Reptiles of
Guinea 

 

Bibliography of the reptiles of Guinea Taxonomic history of the reptiles of Guinea Introduced species
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Checklist
General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial.
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Worm Lizards (Amphisbaenia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Amphisbaenidae (Typical Worm Lizards)
Genus Cynisca (West African Round-headed Worm Lizards)
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Cynisca chirioi

Gbeleye Worm Lizard

Mane & Trape 2015 Trape, Mane & Balde 2014
 
Cynisca feae

Guinea-Bissau Worm Lizard

Mane & Trape 2015
 
Cynisca leonina

Los Archipelago Worm Lizard

Chirio 2013 Gans 1987 Gans 2005 Mane & Trape 2015
 
Cynisca liberiensis

Liberian Worm Lizard

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 [as "cf. liberiensis"] Chirio 2013 Gans 1987 Gans 2005 Ineich 2003 Mane & Trape 2015
 
Cynisca oligopholis

Cassine River Worm Lizard

Chirio 2013 [as "aff. oligopholis"]
 
Cynisca senegalensis

Senegal Worm Lizard

Mane & Trape 2015

Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)
Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)
 
Crocodylus suchus

West African Crocodile

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Fuchs, Mertens & Wermuth 1974 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 King & Burke 1989 [as niloticus] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
Genus Mecistops (African Slender-snouted Crocodiles)
 
Mecistops cataphractus

West African Slender-snouted Crocodile

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 King & Burke 1989 Shirley, Carr, Nestler, Vliet & Brochu 2018 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Osteolaemus (Dwarf Crocodiles)
 
Osteolaemus tetraspis

West African Dwarf Crocodile

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 King & Burke 1989 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth & Mertens 1977

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)
 
Agama africana

West African Rainbow Agama

Chirio 2013 Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Boehme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Roedel & Wagner 2016 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Agama boensis

Boe Agama

Chirio 2013 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Agama cristata

African Crested Agama

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Trape 2011 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner, Ineich, Leache, Wilms, Trape, Boehme & Schmitz 2009
 
Agama gracilimembris

Lesser Ground Agama

Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012
  *
Agama insularis

Los Islands Agama

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape 2011 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner, Ineich, Leache, Wilms, Trape, Boehme & Schmitz 2009 Wermuth 1967
 
Agama picticauda

Ada Foah Agama

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 [as "cf. agama"] Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as agama] Chirio 2013 [as agama] Greenbaum & Carr 2005 [as agama] Hillers, Bangoura, Loua & Roedel 2006 [as agama] Ineich 2003 [as agama] Leache, Grummer, Miller, Krishnan, Fujita, Boehme, Schmitz, LeBreton, Ineich, Chirio, Ofori-boateng, Eniang, Greenbaum, Roedel & Wagner 2016 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 [as agama] Roedel & Bangoura 2006 [as agama] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as agama]
 
Agama sankaranica

Sankaranian Agama

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Grandison 1968 Joger 1979 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth 1967
 
Agama weidholzi

Senegal Agama

Chirio 2013 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)
 
Chamaeleo gracilis

Graceful Chameleon

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Glaw 2015 Grandison 1956 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Hillers, Bangoura, Loua & Roedel 2006 Ineich 2003 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Chamaeleo senegalensis

Senegal Chameleon

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2013 Glaw 2015 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos)
Genus Hemitheconyx (African Fat-tailed Geckos)
 
Hemitheconyx caudicinctus

West African Fat-tailed Gecko

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Loveridge 1947 Seufer, Kaverkin & Kirschner (eds.) 2005 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Ancylodactylus (African Rock and Forest Geckos)
 
Ancylodactylus occidentalis

West African Rock Gecko

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Ineich 2003 Penner & Roedel 2013 Perret 1986 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus albivertebralis

White-lined Half-toed Gecko

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Hemidactylus angulatus

West African House Gecko

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 [as brookii] Ineich 2003 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Loveridge 1947 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Hemidactylus fasciatus

African Banded Forest Gecko

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Ineich 2003 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner, Leache & Fujita 2014
  *
Hemidactylus kundaensis

Kunda Half-toed Gecko

Chirio 2013 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Hemidactylus mabouia

