Southern Tree Agama (Acanthocercus atricollis)
Bill’s Tree Agama (Acanthocercus branchi)
Black-headed Tree Agama (Acanthocercus cyanocephalus)
Ovambo Tree Agama (Acanthocercus margaritae)
Lizard Species
Southern African Species List
Acanthocercus - Tree Agamas
Acontias - Legless Skinks
White-throated Legless Skink (Acontias albigularis)
Golden Blind Legless Skink (Acontias aurantiacus aurantiacus)
Bazaruto Blind Legless Skink (Acontias aurantiacus bazarutoensis)
Santa Carolina Blind Legless Skink (Acontias aurantiacus carolinensis)
Zimbabwe Blind Legless Skink (Acontias bicolor)
Short-headed Legless Skink (Acontias breviceps)
Cregoi’s Legless Skink (Acontias cregoi)
FitzSimons’ Blind Legless Skink (Acontias fitzsimonsi)
Mier Kalahari Legless Skink (Acontias gariepensis)
Thin-tailed Legless Skink (Acontias gracilicauda)
Gray’s Dwarf Legless Skink (Acontias grayi)
Kgalagadi Legless Skink (Acontias kgalagadi)
Stripe-bellied Legless Skink (Acontias subtaeniatus)
Striped Dwarf Legless Skink (Acontias lineatus)
Algoa Legless Skink (Acontias lineicauda)
Coastal Dwarf Legless Skink (Acontias litoralis)
Cape Legless Skink (Acontias meleagris)
Namaqualand Legless Skink (Acontias namaquensis)
Savanna Legless Skink (Acontias occidentalis)
Eastern Cape Legless Skink (Acontias orientalis)
Maputaland Blind Legless Skink (Acontias parietalis)
Giant Legless Skink (Acontias plumbeus)
Richard’s Legless Skink (Acontias richardi)
Woodbush Legless Skink (Acontias rieppeli)
Namaqualand Dwarf Legless Skink (Acontias tristis)
Wakkerstroom Legless Skink (Acontias wakkerstroomensis)
Agama - Agamas
Common Ground Agama (Agama aculeata aculeata)
Distant’s Ground Agama (Agama aculeata distanti)
Anchieta’s Agama (Agama anchietae)
Peters’ Ground Agama (Agama armata)
Southern Rock Agama (Agama atra)
Etosha Ground Agama (Agama etoshae)
Southern Spiny Ground Agama (Agama hispida)
Kirk’s Rock Agama (Agama kirkii)
Knobel’s Rock Agama (Agama knobeli)
Makgadikgadi Ground Agama (Agama makarikarica)
Mozambique Agama (Agama mossambica)
Namibian Agama (Agama planiceps planiceps)
Australolacerta - Southern Rock Lizard
Broadleysaurus - Rough-scaled Plated Lizard
Chamaesaura - Grass Lizards
Chirindia - Worm Lizards
Lang’s Worm Lizard (Chirindia langi langi)
Soutpansberg Worm Lizard (Chirindia langi occidentalis)
Swynnerton’s Worm Lizard (Chirindia swynnertoni)
Cordylosaurus - Dwarf Plated Lizard
Cordylus - Girdled Lizards
Cape Girdled Lizard (Cordylus cordylus)
Rooiberg Girdled Lizard (Cordylus imkeae)
Jones’ Girdled Lizard (Cordylus jonesii)
Machado’s Girdled Lizard (Cordylus machadoi)
Large-scaled Girdled Lizard (Cordylus macropholis)
McLachlan’s Girdled Lizard (Cordylus mclachlani)
Western Dwarf Girdled Lizard (Cordylus minor)
Black Girdled Lizard (Cordylus niger)
Oelofsen’s Girdled Lizard (Cordylus oelofseni)
Zimbabwe Girdled Lizard (Cordylus rhodesianus)
Tropical Girdled Lizard (Cordylus tropidosternum)
Common Girdled Lizard (Cordylus vittifer)
Cryptoblepharus - African Coral Rag Skink
Dalophia - Worm Lizards
Long-tailed Worm Lizard (Dalophia longicauda)
Pestle-tailed Worm Lizard (Dalophia pistillum)
Gerrhosaurus - Plated Lizards
Heliobolus - Bushveld Lizard
Hemicordylus- Crag Lizards
Graceful Crag Lizard (Hemicordylus capensis)
Dwarf Crag Lizard (Hemicordylus nebulosus)
