List of reptiles in Madagascar

This is a list of reptiles in Madagascar.

Total number of species = 406^[1]

Snakes[]

Boas (Boidae)[]

Acrantophis madagascariensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
Acrantophis dumerili (Jan, 1860)
Sanzinia madagascariensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)

Elapidae[]

Hydrophis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Lamprophiidae[]

(Mocquard, 1894)
(Angel, 1939)
Brygophis coulangesi (Domergue, 1988)
(Günther, 1882)
(Peracca, 1892)
(Mocquard, 1894)
(Domergue, 1988)
Compsophis laphystius (Cadle, 1996)
(Cadle, 1996)
(Mercurio & Andreone, 2005)
(Duméril & Bibron, 1854)
(Duméril & Bibron, 1854)
(Domergue, 1984)
(Boulenger, 1896)
(Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000)
(Glaw, Vences & Nussbaum, 2005)
(Schlegel, 1837)
Ithycyphus miniatus (Schlegel, 1837)
(Domergue, 1986)
(Domergue, 1986)
(Domergue, 1988)
Langaha madagascariensis (Bonnaterre, 1790)
(Mocquard, 1901)
(Domergue, 1988)
Leioheterodon madagascariensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1854)
Leioheterodon modestus (Günther, 1863)
Leioheterodon geayi (Mocquard, 1905)
(Schlegel, 1837)
(Boulenger, 1888)
(Boulenger, 1896)
(Mocquard, 1901)
(Domergue, 1984)
(Domergue, 1984)
(Domergue, 1984)
(Franzen, Jones, Raselimanana, Nagy, C'Cruze, Glaw & Vences, 2009)
Liophidium pattoni (Vieites, Ratsoavina, Randrianiaina, Nagy, Glaw & Vences, 2010)
(Günther, 1882)
(Fischer, 1884)
(Peracca, 1892)
(Mocquard, 1904)
(Cadle, 1996)
(Glaw, Nagy, Franzen & Vences, 2007)
(Glaw, Kucharzewski, Nagy, Hawlitschek & Vences, 2013)
(Glaw, Kucharzewski, Nagy, Hawlitschek & Vences, 2013)
(Schlegel, 1837)
(Boettger, 1877)
(Boulenger, 1896)
(Boulenger, 1896)
(Domergue, 1995)
Lycodryas citrinus (Domergue, 1995)
(Domergue, 1995)
(Domergue, 1995)
Madagascarophis colubrinus (Schlegel, 1837)
(Domergue, 1987)
(Domergue, 1987)
(Glaw, Kucharzewski, Nagy, Köhler & Vences, 2013)
(Mocquard, 1894)
Mimophis mahfalensis (Grandidier, 1867)
Pararhadinaea melanogaster (Boettger, 1898)
Parastenophis betsileanus (Günther, 1880)
(Duméril & Bibron, 1854)
(Boulenger, 1896)
(Domergue, 1994)
(Domergue, 1995)
(Jan, 1863)
(Günther, 1881)
(Günther, 1881)
(Günther, 1890)
Pseudoxyrhopus tritaeniatus (Mocquard, 1894)
(Mocquard, 1895)
(Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994)
(Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994)
(Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994)
(Raxworthy', Andreone & Nussbaum, 1998)
(Cadle, 1999)
Thamnosophis lateralis (Duméril & Bibron, 1854)
Thamnosophis stumpffi (Boettger, 1881)
Thamnosophis infrasignatus (Günther, 1882)
(Cadle, 1996)
(Glaw, Vences & Franzen, 2005)
(Glaw, Nagy, Köhler, Franzen & Vences, 2009)

Typhlopidae[]

Indotyphlops braminus (Daudun, 1803)
Madatyphlops arenarius (Grandidier, 1872)
Madatyphlops madagascariensis (Boettger, 1877)
Madatyphlops mucronatus (Boettger, 1880)
Madatyphlops reuteri (Boettger, 1881)
(Boulenger, 1893)
Madatyphlops decorsei (Mocquard, 1901)
(Werner, 1909)
Madatyphlops ocularis (Parker, 1927)
Madatyphlops domerguei (Roux-Estève, 1980)
(Wallach & Glaw, 2009)
(Renoult & Raselimanana, 2009)
Xenotyphlops grandidieri (Mocquard, 1905)
Xenotyphlops mocquardi (Wallach, Mecurio & Andreone, 2007)

