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Greater Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve Reptile List
Mabuya Capensis – Cape Skink
REPTILES
recorded at the Greater Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve since 1998.
Key
to sightings
Common
C Snakes
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| No. | Scientific Name | Common Name | Key |
| 1. | Pseudaspis cana | Mole Snake | C |
| 2. | Lycodonomorphus rufulus | Common Brown Water Snake | C |
| 3. | Duberria variegata | Common Slug Eater | FC |
| 4. | Lamprophis fuliginosus | Olive House Snake | FC |
| 5. | Lamprophis aurora | Aurora House snake | FC |
| 6. | Dispholidus typus | Boomslang | UC |
| 7. | Naja nivea | Cape Cobra | UC |
| 8. | Dasypeltis scabra | Rhombic Egg Eater | FC |
| 9. | Bitis arietans | Puff Adder | UC |
| Lizards |
| No. | Scientific Name | Common Name | Key |
| 1. | Acontias meleagris meleagris | Cape Legless Skink | C |
| 2. | Bradypodion pumilum | Cape Dwarf Chamaeleon | C |
| 3. | Mabuya Capensis | Cape Skink | C |
| 4. | Mabuya homalocephala | Red-sided Skink | FC |
| 5. | Tetradactylus seps seps | Short-legged Seps | UC |
| 6. | Merles knoxii | Knox's Desert Lizard | UC |
| 7. | Phyllodactylus porphyeus | Marbled Leaf-toed Gecko | UC |
| Tortoises and Terrapins |
| No. | Scientific Name | Common Name | Key |
| 1. | Chersina angulata | Angulate tortoise | C |
| 2. | Pelomedusa Subrufa | Marsh Terrapin | C |
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Chersina angulata – Angulate tortoise |