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List of reptiles found in the Port Elizabeth region |
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Species seen : 12
Species photographed : 3
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| Common Name | Scientific Name | Seen | Photo |
| Parrot-beaked Tortoise |
Homopus areolatus |
No |
No |
| Leopard Tortoise |
Geochelone pardalis |
Yes |
No |
| Angulate Tortoise |
Chersina angulata |
Yes |
Yes |
| Leatherback Turtle |
Dermochelys coriacea |
Yes |
No |
| Green Turtle |
Chelonia mydas |
Yes |
No |
| Hawksbill Turtle |
Eretmochelys imbricata |
No |
No
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| Loggerhead Turtle |
Caretta caretta |
Yes |
No |
| Marsh (Helmeted) Terrapin |
Pelomedusa subrufa |
Yes |
No |
| Thin-tailed Legless Skink |
Acontias gracilicauda gracilicauda |
No |
No |
| Cape Legless Skink |
Acontias meleagris orientalis |
Yes |
No |
| Percival's Legless Skink |
Acontios percivali tasmani |
No |
No |
| Algoa Dwarf Burrowing Skink |
Scelotes arenicolus |
No |
No |
| Cape Skink |
Mabuya capensis |
Yes |
No |
| Red-sided Skink |
Mabuya homalocephala |
No |
No |
| Variable Skink |
Mabuya varia |
Yes |
No |
| Delalande's Sandveld Lizard |
Nucras lalandii |
No |
No |
| Striped Sandveld Lizard |
Nucras taeniolata |
No |
No |
| Spotted Sand Lizard |
Pedioplanis lineoocellata pulchella |
No |
No |
| Cape Mountain Lizard |
Tropidosaura gularis |
No |
No |
| Common Mountain Lizard |
Tropidosaura montana rangeri |
No |
No |
| Yellow-throated Plated Lizard |
Gerrrhosaurus flavigularis |
No |
No |
| FitzSimons' Long-tailed Seps |
Tetradactylus africanus fitzsimonsi |
No |
No |
| Short-legged Seps |
Tetradactylus seps |
No |
No |
| Cape Grass Lizard |
Chamaesaura anguina anguina |
No |
No |
| Cape Girdled Lizard |
Cordylus cordylus |
No |
No |
| Tasman's Girdled Lizard |
Cordylus tasmani |
No |
No |
| Cape Crag Lizard |
Pseudocordylus microlepidotus microlepidotus |
No |
No |
| Rock (White-throated) Monitor |
Varanus albigularis |
No |
No |
| Nile (Water) Monitor |
Varanus niloticus |
Yes |
No |
| Southern Rock Agama |
Agama atra atra |
No |
No |
| Southern Dwarf Chameleon |
Bradypodion ventrale |
Yes |
Yes |
| Marbled Leaf-toed Gecko |
Afrogecko porphyreus |
No |
No |
| Peringuey's Coastal Leaf-toed Gecko |
Cryptactites peringueyi |
No |
No |
| Moreau's Tropical House Gecko |
Hemidactylus mabouia |
No |
No |
| Cape Dwarf Gecko |
Lygodactylus capensis capensis |
Yes |
Yes |
| Spotted Thick-toed Gecko |
Pachydactylus maculatus |
No |
No |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 19 July 2008 )
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