The following is: a list of reptiles in. And around the: Indian subcontinent, primarily covering the——South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Afghanistan, parts of Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Island chains.
Order Crocodilia※
Family Crocodilidae※
- Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) India, "Pakistan," Nepal, "Sri Lanka," Bangladesh, Myanmar
- Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) India (east coast and the Andamans), Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Bangladesh
Family Gavialiidae※
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- Gharial Gavialis gangeticus India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh
- False gharial Tomistoma schlegelii Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java
Order Testudines※
Family Dermochelyidae※
- Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea global
Family Cheloniidae※
- Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta tropical regions
- Green turtle Chelonia mydas tropical regions
- Hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata tropical regions
- Olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea tropical regions
- Flatback turtle Natator depressus
Family Testudinidae※
- Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) India
- Elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malay peninsula, Indo-China
- Travancore tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica) Western Ghats
- Asian brown tortoise (Manouria emys) India, Bangladesh, Malay region
- Impressed tortoise (Manouria impressa) India (Arunachal Pradesh)
- Central Asian tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii) Pakistan, Afghanistan
Family Geoemydidae※
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- River terrapin Batagur baska India (Sundarbans, Bhitarkanika), Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, Sumatra
- Malayan box turtle Cuora amboinensis India (Northeast, Nicobar Islands) Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, the Sundas, Maluku, Philippines
- Asian leaf turtle Cyclemys dentata Northeast India, Bangladesh, China, Indo-China, Malay peninsula, Indo-Malay, the Sundas, Philippines
- Oldham's leaf turtle Cyclemys oldhami Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam
- Spotted pond turtle Geoclemys hamiltonii Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal
- Cochin forest cane turtle Vijayachelys silvatica (=Geoemyda silvatica) Southwest India
- Crowned river turtle Hardella thurjii Pakistan, India, Bangladesh
- Three-striped roofed turtle Kachuga dhongoka North India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Painted roofed turtle Kachuga kachuga North India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Brown roofed turtle Kachuga smithii Pakistan, North India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Assam roofed turtle Kachuga sylhetensis Northeast India, Bangladesh
- Indian roofed turtle Kachuga tecta Pakistan, North India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Indian tent turtle Kachuga tentoria India, Bangladesh
- Tricarinate hill turtle Melanochelys tricarinata India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Indian black turtle Melanochelys trijuga India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand
- Indian eyed turtle Morenia petersi Eastern India, Bangladesh
- Malayan flat-shelled turtle Notochelys platynota
- Keeled box turtle Pyxidea mouhotii
- Arakan forest turtle Heosemys depressa
Family Trionychidae※
- Indian softshell turtle Aspideretes gangeticus Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Indian peacock softshell turtle Aspideretes hurum India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Leith's softshell turtle Aspideretes leithii Peninsular India
- Black softshell turtle Aspideretes nigricans Chittagong city tank in southeast Bangladesh
- Narrow-headed softshell turtle Chitra indica Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Indian flapshell turtle Lissemys punctata Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Asian giant softshell turtle Pelochelys cantorii India (coasts), Malay peninsula, Indo-China, South China
Order Squamata※
Suborder Lacertilia※
Family Eublepharidae※
- Indian fat-tailed gecko Eublepharis fuscus Western India
- Hardwicke's fat-tailed gecko Eublepharis hardwickii Eastern and central India
- Pakistani leopard gecko Eublepharis macularius Pakistan, Northwest India
Family Gekkonidae※
- Böhme's mountain gecko Alsophylax boehmei
- Baluch rock gecko Bunopus tuberculatus Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal
- Indian golden gecko Calodactylodes aureus Eastern Ghats
- Sri Lankan golden gecko Calodactylus illingworthi Sri Lanka
