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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)
Riverine forest
Valley bushveld
Hemidactylus mabouia mabouia (Moreau de Jonnes, 1818)
(Tropical house gecko)
Homopholis wahlbergii (Smith, 1849)
(Wahlberg's velvety gecko)
Rocky ridges and slopes
Valley bushveld
Pachydactylus maculatus maculatus Gray, 1845
(Spotted gecko)
Open grassland
Rocky ridges and slopes
Valley bushveld
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)
Rocky ridges and slopes
Varanus niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1762)
(Nile monitor)
(SiSwati: Quamu)
Larger rivers
Chamaeleonidae (chameleons)
Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis Leach, 1819
(Flap-necked chameleon)
(SiSwati: lunwabu)
Riverine forest
Moist indigenous forest
Woodland
Valley bushveld
Agamidae (agamas)
Agama atricollis Smith, 1849
(Tree agama)
(SiSwati: holoholo)
Woodland
Valley bushveld
Agama aculeata distanti Boulenger, 1902
(Distant's spiny agama)
Open grassland
Rocky ridges and slopes
Lacertidae (lacertids)
Nucras ornata (Gray, 1864)
(Ornate sandveld lizard)
Scincidae (skinks)
Scelotes mira (Roux, 1907)
(Montane burrowing skink)
Open grassland
Rocky ridges and slopes
Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifer (Peters, 1854)
(Rainbow rock skink)
Rocky ridges and slopes
Woodland
Valley bushveld
Cliff faces
Mabuya varia (Peters, 1867)
(Variable skink)
Open grassland
Rocky ridges and slopes
Larger rivers
Valley bushveld
Mabuya striata striata (Peters, 1844)
(Common striped skink)
Valley bushveld
Panaspis wahlbergii (Smith, 1849)
(Wahlberg's dwarf skink)
Open grassland
Rocky ridges and slopes
Valley bushveld
Acontias plumbeus Bianconi, 1849
(Giant legless skink)
Open grassland
Rocky ridges and slopes
Cordylidae (girdled and crag lizards)
Gerrhosaurus validus validus Smith, 1849
(Giant plated lizard)
Gerrhosaurus flavigularis flavigularis Wiegmann, 1828
(Yellow-throated plated lizard)
Open grassland
Rocky ridges and slopes
Valley bushveld
Gerrhosaurus major major Dumeril, 1851
(Rough-scaled plated lizard)
Valley bushveld
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)
Open grassland
Rocky ridges and slopes
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
Riverine forest
Valley bushveld
Colubridae (typical snakes)
Lycodonomorphus rufulus (Lichtenstein, 1823)
(Common brown water snake)
Vlei systems
Swift-flowing streams
Dams (man-made)
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
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)
Open grassland
Rocky ridges and slopes
Philothamnus semivariegatus semivariegatus (Smith, 1840)
(Spotted bush snake)
Rocky ridges and slopes
Woodland
Valley bushveld
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768)
(Herald snake)
Open grassland
Rocky ridges and slopes
Valley bushveld
Dipsadoboa aulica aulica (Gunther, 1864)
(Marbled tree snake)
Dispholidus typus typus (Smith, 1829)
(Boomslang)
Open grassland
Riverine forest
Alien forest
Valley bushveld
Thelotornis capensis capensis Smith, 1849
(Southern vine snake)
Rocky ridges and slopes
Woodland
Valley bushveld
Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Rhombic egg-eater)
Open grassland
Rocky ridges and slopes
Valley bushveld
Elapidae (cobras and mambas)
Naja mossambica Peters, 1854
(Mozambique spitting cobra)
(SiSwati: imfeti)
Riverine forest
Woodland
Valley bushveld
Dendroaspis polylepis Gunther, 1864
(Black mamba)
(SiSwati: imamba)
Valley bushveld
Viperidae (adders)
Causus defilippii (Jan, 1862)
(Snouted night adder)
Bitis arietans arietans (Merrem, 1820)
(Puff adder)
(SiSwati: libululu)
Open grassland
Rocky ridges and slopes
Valley bushveld
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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