List of reptiles of Africa

African reptiles are categorized by reptilian order:

Order Testudines: turtles

Image	Common Name(s)	Scientific name	Distribution	Notes
	African spurred tortoise or Sulcata tortoise	Centrochelys sulcata	southern edge of the Sahara Desert	Third largest species of tortoise in the world; the largest non-island species.[1]
	African helmeted turtle Marsh terrapin	Pelomedusa subrufa	Very wide range
	Aldabra giant tortoise	Aldabrachelys gigantea	Seychelles
	Angonoka tortoise	Astrochelys yniphora	native to Madagascar
	Aubry's flapshell turtle	Cycloderma aubryi	Democratic Republic of Congo, Zaire, Gabon, Angola and theCentral African Republic
	East African black mud turtle	Pelusios subniger	East Africa
	Geometric tortoise	Psammobates geometricus	Cape area of South Africa
	Leopard tortoise	Stigmochelys pardalis	savannah from Sudan to South Africa[2]
	Lobatse hinge-back tortoise	Kinixys lobatsiana	Southern Africa
	African softshell turtle	Trionyx triunguis	parts of East, West and Middle Africa
	Pancake tortoise	Malacochersus tornieri	most common in Kenya and Tanzania[3]
	Radiated tortoise	Astrochelys radiata	native to southern Madagascar[4]
	Speke's hinge-back tortoise	Kinixys spekii	Tanzania, etc.
	Turkana mud turtle	Pelusios broadleyi	Eastern Africa (Kenya, etc.)
	Upemba mud turtle	Pelusios upembae	Democratic Republic of the Congo
	Yellowbelly mud turtle	Pelusios castanoides	Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, and Tanzania

Order Squamata: snakes and lizards

• Acanthocercus
• Acanthodactylus erythrurus
• Acanthodactylus mechriguensis
• Agama (genus)
• Agama agama
• Agama aculeata
• Agama africana
• Agama armata
• Agama caudospinosa
• Agama mwanzae
• Agama rueppelli
• Aspidelaps
• Atheris ceratophora
• Atheris chlorechis
• Atheris desaixi
• Atheris hispida
• Atheris katangensis
• Atheris nitschei
• Atheris squamigera
• Bitis arietans
• Bitis atropos
• Bitis caudalis
• Bitis cornuta
• Bitis gabonica
• Bitis heraldica
• Bitis inornata
• Bitis nasicornis
• Bitis parviocula
• Bitis peringueyi
• Bitis rubida
• Bitis schneideri
• Bitis worthingtoni
• Bitis xeropaga
• Boomslang
• Boulengerina annulata
• Cape Cobra
• Cape Dwarf Chameleon
• Chalcides armitagei
• Chalcides montanus
• Chalcides ocellatus
• Chalcides pulchellus
• Chalcides regazzii
• Chalcides thierryi
• Chamaeleo hoehnelii
• Chamaeleo johnstoni
• Chamaeleo melleri
• Charina
• Common Egg-eater
• Eastern green mamba
• Echis coloratus
• Fischer's Chameleon
• Hemidactylus brookii
• Hemidactylus echinus
• Hemidactylus frenatus
• Hemidactylus mabouia
• Hemidactylus muriceus
• Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus
• Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko
• Jackson's Chameleon
• Karoo Dwarf Chameleon
• Lined day gecko
• Madagascarophis
• Mamba
• Mozambique Spitting Cobra
• Naja ashei
• Naja nigricollis
• Namaqua Chameleon
• Nile monitor
• Nucras caesicaudata
• Paranaja multifasciata
• Phelsuma pusilla pusilla
• Psudohaje goldii
• Python anchietae
• Python regius
• Python sebae
• Python sebae natalensis
• Red Spitting Cobra
• Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus
• Rhampholeon spectrum
• Rhampholeon brevicaudatus
• Rinkhals
• Rosette-Nosed Chameleon
• Savannah monitor
• Sharp-nosed Chameleon
• Small-spotted Lizard
• Spitting cobra
• Strange-nosed Chameleon
• Trachylepis striata
• Uromastyx geyri
• Uroplatus
• Uroplatus guentheri
• Uroplatus lineatus
• Uroplatus phantasticus
• Uroplatus fimbriatus
• Uroplatus silkorae
• Varanus albigularis
• Varanus albigularis angolensis
• Varanus albigularis microstictus
• Varanus albigularis ionidesi
• Varanus griseus
• Vipera monticola
• Western green mamba
• Yellow-throated day gecko

Order Crocodilia: crocodiles

• Nile Crocodile
• Crocodile
• Dwarf Crocodile
• Slender-snouted Crocodile