Holaspis - Smooth Blue-tailed Tree Lizard
Ichnotropis - Rough-scaled Lizards
Ornate Rough-scaled Lizard (Ichnotropis capensis)
Caprivi Rough-scaled Lizard (Ichnotropis grandiceps)
Karusasaurus - Girdled Lizards
Matobosaurus - Giant Plated Lizards
Meroles - Desert Lizards
Shovel-snouted Lizard (Meroles anchietae)
Giant Desert Lizard (Meroles ctenodactylus)
Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard (Meroles cuneirostris)
Knox’s Desert Lizard (Meroles knoxii)
Small-scaled Desert Lizard (Meroles micropholidotus)
Reticulated Desert Lizard (Meroles reticulatus)
Common Rough-scaled Lizard (Meroles squamulosus)
Spotted Desert Lizard (Meroles suborbitalis)
Mochlus - Writhing Skinks
Bazaruto Writhing Skink (Mochlus lanceolatum)
Sundevall’s Writhing Skink (Mochlus sundevallii)
Monopeltis - Worm Lizards
Anchieta’s Worm Lizard (Monopeltis anchietae)
Southern Worm Lizard (Monopeltis capensis)
De Coster’s Worm Lizard (Monopeltis decosteri)
Dusky Worm Lizard (Monopeltis infuscata)
Kalahari Worm Lizard (Monopeltis leonhardi)
Maurice’s Worm Lizard Monopeltis mauricei
Zimbabwe Worm Lizard (Monopeltis rhodesiana)
Slender Worm Lizard (Monopeltis sphenorhynchus)
Zambezi Worm Lizard (Monopeltis zambezensis)
Namazonurus - Girdled Lizards
Campbell’s Girdled Lizard (Namazonurus campbelli)
Lawrence’s Girdled Lizard (Namazonurus lawrenci)
Karasberg Girdled Lizard (Namazonurus namaquensis)
Peers’ Girdled Lizard (Namazonurus peersi)
Herero Girdled Lizard (Namazonurus pustulatus)
Ninurta - Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard
Nucras - Sandveld Lizards
Lambert’s Bay Sandveld Lizard (Nucras aurantiaca)
Angolan Sandveld Lizard (Nucras broadleyi)
Blue-tailed Sandveld Lizard (Nucras caesicaudata)
Damara Sandveld Lizard (Nucras damarana)
Holub’s Sandveld Lizard (Nucras holubi)
Spotted Sandveld Lizard (Nucras intertexta)
Delalande’s Sandveld Lizard (Nucras lalandii)
Karoo Sandveld Lizard (Nucras livida)
Ornate Sandveld Lizard (Nucras ornata)
Albany Sandveld Lizard (Nucras taeniolata)
Western Sandveld Lizard (Nucras tessellata)
Ouroborus - Armadillo Girdled Lizard
Panaspis - Snake-eyed Skinks
Spotted-neck Snake-eyed Skink (Panaspis maculicollis)
Wahlberg’s Snake-eyed Skink (Panaspis wahlbergii)
Namibian Snake-eyed Skink (Panaspis namibiana)
Pedioplanis - Sand Lizards
Benguela Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis benguellensis)
Bill’s Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis branchi)
Short-headed Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis breviceps)
Burchell’s Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis burchelli)
Kaoko Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis gaerdesi)
Husab Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis husabensis)
Plain Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis inornata)
Karoo Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis laticeps)
Spotted Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis lineoocellata)
Common Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis lineoocellata pulchella)
Mayer’s Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis mayeri)
Namaqua Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis namaquensis)
Waterberg Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis rubens)
