Reptiles

Please note that this is a very incomplete list at this stage.

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    • English Name Afrikaans Name Sotho/Zulu Name Scientific Name
    Common night adder Gewone nagadder - Causus rhombeatus
    Rinkhals Rinkhals iPhimpi, uNobibi Hemachatus haemachatus
    Mozambique spitting cobra Spoegslang m'Fezi Naja mossambica
    Cape Cobra Geelslang/ Kaapse kobra - Naja nivea
    Puff Adder Pofadder Ubululu Bitis arietans
    Monitor lizard Varanus albigularis
    Southern Rock Agama Bloukopkoggelmander - Agama atra
    Striped skink - - Mabuya striata
    Leopard tortoise Skilpad Kgudu Geochelone pardalis
    Gecko - - Pachydactylus sp.
    Black mamba - - Dendroaspis polylepis
    Flap-neck chameleon - - Chamaeleo dilepsis