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Mantenga Nature Reserve - Reptiles Checklist


Gekkonidae (geckos)

   Afroedura pondolia major Onderstall, 1984
   (Swazi thick-tailed rock gecko)
   Swaziland Red Data Status: Near Threatened
   Southern African Red Data Status: Not listed
   International Red Data Status: Not listed
      Rocky ridges and slopes
      Cliff faces

   Pachydactylus maculatus maculatus Gray, 1845
   (Spotted gecko)
      Open grassland
      Rocky ridges and slopes
      Valley bushveld

Varanidae (monitor lizards)

   Varanus niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1762)
   (Nile monitor)
   (SiSwati: Quamu)
      Larger rivers

Scincidae (skinks)

   Panaspis wahlbergii  (Smith, 1849)
   (Wahlberg's dwarf skink)
      Open grassland
      Rocky ridges and slopes
      Valley bushveld

Typhlopidae (blind snakes)

   Typhlops bibronii  (Smith, 1846)
   (Bibron's blind snake)
      Open grassland
      Rocky ridges and slopes

Leptotyphlopidae (worm snakes)

   Leptotyphlops scutifrons scutifrons (Peters, 1854)

Boidae (pythons and boas)

   Python sebae natalensis Smith, 1840
   (Southern African python)
   (SiSwati: inhlatfu)
   Swaziland Red Data Status: Vulnerable
   Southern African Red Data Status: Vulnerable
   International Red Data Status: Not listed
      Riverine forest
      Valley bushveld

Colubridae (typical snakes)

   Lamprophis fuliginosus  (Boie, 1827)
   (Brown house snake)
      Rocky ridges and slopes
      Woodland
      Valley bushveld

   Lycophidion capense capense (Smith, 1831)
   (Cape wolf snake)
      Rocky ridges and slopes
      Woodland
      Valley bushveld

   Aparallactus capensis  (Smith, 1849)
   (Cape centipede-eater)
      Open grassland
      Rocky ridges and slopes




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