# List of reptiles of Africa

African reptiles are categorized by reptilian order:
Order Testudines: turtles
| Common Name(s) | Scientific name | Distribution | Notes |
| African spurred tortoise or Sulcata tortoise | Centrochelys sulcata | southern edge of the Sahara Desert | Third largest species of tortoise in the world; the largest non-island species. |
| African helmeted turtle Marsh terrapin | Pelomedusa subrufa | Very wide range |
| Aldabra giant tortoise | Aldabrachelys gigantea | Seychelles |
| Angonoka tortoise | Astrochelys yniphora | native to Madagascar |
| Aubry's flapshell turtle | Cycloderma aubryi | Democratic Republic of Congo, Zaire, Gabon, Angola and theCentral African Republic |
| East African black mud turtle | Pelusios subniger | East Africa |
| Geometric tortoise | Psammobates geometricus | Cape area of South Africa |
| Leopard tortoise | Stigmochelys pardalis | savannah from Sudan to South Africa | |
| Lobatse hinge-back tortoise | Kinixys lobatsiana | Southern Africa | |
| African softshell turtle | Trionyx triunguis | parts of East, West and Middle Africa |
| Pancake tortoise | Malacochersus tornieri | most common in Kenya and Tanzania | |
| Radiated tortoise | Astrochelys radiata | native to southern Madagascar |
| Speke's hinge-back tortoise | Kinixys spekii | Tanzania, etc. | |
| Turkana mud turtle | Pelusios broadleyi | Eastern Africa (Kenya, etc.) |
| Upemba mud turtle | Pelusios upembae | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Yellowbelly mud turtle | Pelusios castanoides | Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, and Tanzania | |
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
* Nile Crocodile
* Crocodile
* Dwarf Crocodile
* Slender-snouted Crocodile