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Back to menu   Chronology of species descriptions of the reptiles of the world (since 1758)


Crocodylia (Crocodilians): Gavialidae (Gharials)

Tomistoma schlegelii

Malayan Gharial

1838 Crocodilus (Gavialis) schlegelii Müller

Sauria (Lizards): Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)

Elgaria kingii

Madrean Alligator Lizard

1838 Elgaria kingii Gray

Sauria (Lizards): Cordylidae (Girdled Lizards)

Hemicordylus capensis

Graceful Crag Lizard

1838 Cordylus capensis Smith


Karusasaurus polyzonus

Southern Karoo Girdled Lizard*

1838 Cordylus polyzonus Smith


Pseudocordylus melanotus

Common Crag Lizard

1838 Cordylus melanotus Smith

Sauria (Lizards): Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)

Goggia lineata

Striped Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko

1838 Phyllodactylus lineatus Gray

Sauria (Lizards): Gerrhosauridae (Plated Lizards)

Tetradactylus africanus

African Plated Snake Lizard

1838 Caitia africana Gray

Sauria (Lizards): Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)

Acanthodactylus maculatus

Mottled Fringe-toed Lizard

1838 Scapteira maculata Gray


Heliobolus lugubris

Southern African Bushveld Lizard

1838 Lacerta lugubris Smith


Ichnotropis capensis

Southern Rough-scaled Lizard*

1838 Algyra capensis Smith


Meroles ctenodactylus

Giant Desert Lizard

1838 Lacerta ctenodactylus Smith


Nucras intertexta

Spotted Sandveld Lizard

1838 Lacerta intertexta Smith


Nucras livida

Karoo Sandveld Lizard

1838 Lacerta livida Smith


Nucras taeniolata

Striped Sandveld Lizard

1838 Lacerta taeniolata Smith


Nucras tessellata

Western Sandveld Lizard

1838 Lacerta tessellata Smith


Pedioplanis undata

Western Sand Lizard

1838 Lacerta undata Smith


Phoenicolacerta laevis

Lebanese Smooth-scaled Lizard*

1838 Lacerta laevis Gray


Takydromus tachydromoides

Japanese Grass Lizard

1838 Lacerta tachydromoides Schlegel

Sauria (Lizards): Leiocephalidae (Curly-tailed Lizards)

Leiocephalus herminieri (extinct)

Martinique Curlytail

1838 Holotropis herminieri Dumeril & Bibron

Sauria (Lizards): Liolaemidae (South American Lesser Iguanas)

Liolaemus lemniscatus

Valparaiso Smooth-throated Lizard*

1838 Liolaemus lemniscatus Gravenhorst

Sauria (Lizards): Scincidae (Skinks)

Acritoscincus duperreyi

Bold-striped Cool-Skink

1838 Tiliqua duperreyi Gray


Acritoscincus trilineatus

Southwestern Cool-Skink

1838 Tiliqua trilineata Gray


Ctenotus australis

Western Limestone Skink

1838 Tiliqua australis Gray


Egernia kingii

Greater Southwestern Skink*

1838 Tiliqua kingii Gray


Eutropis bibronii

Olive-brown Sun Skink*

1838 Tiliqua bibronii Gray


Plestiodon chinensis

Eastern Chinese Long Skink*

1838 Tiliqua chinensis Gray


Scincella reevesii

Speckled Ground Skink*

1838 Tiliqua reevesii Gray

Sauria (Lizards): Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)

Euleptes europaea

Mediterranean Leaf-toed Gecko

1838 Phyllodactylus europaeus Gené

Sauria (Lizards): Teiidae (Greater Tejus)

Callopistes maculatus

Chilean Monitor Teju

1838 Callopistes maculatus Gravenhorst


Pholidoscelis auberi

Cuban Ameiva

1838 Ameiva auberi Cocteau


Pholidoscelis dorsalis

Jamaican Ameiva

1838 Ameiva dorsalis Gray

Sauria (Lizards): Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)

Varanus cumingi

Mindanao Water Monitor

1838 Varanus cumingi Martin


Varanus gouldii

Sand Monitor

1838 Hydrosaurus gouldii Gray

Serpentes (Snakes): Colubridae (Typical Snakes)

Eirenis modestus

Ring-headed Dwarf Snake

1838 Coronella modesta Martin


Lampropeltis elapsoides

Scarlet Kingsnake

1838 Coluber elapsoides Holbrook


Nerodia taxispilota

American Brown Water Snake

1838 Coluber taxispilotus Holbrook


Platyceps karelini

Spotted Desert Whip Snake

1838 Coluber karelini Brandt


Tachymenis peruviana

Peruvian Scrub Snake

1838 Tachymenis peruviana Wiegmann

Serpentes (Snakes): Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)

Psammophis lineolatus

Steppe Sand Snake

1838 Coluber lineolatus Brandt [not Wied 1825]

Testudines (Turtles): Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)

Emydoidea blandingii

Blanding's Turtle

1838 Cistudo blandingii Holbrook

Testudines (Turtles): Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles)

Pelusios sinuatus

East African Serrated Mud Turtle

1838 Sternotherus sinuatus Smith