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Reptiles of Tanzania

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Bitis gabonica
species of snake
Jackson's Chameleon
species of reptile
Bitis nasicornis
species of reptile
Bell's hinge-back tortoise
species of reptile
Naja annulata
species of reptile
Chamaeleo dilepis
species of reptile
Atheris hispida
species of reptile
Agama mwanzae
species of Agamid
Nyasasaurus
Nyasasaurus (meaning "Lake Nyasa lizard") is an extinct genus of avemetatarsalian archosaur from the putatively Middle Triassic Manda Formation of Tanzania that may be the earliest known dinosaur. The type species Nyasasaurus parringtoni was first described in 1956 in the doctoral thesis of English paleontologist Alan J. Charig, but it was not formally described until 2013.
Indotyphlops braminus
species of reptile
Meller's Chameleon
species of reptile
Lygodactylus williamsi
species of reptile
Atheris ceratophora
species of reptile
William's mud turtle
species of reptile
African forest turtle
species of reptile
Dwarf Fischer's Chameleon
species of reptile
Atheris nitschei
species of reptile
Fischer's Chameleon
species of reptile
Magombera chameleon
species of reptile
Lycodonomorphus
Lycodonomorphus is a genus of snakes commonly referred to as African water snakes. They are small, nonvenomous snakes, with all members being endemic to Africa, especially Tanzania.
Telescopus semiannulatus
species of reptile
Atheris matildae
species of reptile
Megatyphlops schlegelii
species of reptile
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
species of reptile
Rieppeleon brevicaudatus
species of reptile
Holaspis guentheri
species of reptile
East African spiny-tailed lizard
species of reptile
Homopholis fasciata
species of reptile
Atheris barbouri
species of reptile
Lygodactylus kimhowelli
species of reptile
Rhampholeon temporalis
species of reptile
Causus defilippii
species of reptile
painted dwarf gecko
species of reptile
Asilisaurus
Asilisaurus ( ); from Swahili, asili ("ancestor" or "foundation"), and Greek, (, "lizard") is an extinct genus of silesaurid archosaur. The type species is Asilisaurus kongwe. Asilisaurus fossils were uncovered in the Manda Beds of Tanzania, a formation typically dated to the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic; however, some authors assert that the formation may be Ladinian or early Carnian instead. If it truly is Anisian, Asilisaurus would be one of the oldest known members of the Avemetatarsalia (animals on the dinosaur/pterosaur side of the archosaurian family tree). Asilisaurus was the f
Rosette-Nosed Chameleon
species of reptile
Cape grass lizard
species of reptile
Causus bilineatus
species of reptile
Variable mud turtle
species of reptile
Pemba Island day gecko
species of reptile
Chamaeleo laevigatus
species of reptile
West Usambara Two-horned Chameleon
species of reptile
Rhampholeon moyeri
species of reptile
Trioceros deremensis
species of reptile
Mochlus sundevalli
species of reptile
Lygodactylus gutturalis
species of reptile
Typhlops lineolatus
species of reptile
Typhlops angolensis
species of reptile
Rieppeleon kerstenii
species of chameleon
Philothamnus battersbyi
species of reptile
Chamaeleo anchietae
species of reptile
Kinyongia tenuis
species of reptile
Amblyodipsas katangensis
species of reptile
Adolfus jacksoni
species of reptile
Hemidactylus tanganicus
species of reptile
Atractaspis aterrima
species of reptile
Lygodactylus gravis
species of reptile
Holaspis laevis
species of reptile
Nchisi pitless pygmy chameleon
species of reptile
Trioceros werneri
species of reptile
Ukinga Girdled Lizard
species of reptile