Kenyan Reptiles (CLASS Reptilia)
Many of which can be seen at Bio-Ken

 

Leopart Tortoise

SUBCLASS Anapsida
ORDER Testudines (Chelonians or shield reptiles)

SUBORDER Cryptodira

FAMILY Testudinidae - Land Tortoises
FAMILY Cheloniidae - Modern Sea Turtles
FAMILY Dermochelyidae - Leatherback Turtles
FAMILY Trionychidae - Soft–shelled Turtles
FAMILY Pelomedusidae - African Side–necked Terrapins
 

Short-necked Skink

SUBCLASS Lepidosauria
SUPRAORDER Squamata (Scaled Reptiles)

ORDER Sauria

FAMILY Gekkonidae - Geckoes
FAMILY Scincidae - Skinks

FAMILY Sacertidae - Typical Lizards
FAMILY Cordylidae - Girdled Lizards

FAMILY Gerrhosauridae - Plated Lizards
FAMILY Agamidae - Agamas
FAMILY Chamaeleonidae - Chameleons
FAMILY Varanidae - Monitor lizards
 

Worm Lizard


SUBCLASS Lepidosauria
SUPRAORDER Squamata (Scaled Reptiles)

ORDER Amphisbaenia

FAMILY Geocalamus - (Wedge-snouted Worm Lizards)
 
 

Eastern Tiger Snake

SUBCLASS Lepidosauria
SUPRAORDER Squamata (Scaled Reptiles)

ORDER Serpentes

FAMILY Typhlopidae - Blind Snakes
FAMILY Leptotyphlopidae - Worm Snakes

FAMILY Boidae - Boas & Pythons
FAMILY Colubridae - Colubrid or Typical Snakes
FAMILY Atractaspididae - African Burrowing Snakes

FAMILY Elapidae - Cobras, Mambas and Relatives
FAMILY Hydrophidae - Sea Snakes
FAMILY Viperidae - Vipers
 
   

Nile Crocodile

SUBCLASS Archosauria
ORDER Crocodylia (Crocodiles)

FAMILY Crocodylus (True Crocodiles)