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Tarangire reptile list - East African Safari and Touring Company
TARANGIRE ECOSYSTEM REPTILE CHECKLIST Tarangire Conservation Area Flap-necked Chameleon (chamaeleo dilepis) 1 Tarangire Conservation Area Common Name Scientific Name Status geochelone pardalis kinixys spekii malacochersus tornieri pelomedusa subrufa pelusios subniger widespread widespread CITES II widespread widespread holodactylus africanus hemidactylus brooki hemidactylus mabouia h’dactylus platycephalus h’dactylus squamulatus lygodactylus grzimeki lygodactylus capensis pachydactylus tuberculosus mabuya brevicollis mabuya planifrons mabuya striata mabuya varia lygosoma afrum lygosoma skink panaspis megalurus panaspis wahlbergii nucrus boulengeri heliobolus spekii latastia longicaudata gerrhosaurus flavigularis gerrhosaurus major gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus limited distribution widespread widespread widespread agama agama agama armata chamaeleo dilepis rhampholeon kerstenii widespread widespread widespread varanus albigularis varanus niloticus widespread widespread CHELONIANS Turtles, tortoise and terrapins Leopard Tortoise Spekes Hinged Tortoise Pancake Tortoise Helmeted Terrapin Pan Hinged Terrapin LIZARDS Geckos, Skinks, Lizards Somali-Masai Clawed Gecko Brook's Gecko Tropical House Gecko Tree Gecko Nyika Gecko Grzimek's Dwarf Gecko Cape Dwarf Gecko Tuberculate Thick-Toed Gecko Short Necked Skink Tree Skink Striped Skink Variable Skink Peter's Writhing Skink Sundevall's Writhing Skink Blue-tailed Snake-eyed Skink Wahlberg's Snake-eyed Skink Boulenger's Scrub Lizard Speke's Sand Lizard Southern Long-tailed Lizard Yellow-throated Plated Lizard Great Plated Lizard Black-lined Plated Lizard little known widespread widespread widespread widespread widespread widespread widespread widespread little known widespread widespread widespread widespread widespread widespread widespread Agamas, Chameleons and Monitors Red-headed Rock Agama Tropical Spiny Agama Flap-necked Chameleon Kenya Pygmy Chameleon White-throated Savanna Monitor Nile Monitor 2 Location Tarangire Conservation Area Common Name Scientific Name Status SNAKES Lineolate Blind Snake Peter's Worm Snake Southern African Rock Python Central African Rock python Kenya Sand Boa Brown House Snake Cape Wolf Snake Flat-snouted Wolf Snake Semi-ornate Snake East African Shovel Snout Spotted Bush snake Tiger Snake White Lipped Snake Boomslang Rufous Beaked Snake Dwarf Sand Snake Olive Sand Snake typhlops lineolatus leptotyphlops scutifrons python natalensis python sebae eryx colubrinus lamprophis fuliginosus lycophidion capense lycophidion depresirostre meizodon semiornatus prosymna stuhlmanni widespread widespread Cites Appendix II Cites Appendix II Cites Appendix II widespread widespread widespread widespread widespread philothamnus semivariegatus uncommon telescopus semiannulatus widespread crotaphopeltis hotambooeia widespread dispholidus typus widespread rhampiophis rostratus widespread psammophis angolensis widespread psammophis mossambicus widespread widespread Northern Stripe-bellied Sand Snake psammophis sudanensis Common Egg-eater dasypeltis scabra widespread Desert Black-Headed Snake micrelaps boettgeri scattered Bibron's Burrowing Asp atractaspis bibroni widespread Egyptian cobra Naja haje scattered Black necked spitting cobra naja nigricollis widespread Black Mamba dendroaspis polyepis widespread Puff Adder bitis arientans widespread Venomous (lethal) Venomous (no known fatalities) Cape Wolf Snake (lycophidion capense) 3 Location Tarangire Conservation Area Recommended reference: A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa - Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe., 2004. Kenya Pygmy-chameleon (rhampholeon kerstenii kerstenii) Copyright c 2010 Simon J King 4
