There are 852 species of reptiles that have been recorded in India.[1][2][3] About 57.6% of these species are endemic to the country (represented by "E").[1] The Western Ghats and Andaman and Nicobar Islands constitute the major endemic zones,[4][5] and along with the Himalayas, are amongst the reptilian hotspots.[6][7]
Order Crocodilia[edit | edit source]
Family Crocodilidae[edit | edit source]
- Mugger crocodile, Crocodylus palustris
- Saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus
Family Gavialiidae[edit | edit source]
- Gharial, Gavialis gangeticus
Order Testudines[edit | edit source]
Family Dermochelyidae[edit | edit source]
- Leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea
Family Cheloniidae[edit | edit source]
- Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta
- Green turtle, Chelonia mydas
- Hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata
- Olive ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea
Family Testudinidae[edit | edit source]
- Indian star tortoise, Geochelone elegans
- Elongated tortoise, Indotestudo elongata
- Travancore tortoise, Indotestudo travancorica (E)
- Asian brown tortoise, Manouria emys
- Impressed tortoise, Manouria impressa
Family Geoemydidae[edit | edit source]
- Northern river terrapin, Batagur baska
- Three-striped roofed turtle, Batagur dhongoka
- Red-crowned roofed turtle, Batagur kachuga
- Burmese box turtle, Cuora lineata
- Keeled box turtle, Cuora mouhotii
- Assam box turtle, Cuora praschagi
- Asian leaf turtle, Cyclemys dentata
- Assam leaf turtle, Cyclemys gemeli
- Black pond turtle, Geoclemys hamiltonii
- Oldham's leaf turtle, Cyclemys oldhami
- Brahminy river turtle, Hardella thurjii
- Tricarinate hill turtle, Melanochelys tricarinata
- Indian black turtle, Melanochelys trijuga
- Indian eyed turtle, Morenia petersi
- Brown roofed turtle, Pangshura smithii
- Assam roofed turtle, Pangshura sylhetensis
- Indian roofed turtle, Pangshura tecta
- Indian tent turtle, Panghsura tentoria
Family Trionychidae[edit | edit source]
- Southeast Asian softshell turtle, Amyda ornata
- Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle, Chitra indica
- Indian flapshell turtle, Lissemys punctata
- Burmese peacock softshell turtle, Nilssonia formosa[8]
- Indian softshell turtle, Nilssonia gangectica
- Indian peacock softshell turtle, Nilssonia hurum
- Leith's softshell turtle, Nilssonia liethii
- Black softshell turtle, Nilssonia nigricans
- Asian giant softshell turtle, Pelochelys cantorii
Order Squamata[edit | edit source]
Family Eublepharidae[edit | edit source]
- West Indian leopard gecko, Eublepharis fuscus
- East Indian leopard gecko, Eublepharis hardwickii
- Leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius
- Painted leopard gecko, Eublepharis pictus
- Satpura leopard gecko, Eublepharis satpuraensis
Family Gekkonidae[edit | edit source]
- Frontier bow-fingered gecko, Altiphylax stoliczkai
- Sind gecko, Bunopus orientalis
- Indian golden gecko, Calodactylodes aureus (E)
- Thenmala day gecko, Cnemaspis aaronbaueri (E)
- Adi's day gecko, Cnemaspis adii (E)
- Agamalai day gecko, Cnemaspis agamalaiensis (E)
- Agarwal's dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis agarwali (E)
- Agaya Gangai dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis agayagangai (E)
- Ajija's day gecko, Cnemaspis ajijae (E)
- Amba dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis amba (E)
- Amboli day gecko, Cnemaspis amboliensis (E)
- Anaimalai dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis anaimalaiensis (E)
- Anaimudi round-eyed gecko, Cnemaspis anamudiensis (E)
- Anandan's day gecko, Cnemaspis anandani (E)
- Andaman round-eyed gecko, Cnemaspis andersonii (E)
- Anuradha's dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis anuradhae (E)
- Assam day gecko, Cnemaspis assamensis
- Tirunelveli round-eyed gecko, Cnemaspis australis (E)
- Sabin's Nellore dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis avasabinae (E)
- Thirukurundugi rock gecko, Cnemaspis azhagu (E)