Lizards[]

Agamids (Agamidae)[]

Agama agama (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chameleons (Chamaeleonidae)[]

Brookesia superciliaris (Kuhl, 1820)
Brookesia ebenaui (Boettger, 1880)
Brookesia minima (Boettger, 1893)
Brookesia stumpffi (Boettger, 1894)
Brookesia tuberculata (Mocquard, 1894)
Brookesia dentata (Mocquard, 1900)
Brookesia perarmata (Angel, 1933)
Brookesia decaryi (Angel, 1939)
Brookesia vadoni (Brygoo & Domergue, 1968)
Brookesia thieli (Brygoo & Domergue, 1969)
Brookesia karchei (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1970)
Brookesia lambertoni (Brygoo & Domergue, 1970)
Brookesia therezieni (Brygoo & Domergue, 1970)
Brookesia betschi (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1974)
Brookesia griveaudi (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1974)
Brookesia peyrierasi (Brygoo & Domergue, 1974)
Brookesia ramanantsoai (Brygoo & Domergue, 1975)
Brookesia bonsi (Ramanantsoa, 1980)
Brookesia valerieae (Raxworthy, 1991)
Brookesia ambreensis (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
Brookesia antakarana (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
Brookesia bekolosy (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
Brookesia brygooi (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
Brookesia lineata (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
Brookesia exarmata (Schimmenti & Jesu, 1996)
Brookesia brunoi (Crottini, Miralles, Glaw, Harris, Lima & Vences, 2012)
Brookesia confidens (Glaw, Köhler, Towsend & Vences, 2012)
Brookesia desperata (Glaw, Köhler, Towsend & Vences, 2012)
Brookesia micra (Glaw, Köhler, Towsend & Vences, 2012)
Brookesia tristis (Glaw, Köhler, Towsend & Vences, 2012)
Calumma parsonii (Cuvier, 1824)
Calumma cucullatum (Gray, 1831)
Calumma nasutum (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
Calumma gallus (Günther, 1877)
Calumma brevicorne (Günther, 1879)
Calumma globifer (Günther, 1879)
Calumma malthe (Günther, 1879)
Calumma furcifer (Vaillant & Grandidier, 1880)
Calumma oshaughnessyi (Günther, 1881)
Calumma boettgeri (Boulenger, 1888)
Calumma gastrotaenia (Boulenger, 1888)
Calumma fallax (Mocquard, 1900)
Calumma guibei (Hillenius, 1959)
Calumma tsaratananense (Brygoo & Domergue, 1967)
Calumma marojezense (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1970)
Calumma andringitraense (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1972)
Calumma capuroni (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1972)
Calumma hilleniusi (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1973)
Calumma ambreense (Ramanantsoa, 1974)
Calumma guillaumeti (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1974)
Calumma peyrierasi (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1974)
Calumma glawi (Böhme, 1997)
Calumma vatosoa (Andreone, Mattioli, Jesu & Randrianirina, 2001)
Calumma vencesi (Andreone, Mattioli, Jesu & Randrianirina, 2001)
Calumma amber (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006)
Calumma crypticum (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006)
Calumma hafahafa (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006)
Calumma jejy (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006)
Calumma peltierorum (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006)
Calumma tsycorne (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006)
Calumma tarzan (Gehring, Pabijan, Ratsoavina, Köhler, Vences & Glaw, 2010)
Calumma vohibola (Gehring, Ratsoavina, Vences & Glaw, 2011)
Furcifer bifidus (Brongniart, 1800)
Furcifer pardalis (Cuvier, 1829)
Furcifer verrucosus (Cuvier, 1829)
Furcifer lateralis (Gray, 1831)
Furcifer rhinoceratus (Gray, 1845)
Furcifer balteatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1851)
Furcifer antimena (Grandidier, 1872)
Furcifer campani (Grandidier, 1872)
Furcifer labordi (Grandidier, 1872)
Furcifer minor (Günther, 1879)
Furcifer willsii (Günther, 1890)
Furcifer oustaleti (Mocquard, 1894)
Furcifer petteri (Brygoo & Domergue, 1966)
Furcifer angeli (Brygoo & Domergue, 1968)
Furcifer belalandaensis (Brygoo & Domergue, 1970)
Furcifer major (Brygoo, 1971)
Furcifer tuzetae (Brygoo, Bourgat & Domergue, 1972)
Furcifer nicosiai (Jesu, Mattioli & Schimmenti, 1999)
Furcifer timoni (Glaw, Köhler & Vences, 2009)
Furcifer viridis (Florio, Ingram, Rakotondravony, Louis jr. & Raxworthy, 2012)
Palleon nasus (Boulenger, 1887)
Palleon lolontany (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)

