List of reptiles of Africa
African reptiles are categorized by reptilian order:
Order Testudines: turtles, tortoises and terrapins
- African Spurred Tortoise
- African helmeted turtle
- Aldabra Giant Tortoise
- East African Black Mud Turtle
- Geometric Tortoise
- Leopard tortoise
- Pancake tortoise
- Radiated tortoise
- Turkana Mud Turtle
- Upemba Mud Turtle
- Pelusios
- Yellowbelly Mud Turtle
Order Squamata: snakes and lizards
- Acanthocercus
- Acanthodactylus erythrurus
- Acanthodactylus mechriguensis
- Agama (genus)
- Agama agama
- Agama aculeata
- Agama africana
- Agama armata
- Agama caudospinosa
- Agama mwanzae
- Agama rueppelli
- Aspidelaps
- Atheris ceratophora
- Atheris chlorechis
- Atheris desaixi
- Atheris hispida
- Atheris katangensis
- Atheris nitschei
- Atheris squamigera
- Bitis arietans
- Bitis atropos
- Bitis caudalis
- Bitis cornuta
- Bitis gabonica
- Bitis heraldica
- Bitis inornata
- Bitis nasicornis
- Bitis parviocula
- Bitis peringueyi
- Bitis rubida
- Bitis schneideri
- Bitis worthingtoni
- Bitis xeropaga
- Boomslang
- Boulengerina annulata
- Cape Cobra
- Cape Dwarf Chameleon
- Chalcides armitagei
- Chalcides montanus
- Chalcides ocellatus
- Chalcides pulchellus
- Chalcides regazzii
- Chalcides thierryi
- Chamaeleo hoehnelii
- Chamaeleo johnstoni
- Chamaeleo melleri
- Charina
- Common Egg-eater
- Eastern green mamba
- Echis coloratus
- Fischer's Chameleon
- Hemidactylus brookii
- Hemidactylus echinus
- Hemidactylus frenatus
- Hemidactylus mabouia
- Hemidactylus muriceus
- Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus
- Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko
- Jackson's Chameleon
- Karoo Dwarf Chameleon
- Lined day gecko
- Madagascarophis
- Mamba
- Mozambique Spitting Cobra
- Naja ashei
- Naja nigricollis
- Namaqua Chameleon
- Nile monitor
- Nucras caesicaudata
- Paranaja multifasciata
- Phelsuma pusilla pusilla
- Psudohaje goldii
- Python anchietae
- Python regius
- Python sebae
- Python sebae natalensis
- Red Spitting Cobra
- Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus
- Rhampholeon spectrum
- Rhampholeon brevicaudatus
- Rinkhals
- Rosette-Nosed Chameleon
- Savannah monitor
- Sharp-nosed Chameleon
- Small-spotted Lizard
- Spitting cobra
- Strange-nosed Chameleon
- Trachylepis striata
- Uromastyx geyri
- Uroplatus
- Uroplatus guentheri
- Uroplatus lineatus
- Uroplatus phantasticus
- Uroplatus fimbriatus
- Uroplatus silkorae
- Varanus albigularis
- Varanus albigularis angolensis
- Varanus albigularis microstictus
- Varanus albigularis ionidesi
- Varanus griseus
- Vipera monticola
- Western green mamba
- Yellow-throated day gecko
Order Crocodilia: crocodiles