- Balerion forest gecko, Cnemaspis balerion (E)
- Golden-banded dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis bangara (E)
- Barki dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis barkiensis (E)
- Basalt dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis basalticola (E)
- Beddome's day gecko, Cnemaspis beddomei (E)
- Boie's day gecko, Cnemaspis boiei (E)
- Brahmaputra day gecko, Cnemaspis brahmaputra (E)
- Cave-dwelling dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis cavernicola (E)
- Chandoli dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis chandoliensis (E)
- Chengodumala rock gecko, Cnemaspis chengodumalaensis (E)
- Fantastic dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis fantastica (E)
- Yellow-throated round-eyed gecko, Cnemaspis flavigularis (E)
- Yellow-bellied day gecko, Cnemaspis flaviventralis (E)
- Brave dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis fortis (E)
- Galaxy day gecko, Cnemaspis galaxia (E)
- Ganeshaiah's dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis ganeshaiahi (E)
- Geetha Iyer's dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis geethaiyerae (E)
- Giri's day gecko, Cnemaspis girii (E)
- Goan day gecko, Cnemaspis goaensis (E)
- Slender day gecko, Cnemaspis gracilis (E)
- Granite dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis graniticola (E)
- Strange-scaled round-eyed gecko, Cnemaspis heteropholis (E)
- Indian day gecko, Cnemaspis indica (E)
- Jackie's day gecko, Cnemaspis jackieii (E)
- Jerdon's day gecko, Cnemaspis jerdonii (E)
- Kalakkad rock gecko, Cnemaspis kalakadensis (E)
- Kalsubai dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis kalsubaiensis (E)
- Kanyakumari dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis kanyakumariensis (E)
- Kolhapur day gecko, Cnemaspis kolhapurensis (E)
- Kottiyoor day gecko, Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis (E)
- Koyna dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis koynaensis (E)
- Krishnagiri dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis krishnagiriensis (E)
- Limaye's day gecko, Cnemaspis limayei (E)
- Sharavati rock gecko, Cnemaspis lithophilis (E)
- Coastal day gecko, Cnemaspis littoralis (E)
- Spot-collared dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis maculicollis (E)
- Magnificent dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis magnifica (E)
- Mahabal's day gecko, Cnemaspis mahabali (E)
- Maharashtra dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis maharashtraensis (E)
- Kerala round-eyed gecko, Cnemaspis monticola (E)
- Mundanthurai rock gecko, Cnemaspis mundanthuraiensis (E)
- Mysore day gecko, Cnemaspis mysoriensis (E)
- Ponmudi day gecko, Cnemaspis nairi (E)
- Nicobar day gecko, Cnemaspis nicobaricus (E)
- Black-bellied dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis nigriventris (E)
- Nilgiri day gecko, Cnemaspis nilagirica (E)
- Clouded forest gecko, Cnemaspis nimbus (E)
- Ornate day gecko, Cnemaspis ornata (E)
- Ota's day gecko, Cnemaspis otai (E)
- Pachaimalai dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis (E)
- Pakkamalai dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis pakkamalaiensis (E)
- Palakkad dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis palakkadensis (E)
- Palani dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis palanica (E)
- Anaimalai ground-dwelling dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis persephone (E)
- Rajgad dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis rajgadensis (E)
- Rangana dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis ranganaensis (E)
- Rashid's dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis rashidi (E)
- Regal dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis regalis (E)
- Reticulated dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis reticulata (E)
- Rishi Valley dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis rishivalleyensis (E)
