naja mossambica
Snouted Night Adder 16
Causus defilippii
Puff Adder 2
Bitis arietans
Tree Agama Complex 17
Acanthocercus atricollis
Flap-necked Chameleon 18
Chamaeleo dilepis
Turner's Thick-toed Gecko 19
Chondrodactylus turneri
Common Dwarf Gecko 20
Lygodactylus capensis
Wahlberg's Velvet Gecko 20
Homopholis walbergii
Black-lined Plated Lizard 21
Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus
Giant Legless Skink 4
Acontias plumbeus
Variable Skink 19
Trachylepis varia
African Striped Skink 22
Trachylepis striata
Rainbow Skink 17
Trachylepis margaritifera
Sundevall's Writhing Skink 4
Mochlus sundevallii
Rock Monitor 23
Varanus albigularis
Leopard Tortoise 24
Stigmochelys pardalis
Common Purple-glossed Snake 25
Amblyodipsas polylepis
Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise 26
Kinixys spekii
Tropical House Gecko 27
Hemidactylus mabouia
Nile Monitor 28
Varanus niloticus
Southern African Python 9
Python natalensis
Common Puff Adder 29
Bitis arietans arietans
Nile Crocodile 30
Crocodylus niloticus
Rough-scaled Plated Lizard 31
Broadleysaurus major
Schlegel’s Beaked blind snake 19
Afrotyphlops schlegelii
Cape House Snake 32
Boaedon capensis
Giant Plated Lizard 33
Matobosaurus validus

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