Western Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis undata)
Platysaurus - Flat Lizards
Attenborough’s Flat Lizard (Platysaurus attenboroughi)
Augrabies Flat Lizard (Platysaurus broadleyi)
Namaqua Flat Lizard (Platysaurus capensis)
Dwarf Flat Lizard (Platysaurus guttatus)
Emperor Flat Lizard (Platysaurus imperator)
Unexpected Flat Lizard (Platysaurus intermedius inopinus)
Common Flat Lizard (Platysaurus intermedius intermedius)
Natal Flat Lizard (Platysaurus intermedius natalensis)
Mashatu Flat Lizard (Platysaurus intermedius nigrescens)
Blouberg Flat Lizard (Platysaurus intermedius parvus)
Zimbabwe Flat Lizard (Platysaurus intermedius rhodesianus)
Black-bellied Flat Lizard (Platysaurus intermedius subniger)
Wilhelm’s Flat Lizard (Platysaurus intermedius wilhelmi)
Lebombo Flat Lizard (Platysaurus lebomboensis)
Waterberg Flat Lizard (Platysaurus minor)
Orange-throated Flat Lizard (Platysaurus monotropis)
Ocellated Flat Lizard (Platysaurus ocellatus)
FitzSimons’ Flat Lizard (Platysaurus orientalis fitzsimonsi)
Sekhukhune Flat Lizard (Platysaurus orientalis orientalis)
Blake’s Flat Lizard (Platysaurus pungweensis blakei)
Pungwe Flat Lizard (Platysaurus pungweensis pungweensis)
Soutpansberg Flat Lizard (Platysaurus relictus)
Zambezi Flat Lizard (Platysaurus torquatus)
Proscelotes - Arnold's Skink
Arnold’s Skink (Proscelotes arnoldi)
Pseudocordylus - Crag Lizards
Lang’s Crag Lizard (Pseudocordylus langi)
Common Crag Lizard (Pseudocordylus melanotus melanotus)
Drakensberg Crag Lizard (Pseudocordylus melanotus subviridis)
Karoo Crag Lizard (Pseudocordylus microlepidotus fasciatus)
Cape Crag Lizard (Pseudocordylus microlepidotus microlepidotus)
Nuweveldberg Crag Lizard (Pseudocordylus microlepidotus namaquensis)
Spiny Crag Lizard (Pseudocordylus spinosus)
Northern Crag Lizard (Pseudocordylus transvaalensis)
Sepsina - Burrowing Skinks
Albert’s Burrowing Skink (Sepsina alberti)
Angolan Burrowing Skink (Sepsina angolensis)
Scelotes - Dwarf Burrowing Skinks
Algoa Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes anguineus)
Zululand Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes arenicola)
Lowveld Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes bidigittatus)
Silvery Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes bipes)
Bourquin’s Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes bourquini)
Cape Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes caffer)
Western Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes capensis)
Dutton’s Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes duttoni)
FitzSimons’ Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes fitzsimonsi)
Gronovi’s Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes gronovii)
Günther’s Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes guentheri)
Durban Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes inornatus)
Bazarutu Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes insularis)
Kasner’s Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes kasneri)
White-bellied Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes limpopoensis albiventris)
Limpopo Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes limpopoensis limpopoensis)
Montane Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes mirus)