- Red-eyed dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis rubraoculus (E)
- Scarlet dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis rudhira (E)
- Sahyadri dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis sahyadriensis (E)
- Sakleshpur dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis sakleshpurensis (E)
- Salim Ali's dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis salimalii (E)
- Holy dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis sanctus (E)
- Sathuragiri dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis sathuragiriensis (E)
- Schaller's Sakleshpur dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis schalleri (E)
- Shevaroy dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis shevaroyensis (E)
- Sispara day gecko, Cnemaspis sisparensis (E)
- Smaug round-eyed gecko, Cnemaspis smaug (E)
- Stardust dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis stellapulvis (E)
- Sundar dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis sundara (E)
- Tenkasi dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis tenkasiensis (E)
- Thackeray's dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis thackerayi (E)
- Banded dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis tigris (E)
- Painted dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis triedra (E)
- Rough-bellied day gecko, Cnemaspis tropidogaster
- Umashaanker's dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis umashaankeri (E)
- Northern Hills dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis uttaraghati (E)
- Valparai dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis valparaiensis (E)
- Van Gogh's starry dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis vangoghi (E)
- Vijaya's dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis vijayae (E)
- Wallace's dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis wallaceii (E)
- Captain Wick's dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis wicksi (E)
- Wynad day gecko, Cnemaspis wynadensis (E)
- Yelagiri dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis yelagiriensis (E)
- Yercaud day gecko, Cnemaspis yercaudensis (E)
- Zachary's dwarf gecko, Cnemaspis zacharyi (E)
- Aaron Bauer's bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus aaronbaueri (E)
- Adler's bow-fingered gecko, Cyrtodactylus adleri (E)
- Meghalaya bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus agarwali (E)
- Deccan banded gecko, Cyrtodactylus albofasciatus (E)
- Aravind's ground gecko, Cyrtodactylus aravindi (E)
- Garo Hills bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus bapme (E)
- Barail Hills bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus barailensis (E)
- Bengkhuaia's bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus bengkhuaiai (E)
- Bhupathy's bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus bhupathyi (E)
- Camorta bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus camortensis (E)
- Cayu bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus cayuensis
- Chamba bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus chamba (E)
- Coastal Kerala geckoella, Cyrtodactylus chengodumalaensis (E)
- Kollegal ground gecko, Cyrtodactylus collegalensis (E)
- Banded ground gecko, Cyrtodactylus deccanensis (E)
- Meghalayan bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus exercitus (E)
- Banded bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus fasciolatus (E)
- Sikkimese bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus gubernatoris (E)
- Guwahati bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus guwahatiensis (E)
- Himachal bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus himachalensis (E)
- Himalayan bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus himalayanus (E)
- Darjeeling bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus himalayicus (E)
- Irula geckoella, Cyrtodactylus irulaorum (E)
- Jaintia bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus jaintiaensis (E)
