Documenting the diversity of Africa’s reptile and amphibian fauna
Compiler’s note:
This checklist has been compiled through extensive use of the invaluable resources provided by Darryl Frost for the Amphibia and Peter Uetz for the Reptilia. Please refer to Darryl Frost’s Amphibian Species of the World or Peter Uetz’s THE REPTILE DATABASE for further details of distribution, synonomy and authorship of the taxa concerned. The present compilation excludes the Indian Ocean islands of the Malagasy subregion although we hope to add these in due course.
Any errors or omissions in this checklist are solely the responsibility of the compiler and do not reflect on the original sources of the material. Taxonomy changes as our knowledge base is refined and expanded so do not regard this checklist as either final or definitive.
A CHECKLIST OF THE KNOWN SPECIES OCCURRING IN THE AFRICAN REGION (Under Revision)
Class: AMPHIBIA
Order: Anura
Family: Arthroleptidae
Family: Astylosternidae
Family: Bufonidae
Family: Discoglossidae
Family: Heleophrynidae
Family: Hemisotidae
Family: Hylidae
- Subfamily: Hylinae
Family: Hyperoliidae
- Subfamily: Hyperoliinae
- Subfamily: Kassininae
- Subfamily: Leptopelinae
Family: Microhylidae
- Subfamily: Brevicipitinae
- Subfamily: Melanobatrachinae
- Subfamily: Phrynomerinae
Family: Pelobatidae
Family: Petropedetidae
Family: Pipidae
- Subfamily: Dactylethrinae
Family: Ranidae
Family: Rhacophoridae
- Subfamily: Rhacophorinae
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae
Order: Gymnophiona
Family: Caeciliidae
- Subfamily: Caeciliinae
Family: Scolecomorphidae
Class: REPTILIA
Subclass: Anapsida
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Superfamily: Trionychoidea
Family: Trionychidae
Superfamily: Chelonioidea
Family: Cheloniidae
Family: Dermochelyidae
Suborder: Pleurodira
Superfamily: Pelomedusoidea
Family: Pelomedusidae
- Subfamily: Pelomedusinae
Subclass: Lepidosauria
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria (Lacertilia)
Infraorder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
- Subfamily: Agaminae
- Subfamily: Leiolepinae
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
- Subfamily: Eublepharinae
- Subfamily: Gekkoninae
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Cordylidae
Family: Gerrhosauridae
- Subfamily: Gerrhosaurinae
Family: Lacertidae
- Subfamily: Gallotiinae
- Subfamily: Lacertinae
Family: Scincidae
Infraorder Diploglossa
Family Anguidae
- Subfamily Anguinae
Infraorder: Platynota (Varanoidea)
Family: Varanidae
Suborder: Amphisbaenia
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Family: Trogonophidae
Suborder: Ophidia (Serpentes)
Superfamily: Typhlopoidea (Scolecophidia)
Family: Typhlopidae
Family: Leptotyphlopidae (Glauconiidae)
Superfamily: Henophidia (Boidea)
Family: Boidae
- Subfamily: Erycinae
- Subfamily: Pythoninae
Superfamily: Xenophidia (Colubroidea = Caenophidia)
Family: Atractaspididae
- Subfamily: Atractaspidinae
- Subfamily: Aparallactinae
Family: Colubridae
- Subfamily: “Boodontinae”
- Subfamily: Colubrinae
- Subfamily: Psammophiinae
- Subfamily: Natricinae
Family: Elapidae
Family: Hydrophiidae
Family: Viperidae
Subclass: Archosauria
Order: Crocodylia
Suborder: Eusuchia
Family: Crocodylidae
Originally compiled 05 January 2003; partial update (Chamaeleonidae) October 2008: Layout revised May 2012. Please report any errors or omissions to Webmaster.