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Reptiles of Somalia: all 224 species on record (part 2 of 2)
GBIF holds records of 224 reptile species from Somalia: lizards, snakes, tortoises, sea turtles and the Nile crocodile. The IUCN Red List places the hawksbill turtle in Critically Endangered; 175 species are Least Concern and 26 Data Deficient.
Part 2 of 2 of Reptiles of Somalia: all 224 species on record. Sources are listed on part 1.
This list is in 2 parts: 1 · 2
Full list (224 species)
| Name | Scientific name | Family | Red List | Records in Somalia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Jackson's Wolf Snake [occidentale] | Lycophidion jacksoni | Lamprophiidae | NE | 1 |
| Cape Wolf Snake | Lycophidion multimaculatum | Lamprophiidae | LC | 4 |
| Reticulate Blind Snake | Epacrophis reticulatus | Leptotyphlopidae | DD | 2 |
| Leptotyphlops tanae | Leptotyphlops tanae | Leptotyphlopidae | NE | 4 |
| Scortecci's Blind Snake | Myriopholis braccianii | Leptotyphlopidae | LC | 1 |
| Cairo Blind Snake | Myriopholis cairi | Leptotyphlopidae | LC | 2 |
| Nurse's Blind Snake | Myriopholis nursii | Leptotyphlopidae | LC | 5 |
| Somalian Helmeted Turtle | Pelomedusa somalica | Pelomedusidae | NE | 9 |
| African Helmeted Terrapin | Pelomedusa subrufa | Pelomedusidae | NE | 17 |
| Serrated hinged terrapin | Pelusios sinuatus | Pelomedusidae | NE | 3 |
| Common fan-footed gecko | Ptyodactylus hasselquistii | Phyllodactylidae | LC | 6 |
| Ringed Wall Gecko | Tarentola annularis | Phyllodactylidae | LC | 18 |
| Northern Somali Shovelsnout Snake | Prosymna somalica | Prosymnidae | LC | 8 |
| Kenyan Bark Snake | Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii | Psammophiidae | LC | 4 |
| Keller's Bark Snake | Hemirhagerrhis kelleri | Psammophiidae | LC | 5 |
| Eastern Bark Snake | Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia | Psammophiidae | LC | 5 |
| Link-marked Sand Snake | Psammophis biseriatus | Psammophiidae | LC | 23 |
| Olive Grass Racer | Psammophis phillipsii | Psammophiidae | LC | 4 |
| Speckled Sand Racer | Psammophis punctulatus | Psammophiidae | LC | 21 |
| Forskal Sand Snake | Psammophis schokari | Psammophiidae | LC | 3 |
| Hissing Sand Snake | Psammophis sibilans | Psammophiidae | LC | 14 |
| Tanganyika Sand Snake | Psammophis tanganicus | Psammophiidae | LC | 19 |
| Striped Skaapsteker | Psammophylax tritaeniatus | Psammophiidae | LC | 2 |
| Western beaked snake | Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus | Psammophiidae | LC | 4 |
| Rufous Beaked Snake | Rhamphiophis rostratus | Psammophiidae | LC | 1 |
| Red Beaked Snake | Rhamphiophis rubropunctatus | Psammophiidae | LC | 5 |
| rock python | Python sebae | Pythonidae | NT | 3 |
| Ocellated Skink | Chalcides bottegi | Scincidae | LC | 1 |
| Ocellated Bronze Skink | Chalcides ocellatus | Scincidae | LC | 30 |
| Ragazzi's Bronze Skink | Chalcides ragazzii | Scincidae | LC | 15 |
| Cape Verde Skink | Chioninia delalandii | Scincidae | LC | 1 |
| Solomon Island skink | Corucia zebrata | Scincidae | NT | 1 |
| African Coral Rag Skink | Cryptoblepharus africanus | Scincidae | LC | 30 |
| Snake-eyed Skink | Cryptoblepharus boutonii | Scincidae | NT | 3 |