- Jayaditya's forest bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus jayadityai (E)[9]
- Jaipore bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus jeyporensis (E)
- Kameng bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus kamengensis (E)
- Limestone-dwelling bent toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus karsticola (E)
- Kaziranga bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus kazirangaensis (E)
- Khasi Hills bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus khasiensis (E)
- Kiphire bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus kiphire (E)
- Lawder's bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus lawderanus (E)
- Lunglei bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus lungleiensis (E)
- Manipur bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus manipurensis (E)
- Jampui bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus montanus (E)
- Nagaland bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus nagalandensis (E)
- Namdapha bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus namdaphaensis (E)
- Namtiram bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus namtiram (E)
- Latpanchar bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus nebulicola (E)[10]
- Cloudy bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus nebulosus (E)
- Ngengpui bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus ngengpuiensis (E)
- Ngopa bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus ngopensis (E)
- Car Nicobar bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus nicobaricus (E)
- Raimona bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus raimonaensis (E)[11]
- Relict gecko, Cyrtodactylus relictus (E)
- Rishi Valley geckoella, Cyrtodactylus rishivalleyensis (E)
- Red bow-fingered gecko, Cyrtodactylus rubidus
- Northern bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus septentrionalis (E)
- Shivalik bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus shivalikensis (E)
- Siaha bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus siahaensis (E)
- Siang Valley bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus siangensis (E)
- Forest spotted gecko, Cyrtodactylus speciosus (E)
- Bangalore geckoella, Cyrtodactylus srilekhae (E)
- Tripura bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus tripuraensis
- Urban bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus urbanus (E)
- Vairengte bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus vairengtensis (E)
- Vanarakshaka bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus vanarakshaka (E)
- Giri's geckoella, Cyrtodactylus varadgirii (E)
- Delhi rock gecko, Cyrtopodion aravallensis (E)
- Kachh rock gecko, Cyrtopodion kachhense
- Jammu bent-toed gecko, Cyrtopodion mansarulum (E)
- Salt Range gecko, Cyrtopodion montiumsalsorum
- Rough rock gecko, Cyrtopodion scabrum
- Vindhya rock gecko, Cyrtopodion vindhya (E)
- Anamalay gecko, Dravidogecko anamallensis (E)
- Beddome's dravidogecko, Dravidogecko beddomei (E)
- Coonoor dravidogecko, Dravidogecko coonoor (E)
- Adam's dravidogecko, Dravidogecko douglasadamsi (E)
- Janaki's dravidogecko, Dravidogecko janakiae (E)
- Meghamalai dravidogecko, Dravidogecko meghamalaiensis (E)
- Waynad dravidogecko, Dravidogecko septentrionalis (E)
- Smith's dravidogecko, Dravidogecko smithi (E)
- Kodaikanal dravidogecko, Dravidogecko tholpalli (E)
- Common four-clawed gecko, Gehyra mutilata
- Tokay gecko, Gekko gecko
- Horsfield's flying gecko, Gekko horsfieldii
- Kuhl's flying gecko, Gekko kuhli
- Smooth-backed gliding gecko, Gekko lionotum
- Mizoram parachute gecko, Gekko mizoramensis (E)
- Nicobar gliding gecko, Gekko nicobarensis (E)
- Makachua gecko, Gekko stoliczkai (E)
- Andaman giant gecko, Gekko verreauxi (E)
- Aaron Bauer's house gecko, Hemidactylus aaronbaueri (E)
- Spiny-scaled rock gecko, Hemidactylus acanthopholis (E)
- Emulous rock gecko, Hemidactylus aemulus (E)
- White-striped viper gecko, Hemidactylus albofasciatus (E)
