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This
List of reptiles of Nepal
presents reptile species recorded in
Nepal
.
Order:
Crocodilia
Mugger crocodile
at
Chitwan National Park
Family
: Crocodilidae
Mugger crocodile
(
Crocodylus palustris
)
Family
: Gavialiidae
Gharial
(
Gavialis gangeticus
)
Order:
Testudines
Family
: Testudinidae
Elongated tortoise
(
Indotestudo elongata
)
Family
: Geoemydidae
Red-crowned roofed turtle
(
Batagur kachuga
)
Three-striped roofed turtle
(
Batagur dhongoka
)
Black pond turtle
(
Geoclemys hamiltonii
)
Brown roofed turtle
(
Pangshura smithii
)
Tricarinate hill turtle
(
Melanochelys tricarinata
)
Indian black turtle
(
Melanochelys trijuga
)
Indian roofed turtle
(
Pangshura tecta
)
Indian tent turtle
(
Pangshura tentoria
)
Brahminy river turtle
(
Hardella thurjii
)
Assam leaf turtle
(
Cyclemys gemeli
)
Indian eyed turtle
(
Morenia petersi
)
Family
: Trionychidae
Indian softshell turtle
(
Nilssonia gangetica
)
Indian peacock softshell turtle
(
Nilssonia hurum
)
Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle
(
Chitra indica
)
Indian flapshell turtle
(
Lissemys punctata
)
Order:
Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Family
: Gekkonidae
Baluch rock gecko
(
Bunopus tuberculatus
)
Flat-tailed house gecko
(
Hemidactylus platyurus
)
Indo-Pacific gecko
(
Hemidactylus garnotii
)
Brook's house gecko
(
Hemidactylus brookii
)
Northern house gecko
(
Hemidactylus flaviviridis
)
Tokay gecko
(
Gekko gekko
)
Spotted house gecko
(
Gekko monarchus
)
Nepalese rock gecko
(
Cyrtodactylus nepalensis
)
Himalayan bent-toed gecko
(
Cyrtodactylus himalayanus
)
Family
: Eublepharidae
Common leopard gecko
(
Eublepharis macularius
)
Family
: Agamidae
Oriental garden lizard
(
Calotes versicolor
)
Kashmir rock agama
(
Laudakia tuberculata
)
Variegated mountain lizard
(
Japalura variegata
)
Dark sitana
(
Sitana fusca
)
Siwalik sitana
(
Sitana sivalensis
)
Family
: Scincidae
Bronze grass skink
(
Eutropis macularia
)
Many-keeled grass skink
(
Eutropis carinata
)
Striped grass mabuya
(
Eutropis dissimilis
)
Ladakh supple skink
(
Asymblepharus ladacensis
)
Sikkim ground skink
(
Asymblepharus sikimmensis
)
Reeve's smooth skink
(
Scincella reevesii
)
Large ground skink
(
Scincella capitenea
)
Indian forest skink
(
Sphenomorphus indicus
)
Spotted forest skink
(
Sphenomorphus maculatus
)
White-spotted supple skink
(
Lygosoma albopunctatum
)
Common snake skink
(
Lygosoma punctara
)
Family
: Varanidae
Bengal monitor (
Varanus bengalensis
)
Bengal monitor
(
Varanus bengalensis
)
Yellow monitor
(
Varanus flavescens
)
Suborder: Anguimorpha
Family
: Anguidae
Asian glass lizard
(
Dopasia gracilis
)
Suborder: Serpentes
Family
: Boidae
Russell's boa
(
Eryx conicus
)
Red sand boa
(
Eryx johnii
)
Family
: Pythonidae
Indian rock python
(
Python molurus
)
Burmese python
(
Python bivittatus
)
Family
: Elapidae
Common krait
(
Bungarus caeruleus
)
Banded krait
(
Bungarus fasciatus
)
Northeastern hill krait
(
Bungarus bungaroides
)
Lesser black krait
(
Bunagrus lividus
)
Greater black krait
(
Bungarus niger
)
Sind krait
(
Bungarus sindanus
)
MacClelland's coral snake
(
Sinomicrurus macclellandi
)
Spectacled cobra
(
Naja naja
)
Monocled cobra
(
Naja kaouthia
)
King cobra
(
Ophiophagus hannah
)
Family
: Typhlopidae
Brahminy blind snake
(
Indotyphlops braminus
)
Family
: Gerrhopilidae
Wall's worm snake
(
Gerrhopilus oligolepis
)
Family
: Viperidae
White-lipped pit viper (female
Trimeresurus albolabris
)
Himalayan pit viper
(
Gloydius himalayanus
)
Saw-scaled viper
(
Echis carinatus
)
White-lipped pit viper
(
Trimeresurus albolabris
)
Common green pit viper
(
Trimeresurus gramineus
)
Tibetan bamboo pit viper
(
Trimeresurus tibetanus
)
Chinese pit viper
(
Trimeresurus stejnegeri
)
Large-eyed pitviper
(
Trimeresurus macrops
)
Russell's viper
(
Daboia russelii
)
Mountain pitviper
(
Ovophis monticola
)
Oriental pit viper
(
Protobothrops jerdonii
)
Strauch's pitviper
(
Gloydius strauchi
)
Family
: Colubridae
Checkered keelback
(
Fowlea piscator
)
St. John's keelback
(
Fowlea sanctijohannis
)
Indian egg-eating snake
(
Elachistodon westermanni
)
Red-necked keelback
(
Rhabdophis subminiatus
)
Oriental ratsnake
(
Ptyas mucosa
)
Green rat snake
(
Ptyas nigromarginata
)
Radiated ratsnake
(
Coelognathus radiatus
)
Trinket snake
(
Coelognathus helena
)
Oriental wolf snake
(
Lycodon capucinus
)
Indian wolf snake
(
Lycodon aulicus
)
Northern wolf snake
(
Lycodon striatus
)
Banded kukri snake
(
Oligodon arnensis
)
Cantor's kukri snake
(
Oligodon cyclurus
)
Banded racer
(
Argyrogena fasciolata
)
Beauty rat snake
(
Elaphe taeniura
)
Eastern trinket snake
(
Elaphe cantoris
)
Hodgson's rat snake
(
Elaphe hodgsoni
)
Forsten's cat snake
(
Boiga forsteni
)
Green cat snake
(
Boiga cyanea
)
Common cat snake
(
Boiga trigonata
)
Tawny cat snake
(
Boiga ochracea
)
Buff striped keelback
(
Amphiesma stolatum
)
Painted keelback
(
Xenochrophis cerasogaster
)
Orange-collared keelback
(
Rhabdophis himalayanus
)
Cantor's black-headed snake
(
Sibynophis sagittarius
)
Sikkim keelback
(
Herpetoreas sieboldii
)
Himalayan keelback
(
Herpetoreas platyceps
)
Blackbelly worm-eating snake
(
Trachischium fuscum
)
Rosebelly worm-eating snake
(
Trachischium guentheri
)
Mountain worm-eating snake
(
Trachischium monticola
)
Olive oriental worm-eating snake
(
Trachischium laeve
)
Yellowbelly worm-eating snake
(
Trachischium tenuiceps
)
References
"नेपालमा पाइने सङ्कटापन्न वन्यजन्तु तथा वनस्पतिहरू"
(PDF)
.
dnpwc.gov.np
. Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation
. Retrieved
14 October
2020
.
External links
Reptile database
Indian snake checklist
Herpetology in South Asia
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