National List of Invasive Reptile Species

NO.SPECIESCOMMON NAMECATEGORY / AREASCOPE OF EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 71(3) / PROHIBITION IN TERMS OF SECTION 71A(1)
1Anolis carolinensis Voigt, 1832Green anolea. 2 in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. b. Not listed elsewhere.
2Apalone species Rafinesque, 1832Soft-shell terrapins2
3Basiliscus plumifrons (Cope, 1876)Plumed basilisk ,Green basliska. 2 in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. b. Not listed elsewhere.
4Bitis gabonica (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) x Bitis sp.Gaboon adder x Any other Bitis species1b
5Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828Basilisk, Brown basilisk2
6Bitis nasicornis (Shaw, 1792)Rhinoceros viper, River jacka. 2 in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape and Limpopo. b. Not listed elsewhere.
7Bitis rhinoceros (Schlegel, 1855)Rhinocerhos vipera. 2 in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape, and Limpopo. b. Not listed elsewhere.
8Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758Common boaa. 2 in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape and Limpopo. b. Not listed elsewhere.
9Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802)Changeable lizard1b
10Centrochelys sulcata Gray, 1873Spur-thighed tortoise, African spurred tortoise2
11Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)Common snapping turtle2
12Cuora species Gray, 1856Chinese/ Asian box terrapins1b
13Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758European pond turtle1b
14Furcifer oustaleti (Mocquard, 1894)Oustalet’s chameleon2
15Furcifer pardalis (Cuvier, 1829Panther chameleon2
16Gehyra mutilata (Wiegmann, 1834)Stump-tailed gecko3
17Gekko gecko (Linnaeus, 1758)Tokay gecko2
18Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758)Green iguanaa. 1b in KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape b. 2 in Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape and Limpopo. c. Not listed elsewhere.
19Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril and Bibron, 1836)Mourning gecko; Common smooth-scaled gecko1b
20Macrochelys temminckii Troost in Harlan, 1835)Alligator snapper turtle2
21Morelia amethistina (Schneider, 1801)Amethistine pythona. 2 in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. b. Not listed elsewhere.
22Morelia spilota (Lacépède, 1804)Carpet/diamond python2
23Pelodiscus species (Wiegmann, 1835)Chinese softshell terrapins1b
24Python bivittatus (Kuhl, 1820)Burmese python2
25Python natalensis x Python molurusSouthern African python x Burmese python1a
26Trachemys speciesTurtles / Sliders native to the Americas2Restrcited activities “a”, “c” and “e” to “l” in Notice 1 are prohibited.
27Trioceros (Chamaeleo) jacksonii (Boulenger, 1896)Jackson’s chameleona. 2 in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. b. Not listed elsewhere.
28Trioceros (Chamaeleo) melleri (Gray, 1865)Meller’s chameleona. 2 in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. b. Not listed elsewhere.
29Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768)Indonesian/Common water monitor3
30Unless otherwise listed, all hybrids between indigenous and introduced species of reptiles1b