List of reptiles of South Asia

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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

Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
  • Gharial Gavialis gangeticus India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh
  • False gharial Tomistoma schlegelii Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java

Order Testudines

Family Dermochelyidae

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

River terrapin
(Batagur baska)
  • 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[1]
  • 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

Family Chamaeleonidae

Indian chameleon
(Chamaeleo zeylanicus)
  • Indian chamaeleon
    Chamaeleo zeylanicus
     Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka

Family Dibamidae

Family Anguidae

Armoured glass snake
(Ophisaurus apodus)
  • 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.[3]
  • 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

Family Varanidae

Water monitor
(Varanus salvator)
  • 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

  1. ^ Giri VB, Bauer AM & KS Gaikwad (2009) A new ground-dwelling species of Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2164: 49–60 PDF
  2. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.2.2
    .
  3. ^ Das, Indraneil, A De Silva & C C Austin (2008) A new species of Eutropis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 1700: 35-52 PDF

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