Gekkonidae (infraorder: Gekkota)[]

Blaesodactylus boivini (Duméril, 1856)
Blaesodactylus sakalava (Grandidier, 1867)
Blaesodactylus antongilensis (Böhme & Meier, 1980)
Blaesodactylus ambonihazo (Bauer, Glaw, Gehring & Vences, 2011)
Ebenavia inunguis (Boettger, 1878)
Ebenavia maintimainty (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1998)
Geckolepis typica (Grandidier, 1867)
Geckolepis maculata (Peters, 1880)
Geckolepis polylepis (Boettger, 1893)
Gehyra mutilata (Wiegmann, 1834)
Hemidactylus frenatus (Schlegel, 1836)
Hemidactylus mercatorius (Gray, 1842)
Hemidactylus platycephalus (Peters, 1854)
Lygodactylus tolampyae (Grandidier, 1872)
Lygodactylus madagascariensis (Boettger, 1881)
Lygodactylus bivittis (Peters, 1883)
Lygodactylus pictus (Peters, 1883)
Lygodactylus miops (Günther, 1891)
Lygodactylus verticillatus (Mocquard, 1895)
Lygodactylus heterurus (Boettger, 1913)
Lygodactylus decaryi (Angel, 1930)
Lygodactylus mirabilis (Pasteur, 1962)
Lygodactylus arnoulti (Pasteur, 1965)
Lygodactylus guibei (Pasteur, 1965)
Lygodactylus klemmeri (Pasteur, 1965)
Lygodactylus montanus (Pasteur, 1965)
Lygodactylus ornatus (Pasteur, 1965)
Lygodactylus tuberosus (Mertens, 1965)
Lygodactylus blanci (Pasteur, 1967)
Lygodactylus expectatus (Pasteur & Blanc, 1967)
Lygodactylus rarus (Pasteur & Blanc, 1973)
Lygodactylus pauliani (Pasteur & Blanc, 1991)
Lygodactylus blancae (Pasteur, 1995)
Lygodactylus intermedius (Pasteur, 1995)
Lygodactylus roavolana (Puente, Glaw, Vieites & Vences, 2009)
Matoatoa brevipes (Mocquard, 1900)
Matoatoa spannringi (Raxworthy & Nussbaum & Pronk, 1998)
Paragehyra petiti (Angel, 1929)
Paragehyra gabriellae (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994)
Paroedura picta (Peters, 1854)
Paroedura androyensis (Grandidier, 1867)
Paroedura stumpffi (Boettger, 1879)
Paroedura oviceps (Boettger, 1881)
Paroedura gracilis (Boulenger, 1896)
Paroedura bastardi (Mocquard, 1900)
Paroedura homalorhina (Angel, 1936)
Paroedura masobe (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994)
Paroedura ibityensis (Rösler & Krüger, 1998)
Paroedura karstophila (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000)
Paroedura maingoka (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000)
Paroedura tanjaka (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000)
