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.

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All 49

Egg-eating Snake ¹
Dasypeltis scabra

Twig Snake ²
Thelotornis capensis

Eastern Tiger Snake ³
Telescopus semiannulatus semiannulatus

Striped Skaapsteker
Psammophylax tritaeniatus

Stripe-bellied Sand Snake ⁴
Psammophis subtaeniatus

East African Shovel-Snout ⁵
Prosymna stuhlmanni

Spotted Bush Snake ⁶
Philothamnus semivariegatus

Mopane Snake ⁷
Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia

Black Mamba ⁸
Dendroaspis polylepis

Mozambique Spitting Cobra ⁹
Naja mossambica

Snouted Night Adder ¹⁰
Causus defilippii

Puff Adder ¹¹
Bitis arietans

Tree Agama Complex ¹²
Acanthocercus atricollis

Flap-necked Chameleon ¹³
Chamaeleo dilepis

Turner's Thick-toed Gecko ¹⁴
Chondrodactylus turneri

Common Dwarf Gecko ¹⁵
Lygodactylus capensis

Wahlberg's Velvet Gecko ¹⁵
Homopholis walbergii

Black-lined Plated Lizard ¹⁶
Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus

Giant Legless Skink ¹⁷
Acontias plumbeus

Variable Skink ¹⁴
Trachylepis varia

African Striped Skink ¹⁸
Trachylepis striata

Rainbow Skink ¹²
Trachylepis margaritifera

Sundevall's Writhing Skink ¹⁷
Mochlus sundevallii

Rock Monitor ¹⁹
Varanus albigularis

Leopard Tortoise ²⁰
Stigmochelys pardalis

Common Purple-glossed Snake ²¹
Amblyodipsas polylepis

Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise ²²
Kinixys spekii

Tropical House Gecko ²³
Hemidactylus mabouia

Nile Monitor ²⁴
Varanus niloticus

Southern African Python ²
Python natalensis

Common Puff Adder ²⁵
Bitis arietans arietans

Nile Crocodile ²⁶
Crocodylus niloticus

Rough-scaled Plated Lizard ²⁷
Broadleysaurus major

Schlegel’s Beaked blind snake ¹⁴
Afrotyphlops schlegelii

Cape House Snake ²⁸
Boaedon capensis

Giant Plated Lizard ²⁹
Matobosaurus validus

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Reptiles and Amphibians of the Skukuza Science Leadership Initiative Campus

Egg-eating Snake 1 Dasypeltis scabra

Twig Snake 2 Thelotornis capensis

Eastern Tiger Snake 3 Telescopus semiannulatus semiannulatus

Striped Skaapsteker Psammophylax tritaeniatus

Stripe-bellied Sand Snake 4 Psammophis subtaeniatus

East African Shovel-Snout 5 Prosymna stuhlmanni

Spotted Bush Snake 6 Philothamnus semivariegatus

Mopane Snake 7 Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia

Black Mamba 8 Dendroaspis polylepis

Mozambique Spitting Cobra 9 Naja mossambica

Snouted Night Adder 10 Causus defilippii

Puff Adder 11 Bitis arietans

Tree Agama Complex 12 Acanthocercus atricollis

Flap-necked Chameleon 13 Chamaeleo dilepis

Turner's Thick-toed Gecko 14 Chondrodactylus turneri

Common Dwarf Gecko 15 Lygodactylus capensis

Wahlberg's Velvet Gecko 15 Homopholis walbergii

Black-lined Plated Lizard 16 Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus

Giant Legless Skink 17 Acontias plumbeus

Variable Skink 14 Trachylepis varia

African Striped Skink 18 Trachylepis striata

Rainbow Skink 12 Trachylepis margaritifera

Sundevall's Writhing Skink 17 Mochlus sundevallii

Rock Monitor 19 Varanus albigularis

Leopard Tortoise 20 Stigmochelys pardalis

Common Purple-glossed Snake 21 Amblyodipsas polylepis

Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise 22 Kinixys spekii

Tropical House Gecko 23 Hemidactylus mabouia

Nile Monitor 24 Varanus niloticus

Southern African Python 2 Python natalensis

Common Puff Adder 25 Bitis arietans arietans

Nile Crocodile 26 Crocodylus niloticus

Rough-scaled Plated Lizard 27 Broadleysaurus major

Schlegel’s Beaked blind snake 14 Afrotyphlops schlegelii

Cape House Snake 28 Boaedon capensis

Giant Plated Lizard 29 Matobosaurus validus