Bloubergstrand Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes montispectus)
Mozambique Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes mossambicus)
Striped Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes sexlineatus)
Coastal Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes vestigifer)
Smaug - Girdled Lizards
Baberton Girdled Lizard (Smaug barbertonensis)
Waterberg Girdled Lizard (Smaug breyeri)
Flat Girdled Lizard (Smaug depressus)
Giant Girdled Lizard (Smaug giganteus)
Gorongosa Girdled Lizard (Smaug mossambicus)
Regal Girdled Lizard (Smaug regius)
Swazi Girdled Lizard (Smaug swazicus)
Van Dam’s Girdled Lizard (Smaug vandami)
Warren’s Girdled Lizard (Smaug warreni)
Tetradactylus - Seps
Eastern Long-tailed Seps (Tetradactylus africanus)
Breyer’s Long-tailed Seps (Tetradactylus breyeri)
Eastwood’s Long-tailed Seps (Tetradactylus eastwoodae)
FitzSimons’ Long-tailed Seps (Tetradactylus fitzsimonsi)
Short-legged Seps (Tetradactylus seps)
Cape Long-tailed Seps (Tetradactylus tetradactylus)
Trachylepis - Skinks
Wedge-snouted Skink (Trachylepis acutilabris)
Ovambo Tree Skink (Trachylepis binotata)
Boulenger’s Skink (Trachylepis boulengeri)
Cape Skink (Trachylepis capensis)
Chimba Skink (Trachylepis chimbana)
Damara Variable Skink (Trachylepis damarana)
Eastern Coastal Skink (Trachylepis depressa)
Hoesch’s Skink (Trachylepis hoeschi)
Red-sided Skink (Trachylepis homalocephala)
Bronze Rock Skink (Trachylepis lacertiformis)
Striped Variable Skink (Trachylepis laevigata)
Angolan Blue-tailed Skink (Trachylepis laevis)
Speckled-lipped Skink (Trachylepis maculilabris)
Rainbow Skink (Trachylepis margaritifer)
Grass Skink (Trachylepis megalura)
Western Three-striped Skink (Trachylepis occidentalis)
Speckled Rock Skink (Trachylepis punctatissima)
Speckled Sand Skink (Trachylepis punctulata)
Karasburg Tree Skink (Trachylepis sparsa)
Kalahari Tree Skink (Trachylepis spilogaster)
Striped Skink (Trachylepis striata)
Ansorg’s Rock Skink (Trachylepis sulcata ansorgii)
Western Rock Skink (Trachylepis sulcata sulcata)
Common Variable Skink (Trachylepis varia)
Variegated Skink (Trachylepis variegata)
Wahlberg’s Skink (Trachylepis wahlbergii)
Tropidosaura - Mountain Lizards
Cottrell’s Mountain Lizard (Tropidosaura cottrelli)
Essex’s Mountain Lizard (Tropidosaura essexi)
Cape Mountain Lizard (Tropidosaura gularis)
Common Mountain Lizard (Tropidosaura montana montana)
Natal Mountain Lizard (Tropidosaura montana natalensis)
Ranger’s Mountain Lizard (Tropidosaura montana rangeri)
Typhlacontias - Burrowing Skinks
Namib Burrowing Skink (Typhlacontias brevipes)
Johnson’s Burrowing Skink (Typhlacontias johnsonii)
Braine’s Burrowing Skink (Typhlacontias punctatissimus brainei)
Speckled Burrowing Skink (Typhlacontias punctatissimus punctatissimus)
Kalahari Burrowing Skink (Typhlacontias rohani)
Typhlosaurus - Blind Legless Skinks
Vhembelacerta - Soutpansberg Rock Lizard
Zygaspis - Dwarf Worm Lizards
Maputaland Dwarf Worm Lizard (Zygaspis arenicola)
Ferocious Dwarf Worm Lizard (Zygaspis ferox)
Black Dwarf Worm Lizard (Zygaspis nigra)
Kalahari Dwarf Worm Lizard (Zygaspis quadrifrons)
Van Dam’s Dwarf Worm Lizard (Zygaspis vandami)
Violet Dwarf Worm Lizard (Zygaspis violacea)
Profiles
Cape Legless Skink (Acontias meleagris) Full Name: Cape Legless Skink (Acontias meleagris) / Afrikaans Common Name: Kaap Pootlose Gladde Akkedis More Info
