Introduced Reptiles

INTRODUCED DAY GECKOS

Scientific name

Common name/s

Local name

Phelsuma grandis

Madagascar giant day gecko

Lézard vert

INTRODUCED GECKOS

Scientific name

Common name/s

Local name

Ebenavia inunguis

Madagascar clawless gecko

Gehyra mutilata

Mutilating gecko, stump-toed gecko, common four-clawed gecko

Hemidactylus

parvimaculatus

Spotted house gecko

Hemiphyllodactylus typus typus

Indopacific tree gecko, common dwarf gecko, wood slave gecko

INTRODUCED LIZARDS

Scientific name

Common name/s

Local name

Calotes versicolor

Agamid lizard, garden fence lizard, (Oriental) garden lizard, crested tree lizard, bloodsucker lizard, changeable lizard

Camaléon

Furcifer pardalis

Panther chameleon

Iguana

INTRODUCED SNAKES

Scientific name

Common name/s

Local name

Lycodon capucinus

Indian wolf snake, common wolf snake

Couleuvre

Ramphotyphlops braminus

Flowerpot snake, Brahminy blind snake, bootlace snake

Typhlops porrectus

Slender worm snake

INTRODUCED FRESHWATER TURTLES

Scientific name

Common name/s

Local name

Pelodiscus sinensis

Chinese softshell turtle

Pelusios subniger

East African black mud turtle, East African sidenecked turtle, common African helmeted turtle

Trachemys scripta elegans

Red-eared slider, red-eared terrapin

INTRODUCED TORTOISES  

Scientific name

Common name/s

Local name

Aldabrachelys gigantea

Aldabra giant tortoise

Astrochelys radiata

Radiated tortoise