Black mamba
The black mamba is considered the most dangerous and feared snake in Africa, though the ocellated carpet viper is responsible for more human fatalities due to snakebite than all other African species combined.According to wildlife biologist Joe Wasilewski, black mambas are the most-advanced of all the snake species in the world. Their venom apparatus and method of delivering venom is also probably the most-effective and most-evolved among all venomous snakes. Its combination of speed, unpredictable aggression, and potent venom make it an extremely dangerous species. The black mamba has a reputation for being very aggressive, but like most snakes, it usually attempts to flee from humans unless threatened.
Eastern green mamba
This snake mostly inhabits the coastal regions of southernEast Africa. It is a relatively large species of venomous snake, with adult females averaging approximately 2.0 metres (6.6 ft) in total length, while males are slightly smaller on average. It is an arboreal species that preys on adult birds, eggs, bats, and terrestrial rodents such as mice, rats, and gerbils. Eastern green mambas are somewhat unique among mambas, and elapids in general. They are shy and elusive snakes which are rarely seen. The scarcity of observations is usually attributed to this species' cryptic colouration and arboreal lifestyle. However, low activity levels is associated with a sedentary foraging pattern might be an alternative explanation for its inconspicuousness. A 27 day observation of two adult eastern green mambas from the coastal forest of Gede/Jimba, Kenya conducted by Michael Angilletta showed that the eastern green mamba is not a typical active foraging elapid, but rather it is a "sit-and-wait" or ambush type predator (like most Viperidae).
Forest cobra
As a large and highly venomous cobra, it is considered to be a very dangerous species. It is a generally alert and nervous snake. When cornered or molested, the forest cobra can become quite aggressive. It will assume the typical cobra warning posture by raising its forebody off the ground, spreading a narrow hood and hissing loudly. Bites to humans are less common than for other African cobra species. This is thought to be due to its alertness, rapid movement and diurnal nature, making it adept at avoiding humans.
African spurred tortoise
The African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) is the largest tortoise of the African mainland, and is surpassed in size only by the giant island species from Aldabra and Galápagos . This desert-dwelling tortoise is well camouflaged by its overall sandy coloration , having thick golden to yellow-brown skin and a brownish carapace .
East African black mud turtle
The East African black mud turtle has a smooth, domed carapace with a length of 5.1-7.9 inches. The carapace is typically dark brown, gray, or black, often with yellow markings on the margins. The plastron is hinged, and can be brown, grey, black, or yellow. The upper jaw has a blunt unnotched, nonbucuspid tomium. The head of an adult is generally uniform in color, never vermiculated. Like all side-necked turtles, the neck retracts sideways
Leopard tortoise
The Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) is a large and attractively marked tortoise found in the savannas of eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan to the southern Cape. It is the only member of the genus Stigmochelys, but in the past it was commonly placed in Geochelone instead. This chelonian is a grazing species of tortoise that favors semi-arid, thorny to grassland habitats, although some leopard tortoises have been found in rainier areas. In both very hot and very cold weather they may dwell in abandoned fox, jackal, or anteater holes. Leopard tortoises do not dig other than to make nests in which to lay eggs. Not surprisingly, given its propensity for grassland habitats, it grazes extensively upon mixed grasses. It also favors succulents and thistles, and (in captivity) the fruit and pads of the prickly pear cactus(Opuntia sp.) (cactus are New World plants not native to Africa). The African Leopard Tortoise typically lives 80 to 100 years
Pancake tortoise
The pancake tortoise has an unusually thin, flat, flexible shell, which is up to 17.8 centimetres (7.0 in) long. While the shell bones of most other tortoises are solid, the pancake tortoise has shell bones with many openings, making it lighter and more agile than other tortoises.The carapace (top shell) is brown, frequently with a variable pattern of radiating dark lines on each scute (shell plate), helping to camouflage the tortoise in its natural dry habitat. The plastron (bottom shell) is pale yellow with dark brown seams and light yellow rays, and the head, limbs and tail are yellow-brown.Its bizarre, flattened, pancake-like profile makes this tortoise a sought-after animal in zoological and private collections, leading to its over-exploitation in the wild
Small-spotted lizard
A rather small slender lizard, with a maximum SVL of 56 mm. Snout fairly long, usually with 4 supralabials anterior to the subocular. Lower eyelid with a window made of two large transparent scales of roughly equal size, each clearly edged with black pigment. Temporals small, smooth; tympanic shield obvious. Dorsal scales medium-sized, granular or subimbricate.