- List of reptiles of South Asia
The following is a list of reptiles of
South Asia , primarily covering the region covered by mainlandIndia ,Pakistan ,Nepal ,Sri Lanka ,Bangladesh ,Bhutan , parts ofMyanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Island chains.Order Crocodilia
Family Crocodilidae
* Mugger crocodile ("Crocodylus palustris") Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar
* Saltwater crocodile ("Crocodylus porosus") India (east coast and the Andamans), Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia,BangladeshFamily Gavialiidae
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Gharial "Gavialis gangeticus" Pakistan, India, Nepal, BangladeshOrder Testudines
Family Dermochelyidae
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Leatherback Sea Turtle "Dermochelys coriacea" GlobalFamily Chelonidae
* 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 regionsFamily 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
* Central Asian tortoise "(Testudo horsfieldii)" PakistanFamily Bataguridae
* 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 "
* 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
* 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
* Flatback Turtle "Natator depressus "
* Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle "Notochelys platynota "
* Keeled Box Turtle "Pyxidea mouhotii "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 ChinaOrder Squamata
uborder Lacertila
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 IndiaFamily 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 Gecko"Cnemaspis assamensis ",Assam
* Beddome's day gecko "Cnemaspis beddomei "
* Boie's day gecko "Cnemaspis boiei "
* Goan Day Gecko "Cnemaspis goaensis "
* "Cnemaspis heteropholis "
* Indian Day Gecko "Cnemaspis indica "
* "Cnemaspis indraneildasii "
* Jerdon's Day Gecko "Cnemaspis jerdonii "
* Kandy Day Gecko, "Cnemaspis kandiana "
* 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 "
* "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 "
* "Cyrtodactylus 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 "
* Smith's bent-toed Gecko "Cyrtodactylus malcomsmithi "
* Jammu bent-toed Gecko "Cyrtodactylus mansarulus "
* "Cyrtodactylus nebulosus "
* Malayan Forest Gecko "Cyrtodactylus pulchellus "
* Andamans bent-toed gecko "Cyrtodactylus rubidus " India (Andamans)
* Frontier Bow-fingered Gecko "Cyrtodactylus stoliczkai "
* "Cyrtodactylus 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 "
* "Dravidogecko anamallensis "
* Patinghe Indian Gecko "Geckoella jeyporensis "
* Lined Gecko "Gekko vittatus "
* 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)
* 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 "
* Marbled tree gecko "Hemidactylus leschenaultii " Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka
* Burmese Leaf-toed Gecko "Hemidactylus karenorum "
* Spotted gecko "Hemidactylus maculatus " Southwest India, Sri Lanka
* "Hemidactylus mahendrai "
* 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)
* Kuhl's flap-skinned gecko "Ptychozoon kuhli " India (Nicobar), Malay region
* Smooth-backed Gliding Gecko "Ptychozoon lionotum "
* White-striped Viper Gecko "Teratolepis albofasciatus "
* Carrot-tailed Viper Gecko "Teratolepis fasciata "Family Agamidae
* Laungwala Long-headed Lizard ("Bufoniceps laungwalaensis") Rajasthan
* Green Crestless Forest Lizard "(Calotes andamanensis)" Western Ghats
* Emma Gray's Forest Lizard ("Calotes emma") northeast India.
* Green forest lizard "(Calotes calotes)" South India, Sri Lanka
* Large Scaled Forest Lizard "(Calotes grandisquamis)" Western Ghats
* Jerdon's forest lizard "(Calotes jerdoni)" India (Khasi hills, Meghalaya), Myanmar, China
* Orange-lipped forest lizard "(Calotes aurantolabium)" Southern Western Ghats, "sp. nov."
* Indo-Chinese forest lizard "(Calotes mystaceus)" Northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
* Black-lipped forest lizard "(Calotes nigrilabris)" Sri Lanka
* Roux forest lizard "(Calotes rouxii)" India
* Indian 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)" Southwest China
* Tubercled agama "(Laudakia tuberculata)" Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal
* Hump-nosed lizard "(Lyriocephalus scutatus)" Sri Lanka
* Wiegmann's forest 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 India ("Salea anamallayana") South India
* Fan-throated lizard "(Sitana ponticeriana)" India, Sri Lanka
* Agile agama "(Trapelus agilis)" Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northwest India
* Indian spiny-tailed lizard "(Uromastyx hardwickii)" Pakistan, Northwest IndiaFamily Chamaeleonidae
* Indian chamaeleon "
Chamaeleo zeylanicus " Pakistan, India, Sri LankaFamily Dibamidae
* "
Dibamus nicobaricum "Family Anguidae
* Armoured glass snake "
Ophisaurus apodus " Eurasia, Afghanistan, Pakistan
* Eastern glass snake "Ophisaurus gracilis " India (Himalayas, Northeast), MyanmarFamily Scincidae
* 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 "
* Tree skink "Dasia haliana " Southwest India, 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 schneideri " (Daudin, 1802)
* "Eumeces blythianus "
* Poona Skink "Eurylepis poonaensis " (Sharma, 1970)
* Alpine Punjab Skink "Eurylepis taeniolatus " Blyth,1854
* 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 albopunctata " (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
* Sharma's Mabuya "Mabuya nagarjuni " Sharma, 1969
* 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
* 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, Philippinesuborder Serpentes
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Wildlife of India 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 0-19-566099-4External links
* [http://www.reptile-database.org/ Reptile database]
* [http://www.bio.utexas.edu/grad/sp/pubs/Indian%20Snakes-Checklist.pdf Indian snake checklist]
* [http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/hisasia/ Herpetology in South Asia]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ReptileIndia/ ReptileIndia Yahoo Group]
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