Cosmopolitan House Gecko

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Loveridge 1947 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Hemidactylus muriceus

Prickly Half-toed Gecko

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Henle & Boehme 2003 Ineich 2003 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)
 
Lygodactylus gutturalis

Chevron-throated Dwarf Gecko

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2013 Trape 2012 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Heliobolus (Bushveld Lizards)
 
Heliobolus nitida

Red-tailed Bushveld Lizard

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Papenfuss 1969 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Holaspis (Blue-tailed Gliding Lizards)
 
Holaspis guentheri

Western Blue-tailed Gliding Lizard

Arnold 1989 Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Ineich 2003 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)
 
Tarentola parvicarinata

Small-keeled Gecko

Berre 1989 Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Joger & Lambert 1996 Joger 1984
 
Tarentola pastoria

Guinean Wall Gecko

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)
 
Chalcides pulchellus

West African Cylindrical Skink

Carranza, Arnold, Geniez, Roca & Mateo 2008 Greenbaum 2005 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Cophoscincopus (West African Keeled Water Skinks)
 
Cophoscincopus durus

Liberian Keeled Water Skink

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Boehme, Schmitz & Ziegler 2000 Ineich 2003 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Cophoscincopus greeri

Guinean Keeled Water Skink

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Boehme, Schmitz & Ziegler 2000 Ineich 2003 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Cophoscincopus senegalensis

Senegalese Keeled Water Skink

Chirio 2013 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Cophoscincopus simulans

Ghanese Keeled Water Skink

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Boehme, Schmitz & Ziegler 2000 Ineich 2003 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Mochlus (African Supple Skinks)
 
Mochlus brevicaudis

Short-tailed Supple Skink

Chirio 2013 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Mochlus fernandi

Western Red-flanked Skink

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner, Boehme, Pauwels & Schmitz 2009
 
Mochlus guineensis

Guinean Supple Skink

Grandison 1956 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Panaspis (African Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Panaspis togoensis

Togo Snake-eyed Skink

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Perret 1973 Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio 2005 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Panaspis tristaoi

Nimba Snake-eyed Skink

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 [as nimbense] Chirio 2013 Fuhn 1972 [as nimbense] Ineich 2003 [as nimbense] Perret 1973 [as nimbense] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)
 
Trachylepis affinis

Lesser Brown-flanked Skink

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Hillers, Bangoura, Loua & Roedel 2006 Hoogmoed 1974 Ineich 2003 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis aureogularis

Orange-throated Skink

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 [as albilabris] Hoogmoed 1974 [as albilabris] Ineich 2003 [as albilabris] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis bensonii

Liberian Forest Skink

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis keroanensis

Kerouane Skink

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Penner, Doumbia, Kouame, Chirio, Sandberger-Loua, Boehme & Barej 2017 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis maculilabris

Common Speckled-lipped Skink

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Broadley 2000 Hoogmoed 1974 Ineich 2003 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis paucisquamis

Western Forest Skink

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis perrotetii

Orange-flanked Skink

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2013 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Trachylepis quinquetaeniata

African Five-lined Skink

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Koppetsch 2020 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus exanthematicus

Western Savanna Monitor

Bennett in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Grandison 1956 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Varanus niloticus

Nile Monitor

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chabanaud 1921 Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Hillers, Bangoura, Loua & Roedel 2006 Lenz in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Varanus stellatus

African Forest Monitor

Bayless 2002 [as V. ornatus] Boehme & Ziegler 1997 [as V. ornatus] Boehme & Ziegler in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 [as V. ornatus] Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 [as V. ornatus] Ineich 2003 [as V. ornatus] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as V. ornatus]

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Calabaria (Calabar Boa)
 
Calabaria reinhardtii

Calabar Boa

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Trape & Balde 2014
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Afronatrix (West African Brown Water Snake)
 
Afronatrix anoscopus

West African Brown Water Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2013 Ineich 2003 Papenfuss 1969 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Bamanophis (West African Whip Snake)
 
Bamanophis dorri

West African Whip Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Schatti & Trape 2008 Trape & Balde 2006 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)
 
Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis

West African Herald Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Rasmussen, Chirio & Ineich 2000 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006
 
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Common Herald Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)
 
