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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
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
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
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 gecko
Cnemaspis 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
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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
[2]
Agile agama (Trapelus agilis ) Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northwest India
Indian spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx hardwickii ) Pakistan, Northwest India
Family Chamaeleonidae
Indian chameleon (Chamaeleo zeylanicus )
Family Dibamidae
Family Anguidae
Armoured glass snake (Ophisaurus apodus )
Family Scincidae
Note: Some authors move the Asian skinks of the genus Mabuya to Eutropis .
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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
^ Giri VB, Bauer AM & KS Gaikwad (2009) A new ground-dwelling species of Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2164: 49–60
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^ 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
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