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List of reptiles of Africa

January 01, 1970

African reptiles are categorized by reptilian order:

Order Testudines: turtles

Image Common Name(s) Scientific name Distribution Notes
African spurred tortoise or Sulcata tortoise Centrochelys sulcata southern edge of the Sahara Desert Third largest species of tortoise in the world; the largest non-island species.[1]
African helmeted turtle
Marsh terrapin		 Pelomedusa subrufa Very wide range
Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea Seychelles
Angonoka tortoise Astrochelys yniphora native to Madagascar
Aubry's flapshell turtle Cycloderma aubryi Democratic Republic of Congo, Zaire, Gabon, Angola and theCentral African Republic
East African black mud turtle Pelusios subniger East Africa
Geometric tortoise Psammobates geometricus Cape area of South Africa
Leopard tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis savannah from Sudan to South Africa[2]
Lobatse hinge-back tortoise Kinixys lobatsiana Southern Africa
African softshell turtle Trionyx triunguis parts of East, West and Middle Africa
Pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri most common in Kenya and Tanzania[3]
Radiated tortoise Astrochelys radiata native to southern Madagascar[4]
Speke's hinge-back tortoise Kinixys spekii Tanzania, etc.
Turkana mud turtle Pelusios broadleyi Eastern Africa (Kenya, etc.)
Upemba mud turtle Pelusios upembae Democratic Republic of the Congo
Yellowbelly mud turtle Pelusios castanoides Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, and Tanzania

Order Squamata: snakes and lizards

Order Crocodilia: crocodiles

References edit

  1. ^ Branch, Bill (William R.) (2008). Tortoises, terrapins and turtles of Africa. Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 978-1-77007-463-7. OCLC 191891072.
  2. ^ Baker, P.J. Kabigumila, J. Leuteritz, T. Hofmeyr, M. & Ngwava, J.M. (2014-08-29). "Stigmochelys pardalis". doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2015-4.rlts.t163449a1009442.en. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Kenyatta Malonza, Patrick (1 January 2003). "Ecology and Distribution of the Pancake Tortoise". Journal of East African Natural History. 92: 81. doi:10.2982/0012-8317(2003)92[81:EADOTP]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0012-8317. S2CID 84643003.
  4. ^ "Radiated tortoise". Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteSmithsonian's National Zoo. 25 April 2016.

January 01, 1970
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