- Assamese day geckoCnemaspis assamensis, Assam
- Beddome's day gecko Cnemaspis beddomei
- Boie's day gecko Cnemaspis boiei
- Goan day gecko Cnemaspis goaensis
- Gund day gecko Cnemaspis heteropholis
- Indian day gecko Cnemaspis indica
- Indraneil day gecko Cnemaspis indraneildasii
- Jerdon's day gecko Cnemaspis jerdonii
- Kandy day gecko, Cnemaspis kandiana
- Kolhapur day gecko, Cnemaspis kolhapurensis
- Coastal day gecko Cnemaspis littoralis
- Ponmudi day gecko Cnemaspis nairi
- Ornate day gecko Cnemaspis ornata
- Cnemaspis otai
- Sispara day gecko Cnemaspis sisparensis
- Rough-bellied day gecko Cnemaspis tropidogaster
- Wynaad day gecko Cnemaspis wynadensis
- Yercaud day gecko Cnemaspis yercaudensis
- Flat-tailed gecko Cosymbotus platyurus Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Indo-China, Malay region
- Sind gecko Crossobamon orientalis
- Cyrtodactylus adleri
- Cyrtodactylus aravallensis
- Kollegal ground gecko Geckoella collegalensis
- Gunther's Indian gecko Cyrtodactylus deccanensis
- Giant forest gecko Cyrtodactylus frenatus Sri Lanka
- Sikkim bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus gubernatoris
- Khasi Hills bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus khasiensis
- Jammu bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus mansarulus
- Geckoella nebulosa (=Gymnodactlus nebulosus, Cyrtodactylus nebulosus)
- Cyrtodactylus nepalensis
- Malayan forest gecko Cyrtodactylus pulchellus
- Andamans bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus rubidus India (Andamans)
- Frontier bow-fingered gecko Cyrtodactylus stoliczkai
- Mediodactylus walli
- Cyrtopodion baturensis
- Banded bent-toed gecko Cyrtopodion fasciolatus
- Himalayan bent-toed gecko Cyrtopodion himalayanus
- Kutch gecko Cyrtopodion kachhensis
- Lawder's bent-toed gecko Cyrtopodion lawderanus
- Rough-tailed gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum
- Siamese leaf-toed gecko Dixonius siamensis
- Patinghe Indian gecko Geckoella jeyporensis
- Devil gecko Geckoella yakhuna Sri Lanka
- Four-clawed gecko Gehyra mutilata South India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malay region
- Tokay gecko Gekko gekko Northeast India, Indo-China, China, Malay region
- Smith's giant gecko Gekko smithii India (Nicobar), Myanmar, Thailand, Malay region
- Andamanese giant gecko Gekko verreauxi India (Andamans)
- White-striped viper gecko Hemidactylus albofasciatus
- Hemidactylus anamallensis
- Bowring's gecko Hemidactylus bowringii Eastern India, Myanmar, China
- Brook's gecko Hemidactylus brookii Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Singapore, Malay region
- Depressed gecko Hemidactylus depressus Sri Lanka
- Yellow-spotted gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis Pakistan, India, Iran
- Asian house gecko Hemidactylus frenatus South India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, China, Malay region, tropical areas
- Giant leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus giganteus
- Garnott's gecko Hemidactylus garnotii Northeast India, Bhutan, Nepal, Malay region
- Graceful leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus gracilis
- Carrot-tail viper gecko Hemidactylus imbricatus
- Marbled tree gecko Hemidactylus leschenaultii Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka
- Burmese leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus karenorum
- Spotted rock gecko Hemidactylus maculatus Southwest India, Sri Lanka
- Hemidactylus mahendrai
- Smith's bent-toed gecko Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi
- Persian leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus persicus
- Hemidactylus porbandarensis
- Bombay leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus prashadi
- Reticulate leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus reticulatus
- Scaly gecko Hemidactylus scabriceps South India, Sri Lanka
- Hemidactylus subtriedrus
- Termite hill gecko Hemidactylus triedrus Pakistan, India
- Mediterranean house gecko Hemidactylus turcicus
- Hemiphyllodactylus aurantiacus
- Indopacific tree gecko Hemiphyllodactylus typus
- Mourning gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris
- Andaman day gecko Phelsuma andamanense India (Andamans)
- Nicobar gliding gecko Ptychozoon nicobarensis India (Nicobar)
- Smooth-backed gliding gecko Ptychozoon lionotum
Family Agamidae※
- Laungwala long-headed lizard (Bufoniceps laungwalaensis) Rajasthan
- Green crestless forest lizard (Calotes andamanensis) Andaman and "Nicobar Islands," India
- Orange-lipped forest lizard (Calotes aurantolabium) Southern Western Ghats, sp. nov.
- Green forest lizard (Calotes calotes) South India, Sri Lanka
- Emma gray's forest lizard (Calotes emma) northeast India.
