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===Reptiles=== Lake Tanganyika and its associated wetlands are home to [[Nile crocodile]]s (including famous giant [[Gustave (crocodile)|Gustave]]), [[Zambian hinged terrapin]]s, [[serrated hinged terrapin]]s, and [[pan hinged terrapin]]s (last species not in the lake itself, but in adjacent lagoons).<ref name=Spawls2002>Spawls, Howell, Drewes, and Ashe (2002). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, London. {{ISBN|0-12-656470-1}}.</ref> [[Storm's water cobra]], a threatened [[subspecies]] of banded water cobra that feeds mainly on fish, is only found in Lake Tanganyika, where it prefers rocky shores.<ref name=Spawls2002/><ref>{{Cite journal |title=Boulengerina annulata stormsi (Storm's water cobra). Attempted predation |author1-last=O'Shea |author1-first=Mark |author1-link=Mark O'Shea (herpetologist) |author2-last=Mcintyre |author2-first=P.B. |journal=Herpetological Review |volume=36 |issue=2 |page=189 |date=2005 |url=http://www.markoshea.info/oba4-3_zambia_tanzania03.php |access-date=2023-03-11 |archive-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202071348/http://www.markoshea.info/oba4-3_zambia_tanzania03.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
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