- Amarasinghe's house gecko, Hemidactylus amarasinghei (E)
- Northern Burmese half-toed gecko, Hemidactylus aquilonius
- Aravalli house gecko, Hemidactylus aravalliensis (E)
- Brook's house gecko, Hemidactylus brookii
- Chikhaldara brookish gecko, Hemidactylus chikhaldaraensis (E)
- Central Indian leaf-toed gecko, Hemidactylus chipkali (E)
- Easa's rock gecko, Hemidactylus easai (E)
- Mahabubnagar yellow-tailed brookish gecko, Hemidactylus flavicaudus (E)
- Northern house gecko, Hemidactylus flaviviridis
- Common house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus
- Indo-Pacific gecko, Hemidactylus garnotii
- Giant leaf-toed gecko, Hemidactylus giganteus (E)
- Gleadow's house gecko, Hemidactylus gleadowi
- Graceful leaf-toed gecko, Hemidactylus gracilis (E)
- Granite rock gecko, Hemidactylus graniticolus (E)
- Gujarat gecko, Hemidactylus gujaratensis (E)
- Hedge's gecko, Hemidactylus hegdei (E)
- Hemachandra's rock gecko, Hemidactylus hemchandrai (E)
- Kanger Valley rock gecko, Hemidactylus kangerensis (E)
- Kalinga rock gecko, Hemidactylus kalinga (E)
- Kolli rock gecko, Hemidactylus kolliensis (E)
- Leschenault's leaf-toed gecko, Hemidactylus leschenaultii
- Spotted leaf-toed gecko, Hemidactylus maculatus (E)
- Mahony's rock gecko, Hemidactylus mahonyi (E)
- Smith's bent-toed gecko, Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi (E)
- Madurai rock gecko, Hemidactylus multisulcatus (E)
- Murray's house gecko, Hemidactylus murrayi
- Travancore rock gecko, Hemidactylus paaragowli (E)
- Pakkamalai rock gecko, Hemidactylus pakkamalaiensis (E)
- Spotted house gecko, Hemidactylus parvimaculatus
- Few-banded termite hill gecko, Hemidactylus paucifasciatus (E)
- Persian leaf-toed gecko, Hemidactylus persicus
- Flat-tailed house gecko, Hemidactylus platyurus
- Bombay gecko, Hemidactylus prashadi (E)
- Quartzite brookish gecko, Hemidactylus quartziticolus (E)
- Deccan rock gecko, Hemidactylus raya (E)
- Reticulate leaf-toed gecko, Hemidactylus reticulatus (E)
- Rishi Valley rock gecko, Hemidactylus rishivalleyensis (E)
- Heyden's gecko, Hemidactylus robustus
- Sahgal's termite hill gecko, Hemidactylus sahgali
- Sankari brookish gecko, Hemidactylus sankariensis (E)
- Satara gecko, Hemidactylus sataraensis (E)
- Saxatile rock gecko, Hemidactylus saxicolus (E)
- Scaly gecko, Hemidactylus scabriceps
- Sirumalai rock gecko, Hemidactylus sirumalaiensis (E)
- Hampi rock gecko, Hemidactylus siva (E)
- Devarayana Durga Hills half-toed gecko, Hemidactylus srikanthani (E)
- Dutta's Mahendragiri gecko, Hemidactylus sushilduttai (E)
- Tamhini giant gecko, Hemidactylus tamhiniensis (E)
- Treutler's gecko, Hemidactylus treutleri (E)
- Blotched house gecko, Hemidactylus triedrus (E)
- Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus
- Meghamalai rock gecko, Hemidactylus vanam (E)
- Giri's brookish gecko, Hemidactylus varadgirii (E)
- Vijayraghvan's rock gecko, Hemidactylus vijayraghavani (E)
- Whitaker's termite hill gecko, Hemidactylus whitakeri (E)
- Nalgonda yellow-tailed brookish gecko, Hemidactylus xericolus (E)
- Kanker rock gecko, Hemidactylus yajurvedi (E)
- Araku slender gecko, Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis (E)
- Southern Ghats slender gecko, Hemiphyllodactylus aurantiacus (E)
- Goan slender gecko, Hemiphyllodactylus goaensis (E)
- Jnana slender gecko, Hemiphyllodactylus jnana (E)
- Kolli slender gecko, Hemiphyllodactylus kolliensis (E)
- Ganjam slender gecko, Hemiphyllodactylus minimus (E)
- Nilgiri slender gecko, Hemiphyllodactylus nilgiriensis (E)
- Kalakad Mundanthurai slender gecko, Hemiphyllodactylus peninsularis (E)
- Indopacific slender gecko, Hemiphyllodactylus typus
- Venkatadri slender gecko, Hemiphyllodactylus venkatadri (E)
- Mourning gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris
- Persian dwarf gecko, Microgecko persicus
- Andaman day gecko, Phelsuma andamanensis (E)
Family Agamidae[edit | edit source]
- Indian kangaroo lizard, Agasthyagama beddomei (E)
