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, MyanmarSaltwater 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, BangladeshFalse gharial Tomistoma schlegelii Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java
Order Testudines
Family Dermochelyidae
Family Cheloniidae
Family Testudinidae
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
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 Laungwala long-headed lizard (Bufoniceps laungwalaensis ) RajasthanGreen crestless forest lizard (Calotes andamanensis ) Andaman and Nicobar Islands, IndiaOrange-lipped forest lizard (Calotes aurantolabium ) Southern Western Ghats, sp. nov. Green forest lizard (Calotes calotes ) South India, Sri LankaEmma gray's forest lizard (Calotes emma ) northeast India.Large scaled forest lizard (Calotes grandisquamis ) Western GhatsJerdon's forest lizard (Calotes jerdoni ) India (Khasi hills, Meghalaya), Myanmar, ChinaKhasi Hills forest lizard (Calotes maria ) India, BangladeshIndo-Chinese forest lizard (Calotes mystaceus ) Northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, VietnamNilgiri forest lizard (Calotes nemoricola ) IndiaBlack-lipped forest lizard (Calotes nigrilabris ) Sri LankaOriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor ) Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (Andamans), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, China, SumatraRough-horned lizard (Ceratophora aspera ) Sri LankaSmall-horned lizard (Cophotis ceylanica ) Sri LankaBay Islands forest lizard (Coryphophylax subcristatus ) India (Andaman and Nicobar islands)Blanford's flying lizard (Draco blanfordii ) Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay peninsulaSouth Indian flying lizard (Draco dussumieri ) Western Ghats, IndiaTubercled agama (Laudakia tuberculata ) Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, NepalHump-nosed lizard (Lyriocephalus scutatus ) Sri LankaElliot's forest lizard (Monilesaurus ellioti ) India.Roux forest lizard (Monilesaurus rouxii ) IndiaIndian kangaroo lizard (Otocryptis beddomei ) IndiaSri Lankan kangaroo lizard (Otocryptis wiegmanni ) Sri LankaRock lizard (Psammophilus dorsalis ) South IndiaBlanford's rock lizard (Psammophilus blanfordanus ) South IndiaHorsfield's spiny lizard (Salea horsfieldii ) South IndiaAnaimalai spiny lizard (Salea anamallayana ) South IndiaFan-throated lizard (Sitana ponticeriana ) IndiaSitana visiri Sitana laticeps Sitana spinaecephalus Sarada darwini Sarada superba Sitana marudhamneydhal [2] Agile agama (Trapelus agilis ) Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northwest IndiaIndian 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 .[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 IndiaDasia 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, 1969Christmas 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, 1926Mabuya andamanensis Smith, 1935Beddome'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, 1991Blanford'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, 1887Günther'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, 1870North 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, MyanmarYellow monitor (Varanus flavescens ) Pakistan, India, NepalDesert monitor (Varanus griseus ) Caspian Sea, Pakistan, Northwest IndiaWater 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
External links Reptile database Indian snake checklist Herpetology in South Asia ReptileIndia Yahoo Group