Reptiles, snakes, amphibians
Magaliesberg
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CHECKLIST OF REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS IN THE MAGALIESBERG
Compiled by N.H.G. Jacobsen, Transvaal Division of Nature Conservation
Frogs
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Xenopus laevis
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Common platanna
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Bufo gutturalis
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Guttural toad
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Bufo garmani
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Olive toad
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Bufo rangeri
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Raucous toad
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Schismaderma carens
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Red toad
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Bufo fenoulheti
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Pygmy toad
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Breviceps adspersus
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Bushveld rainfrog
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Phrynomerus bifasciatus
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Banded rubber frog
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Pyxicephalus adspersus
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Bullfrog
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Tomopterna cryptotis
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Tremolo sand frog
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Tomopterna natalensis
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Natal sand frog
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Rana angolensis
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Common river frog
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Strongylopus fasciata
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Striped stream frog
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Ptychadena anchietae
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Plain grass frog
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Phrynobatrachus natalensis
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Snoring puddle frog
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Cacosternum boettgeri
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Common caco
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Kassina senegalensis
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Bubbling Kassina
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Tortoises and turtles
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Geochelone pardalis
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Leopard tortoise
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Kinixys belliana
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Savannah hinged tortoise
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Pelamedusa subrufa
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Cape terrapin
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Lizards
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Lygodactylus capensis
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Common dwarf gecko
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Pachydactylus c. capensis
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Cape thick-toed gecko
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Pachydactylus c. affinis
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Transvaal thick-toed gecko
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Pachydactylus bibronii
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Bibron's gecko
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Agama atricollis
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Tree agama
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Agama atra
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Rock agama
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Agama aculeata
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Spiny agama
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Chamaeleo dilepis
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Flap-neck chameleon
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Mabuya capensis
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Cape skink
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Mabuya varia
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Variable skink
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Mabuya striata punctatissimus
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Striped skink
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Lygosoma sundevallii
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Sundevalls' writhing skink
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Panapsis wahlbergii
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Wahlberg's snake-eyed skink
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Nucras taeniolata
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Ornate sandveld lizard
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Pedioplonis lineo-ocellata
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Ocellated sand lizard
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Ichnotropus capensis
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Cape rough-scaled sand lizard
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Cordylus vittifer
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Transvaal girdled lizard
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Gerrhosaurus flavigularis
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Yel1ow-throated plated lizard
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Varanus exanthematicus albigularis
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Rock leguaan
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Varanus niloticus
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Water leguaan
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Amphisbaenians
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Monopeltis capensis
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Cape wedge-snouted amphisbaenian
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Snakes
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Typhlops bibronii
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Bibron's blind snake
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Typhlops lalandei
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Lalande's blind snake
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Leptotyphlops conjunctus
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Lesser thread snake
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Leptotyphlops scutifrons
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Peter's thread snake
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Leptotyphlops distanti
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Transvaal thread snake
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Python sebae natalensis
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Southern African python
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Lycodonomorphus rufulus
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Brown water snake
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Lamprophis aurora
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Aurora snake
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Lamprophis fuliginosus
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Brown house snake
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Lycophidion capense
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Cape wolf snake
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Pseudaspis cana
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Mole snake
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Psammophylax rhombeatus
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Spotted skaapsteker
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Psammophylax tritaeniatus
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Striped skaapsteker
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Psammophis leightoni trinasalis
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Fork-marked sand snake
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Psammophis sibilans
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Short-snouted sand snake
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Psammophis angolensis
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Pygmy sand snake
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Aparallactus capensis
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Black-headed centipede-eater
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Atractaspis bibronii
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Southern stiletto snake
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Atractaspis duerdeni
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Duerden's stiletto snake
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Prosymna sundevalli sundevalli
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Southern lined shovelsnout
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Philothamnus hoplogaster
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Green water snake
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Philothamnus natalensis
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Natal green snake
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Philothamnus semivariegatus
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Spotted bush snake
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Crotaphopeltius hotamboeia
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Herald snake
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Telescopus semiannulatus
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Eastern tiger snake
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Dispholidus typus
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Boomslang
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Thelotornis capensis
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Southern twig snake
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Dasypeltis scabra
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Common egg-eater
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Elapsoidea sundevallii media
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Highveld garter snake
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Hemachatus haemachatus
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Rinkhals
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Naja haje annulifera
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Egyptian cobra
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Naja mossambica
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Mozambique spitting cobra
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Causus rhombeatus
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Common night adder
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Bitis caudalis
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Horned adder
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Bitis arietans
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Puff adder
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