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Testudinidae |
Tortoises |
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Parrot-beaked Tortoise |
Homopus areolatus |
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Karoo Padloper |
Homopus boulengeri |
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Greater Padloper |
Homopus femoralis |
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Speckled Padloper |
Homopus signatus |
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Leopard Tortoise |
Stigmochelys pardalis |
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Angulate Tortoise |
Chersina angulata |
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Common Tent Tortoise |
Psammobates tentorius |
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Geometric Tortoise |
Psammobates geometricus |
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Dermochelyidae |
Leatherback Turtles |
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Leatherback Turtle |
Dermochelys coriacea |
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Cheloniidae |
Sea Turtles |
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Green Turtle |
Chelonia mydas |
rare visitor |
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Loggerhead Turtle |
Caretta caretta |
rare visitor |
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Hawksbill Turtle |
Eretmochelys imbricata |
rare visitor |
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Olive Ridley Turtle |
Lepidochelys olivacea |
rare visitor |
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Pelomedusidae |
Afro-American Sideneck Turtles |
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Marsh Terrapin |
Pelomedusa subrufa |
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Agamidae |
Agamas |
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Anchieta's Agama |
Agama anchietae |
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Southern Rock Agama |
Agama atra |
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Common Ground Agama |
Agama aculeata |
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Southern Spiny Agama |
Agama hispida |
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Chamaeleonidae |
Chameleons |
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Namaqua Chameleon |
Chamaeleo namaquensis |
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Western Dwarf Chameleon |
Bradypodion occidentale |
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Cape Dwarf Chameleon |
Bradypodion pumilum |
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Karoo Dwarf Chameleon |
Bradypodion karooicum |
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Little Karoo Dwarf Chameleon |
Bradypodion gutturale |
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Swartberg Dwarf Chameleon |
Bradypodion atromontanum |
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Knysna Dwarf Chameleon |
Bradypodion damaranum |
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Eastern Cape Dwarf Chameleon |
Bradypodion ventrale |
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Gekkonidae |
Geckos |
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Marbled Leaf-toed Gecko |
Afrogecko porphyreus |
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Swartberg Leaf-toed Gecko |
Afrogecko swartbergensis |
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Hawequa Flat Gecko |
Afroedura hawequensis |
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Karoo Flat Gecko |
Afroedura karroica |
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Giant Ground Gecko |
Chondrodactylus angulifer |
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Bibron's Gecko |
Chondrodactylus bibronii |
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Braack's Pygmy Gecko |
Goggia braacki |
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Hewitt's Pygmy Gecko |
Goggia hewitti |
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Cedarberg Pygmy Gecko |
Goggia hexapora |
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Incognito Pygmy Gecko |
Goggia incognita |
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Matzikama Pygmy Gecko |
Goggia matzikamaensis |
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Small-scaled Pygmy Gecko |
Goggia microlepidota |
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Moreau's Tropical House Gecko |
Hemidactylus mabouia |
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Cape Dwarf Gecko |
Lygodactylus capensis |
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Common Barking Gecko |
Ptenopus garrulus |
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Weber's Thick-toed Gecko |
Pachydactylus weberi |
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Southern Rough Thick-toed Gecko |
Pachydactylus formosus |
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Western Spotted Thick-toed Gecko |
Pachydactylus purcelli |
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Golden-spotted Thick-toed Gecko |
Pachydactylus occulatus |
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Marico Thick-toed Gecko |
Pachydactylus mariquensis |
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Spotted Thick-toed Gecko |
Pachydactylus maculatus |
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Western Cape Thick-toed Gecko |
Pachydactylus labialis |
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Thin-skinned Thick-toed Gecko |
Pachydactylus kladaroderma |
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Ocellated Thick-toed Gecko |
Pachydactylus geitje |
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Cape Thick-toed Gecko |
Pachydactylus capensis |
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Austen's Thick-toed Gecko |
Pachydactylus austeni |
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Cordylidae |
Spinytail Lizards |
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Dwarf Crag Lizard |
Pseudocordylus nebulosus |
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Cape Crag Lizard |
Pseudocordylus microlepidotus |
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Graceful Crag Lizard |
Pseudocordylus capensis |
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Karoo Girdled Lizard |
Karusasaurus polyzonus |
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Oelofsen's Girdled Lizard |
Cordylus oelofseni |
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Black Girdled Lizard |
Cordylus niger |
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Dwarf Girdled Lizard |
Cordylus minor |
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McLachlan's Girdled Lizard |
Cordylus mclachlani |
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Large-scaled Girdled Lizard |
Cordylus macropholis |
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Cape Girdled Lizard |
Cordylus cordylus |
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Dwarf Karoo Girdled Lizard |
Cordylus aridus |
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Peer's Girdled Lizard |
Namazonurus peersi |
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Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard |
Ninurta coeruleopuntatus |
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Armadillo Girdled Lizard |
Ouroborus cataphractus |
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Cape Grass Lizard |
Chamaesaura anguina |
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Gerrhosauridae |
Plated Lizards |
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Common Long-tailed Seps |
Tetradactylus tetradactylus |
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Short-legged Seps |
Tetradactylus seps |
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Namaqua Plated Lizard |
Gerrhosaurus typicus |
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Yellow-throated Plated Lizard |