- Northern kangaroo lizard, Agasthyagama edge (E)
- Green-crested lizard, Bronchocela cristatella
- Blue-eyed canopy agama, Bronchocela cyanopalpebra (E)
- Daniel's forest lizard, Bronchocela danieli (E)
- Nicobar canopy agama, Bronchocela nicobarica (E)
- Camorta canopy agama, Bronchocela rubrigularis (E)
- Rajasthan toad-headed lizard, Bufoniceps laungwalaensis
- Common green forest lizard, Calotes calotes
- Emma's forest lizard, Calotes emma
- Giessler's forest lizard, Calotes geissleri
- Large-scaled forest lizard, Calotes grandisquamis (E)
- Irrawady forest lizard, Calotes irawadi
- Yunnan forest lizard, Calotes jerdoni
- Maria's forest lizard, Calotes maria (E)
- Medong bloodsucker, Calotes medogensis
- Hardwicke's bloodsucker, Calotes minor
- Blue-crested lizard, Calotes mystaceus
- Nilgiri forest lizard, Calotes nemoricola
- Small forest lizard, Calotes paulus (E)
- Subansiri forest lizard, Calotes sinyik (E)
- Oriental garden lizard, Calotes versicolor
- Mizoram montane forest lizard, Calotes zolaiking (E)
- Short-tailed bay island forest lizard, Coryphophylax brevicauda (E)
- Maximilian's bay island forest lizard, Coryphophylax maximiliani (E)
- Short-crested bay island forest lizard, Coryphophylax subcristatus (E)
- Ota's mountain lizard, Cristidorsa otai
- Smooth-scaled mountain lizard, Cristidorsa planidorsata
- Blandford's flying lizard, Draco blanfordii
- Western Ghats flying lizard, Draco dussumieri (E)
- Spotted flying lizard, Draco maculatus
- Norville's flying lizard, Draco norvillii
- Anderson's mountain lizard, Japalura andersoniana
- Abor hills agama, Japalura austeniana
- Kumaon mountain lizard, Japalura kumaonensis
- Large mountain lizard, Japalura major (E)
- Mixed-scale mountain lizard, Japalura mictophola (E)
- Burmese Japalure, Japalura sagittifera
- Three-keeled mountain lizard, Japalura tricarinata
- Variegated mountain lizard, Japalura variegata
- Agror agama, Laudakia agrorensis
- Haridwar agama, Laudakia dayana (E)
- Papenfuss' rock agama, Laudakia papenfussi
- Kashmir rock agama, Laudakia tuberculata
- Orange-lipped forest lizard, Microauris aurantolabium (E)
- Spiny-headed lizard, Monilesaurus acanthocephalus (E)
- Elliot's forest lizard, Monilesaurus ellioti (E)
- Montane forest lizard, Monilesaurus montanus (E)
- Roux's forest lizard, Monilesaurus rouxii (E)
- Himalayan agama, Paralaudakia himalayana
- Reticulated toad-headed agama, Phrynocephalus reticulatus
- Theobald's toad-headed agama, Phrynocephalus theobaldi
- Blanford's rock agama, Psammophilus blanfordanus (E)
- Peninsular rock agama, Psammophilus dorsalis (E)
- Andaman canopy agama, Pseudocalotes andamanensis (E)
- Green fan-throated lizard, Ptyctolaemus gularis
- Namdapha fan-throated lizard, Ptyctolaemus namdaphaensis (E)
- Siang fan-throated lizard, Ptyctolaemus siangensis
- Hardwick's spiny-tailed lizard, Saara hardwickii
- Anaimalai spiny lizard, Salea anamallayana (E)
- Horsfield's spiny lizard, Salea horsfieldii (E)
- Darwin's large fan-throated lizard, Sarada darwini (E)
- Deccan fan-throated lizard, Sarada deccanensis (E)
- Superb large fan-throated lizard, Sarada superba (E)
- Devaka's fan-throated lizard, Sitana devakai
- Dharwar fan-throated lizard, Sitana dharwarensis (E)
- Dark sitana, Sitana fusca
- Gokak fan-throated lizard, Sitana gokakensis (E)
- Kalesar fan-throated lizard, Sitana kalesari (E)
- Broad-headed fan-throated lizard, Sitana laticeps (E)
- Serrated fan-throated lizard, Sitana marudhamneydhal (E)
- Pondicherry fan-throated lizard, Sitana ponticeriana
- Schleich's fan-throated lizard, Sitana schleichi
- Siwalik sitana, Sitana sivalensis
- Spiny-headed fan-throated lizard, Sitana spinaecephalus (E)
- Sushil's fan-throated lizard, Sitana sushili (E)
- Najarjuna Sagar fan-throated lizard, Sitana thondalu (E)
- Palmleaf fan-throated lizard, Sitana visiri (E)
- Brilliant ground agama, Trapelus agilis
Family Scincidae[edit | edit source]
- Flame snake-eyed skink, Ablepharus flammeus (E)
- Minor snake-eyed skink, Ablepharus grayanus