Dasypeltis confusa

Diamondback Egg Eater

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
 
Dasypeltis fasciata

Central African Egg Eater

Bates & Broadley 2018 Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Gans 1959 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
 
Dasypeltis gansi

Savanna Egg Eater

Bates, Trape & Spawls 2013 Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
 
Dasypeltis latericia

Senegalese Egg Eater

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
 
Dasypeltis parascabra

Guinean Egg Eater

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012
Genus Dipsadoboa (Nocturnal Tree Snakes)
 
Dipsadoboa guineensis

Guinean Nocturnal Tree Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 [as brevirostris] Chabanaud 1920 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 [as D. brevirostris] Chirio 2013 [as brevirostris] Hillers, Bangoura, Loua & Roedel 2006 [as brevirostris] Rasmussen 1989 [as brevirostris] Roedel & Bangoura 2006 [as brevirostris] Trape & Balde 2014
 
Dipsadoboa underwoodi

Cameroon Nocturnal Tree Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Ineich 2003 Rasmussen 1993 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Dipsadoboa unicolor

Unicoloured Nocturnal Tree Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Ineich 2003 Rasmussen 1993 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
 
Dipsadoboa viridis

Green Nocturnal Tree Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Ineich 2003 Rasmussen 1993 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975 [as elongata]
 
Dipsadoboa weileri

Grey Nocturnal Tree Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Ineich 2003 Rasmussen 1993 Trape & Balde 2014 [as "cf. weileiri" (sic)]
Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)
 
Dispholidus sp.

(Boomslang)

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 [as D. typus] David & Ineich 1999 [as D. typus] Ineich 2003 [as D. typus] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as D. typus] Trape & Balde 2014 [as D. typus] Trape & Mane 2006 [as D. typus]
Genus Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes)
 
Grayia smythii

Equatorial Water Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Grayia tholloni

Nandi Water Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Hapsidophrys (Emerald Snakes)
 
Hapsidophrys lineatus

Black-lined Green Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
 
Hapsidophrys smaragdinus

Common Emerald Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
Genus Meizodon (African Smooth Snakes)
 
Meizodon coronatus

West African Crowned Smooth Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Meizodon regularis

East African Crowned Smooth Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)
 
Natriciteres fuliginoides

Collared Marsh Snake

Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
 
Natriciteres olivacea

Olive Marsh Snake

Hughes & Barry 1969 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Papenfuss 1969 Pitman 1974 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Natriciteres variegata

Variable Marsh Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006 Villiers 1975
Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)
 
Philothamnus bellii

Sierra Leonean Green Snake

Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021
 
Philothamnus brunneus

Brown Bush Snake

Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021
 
Philothamnus carinatus

Barred Green Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
 
Philothamnus heterodermus

Emerald Green Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Ineich 2003 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021
 
Philothamnus heterolepidotus

Slender Green Snake

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021
 
Philothamnus irregularis

Irregular Green Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021
 
Philothamnus nitidus

Cameroon Green Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Hughes, Collet & Mediannikov 2021
 
Philothamnus pobeguini

Guinean Green Snake

Chabanaud 1916 Chirio 2013 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Philothamnus semivariegatus

Variegated Bush Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2013 [as "cf. semivariegatus"]
 
Philothamnus smithii

Smith's Bush Snake

Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Rhamnophis (Dagger-tooth Tree Snakes)
 
Rhamnophis aethiopissa

Large-eyed Green Tree Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2002 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)
 
Telescopus variegatus

Variable Cat Snake

Berre 1989 Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)
 
Thelotornis kirtlandii

Northern Vine Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Broadley 2001 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2013 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Ineich 2003 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Thrasops (Black Tree Snakes)
 
Thrasops occidentalis

Western Black Tree Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Broadley & Wallach 2002 Chirio 2013 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006 Villiers 1975
Genus Toxicodryas (African Tree Cat Snakes)
 
Toxicodryas blandingii

Western Black-and-Yellow Tree Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006
 
Toxicodryas pulverulenta

Western Powdered Cat Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)
 
Dendroaspis jamesonii

Central African Green Mamba

Doucet 1963 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Villiers 1975
 
Dendroaspis polylepis

Black Mamba

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 David & Ineich 1999 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Greenbaum, Balde & Carr 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Mane & Balde 2005
 
Dendroaspis viridis

Western Green Mamba

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 David & Ineich 1999 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Ineich 2003 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)
 