Paroedura vahiny (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000)
Paroedura vazimba (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000)
Paroedura lohatsara (Glaw, Vences & Nussbaum, 2001)
Phelsuma cepediana (Milbert, 1812)
Phelsuma madagascariensis (Gray, 1831)
Phelsuma lineata (Gray, 1842)
Phelsuma mutabilis (Grandidier, 1869)
Phelsuma grandis (Gray, 1870)
Phelsuma laticauda (Boettger, 1880)
Phelsuma dubia (Boettger, 1881)
Phelsuma quadriocellata (Peters, 1883)
Phelsuma abbotti (Stejneger, 1893)
Phelsuma breviceps (Boettger, 1894)
Phelsuma standingi (Methuen & Hewitt, 1913)
Phelsuma guttata (Kaudern, 1922)
Phelsuma barbouri (Loveridge, 1942)
(Mertens, 1954)
Phelsuma flavigularis (Mertens, 1962)
Phelsuma serraticauda (Mertens, 1963)
Phelsuma dorsivittata (Mertens, 1964)
Phelsuma pusilla (Mertens, 1964)
Phelsuma modesta (Mertens, 1970)
Phelsuma parva (Meier, 1983)
Phelsuma seippi (Meier, 1987)
Phelsuma klemmeri (Seipp, 1991)
Phelsuma antanosy (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993)
Phelsuma masohoala (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994)
Phelsuma pronki (Seipp, 1994)
Phelsuma berghofi (Krügler, 1996)
Phelsuma malamakibo (Nussbaum, Raxworthy, Raselimanana & Ramanamanjato, 2000)
Phelsuma hielscheri (Rösler, 2001)
Phelsuma kely (Schönecker, Bach & Glaw, 2004)
Phelsuma vanheygeni (Lerner, 2004)
Phelsuma ravenala (Raxworthy, Ingram, Rabibisoa & Pearson, 2007)
Phelsuma borai (Glaw, Köhler & Vences, 2009)
Phelsuma hoeschi (Berghof & Trautmann, 2009)
Phelsuma roesleri (Glaw, Gehring, Köhler, Franzen & Vences, 2010)
Phelsuma gouldi (Crottini, Gehring, Glaw, Harris, Lima & Vences, 2011)
Uroplatus fimbriatus (Schneider, 1797)
Uroplatus lineatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
Uroplatus ebenaui (Boettger, 1879)
Uroplatus phantasticus (Boulenger, 1888)
Uroplatus alluaudi (Mocquard, 1894)
Uroplatus guentheri (Mocquard, 1908)
Uroplatus sikorae (Boettger, 1913)
Uroplatus henkeli (Böhme & Ibisch, 1990)
Uroplatus sameiti (Böhme & Ibisch, 1990)
Uroplatus malahelo (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994)
Uroplatus malama (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
Uroplatus pietschmanni (Böhle & Schönecker, 2004)
Uroplatus giganteus (Glaw, Kosuch, Henkel, Sound & Böhme, 2006)
Uroplatus finiavana (Ratsoavina, Louis jr., Crottini, Randrianiaina, Glaw & Vences, 2011)