- Large scaled forest lizard (Calotes grandisquamis) Western Ghats
- Jerdon's forest lizard (Calotes jerdoni) India (Khasi hills, Meghalaya), Myanmar, China
- Khasi Hills forest lizard (Calotes maria) India, Bangladesh
- Indo-Chinese forest lizard (Calotes mystaceus) Northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
- Nilgiri forest lizard (Calotes nemoricola) India
- Black-lipped forest lizard (Calotes nigrilabris) Sri Lanka
- Oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (Andamans), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, China, Sumatra
- Rough-horned lizard (Ceratophora aspera) Sri Lanka
- Small-horned lizard (Cophotis ceylanica) Sri Lanka
- Bay Islands forest lizard (Coryphophylax subcristatus) India (Andaman and Nicobar islands)
- Blanford's flying lizard (Draco blanfordii) Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay peninsula
- South Indian flying lizard (Draco dussumieri) Western Ghats, India
- Tubercled agama (Laudakia tuberculata) Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal
- Hump-nosed lizard (Lyriocephalus scutatus) Sri Lanka
- Elliot's forest lizard (Monilesaurus ellioti) India.
- Roux forest lizard (Monilesaurus rouxii) India
- Indian kangaroo lizard (Otocryptis beddomei) India
- Sri Lankan kangaroo lizard (Otocryptis wiegmanni) Sri Lanka
- Rock lizard (Psammophilus dorsalis) South India
- Blanford's rock lizard (Psammophilus blanfordanus) South India
- Horsfield's spiny lizard (Salea horsfieldii) South India
- Anaimalai spiny lizard (Salea anamallayana) South India
- Fan-throated lizard (Sitana ponticeriana) India
- Sitana visiri
- Sitana laticeps
- Sitana spinaecephalus
- Sarada darwini
- Sarada superba
- Sitana marudhamneydhal
- Agile agama (Trapelus agilis) Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northwest India
- Indian spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx hardwickii) Pakistan, Northwest India
Family Chamaeleonidae※
- Indian chamaeleon Chamaeleo zeylanicus Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka
Family Dibamidae※
Family Anguidae※
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- Armoured glass snake Ophisaurus apodus Eurasia, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Eastern glass snake Dopasia gracilis India (Himalayas, Northeast), Myanmar
Family Scincidae※
- Note: Some authors move the Asian skinks of the genus Mabuya——to Eutropis.
- Minor snake-eyed skink Ablepharus grayanus
- Asian snake-eyed skink Ablepharus pannonicus
- Asymblepharus tragbulense
- Barkud limbless skink Barkudia insularis India (East coast)
- Barkudia melanosticta
- Four-toed snake skink Chalcidoseps thwaitesii Sri Lanka
- Chalcides pentadactylus
- Dasia subcaeruleum Southwest India
- Dasia johsinghi Southwest India,
- Tree skink Dasia haliana Sri Lanka
- Olive tree skink Dasia olivacea India (Nicobars), Myanmar, Indo-China, Malay region
- Dasia nicobarensis
- Olive tree skink Dasia olivacea
- Boulenger's dasia Dasia subcaerulea
- Schneider's skink Eumeces schneiderii (Daudin, 1802)
- Eumeces blythianus
- Poona skink Eurylepis poonaensis (Sharma, 1970)
- Alpine Punjab skink Eurylepis taeniolatus Blyth, 1854
- Sharma's mabuya Eutropis nagarjuni (Sharma, 1969) Andhra Prade
- Kelaart's slender skink Lankascincus taprobanensis Sri Lanka
- Big-eared lipinia Lipinia macrotympanum (Stoliczka, 1873)
- Four-striped lipinia Lipinia quadrivittata (Peters, 1867)
- White-spotted supple skink Lygosoma albopunctatum (Gray, 1846)
- Lygosoma ashwamedhi Sharma, 1969
- Christmas Island grass-skink Lygosoma bowringii (Günther, 1864)
- Lygosoma goaensis (Sharma, 1976)
- Günther's writhing skink Lygosoma guentheri (Günther, 1864)
- Lygosoma lineata (Gray, 1839)
- Lygosoma pruthi (Sharma, 1977)
- Lygosoma punctata (Gmelin, 1799)
- Vosmer's writhing skink Lygosoma vosmaeri (Gray, 1839)
- Gunther's spotted skink Lygosoma guentheri Southwest India
- Mabuya allapallensis Schmidt, 1926
- Mabuya andamanensis Smith, 1935
- Beddome's skink Mabuya beddomii (Jerdon, 1870) Southwest India, Sri Lanka
- Bibron's skink Mabuya bibronii (Gray, 1838) Southeast India, Sri Lanka
- Common keeled skink Mabuya carinata (Schneider, 1801) Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Inger's mabuya Mabuya clivicola Inger, Shaffer, Koshy & Bakde, 1984
- Striped grass skink Mabuya dissimilis (Hallowell, 1857) Pakistan, North India
- Mabuya gansi Das, 1991