- Himalayan ground skink, Ablepharus himalayanus
- Ladakh ground skink, Ablepharus ladacensis
- Asian snake-eyed skink, Ablepharus pannonicus
- Sikkim ground skink, Ablepharus sikimmensis
- Tragbul ground skink, Ablepharus tragbulensis
- Madras spotted skink, Barkudia insularis (E)
- Vishakapatnam legless skink, Barkudia melanosticta (E)
- Five-toed cylindrical skink, Chalcides pentadactylus (E)
- Barred tree skink, Dasia johnsinghi (E)
- Nicobar tree skink, Dasia nicobarensis (E)
- Olive tree skink, Dasia olivacea
- Boulenger's tree skink, Dasia subcaerulea (E)
- Gingee leaf-litter skink, Dravidoseps gingeeensis (E)
- Goan leaf-litter skink, Dravidoseps goaensis (E)
- Jawadhu leaf-litter skink, Dravidoseps jawadhuensis (E)
- Kalkkad leaf-litter skink, Dravidoseps kalakadensis (E)
- Nilgiri gracile skink, Dravidoseps nilgiriensis (E)
- Pruthi's leaf-litter skink, Dravidoseps pruthi (E)
- Srivilliputhur leaf-litter skink, Dravidoseps srivilliputhurensis (E)
- Tamil Nadu leaf-litter skink, Dravidoseps tamilnaduensis (E)
- Poona skink, Eurylepis poonaensis (E)
- Alpine Punjab skink, Eurylepis taeniolata
- Allapalli grass skink, Eutropis allapallensis (E)
- Andaman grass skink, Eutropis andamanensis (E)
- Ashwamedh's writhing skink, Eutropis ashwamedhi (E)
- Beddome's mabuya, Eutropis beddomei
- Bibron's skink, Eutropis bibronii
- Günther's grass skink, Eutropis brevis (E)
- Keeled Indian mabuya, Eutropis carinata
- Inger's mabuya, Eutropis clivicola (E)
- Nicobar sun skink, Eutropis dattaroyi (E)
- Tamil Nadu mabuya, Eutropis dawsoni (E)
- Blanford's mabuya, Eutropis innotata (E)
- Bronze mabuya, Eutropis macularia
- Common sun skink, Eutropis multifasciata
- Sharma's mabuya, Eutropis nagarjuni (E)
- Beautiful mabuya, Eutropis quadricarinata
- Rough mabuya, Eutropis rudis
- Rough-scaled sun skink, Eutropis rugifera
- Three-banded mabuya, Eutropis trivittata
- Tytler's mabuya, Eutropis tytleri (E)
- Lined mabuya, Eutropis vertebralis (E)
- Beddome's ground skink, Kaestlea beddomii (E)
- Two-lined ground skink, Kaestlea bilineata (E)
- Side-spotted skink, Kaestlea laterimaculata (E)
- Palni ground skink, Kaestlea palnica (E)
- Travancore ground skink, Kaestlea travancorica (E)
- Common lanka skink, Lankascincus fallax
- Big-eared lipinia, Lipinia macrotympanum (E)
- Eastern snake skink, Ophiomorus raithmai
- Apatani skink, Protoblepharus apatani (E)
- White-spotted supple skink, Riopa albopunctata
- Deccan gracile skink, Riopa deccanensis (E)
- Günther's writhing skink, Riopa guentheri (E)
- Lined supple skink, Riopa lineata (E)
- Common dotted garden skink, Riopa punctata
- Vosmer's writhing skink, Riopa vosmaerii (E)
- Beddome's cat skink, Ristella beddomii (E)
- Günther's ristella, Ristella guentheri (E)
- Rurk's ristella, Ristella rurkii (E)
- Travancore ristella, Ristella travancorica (E)
- Large-eared ground skink, Scincella macrotis (E)
- Reeves' smooth skink, Scincella reevesii
- Spotted Eastern Ghats skink, Sepsophis punctatus (E)
- Eyelid-lacking forest skink, Sphenomorphus apalpebratus (E)
- Medog skink, Sphenomorphus courcyanus
- Dussumier's forest skink, Sphenomorphus dussumieri (E)
- Indian forest skink, Sphenomorphus indicus
- Spotted forest skink, Sphenomorphus maculatus
- Bowring's supple skink, Subdoluseps bowringii
- North-eastern water skink, Tropidophorus assamensis
Family Anguidae[edit | edit source]
- Asian glass lizard, Dopasia gracilis
Family Dibamidae[edit | edit source]
- Nicobar worm lizard, Dibamus nicobaricum (E)
Family Varanidae[edit | edit source]
- Bengal monitor, Varanus bengalensis
- Yellow monitor, Varanus flavescens
- Desert monitor, Varanus griseus
- Asian water monitor, Varanus salvator
Family Chamaeleonidae[edit | edit source]
- Indian chameleon, Chamaeleo zeylanicus
Family Lacertidae[edit | edit source]
- Indian fringe-fingered lizard, Acanthodactylus cantoris
- Agarwal's lacerta, Ophisops agarwali (E)
- Beddome's lacerta, Ophisops beddomei (E)
- Snake-eyed lacerta, Ophisops jerdonii
- Kutch small-scaled snake-eye, Ophisops kutchensis (E)