Gerrhosauridae[]

(Peters, 1854)
(Grandidier, 1869)
Zonosaurus madagascariensis (Gray, 1831)
(Gray, 1831)
Zonosaurus quadrilineatus (Grandidier, 1867)
(Grandidier, 1869)
(Grandidier, 1869)
(Grandidier, 1872)
(Boettger, 1881)
(Boettger, 1881)
Zonosaurus boettgeri (Steindachner, 1891)
(Boulenger, 1896)
(Angel, 1939)
(Brygoo & Böhme, 1985)
(Lang & Böhme, 1990)
(Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Raselimanana, 2000)
(Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Raselimanana, 2000)
(Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Raselimanana, 2000)
(Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Raselimanana, 2006)

Madagascan iguanas (Opluridae)[]

Chalarodon madagascariensis (Peters, 1854)
Oplurus cyclurus (Merren, 1820)
Oplurus cuvieri (Gray, 1831)
Oplurus quadrimaculatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1851)
Oplurus fierinensis (Grandidier, 1869)
Oplurus saxicola (Grandidier, 1869)
Oplurus grandidieri (Mocquard, 1900)

Skinks (Scincidae)[]

Amphiglossus astrolabi (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Amphiglossus splendidus (Grandidier, 1872)
Amphiglossus melanurus (Günther, 1877)
Amphiglossus gastrostictus (O'Shaughnessy, 1879)
Amphiglossus macrocercus (Günther, 1882)
Amphiglossus frontoparietalis (Boulenger, 1889)
Amphiglossus ornaticeps (Boulenger, 1896)
Amphiglossus ardouini (Mocquard, 1897)
Amphiglossus crenni (Mocquard, 1906)
Amphiglossus reticulatus (Kaudern, 1922)
Amphiglossus decaryi (Angel, 1930)
Amphiglossus andranovahensis (Angel, 1933)
Amphiglossus elongatus (Angel, 1933)
Amphiglossus alluaudi (Brygoo, 1981)
Amphiglossus tsaratananensis (Brygoo, 1981)
Amphiglossus anosyensis (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993)
Amphiglossus mandokava (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993)
Amphiglossus punctatus (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993)
Amphiglossus mandady (Andreone & Greer, 2002)
Amphiglossus spilostichus (Andreone & Greer, 2002)
Amphiglossus stylus (Andreone & Greer, 2002)
Amphiglossus tanysoma (Andreone & Greer, 2002)
Amphiglossus meva (Miralles, Raselimanana, Rakotomalala, Vences & Vieines, 2011)
Androngo trivittatus (Boulenger, 1896)
Cryptoblepharus cognatus (Boettger, 1881)
Cryptoblepharus voeltzkowi (Sternfeld, 1918)
Madascincus igneocaudatus (Grandidier, 1867)
Madascincus polleni (Grandidier, 1869)
Madascincus mouroundavae (Grandidier, 1872)
Madascincus melanopleura (Günther, 1877)
Madascincus stumpffi (Boettger, 1882)
Madascincus macrolepis (Boulenger, 1888)
Madascincus ankodabensis (Angel, 1930)
Madascincus minutus (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993)
Madascincus nanus (Andreone & Greer, 2002)
Madascincus arenicola (Miralles, Köhler, Glaw & Vences, 2011)
Paracontias holomelas (Günther, 1877)
Paracontias hildebrandti (Peters, 1880)
Paracontias brocchii (Mocquard, 1894)
Paracontias rothschildi (Mocquard, 1905)
Paracontias minimus (Mocquard, 1906)
Paracontias milloti (Angel, 1949)
Paracontias hafa (Andreone & Greer, 2002)
Paracontias manify (Andreone & Greer, 2002)
Paracontias tsararano (Andreone & Greer, 2002)
Paracontias kankana (Köhler, Vieites, Glaw, Kaffenberger & Vences, 2009)
Paracontias fasika (Köhler, Vences, Erbacher &Glaw, 2010)
Paracontias vermisaurus (Miralles, Köhler, Vieites, Glaw & Vences, 2011)
Pseudoacontias madagascariensis (Bocage, 1889)
Pseudoacontias angelorum (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
Pseudoacontias menamainty (Andreone & Greer, 2002)
Pseudoacontias unicolor (Sakata & Hikida, 2003)
Pygomeles braconnieri (Grandidier, 1867)
Pygomeles petteri (Pasteur & Blanc, 1962)
(Sakata & Hikida, 2003)
Sirenoscincus mobydick (Miralles, Anjeriniaina, Hipsley, Müller, Glaw & Vences, 2012)
Trachylepis gravenhorstii (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Trachylepis comorensis (Peters, 1854)
Trachylepis elegans (Peters, 1854)
Trachylepis aureopunctata (Grandidier, 1867)
Trachylepis boettgeri (Boulenger, 1887)
Trachylepis betsileana (Mocquard, 1906)
Trachylepis madagascariensis (Mocquard, 1908)
Trachylepis vato (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994)
Trachylepis dumasi (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
Trachylepis lavarambo (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1998)
Trachylepis nancycoutuae (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1998)
Trachylepis tandrefana (Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Ramanamanjato, 1999)
Trachylepis tavaratra (Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Ramanamanjato, 1999)
Trachylepis vezo (Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Ramanamanjato, 1999)
Trachylepis volamenaloha (Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Ramanamanjato, 1999)
Voeltzkowia fierinensis (Grandidier, 1869)
Voeltzkowia rubrocaudata (Grandidier, 1869)
Voeltzkowia mira (Boettger, 1893)
Voeltzkowia lineata (Mocquard, 1901)
Voeltzkowia petiti (Angel, 1924)