National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)

Notices

Alien and Invasive Species Lists, 2020

Notice 3 : National List of Invasive Species in terms of section 70(1)(a)

List 5: National List of Invasive Reptile Species
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NO

SPECIES

COMMON NAME

CATEGORY/AREA

SCOPE OF EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 71(3) / PROHIBITION IN TERMS OF SECTION 71A(1)

1.

Anolis carolinensis Voigt, 1832

Green anole
a.2 in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
b.Not listed elsewhere

2.

Apalone species Rafinesque, 1832

Soft-shell terrapins

2

3.

Basiliscus plumifrons (Cope,

1876)

Plumed basilisk ,Green baslisk
a.2 in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
b.Not listed elsewhere

4.

Bitis gabonica (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) x Bitis sp.

Gaboon adder x Any other Bitis species

1b

5.

Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828

Basilisk, Brown basilisk

2

6.

Bitis nasicornis (Shaw, 1792)

Rhinoceros viper, River jack
a.2 in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape and Limpopo.
b.Not listed elsewhere.

7.

Bitis rhinoceros (Schlegel, 1855)

Rhinocerhos viper
a.2 in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape and Limpopo.
b.Not listed elsewhere.

8.

Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758

Common boa
a.2 in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape and Limpopo.
b.Not listed elsewhere.

9.

Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802)

Changeable lizard

1b

10.

Centrochelys sulcata Gray, 1873

Spur-thighed tortoise, African spurred tortoise

2

11.

Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common snapping turtle

2

12.

Cuora species Gray, 1856

Chinese/Asian box terrapins

1b

13.

Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758

European pond turtle

1b

14.

Furcifer oustaleti (Mocquard, 1894)

Oustalet’s chameleon

2

15.

Furcifer pardalis (Cuvier, 1829

Panther chameleon

2

16.

Gehyra mutilata (Wiegmann, 1834)

Stump-tailed gecko

3

17.

Gekko gecko (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tokay gecko

2

18.

Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Green iguana
a.1b in KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape
b.2 in Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape and Limpopo.
c.Not listed elsewhere

19.

Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril and Bibron, 1836)

Mourning gecko; Common smooth-scaled gecko

1b

20.

Macrochelys temminckii Troost in Harlan, 1835)

Alligator snapper turtle

2

 

21.

Morelia amethistina (Schneider, 1801)

Amethistine python
a.2 in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
b.Not listed elsewhere

22.

Morelia spilota (Lacépède, 1804)

Carpet/diamond python

2

23.

Pelodiscus species (Wiegmann, 1835)

Chinese softshell terrapins

1b

24.

Python bivittatus (Kuhl, 1820)

Burmese python

2

25.

Python natalensis x Python molurus

Southern African python x Burmese python

1a

26.

Trachemys species

Turtles / Sliders native to the Americas

2

Restricted activities “a”, “c” and “e” to “l” in Notice 1 are prohibited.

27.

Trioceros (Chamaeleo) jacksonii (Boulenger, 1896)

Jackson’s chameleon
a.2 in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
b.Not listed elsewhere

28.

Trioceros (Chamaeleo) melleri (Gray, 1865)

Meller’s chameleon
a.2 in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
b.Not listed elsewhere

29.

Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768)

Indonesian/Common water monitor

3

 

30.

Unless otherwise listed, all hybrids between indigenous and introduced species of reptiles

1b