- Blanford's mabuya Mabuya innotata (Blanford, 1870)
- Little Indian skink. Or bronze skink Mabuya macularia (Blyth, 1853) Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malay peninsula
- Many-lined skink Mabuya multifasciata (Kuhl, 1820) Northeast India (Nicobars), China, Malay region
- Nine-keeled skink Mabuya novemcarinata (Anderson, 1871) Northeast India, Myanmar, Malay peninsula
- Four-keeled skink Mabuya quadricarinata Boulenger, 1887 Northeast India, Myanmar
- Rough mabuya Mabuya rudis (Boulenger, 1887)
- Nicobar Island skink Mabuya rugifera (Stoliczka, 1870)
- Three-banded mabuya Mabuya trivittata (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)
- Tytler's mabuya Mabuya tytleri (Tytler, 1868)
- Gray's snake skink Nessia burtonii Sri Lanka
- Deraniyagala's snake skink Nessia deraniyagalai Sri Lanka
- Two-toed snake skink Nessia didactylus Sri Lanka
- Shark-headed snake skink Nessia hickanala Sri Lanka
- Layard's snake skink Nessia layardi Sri Lanka
- One-toed snake skink Nessia monodactylus Sri Lanka
- Sarasin's snake skink Nessia sarasinorum Sri Lanka
- Eastern sandfish Ophiomorus raithmai Anderson & Leviton, 1966 Pakistan, Northwest India
- Three-toed snake skink Ophiomorus tridactylus (Blyth, 1853)
- Ristella beddomii Boulenger, 1887
- Günther's ristella Ristella guentheri Boulenger, 1887
- Rurk's ristella Ristella rurkii Gray, 1839
- Travancore ristella Ristella travancorica (Beddome, 1870)
- Scincella beddomei (Boulenger, 1887)
- Two-lined ground skink Scincella bilineata (Gray, 1846)
- Ladakh supple skink Scincella ladacensis (Günther, 1864) North India, Nepal
- Scincella macrotis (Steindachner, 1867)
- Scincella palnica (Boettger, 1892)
- Reeves' smooth gecko Scincella reevesii (Gray, 1838)
- Sikkimese supple skink Scincella sikkimensis (Blyth, 1854) Eastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
- Scincella travancorica (Beddome, 1870)
- Sepsophis punctatus Beddome, 1870
- North Indian litter skink Sphenomorphus indicus (Gray, 1853) Tibet, India (Himalayas), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Malay peninsula
- Sphenomorphus courcyanum (Annandale, 1912)
- Dussumier's forest skink Sphenomorphus dussumieri (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
- Spotted forest skink Sphenomorphus maculatus (Blyth, 1853)
Family Lacertidae※
- Blanford's fringe-fingered lizard Acanthodactylus blanfordii
- Indian fringe-fingered lizard Acanthodactylus cantoris
- Small-spotted lizard Mesalina guttulata
- Beddome's snake-eye Ophisops beddomei
- Snake-eyed lizard Ophisops elegans
- Jerdon's snake-eye Ophisops jerdonii
- Leschenault's snake-eye Ophisops leschenaultii
- Ophisops microlepis
- Deraniyagala's striped lacerta Ophisops minor India, Sri Lanka
- Goalpara grass lizard Takydromus haughtonianus
- Java grass lizard Takydromus khasiensis
- Asian grass lizard Takydromus sexlineatus
Family Varanidae※
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- Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis) Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens) Pakistan, India, Nepal
- Desert monitor (Varanus griseus) Caspian Sea, Pakistan, Northwest India
- Water monitor (Varanus salvator) India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malay region, Philippines
Suborder Sauria※
Family Gymnothalmidae※
- Vanzosaura rubricauda (Boulenger, 1902)
Suborder Serpentes※
See List of snakes of South Asia
See also※
Notes※
- ^ Giri VB, Bauer AM & KS Gaikwad (2009) A new ground-dwelling species of Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2164: 49–60 PDF
- ^ Deepak, V.; Khandekar, Akshay; Varma, Sandeep; Chaitanya, R. (2016). "Description of a new species of Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from southern India". Zootaxa. 4139 (2): 167. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.2.2.
- ^ Das, Indraneil, A De Silva & C C Austin (2008) A new species of Eutropis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 1700: 35-52 PDF
References※
- Romulus Whitaker & Ashok Captain, (2004) Snakes of India: The Field Guide. Draco Books, Chennai.
- Daniel, J.C.(2002) The Book of Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-566099-4
- Aengals, R., Kumar, S., Palot M.J. & S.R. Ganesh. 2018. A checklist of reptiles of India.ZSI publication. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326580194_A_Checklist_of_Reptiles_of_India