Gerrhosaurus flavigularis |
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Dwarf Plated Lizard |
Cordylosaurus subtessellatus |
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Lacertidae |
Lacertids and Wall Lizards |
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Common Mountain Lizard |
Tropidosaura montana |
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Cape Mountain Lizard |
Tropidosaura gularis |
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Common Sand Lizard |
Pedioplanis pulchella |
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Cape Sand Lizard |
Pedioplanis laticeps |
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Namaqua Sand Lizard |
Pedioplanis namaquensis |
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Burchell's Sand Lizard |
Pedioplanis burchelli |
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Western Sandveld Lizard |
Nucras tessellata |
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Karoo Sandveld Lizard |
Nucras livida |
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Delalande's Sandveld Lizard |
Nucras lalandii |
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Knox's Desert Lizard |
Meroles knoxii |
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Spotted Desert Lizard |
Meroles suborbitalis |
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Southern Rock Lizard |
Australolacerta australis |
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Scincidae |
Skinks |
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Cape Legless Skink |
Acontias meleagris |
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Gray's Dwarf Legless Skink |
Acontias grayi |
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Coastal Dwarf Legless Skink |
Acontias litoralis |
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Striped Dwarf Legless Skink |
Acontias lineatus |
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Cuvier's Blind Legless Skink |
Typhlosaurus caecus |
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Blouberg Dwarf Burrowing Skink |
Scelotes montispectus |
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Kasner's Dwarf Burrowing Skink |
Scelotes kasneri |
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Gronovi's Dwarf Burrowing Skink |
Scelotes gronovii |
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Cape Dwarf Burrowing Skink |
Scelotes caffer |
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Striped Dwarf Burrowing Skink |
Scelotes sexlineatus |
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Silvery Dwarf Burrowing Skink |
Scelotes bipes |
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Variegated Skink |
Trachylepis variegata |
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Western Rock Skink |
Trachylepis sulcata |
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Western Three-striped Skink |
Trachylepis occidentalis |
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Red-sided Skink |
Trachylepis homalocephala |
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Cape Skink |
Trachylepis capensis |
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Varanidae |
Monitors |
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Rock Monitor |
Varanus albigularis |
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Typhlopidae |
Blind Snakes |
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Flowerpot Snake |
Ramphotyphlops braminus |
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Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake |
Rhinotyphlops lalandei |
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Leptotyphlopidae |
Thread Snakes |
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Black Thread Snake |
Leptotyphlops nigricans |
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Slender Thread Snake |
Namibiana gracilior |
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Atractaspididae |
Mole Vipers |
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Spotted Harlequin Snake |
Homoroselaps lacteus |
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Colubridae |
Colubrids |
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Many-spotted Snake |
Amplorhinus multimaculatus |
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Sundevall's Shovel-snout |
Prosymna sundevallii |
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Spotted Skaapsteker |
Psammophylax rhombeatus |
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Namib Sand Snake |
Psammophis namibensis |
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Karoo Sand Snake |
Psammophis notostictus |
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Cape Sand Snake |
Psammophis leightoni |
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Cross-marked Grass Snake |
Psammophis crucifer |
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Common Egg-eater |
Dasypeltis scabra |
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Dwarf Beaked Snake |
Dipsina multimaculata |
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Boomslang |
Dispholidus typus |
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Beetz's Tiger Snake |
Telescopus beetzii |
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Green Water Snake |
Philothamnus hoplogaster |
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Western Natal Green Snake |
Philothamnus occidentalis |
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Herald Snake |
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia |
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Mole Snake |
Pseudaspis cana |
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Common Slugeater |
Duberria lutrix |
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Cape Wolf Snake |
Lycophidion capense |
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Common Brown Water Snake |
Lycodonomorphus rufulus |
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Olive Ground Snake |
Lycodonomorphus inornatus |
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Yellow-bellied House Snake |
Lamprophis fuscus |
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Brown House Snake |
Lamprophis capensis |
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Fisk's House Snake |
Lamprophis fiskii |
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Spotted Rock Snake |
Lamprophis guttatus |
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Aurora House Snake |
Lamprophis aurora |
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Elapidae |
Cobras and Allies |
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Yellow-bellied Sea Snake |
Pelamis platura |
rare visitor |
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Cape Cobra |
Naja nivea |
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Black Spitting Cobra |
Naja nigricincta |
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Rinkhals |
Hemachatus haemachatus |
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Coral Shield Cobra |
Aspidelaps lubricus |
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Viperidae |
Vipers and Pit Vipers |
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Common Night Adder |
Causus rhombeatus |
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Namaqua Dwarf Adder |
Bitis schneideri |
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Red Adder |
Bitis rubida |
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Southern Adder |
Bitis armata |
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Many-horned Adder |
Bitis cornuta |
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Horned Adder |
Bitis caudalis |
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Berg Adder |
Bitis atropos |
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Puffadder |
Bitis arietans |
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