| Lanza's Writhing Skink | Mochlus grandisonianus | Scincidae | DD | 1 |
| Common Writhing Skink | Mochlus laeviceps | Scincidae | DD | 14 |
| Mabuya-like Writhing Skink | Mochlus mabuiiformis | Scincidae | DD | 3 |
| Boulenger's Writhing Skink | Mochlus productus | Scincidae | LC | 3 |
| Somali Writhing Skink | Mochlus somalicus | Scincidae | LC | 2 |
| Peters' Eyelid Skink | Mochlus sundevallii | Scincidae | LC | 39 |
| Loveridge's Writhing Skink | Mochlus tanae | Scincidae | LC | 9 |
| Vinciguerra's Writhing Skink | Mochlus vinciguerrae | Scincidae | LC | 13 |
| Angolan Snake-eyed Skink | Panaspis wahlbergii | Scincidae | LC | 5 |
| Short-necked Skink | Trachylepis brevicollis | Scincidae | LC | 44 |
| Somali Mabuya | Trachylepis hemmingi | Scincidae | LC | 6 |
| Hildebrandt's Skink | Trachylepis hildebrandtii | Scincidae | LC | 87 |
| Tree Skink | Trachylepis planifrons | Scincidae | LC | 9 |
| African Five-lined Skink | Trachylepis quinquetaeniata | Scincidae | LC | 2 |
| Kalahari Tree Skink | Trachylepis spilogaster | Scincidae | LC | 2 |
| African Striped Mabuya | Trachylepis striata | Scincidae | LC | 43 |
| Wahlberg's Striped Skink | Trachylepis wahlbergii | Scincidae | LC | 45 |
| Cross-marked Semaphore Gecko | Pristurus crucifer | Sphaerodactylidae | LC | 181 |
| Middle Eastern Rock Gecko | Pristurus flavipunctatus | Sphaerodactylidae | LC | 31 |
| Somai Rock Gecko | Pristurus phillipsii | Sphaerodactylidae | LC | 13 |
| Blandford's Semaphore Gecko | Pristurus rupestris | Sphaerodactylidae | LC | 8 |
| Coastal Rock Gecko | Pristurus simonettai | Sphaerodactylidae | LC | 10 |
| Somali Semaphore Gecko | Pristurus somalicus | Sphaerodactylidae | LC | 44 |
| African spurred tortoise | Centrochelys sulcata | Testudinidae | EN | 1 |
| Bells hinge-back tortoise | Kinixys belliana | Testudinidae | NE | 4 |
| Natal hinge-back tortoise | Kinixys natalensis | Testudinidae | VU | 3 |
| Leopard tortoise | Stigmochelys pardalis | Testudinidae | LC | 47 |
| Angled Worm Lizard | Agamodon anguliceps | Trogonophidae | LC | 210 |
| Flat Worm Lizard | Agamodon compressus | Trogonophidae | DD | 6 |
| Somali Giant Blind-snake | Afrotyphlops brevis | Typhlopidae | LC | 2 |
| Calabresi's Blind-snake | Afrotyphlops calabresii | Typhlopidae | LC | 10 |
| Wedge-snouted Blind-snake | Afrotyphlops cuneirostris | Typhlopidae | DD | 11 |
| Zambezi Blind Snake | Afrotyphlops mucruso | Typhlopidae | NE | 1 |
| Schlegel's Beaked Blind Snake | Afrotyphlops schlegelii | Typhlopidae | LC | 5 |
| Braminy Bling Snake, Flower Pot Snake | Indotyphlops braminus | Typhlopidae | LC | 1 |
| Juba Gracile Blind-snake | Letheobia jubana | Typhlopidae | DD | 5 |
| Ethiopian Blind Snake | Letheobia somalica | Typhlopidae | LC | 1 |
| Somali Blind-snake | Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus | Typhlopidae | LC | 6 |
| White-headed Beaked Snake | Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus | Typhlopidae | DD | 1 |
| Scortecci's Blind-snake | Rhinotyphlops scortecci | Typhlopidae | LC | 10 |
| Kenya Beaked Snake | Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus | Typhlopidae | LC | 6 |
| White-throated monitor | Varanus albigularis | Varanidae | LC | 14 |
