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

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

Common Purple-glossed Snake ¹²
Amblyodipsas polylepis

Southern African Python ²
Python natalensis

Common Puff Adder ¹³
Bitis arietans arietans

Schlegel’s Beaked blind snake ¹⁴
Afrotyphlops schlegelii

Cape House Snake ¹⁵
Boaedon capensis

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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

Common Purple-glossed Snake 12 Amblyodipsas polylepis

Southern African Python 2 Python natalensis

Common Puff Adder 13 Bitis arietans arietans

Schlegel’s Beaked blind snake 14 Afrotyphlops schlegelii

Cape House Snake 15 Boaedon capensis