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 ↓

All 49

Tree Agama Complex ¹
Acanthocercus atricollis

Flap-necked Chameleon ²
Chamaeleo dilepis

Turner's Thick-toed Gecko ³
Chondrodactylus turneri

Common Dwarf Gecko ⁴
Lygodactylus capensis

Wahlberg's Velvet Gecko ⁴
Homopholis walbergii

Black-lined Plated Lizard ⁵
Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus

Giant Legless Skink ⁶
Acontias plumbeus

Variable Skink ³
Trachylepis varia

African Striped Skink ⁷
Trachylepis striata

Rainbow Skink ¹
Trachylepis margaritifera

Sundevall's Writhing Skink ⁶
Mochlus sundevallii

Rock Monitor ⁸
Varanus albigularis

Tropical House Gecko ⁹
Hemidactylus mabouia

Nile Monitor ¹⁰
Varanus niloticus

Rough-scaled Plated Lizard ¹¹
Broadleysaurus major

Giant Plated Lizard ¹²
Matobosaurus validus

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Reptiles and Amphibians of the Skukuza Science Leadership Initiative Campus

Tree Agama Complex 1 Acanthocercus atricollis

Flap-necked Chameleon 2 Chamaeleo dilepis

Turner's Thick-toed Gecko 3 Chondrodactylus turneri

Common Dwarf Gecko 4 Lygodactylus capensis

Wahlberg's Velvet Gecko 4 Homopholis walbergii

Black-lined Plated Lizard 5 Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus

Giant Legless Skink 6 Acontias plumbeus

Variable Skink 3 Trachylepis varia

African Striped Skink 7 Trachylepis striata

Rainbow Skink 1 Trachylepis margaritifera

Sundevall's Writhing Skink 6 Mochlus sundevallii

Rock Monitor 8 Varanus albigularis

Tropical House Gecko 9 Hemidactylus mabouia

Nile Monitor 10 Varanus niloticus

Rough-scaled Plated Lizard 11 Broadleysaurus major

Giant Plated Lizard 12 Matobosaurus validus