Cape Skink (Trachylepis capensis) Full Name: Cape Skink (Trachylepis capensis) Afrikaans Common Name: Kaap Gladde Akkedis More Info
Cape Snake Lizard (Chamaesaura anguina anguina) Full Name: Cape Snake Lizard (Chamaesaura anguina anguina) / Afrikaans Common Name: Kaap Grasakkedis More Info
Coastal Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes vestigifer) Full Name: Coastal Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes vestigifer) Afrikaans Common Name: Kus Dwerg Grawende Gladde Akkedis More Info
Coastal Dwarf Legless Skink (Acontias litoralis) Full Name: Coastal Dwarf Legless Skink (Acontias litoralis) / Afrikaans Common Name: Kus-dwerg Pootlose Gladde Akkedis More Info
Common Crag Lizard (Pseudocordylus melanotus melanotus) Full Name: Common Crag Lizard (Pseudocordylus melanotus melanotus) / Afrikaans Common Name: Gewone Rotsskeurakkedis More Info
Common Flat Lizard (Platysaurus intermedius intermedius) Full Name: Common Flat Lizard (Platysaurus intermedius intermedius) / Afrikaans Common Name: Gewone Platakkedis More Info
Common Giant Plated Lizard (Matobosaurus validus) Full Name: Common Giant Plated Lizard (Matobosaurus validus) / Afrikaans Common Name: Reuse Panserakkedis More Info
Common Girdled Lizard (Cordylus vittifer) Full Name: Common Girdled Lizard (Cordylus vittifer) / Afrikaans Common Name: Gewone Gordelakkedis More Info
Common Ground Agama (Agama aculeata aculeata) Full Name: Common Ground Agama (Agama aculeata aculeata) / Afrikaans Common Name: Gewone Grondkoggelmander More Info
Common Rough-scaled Lizard (Meroles squamulosus) Full Name: Common Rough-scaled Lizard (Meroles squamulosus) / Afrikaans Common Name: Gewone Rofskubakkedis More Info
Common Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis lineoocellata pulchella) Full Name: Common Sand Lizard (Pedioplanis lineoocellata pulchella) / Afrikaans Common Name: Gewone Sandakkedis More Info
Common Variable Skink (Trachylepis varia) Full Name: Common Variable Skink (Trachylepis varia) Afrikaans Common Name: Gewone Veranderlike Gladde Akkedis More Info
Coppery Snake Lizard (Chamaesaura aenea) Full Name: Coppery Snake Lizard (Chamaesaura aenea) / Afrikaans Common Name: Koper Grasakkedis More Info
Cottrell’s Mountain Lizard (Tropidosaura cottrelli) Full Name: Cottrell's Mountain Lizard (Tropidosaura cottrelli) Afrikaans Common Name: Cottrell se Bergakkedis More Info
Cregoi’s Legless Skink (Acontias cregoi) Full Name: Cregoi's Legless Skink (Acontias cregoi) / Afrikaans Common Name: Cregoi se Pootlose Gladde Akkedis More Info
Damara Variable Skink (Trachylepis damarana) Full Name: Damara Variable Skink (Trachylepis damarana) Afrikaans Common Name: Damara Veranderlike Gladde Akkedis More Info
Delalande’s Sandveld Lizard (Nucras lalandii) Full Name: Delalande's Sandveld Lizard (Nucras lalandii) Afrikaans Common Name: Delalande se Sandveldakkedis More Info
Desert Plated Lizard (Gerrhosaurus skoogi) Full Name: Desert Plated Lizard (Gerrhosaurus skoogi) / Afrikaans Common Name: Woestyn Panserakkedis More Info
Distant’s Ground Agama (Agama aculeata distanti) Full Name: Distant's Ground Agama (Agama aculeata distanti) / Afrikaans Common Name: Distant se Grondkoggelmander More Info