Elapsoidea semiannulata

Half-banded Garter Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Broadley 1971 Chirio 2013 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Elapsoidea trapei

Senegal Garter Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja guineensis

Black Forest Cobra

Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018
 
Naja katiensis

Brown Spitting Cobra

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 David & Ineich 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Naja nigricollis

Black-necked Spitting Cobra

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Ineich 2003 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wuster, Crookes, Ineich, Mane, Pook, Trape & Broadley 2007
 
Naja savannula

West African Banded Cobra

Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018
 
Naja senegalensis

Senegalese Cobra

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 [as N. haje] Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Chirio, Broadley & Wuster 2009
Genus Pseudohaje (Tree Cobras)
 
Pseudohaje nigra

Black Tree Cobra

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes)
 
Amblyodipsas unicolor

Equatorial Purple-glossed Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Doucet 1963 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)
 
Aparallactus lineatus

Lined Centipede Eater

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Aparallactus modestus

Western Forest Centipede Eater

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Ineich 2003 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Aparallactus niger

West African Black Centipede Eater

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)
 
Atractaspis aterrima

Western Forest Stiletto Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chabanaud 1921 Chirio 2013 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Atractaspis branchi

Liberian Stiletto Snake

Roedel, Kucharzewski, Mahlow, Chirio, Pauwels, Carlino, Sambolah & Glos 2019
 
Atractaspis dahomeyensis

Dahomey Stiletto Snake

David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Atractaspis irregularis

Variable Stiletto Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chabanaud 1921 Chirio 2013 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Ineich 2003 Laurent 1950 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)
 
Boaedon fuliginosus

Common African House Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2013 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Boaedon lineatus

Lined House Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2013 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mediannikov 2016
 
Boaedon olivaceus

Olive House Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Broadley & Howell 1991 Hillers, Bangoura, Loua & Roedel 2006 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
 
Boaedon virgatus

West African House Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
Genus Bothrophthalmus (Red-and-Black Striped Snakes)
 
Bothrophthalmus lineatus

Red-and-Black Striped Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Ineich 2003 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
Genus Chamaelycus (African Banded Snakes)
 
Chamaelycus fasciatus

Ituri Banded Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Dromophis (Olympic Snakes)
 
Dromophis lineatus

Lined Olympic Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Hughes 2004 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006
 
Dromophis praeornatus

Ornate Olympic Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Gonionotophis (Lesser File Snakes)
 
Gonionotophis grantii

Savanna Dwarf File Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Hughes & Barry 1969 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Gonionotophis klingi

Western Forest Dwarf File Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Hormonotus (Yellow Forest Snake)
 
Hormonotus modestus

Yellow Forest Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2013 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Kladirostratus (Striped Beaked Snakes)
 
Kladirostratus togoensis

Western Striped Beaked Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & Ineich 1991 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)
 
Limaformosa crossi

Savanna File Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Limaformosa guirali

White-speckled Forest File Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)
 
Lycophidion albomaculatum

White-spotted Wolf Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2013 Condamin 1994 Joger & Lambert 1996 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006
 
Lycophidion irroratum

Western Forest Wolf Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006
 
Lycophidion nigromaculatum

Black-spotted Wolf Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Lycophidion semicinctum

Semi-annulated Wolf Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Condamin 1994 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Mehelya (Greater File Snakes)
 
Mehelya poensis

Western Forest File Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
 
Mehelya stenophthalmus

Small-eyed File Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Hughes & Barry 1969 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Polemon (African Snake Eaters)
 
Polemon acanthias

Five-striped Snake Eater

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Polemon barthii

Guinea Snake Eater

Hughes & Barry 1969 Hughes 2003 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)
 
Prosymna greigerti

Sudan Savanna Shovel-snout

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Prosymna meleagris

Speckled Shovel-snout

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Broadley 1980 Chirio 2013 Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & Trape 2011 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)
 
Psammophis afroccidentalis

West African Sand Snake

Chirio 2013 [as P. sibilans] Trape & Balde 2014 [as P. sibilans] Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
 
Psammophis elegans

Elegant Sand Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Psammophis phillipsii

West African Olive Grass Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Villiers 1975
Genus Rhamphiophis (Beaked Snakes)
 
Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus

Western Beaked Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio & Ineich 1991 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Trape & Balde 2014
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)
 
Myriopholis narirostris

Sahel Thread Snake

Chirio 2012 Chirio 2013 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Myriopholis rouxestevae

Senegal Thread Snake

Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Rhinoleptus (West African Sharp-nosed Thread Snake)
 
Rhinoleptus koniagui

West African Sharp-nosed Thread Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Hahn 1980 Jallow & Trape 2013 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape 2014
Genus Tricheilostoma (West African Forest Thread Snakes)
 
Tricheilostoma bicolor

Bicoloured Thread Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Python (Typical Pythons)
 
Python regius

Ball Python

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2013 Hillers, Bangoura, Loua & Roedel 2006 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Python sebae

Northern Rock Python

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Broadley 1984 Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Ineich 2003 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)
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Afrotyphlops angeli

Mount Nimba Blind Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 [as Typhlops manni] Broadley & Wallach 2009 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Hahn 1980 [as Typhlops manni] Ineich 2003 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Afrotyphlops liberiensis

Liberian Blind Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2013 Hahn 1980 Ineich 2003 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Afrotyphlops lineolatus

Lineolate Blind Snake

Chirio 2013 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Afrotyphlops manni

Harbel Blind Snake

Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Afrotyphlops punctatus

Spotted Blind Snake

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Hahn 1980 Trape & Balde 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Letheobia (African Gracile Blind Snakes)
 
Letheobia caeca

Congolese Gracile Blind Snake

Doucet 1963 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999
 
Letheobia leucosticta

White-spotted Gracile Blind Snake

Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Typhlops (Afro-Caribbean Blind Snakes)
 
Typhlops coecatus

Ghanese Blind Snake

Trape & Balde 2014
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Atheris (African Bush Vipers)
 
Atheris chlorechis

West African Green Bush Viper

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Broadley 1998 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Doucet 1963 Hughes & Barry 1969 Ineich 2003 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Bitis (African Adders)
 
Bitis arietans

Common Puff Adder

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio 2013 David & Ineich 1999 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Hillers, Bangoura, Loua & Roedel 2006 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Bitis nasicornis

African Nose-horned Viper

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Ineich 2003 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
 
Bitis rhinoceros

Rhinoceros Viper

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2013 Doucet 1963 [as gabonica] Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Hughes & Barry 1969 Ineich 2003 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014
Genus Causus (Night Adders)
 
Causus lichtensteinii

Forest Night Adder

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Ineich 2003 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014 Villiers 1975
 
Causus maculatus

West African Night Adder

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio 2013 David & Ineich 1999 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Hillers, Bangoura, Loua & Roedel 2006 Ineich 2003 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014 Trape & Mane 2006
Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)
 
Echis jogeri

Mali Carpet Viper

Trape & Balde 2014 Trape 2018
 
Echis ocellatus

West African Carpet Viper

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1976 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Balde 2014

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)
 
Caretta caretta

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)
 
Pelomedusa olivacea

Sahelian Helmeted Turtle

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 [as subrufa] Boycott & Bourquin 2008 [as subrufa] Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 [as subrufa] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Pelomedusa variabilis

West African Helmeted Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)
 
Pelusios castaneus

Chestnut Mud Turtle

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Bour, Luiselli, Petrozzi, Segniabeto & Chirio 2016 Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Hillers, Bangoura, Loua & Roedel 2006 Ineich 2003 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Bour 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Pelusios cupulatta

Ivorian Mud Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)
 
Kinixys erosa

Forest Hinge-back Tortoise

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Ineich 2003 Luiselli & Diagne 2014 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Roedel & Bangoura 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Kinixys homeana

West African Hinge-back Tortoise

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 
Kinixys nogueyi

Western Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 [as belliana] Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 King & Burke 1989 [as belliana] McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Tabaka 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as belliana]
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Cyclanorbis (SubSaharan Flapshell Turtles)
 
Cyclanorbis senegalensis

Senegal Flapshell Turtle

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 McGovern, Diagne, Diagne, Luiselli & Meylan 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Trionyx (African Softshell Turtle)
 
Trionyx triunguis

African Softshell Turtle

Boehme, Roedel, Brede & Wagner 2011 Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Chirio 2013 Greenbaum & Carr 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012