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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

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. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)   Crocodylus suchus West African Crocodile Lescure 2014 Lluch, Robin & Lescure 2004 [as niloticus] Padial 2006 Shine, Boehme, Nickel, Thies & Wilms 2001 [as niloticus] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Mecistops (African Slender-snouted Crocodiles)   EX Mecistops cataphractus West African Slender-snouted Crocodile Shirley, Carr, Nestler, Vliet & Brochu 2018

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)   Agama bibronii Atlas Agama Padial 2006   Agama boueti Mali Agama Geniez, Padial & Crochet 2011 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 [as castroviejoi] Padial 2005 [as castroviejoi] Padial 2006 [as castroviejoi] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as castroviejoi]   Agama boulengeri West African Desert Agama Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 Padial 2006 Trape 2011 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner, Ineich, Leache, Wilms, Trape, Boehme & Schmitz 2009   Agama picticauda Ada Foah Agama Geniez, Padial & Crochet 2011 [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] Padial 2006 [as agama] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as agama] Genus Trapelus (Afro-Asian Ground Agamas)   Trapelus boehmei Moroccan Plain Agama Padial 2006 [as mutabilis] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 [as mutabilis] Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner, Melville, Wilms & Schmitz 2011 [as mutabilis (s.s.)] Genus Uromastyx (Western Spiny-tailed Agamas)   Uromastyx dispar South Saharan Spiny-tailed Agama Padial 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wilms & Boehme 2001 Wilms 2001 Wilms, Boehme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo africanus Sahel Chameleon Glaw 2015 Padial 2006 Trape 2007 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Chamaeleo senegalensis Senegal Chameleon Padial 2006 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos) Genus Hemitheconyx (African Fat-tailed Geckos)   Hemitheconyx caudicinctus West African Fat-tailed Gecko Trape & Diatta 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus angulatus West African House Gecko Padial 2006 [as brooki] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Stenodactylus (Afro-Asian Thin-toed Geckos)   Stenodactylus mauritanicus Mauritanian Thin-toed Gecko Baha el Din 2006 Loveridge 1947   Stenodactylus petrii North African Thin-toed Gecko Padial 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Stenodactylus sthenodactylus Elegant Thin-toed Gecko Baha el Din 2006 Padial 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Tropiocolotes (Afro-Asian Desert Dwarf Geckos)   Tropiocolotes algericus Algerian Dwarf Gecko Donaire, Mateo, Hasi & Geniez 2000 Padial 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Tropiocolotes tripolitanus Tripoli Dwarf Gecko Padial 2006 Ribeiro Junior, Tamar, Maza, Flecks, Wagner, Shacham, Calvo, Geniez, Crochet, Koch & Meiri 2022 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)   Acanthodactylus aureus Golden Fringe-toed Lizard Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Padial 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Acanthodactylus boskianus Afro-Arabian Fringe-toed Lizard Padial 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Acanthodactylus dumerilii Lesser Fringe-toed Lizard Brito, Rebelo, Crochet & Geniez 2008 [as senegalensis] Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Padial 2006 Salvador 1982 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Acanthodactylus longipes Long-footed Fringe-toed Lizard Brito, Rebelo, Crochet & Geniez 2008 Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Padial 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Acanthodactylus scutellatus Nidua Fringe-toed Lizard Padial 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Acanthodactylus taghitensis Taghit Fringe-toed Lizard Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Padial 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Latastia (African Long-tailed Lizards)   Latastia longicaudata Common Long-tailed Lizard Padial 2006 [as "longicauda"] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Mesalina (Afro-Asian Desert Lizards)   Mesalina guttulata Common Small-spotted Desert Lizard Padial 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Mesalina pasteuri Sahara Desert Lizard Brito, Rebelo, Crochet & Geniez 2008 Padial 2006 Pizzigalli, Crochet, Geniez, Martinez-Freiria, Velo-Anton & Brito 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Mesalina rubropunctata Red-spotted Desert Lizard Donaire, Mateo, Hasi & Geniez 2000 Padial 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Philochortus (Shield-backed Ground Lizards)   Philochortus zolii Saharan Shield-backed Ground Lizard Naia, Sow, Campos, Sidatt & Brito 2021  Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos) Genus Ptyodactylus (Fan-toed Geckos)   Ptyodactylus