Reptiles of the Southern Cape
A List of Species
- Acontias meleagris - Cape Legless Skink
- Agama aculeata - Ground Agama, Stekelkoggelmander
- Agama atra - Southern Rock Agama
- Amplorhinus multimaculatus - Many-spotted Snake
- Bitis arietans - Puff Adder, Pofadder
- Bitis atropos - Berg Adder, Bergadder
- Bitis caudalis - Horned Adder, Horingadder
- Bitis cornuta - Many-horned Adder, Westelike Horingsman
- Caretta caretta - Loggerhead Turtle, Grootkopseeskilpad
- Causus rhombeatus - Rhombic Night Adder, Nagadder
- Chamaesaura anguina - Cape Grass Lizard
- Chelonia mydas - Green Turtle
- Chersina angulata - Angulate Tortoise, Rooipens
- Cordylus coeruleopunctatus - Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard
- Cordylus cordylus - Cape Girdled Lizard
- Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia - Herald Snake, Rooilipslang
- Dasypeltis scabra - Common Egg Eater, Gewone Eiervreter
- Dermochelys coriacea - Leatherback Turtle, Reuse Seeskilpad
- Dispholidus typus - Boomslang, Boomslang
- Duberria lutrix - Common Slug Eater, Tabakrolletjie/Gewone Slakvreter
- Geochelone pardalis - Leopard Tortoise, Bergskilpad
- Gerrhosaurus flavigularis - Yellow-throated Plated Lizard, Geelkeelpantserakkedis
- Hemachatus haemachatus - Rinkhals, Rinkhals
- Homopus areolatus - Parrot-beaked Tortoise, Padlopertjie
- Homoroselaps lacteus - Spotted Harlequin Snake, Gevlekte Kousbandjie
- Lamprophis aurora - Aurora House Snake, Auroraslang
- Lamprophis fuliginosus - Brown House Snake, Gewone Huisslang
- Lamprophis fuscus - Yellow-bellied House Snake
- Lamprophis guttatus - Spotted House Snake
- Lamprophis inornatus - Olive House Snake
- Lycodonomorphus rufulus - Common Brown Water Snake
- Lycophidion capense - Cape Wolf Snake, Gewone Wolfslang
- Mabuya capensis - Cape Skink, Kaapse Gladde Akkedis
- Mabuya homalocephala - Red-sided Skink
- Mabuya sulcata - Western Rock Skink
- Naja nivea - Cape Cobra, Geelslang
- Nucras lalandii - Delalande’s Sandveld Lizard
- Nucras tessellata - Striped Sandveld Lizard
- Pachydactylus bibronii - Bibron’s Gecko, Bibron se Diktoongeitjie
- Pachydactylus geitje - Ocellated Gecko
- Pachydactylus maculatus - Spotted Gecko
- Pachydactylus mariquensis - Marico Gecko
- Pedioplanis lineoocellata - Spotted Sand Lizard
- Pelamis platurus - Yellow-bellied Sea Snake, Swart-en-geel Seeslang
- Pelomedusa subrufa - Marsh Terrapin, Platdopwaterskilpad
- Philothamnus natalensis - Natal Green Snake, Groenslang
- Phyllodactylus lineatus - Striped Leaf-toed Gecko
- Phyllodactylus porphyreus - Marbled Leaf-toed Gecko
- Prosymna sundevallii - Sundevall’s Shovel-snout, Graafneusslang
- Psammobates tentorius - Tent Tortoise, Skulprandskilpad
- Psammophis crucifer - Cross-marked Grass Snake, Grasslang
- Psammophis notostictus - Karoo Sand Snake, Sandslang
- Psammophylax rhombeatus - Rhombic Skaapsteker, Skaapsteker
- Pseudaspis cana - Mole Snake, Molslang
- Pseudocordylus microlepidotus - Cape Crag Lizard, Kaapse Kransakkedis
- Ptenopus garrulus - Common Barking Gecko, Kleinblafgeitjie
- Tetradactylus seps - Short-legged Seps
- Tetradactylus tetradactylus - Common Long-tailed Seps
- Tropidosaura gularis - Cape Mountain Lizard
- Tropidosaura montana - Common Mountain Lizard
- Typhlops lalandei - Delalande’s Blind Snake, Erdslang
