Reptiles of
Lesotho 

 

Bibliography of the reptiles of Lesotho Taxonomic history of the reptiles of Lesotho 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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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

Southern Rock Agama

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Mouton & Wyk 1993 Wermuth 1967
 Family Cordylidae (Girdled Lizards)
Genus Cordylus (Girdled Lizards)
 
Cordylus cordylus

Cape Girdled Lizard

Bates 2007 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014
Genus Pseudocordylus (Eastern Crag Lizards)
 
Pseudocordylus langi

Lesotho Crag Lizard

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Loveridge 1944
 
Pseudocordylus subviridis

Drakensberg Crag Lizard

Bates 2013 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Mouton & Wyk 1993 [as P. melanotus]
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Afroedura (Flat Geckos)
 
Afroedura halli

Eastern Cape Flat Gecko

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen, Kuhn, Jackman & Bauer 2014
Genus Pachydactylus (Typical Thick-toed Geckos)
 
Pachydactylus capensis

Common Cape Thick-toed Gecko

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Wermuth 1965
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Nucras (Sandveld Lizards)
 
Nucras lalandii

Southeastern Sandveld Lizard

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014
Genus Pedioplanis (African Sand Lizards)
 
Pedioplanis burchelli

Southern Sand Lizard

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Mouton & Wyk 1993
Genus Tropidosaura (South African Mountain Lizards)
 
Tropidosaura cottrelli

Drakensberg Mountain Lizard

Bates 2013 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bischoff 1992 Mouton & Wyk 1993
 
Tropidosaura essexi

Lesotho Mountain Lizard

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bischoff 1992 Mouton & Wyk 1993
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)
 
Trachylepis capensis

Cape Skink

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Mouton & Wyk 1993
 
Trachylepis homalocephala

Red-sided Skink

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014
 
Trachylepis punctatissima

Montane Speckled Skink

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1977 Broadley 2000 Mouton & Wyk 1993
 
Trachylepis varia

Savanna Variable Skink

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus niloticus

Nile Monitor

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)
 
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Common Herald Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Chirio & LeBreton 2007
Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)
 
Dasypeltis scabra

Common African Egg Eater

Gans 1959
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Hemachatus (Ring-necked Spitting Cobra)
 
Hemachatus haemachates

Ring-necked Spitting Cobra

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Spawls & Branch 1995
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Alopecion (Spotted House Snake)
 
Alopecion guttatum

Spotted House Snake

Branch 2014
Genus Amplorhinus (Many-spotted Snake)
 
Amplorhinus multimaculatus

Many-spotted Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)
 
Boaedon capensis

Brown House Snake

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as fuliginosus]
Genus Duberria (African Slug Eaters)
 
Duberria lutrix

Common Slug Eater

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Mouton & Wyk 1993
Genus Lamprophis (SubSaharan House Snakes)
 
Lamprophis aurora

Aurora House Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983
Genus Lycodonomorphus (Southern African Water Snakes)
 
Lycodonomorphus rufulus

Common Brown Water Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014
Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)
 
Prosymna sundevallii

Southern African Shovel-snout

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1980
Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)
 
Psammophis crucifer

Cross-marked Grass Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Mouton & Wyk 1993
Genus Psammophylax (Skaapstekers)
 
Psammophylax rhombeatus

Spotted Skaapsteker

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley 1976 Broadley 1983 Mouton & Wyk 1993
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Leptotyphlops (Typical Thread Snakes)
 
Leptotyphlops conjunctus

Cape Thread Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Broadley 1999
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)
 
Afrotyphlops bibronii

Southern African Blind Snake

Broadley & Wallach 2009 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Rhinotyphlops (African Beaked Blind Snakes)
 
Rhinotyphlops lalandei

Cape Blind Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Bitis (African Adders)
 
Bitis arietans

Common Puff Adder

Branch 1998 David & Ineich 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995
 
Bitis atropos

Cape Mountain Adder

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Spawls & Branch 1995

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Pelomedusa (African Helmeted Turtles)
 
Pelomedusa galeata

South African Helmeted Turtle

Boycott & Bourquin 2008 [as subrufa] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Homopus (Four-toed Dwarf Tortoises)
 
Homopus femoralis

Greater Padloper

Branch 1998