rivapadialorum Mauritanian Fan-toed Gecko Metallinou, Cervenka, Crochet, Kratochvil, Wilms, Geniez, Shobrak, Brito & Carranza 2015 [as P. togoensis] Riva & Padial 2008 [as P. ragazzii] Trape 2017 [as P. rivapadiali] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as P. ragazzii] Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)   Tarentola annularis Egyptian White-spotted Gecko Joger 1984 Padial 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Tarentola chazaliae Helmeted Gecko Ineich, Dia, Alphally & Colas 1998 Padial 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Tarentola hoggarensis Hoggar Wall Gecko Berre 1989 Joger 1984 Koppetsch & Boehme 2022 Padial 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Tarentola mauritanica Moorish Wall Gecko Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Tarentola panousei Dra Wall Gecko Koppetsch & Boehme 2022   Tarentola parvicarinata Small-keeled Gecko Padial 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)   Chalcides delislei Central Saharan Three-fingered Skink Padial 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Chalcides ocellatus Mediterranean Ocellated Skink Carranza, Arnold, Geniez, Roca & Mateo 2008 Padial 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Chalcides sphenopsiformis Senegal Sand Skink Padial 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Scincopus (Tiger Skinks)   Scincopus fasciatus Banded Tiger Skink Padial 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Scincus (Sand Fish)   Scincus albifasciatus White-banded Sand Fish Arnold & Leviton 1977 Carranza, Arnold, Geniez, Roca & Mateo 2008 Geniez, Mateo, Geniez & Pether 2004 Hartmann 1989 Padial 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Smid, Uvizl, Shobrak, Salim, AlGethami, Algethami, Alanazi, Alsubaie, Busais & Carranza 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)   Trachylepis perrotetii Orange-flanked Skink Padial 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.) Genus Pristurus (Semaphore Geckos)   * Pristurus adrarensis Mauritanian Semaphore Gecko Arnold 2009 Geniez & Arnold 2006 Padial 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus exanthematicus Western Savanna Monitor Bayless 2002 Bennett in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Padial 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Varanus griseus Desert Monitor Bayless 2002 Padial 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Varanus niloticus Nile Monitor Bayless 2002 Boehme & Ziegler 1997 Padial 2006 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)   Eryx muelleri West African Sand Boa Angel 1938 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Padial 2006 Stimson 1969 Trape & Mane 2006 Villiers 1975  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Bamanophis (West African Whip Snake)   Bamanophis dorri West African Whip Snake Padial 2006 Schatti & Trape 2008 Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)   Dasypeltis gansi Savanna Egg Eater Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012   Dasypeltis sahelensis Sahel Egg Eater Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012 Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)   Dispholidus sp. (Boomslang) David & Ineich 1999 [as D. typus] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as D. typus] Genus Hemorrhois (Palearctic Whip Snakes)   Hemorrhois algirus Algerian Whip Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Geniez 2018 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 Lang in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Padial 2006 Schatti 1986 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Villiers 1975 Genus Lytorhynchus (Awl-headed Snakes)   Lytorhynchus diadema Crowned Awl-headed Snake Berre 1989 Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Geniez 2018 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 Padial 2006 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Villiers 1975 Genus Spalerosophis (Diadem Snakes)   Spalerosophis diadema Common Diadem Snake Berre 1989 Geniez 2018 Padial 2006 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)   Telescopus tripolitanus North African Cat Snake Berre 1989 [as dhara] Crochet, Rasmussen, Wilms, Geniez, Trape & Boehme 2008 Padial 2006 [as guidimakaensis] Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 [as obtusus] Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Wilms, Wagner & Spawls 2021  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)   Elapsoidea semiannulata Half-banded Garter Snake Broadley 1971 Broadley 1998 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Padial 2006 Spawls & Branch 1995   Elapsoidea trapei Senegal Garter Snake Trape & Ineich 2006 Trape & Mane 2006 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja katiensis Brown Spitting Cobra David & Ineich 1999 Padial 2006 Spawls & Branch 1995   Naja nigricollis Black-necked Spitting Cobra Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Padial 2006 Villiers 1975 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)   Atractaspis microlepidota Small-scaled