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Gekkonidae (geckos)
Afroedura pondolia marleyi (FitzSimons, 1930)
(Marley's thick-tailed rock gecko)
Lygodactylus capensis capensis (Smith, 1849)
(Common dwarf gecko)
Hemidactylus mabouia mabouia (Moreau de Jonnes, 1818)
(Tropical house gecko)
Homopholis wahlbergii (Smith, 1849)
(Wahlberg's velvety gecko)
Pachydactylus maculatus maculatus Gray, 1845
(Spotted gecko)
Pachydactylus capensis vansoni FitzSimons, 1933
(Van Son's thick-toed gecko)
Pachydactylus bibronii Smith, 1846
(Bibron's thick-toed gecko)
Varanidae (monitor lizards)
Varanus exanthematicus albigularis (Daudin, 1802)
(White-throated monitor)
(SiSwati: imbhulu)
Varanus niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1762)
(Nile monitor)
(SiSwati: Quamu)
Chamaeleonidae (chameleons)
Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis Leach, 1819
(Flap-necked chameleon)
(SiSwati: lunwabu)
Agamidae (agamas)
Agama atricollis Smith, 1849
(Tree agama)
(SiSwati: holoholo)
Agama aculeata distanti Boulenger, 1902
(Distant's spiny agama)
Lacertidae (lacertids)
Nucras ornata (Gray, 1864)
(Ornate sandveld lizard)
Scincidae (skinks)
Scelotes mira (Roux, 1907)
(Montane burrowing skink)
Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifer (Peters, 1854)
(Rainbow rock skink)
Mabuya varia (Peters, 1867)
(Variable skink)
Mabuya striata striata (Peters, 1844)
(Common striped skink)
Panaspis wahlbergii (Smith, 1849)
(Wahlberg's dwarf skink)
Acontias plumbeus Bianconi, 1849
(Giant legless skink)
Cordylidae (girdled and crag lizards)
Gerrhosaurus validus validus Smith, 1849
(Giant plated lizard)
Gerrhosaurus flavigularis flavigularis Wiegmann, 1828
(Yellow-throated plated lizard)
Gerrhosaurus major major Dumeril, 1851
(Rough-scaled plated lizard)
Chamaesaura macrolepis macrolepis (Cope, 1862)
Cordylus warreni warreni (Boulenger, 1908)
(Warren's girdled lizard)
Cordylus tropidosternum jonesii (Boulenger, 1891)
(Jones' girdled lizard)
Platysaurus intermedius subsp.
(Lubombo flat lizard)
Typhlopidae (blind snakes)
Typhlops bibronii (Smith, 1846)
(Bibron's blind snake)
Typhlops schlegelii schlegelii Bianconi, 1850
(Giant blind snake)
Leptotyphlopidae (worm snakes)
Leptotyphlops longicaudus (Peters, 1854)
(Long-tailed worm snake)
Leptotyphlops conjunctus incognitus Broadley and Watson, 1976
(Worm snake)
Leptotyphlops telloi Broadley and Watson, 1976
(Tello's worm snake)
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
Colubridae (typical snakes)
Lycodonomorphus rufulus (Lichtenstein, 1823)
(Common brown water snake)
Lamprophis fuliginosus (Boie, 1827)
(Brown house snake)
Lycophidion capense capense (Smith, 1831)
(Cape wolf snake)
Mehelya capensis capensis (Smith, 1847)
(Cape file snake)
Psammophis subtaeniatus subtaeniatus Peters, 1854
(Yellow-bellied sand snake)
Amblyodipsas concolor (Smith, 1849)
(Natal purple-glossed snake)
Atractaspis bibronii Smith, 1849
(Bibron's burrowing asp)
Philothamnus semivariegatus semivariegatus (Smith, 1840)
(Spotted bush snake)
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768)
(Herald snake)
Dipsadoboa aulica aulica (Gunther, 1864)
(Marbled tree snake)
Dispholidus typus typus (Smith, 1829)
(Boomslang)
Thelotornis capensis capensis Smith, 1849
(Southern vine snake)
Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Rhombic egg-eater)
Elapidae (cobras and mambas)
Naja mossambica Peters, 1854
(Mozambique spitting cobra)
(SiSwati: imfeti)
Dendroaspis polylepis Gunther, 1864
(Black mamba)
(SiSwati: imamba)
Viperidae (adders)
Causus defilippii (Jan, 1862)
(Snouted night adder)
Bitis arietans arietans (Merrem, 1820)
(Puff adder)
(SiSwati: libululu)
Pelomedusidae (terrapins)
Pelomedusa subrufa (Lacepede, 1788)
(Helmeted terrapin)
Pelusios sinuatus (Smith, 1838)
(Serrated hinged terrapin)
Testudinidae (terrestrial tortoises)
Geochelone pardalis (Bell, 1828)
(Leopard tortoise)
Kinixys belliana spekii Gray, 1863
(Savanna hinged tortoise)
Kinixys natalensis Hewitt, 1935
(Natal hinged tortoise)
Swaziland Red Data Status: Near Threatened
Southern African Red Data Status: Rare
International Red Data Status: Near Threatened
Crocodylidae (alligators and crocodiles)
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768
Swaziland Red Data Status: Vulnerable
Southern African Red Data Status: Vulnerable
International Red Data Status: Not listed
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