| savannah monitor | Varanus exanthematicus | Varanidae | LC | 5 |
| Nile monitor | Varanus niloticus | Varanidae | LC | 2 |
| Puff Adder | Bitis arietans | Viperidae | LC | 20 |
| Green Night Adder | Causus resimus | Viperidae | LC | 18 |
| Phoorsa | Echis carinatus | Viperidae | LC | 9 |
| Egyptian Saw-scaled Viper | Echis pyramidum | Viperidae | LC | 5 |
This list is in 2 parts: 1 · 2
Sources
- Cape Wolf Snake · gbif.org
- Reticulate Blind Snake · gbif.org
- Leptotyphlops tanae · gbif.org
- Scortecci's Blind Snake · gbif.org
- Cairo Blind Snake · gbif.org
- Nurse's Blind Snake · gbif.org
- Somalian Helmeted Turtle · gbif.org
- African Helmeted Terrapin · gbif.org
- Serrated hinged terrapin · gbif.org
- Common fan-footed gecko · gbif.org
- Ringed Wall Gecko · gbif.org
- Northern Somali Shovelsnout Snake · gbif.org
- Kenyan Bark Snake · gbif.org
- Keller's Bark Snake · gbif.org
- Eastern Bark Snake · gbif.org
- Link-marked Sand Snake · gbif.org
- Olive Grass Racer · gbif.org
- Speckled Sand Racer · gbif.org
- Forskal Sand Snake · gbif.org
- Hissing Sand Snake · gbif.org
- Tanganyika Sand Snake · gbif.org
- Striped Skaapsteker · gbif.org
- Western beaked snake · gbif.org
- Rufous Beaked Snake · gbif.org
- Red Beaked Snake · gbif.org
- rock python · gbif.org
- Ocellated Skink · gbif.org
- Ocellated Bronze Skink · gbif.org
- Ragazzi's Bronze Skink · gbif.org
- Cape Verde Skink · gbif.org
- Solomon Island skink · gbif.org
- African Coral Rag Skink · gbif.org
- Snake-eyed Skink · gbif.org
- Lanza's Writhing Skink · gbif.org
- Common Writhing Skink · gbif.org
- Mabuya-like Writhing Skink · gbif.org
- Boulenger's Writhing Skink · gbif.org
- Somali Writhing Skink · gbif.org
- Peters' Eyelid Skink · gbif.org
- Loveridge's Writhing Skink · gbif.org
- Vinciguerra's Writhing Skink · gbif.org
- Angolan Snake-eyed Skink · gbif.org
- Short-necked Skink · gbif.org
- Somali Mabuya · gbif.org
- Hildebrandt's Skink · gbif.org
- Tree Skink · gbif.org
- African Five-lined Skink · gbif.org
- Kalahari Tree Skink · gbif.org
- African Striped Mabuya · gbif.org
- Wahlberg's Striped Skink · gbif.org
- Cross-marked Semaphore Gecko · gbif.org
- Middle Eastern Rock Gecko · gbif.org
- Somai Rock Gecko · gbif.org
- Blandford's Semaphore Gecko · gbif.org
- Coastal Rock Gecko · gbif.org
- Somali Semaphore Gecko · gbif.org
- African spurred tortoise · gbif.org
- Bells hinge-back tortoise · gbif.org
- Natal hinge-back tortoise · gbif.org
- Leopard tortoise · gbif.org
- Angled Worm Lizard · gbif.org
- Flat Worm Lizard · gbif.org
- Somali Giant Blind-snake · gbif.org
- Calabresi's Blind-snake · gbif.org
- Wedge-snouted Blind-snake · gbif.org
- Zambezi Blind Snake · gbif.org
- Schlegel's Beaked Blind Snake · gbif.org
- Braminy Bling Snake, Flower Pot Snake · gbif.org
- Juba Gracile Blind-snake · gbif.org
- Ethiopian Blind Snake · gbif.org
- Somali Blind-snake · gbif.org
- White-headed Beaked Snake · gbif.org
- Scortecci's Blind-snake · gbif.org
- Kenya Beaked Snake · gbif.org
- White-throated monitor · gbif.org
- savannah monitor · gbif.org
- Nile monitor · gbif.org
- Puff Adder · gbif.org
- Green Night Adder · gbif.org
- Phoorsa · gbif.org
- Egyptian Saw-scaled Viper · gbif.org
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