Stiletto Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Padial 2006 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape 2005 Trape, Mane & Ineich 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Atractaspis micropholis Sahelian Stiletto Snake David & Ineich 1999 Padial 2006 Papenfuss 1969 Villiers 1975   Atractaspis watsoni Sokoto Stiletto Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape, Mane & Ineich 2006 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)   Boaedon fuliginosus Common African House Snake Berre 1989 Padial 2006 Genus Malpolon (Montpellier Snakes)   Malpolon moilensis Moila Snake Angel 1938 Berre 1989 Geniez 2018 Padial 2006 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis afroccidentalis West African Sand Snake Berre 1989 [as P. sibilans] Geniez 2018 [as P. sibilans] Padial 2006 [as P. sibilans] Papenfuss 1969 [as P. sibilans] Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019   Psammophis elegans Elegant Sand Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Padial 2006 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019 Villiers 1975   Psammophis schokari Arabian Sand Snake Angel 1938 Berre 1989 Brito, Rebelo, Crochet & Geniez 2008 Geniez 2018 Padial 2006 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2006 Genus Rhamphiophis (Beaked Snakes)   Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus Western Beaked Snake Padial 2006  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)   Myriopholis algeriensis Algerian Thread Snake Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Geniez 2018 Padial 2006 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2006   Myriopholis boueti Mali Thread Snake Hahn & Wallach 1998 Hahn 1980 Ineich & Prudent 2014 Padial 2006 Papenfuss 1969 Trape & Mane 2006   Myriopholis cairi Egyptian Thread Snake Hahn & Wallach 1998 Padial 2006  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python sebae Northern Rock Python Padial 2006 Spawls & Branch 1995  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Xerotyphlops (Desert Blind Snakes)   * Xerotyphlops etheridgei Mauritanian Blind Snake Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Padial 2006 Wallach 2002  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Bitis (African Adders)   Bitis arietans Common Puff Adder David & Ineich 1999 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Padial 2006 Genus Causus (Night Adders)   Causus maculatus West African Night Adder Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Padial 2006 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2006 Genus Cerastes (Horned Vipers)   Cerastes cerastes Sahara Horned Viper Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Geniez 2018 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Padial 2006 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2006   Cerastes vipera Sahara Sand Viper Chippaux & Jackson 2019 Geniez 2018 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Padial 2006 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2006 Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)   Echis leucogaster White-bellied Carpet Viper Chippaux & Jackson 2019 David & Ineich 1999 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Padial 2006 Pook, Joger, Stumpel & Wuster 2009 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape & Mane 2006   Echis ocellatus West African Carpet Viper David & Ineich 1999 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Padial 2006 Spawls & Branch 1995

	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 Hama, Karaica, Dyc, Bilal, Wagne, Ba, Mullie & Fretey 2019 Mint Hama, Fretey & Aksissou 2013 Padial 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Hama, Karaica, Dyc, Bilal, Wagne, Ba, Mullie & Fretey 2019 Mint Hama, Fretey & Aksissou 2013 Padial 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Hama, Karaica, Dyc, Bilal, Wagne, Ba, Mullie & Fretey 2019 Padial 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys kempii Atlantic Ridley Sea Turtle Padial 2006   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Hama, Karaica, Dyc, Bilal, Wagne, Ba, Mullie & Fretey 2019 Mint Hama, Fretey & Aksissou 2013 Padial 2006 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 Hama, Karaica, Dyc, Bilal, Wagne, Ba, Mullie & Fretey 2019 Mint Hama, Fretey & Aksissou 2013 Padial 2006 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 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Pelusios (African Mud Turtles)   Pelusios adansonii Sahelian Mud Turtle Bour 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Centrochelys (African Spurred Tortoise)   Centrochelys sulcata African Spurred Tortoise Padial 2006 Petrozzi, Hema, Demaya, Benansio, Eniang, Diagne, Segniagbeto & Luiselli 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Cyclanorbis (SubSaharan Flapshell Turtles)   Cyclanorbis senegalensis Senegal Flapshell Turtle McGovern, Diagne, Diagne, Luiselli & Meylan 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Trionyx (African Softshell Turtle)   Trionyx triunguis African Softshell Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012