- Leschenault's snake-eye, Ophisops leschenaultii
- Small-scaled lacerta, Ophisops microlepis
- Lesser snake-eye, Ophisops nictans
- Pushkar small-scaled snake-eye, Ophisops pushkarensis (E)
- Beautiful lacerta, Ophisops venustus (E)
- Haughton's long-tailed lizard, Takydromus haughtonianus (E)
- Khasi Hills long-tailed lizard, Takydromus khasiensis
- Asian grass lizard, Takydromus sexlineatus
- Sikkim grass lizard, Takydromus sikkimensis
- Ultapan grass lizard, Takydromus ultapanensis (E)
Family Acrochordidae[edit | edit source]
- Little file snake, Acrochordus granulatus
Family Uropeltidae[edit | edit source]
- Two-lined black earth snake, Melanophidium bilineatum (E)
- Khaire's earth snake, Melanophidium khairei (E)
- Beddome's black earth snake, Melanophidium punctatum (E)
- Indian black earth snake, Melanophidium wynaudense (E)
- Madurai shieldtail, Platyplectrurus madurensis (E)
- Three-lined shieldtail, Platyplectrurus trilineatus (E)
- Kerala burrowing snake, Plectrurus aureus (E)
- Günther's burrowing snake, Plectrurus guentheri (E)
- Nilgiri burrowing snake, Plectrurus perroteti (E)
- Karnataka burrowing snake, Pseudoplectrurus canaricus (E)
- Cardamom Hills earth snake, Rhinophis fergusonianus (E)
- Gower's shieldtail, Rhinophis goweri (E)
- Karinthandan's shieldtail, Rhinophis karinthandani (E)
- Black-and-white shieldtail, Rhinophis melanoleucus (E)
- Salty earth snake, Rhinophis sanguineus (E)
- Siruvani shieldtail, Rhinophis siruvaniensis (E)
- Tamil Nadu earth snake, Rhinophis travancoricus (E)
- Agumbe earth snake, Teretrurus agumbensis (E)
- White-bellied earth snake, Teretrurus albiventer (E)
- Hewston's earth snake, Teretrurus hewstoni (E)
- Periyar earth snake, Teretrurus periyarensis (E)
- Palni Mountain burrowing snake, Teretrurus rhodogaster (E)
- Purple-red earth snake, Teretrurus sanguineus (E)
- Siruvani Hills earth snake, Teretrurus siruvaniensis (E)
- Travancore earth snake, Teretrurus travancoricus (E)
- Tirunelveli earth snake, Uropeltis arcticeps (E)
- Beddome's earth snake, Uropeltis beddomii (E)
- Bhupathy's shieldtail, Uropeltis bhupathyi (E)
- Bicatenate shieldtail, Uropeltis bicatenata (E)
- Brougham's earth snake, Uropeltis broughami (E)
- Tailspot shieldtail, Uropeltis caudomaculata (E)
- Kerala shieldtail, Uropeltis ceylanica (E)
- Sirumalai Hills earth snake, Uropeltis dindigalensis (E)
- Elliot's earth snake, Uropeltis ellioti (E)
- Smith's earth snake, Uropeltis grandis (E)
- Madura shieldtail, Uropeltis guentheri (E)
- Jerdon's shieldtail, Uropeltis jerdoni (E)
- Günther's earth snake, Uropeltis liura (E)
- Bombay earth snake, Uropeltis macrolepis (E)
- Anamally earth snake, Uropeltis macrorhyncha (E)
- Spotted earth snake, Uropeltis maculata (E)
- Madura earth snake, Uropeltis madurensis (E)
- Boulenger's earth snake, Uropeltis myhendrae (E)
- Southern earth snake, Uropeltis nitida (E)
- Ocellated shieldtail, Uropeltis ocellata (E)
- Sheildtail earth snake, Uropeltis petersi (E)
- Phipson's shieldtail, Uropeltis phipsonii (E)
- Rajendran's shieldtail, Uropeltis rajendrani (E)
- Red-lined earth snake, Uropeltis rubrolineata (E)
- Red-spotted earth snake, Uropeltis rubromaculata (E)
- Shevaroy Hills earth snake, Uropeltis shorttii (E)
- Three-cusped uropeltis, Uropeltis tricuspida (E)
- Woodmason's earth snake, Uropeltis woodmasoni (E)
Family Pythonidae[edit | edit source]
- Reticulated python, Malayopython reticulatus
- Burmese python, Python bivittatus
- Indian python, Python molurus
Family Xenopeltidae[edit | edit source]
- Sunbeam snake, Xenopeltis unicolor
Family Boidae[edit | edit source]
- Common sand boa, Eryx conicus
- Indian sand boa, Eryx johnii
- Whitaker's sand boa, Eryx whitakeri (E)
Family Psammophiidae[edit | edit source]
- Oriental sand snake, Psammophis condanarus
- Pakistani ribbon snake, Psammophis leithii
- Long sand racer, Psammophis longifrons (E)
- Schokari sand racer, Psammophis schokari
Family Colubridae[edit | edit source]
- Variable-colored vine snake, Ahaetulla anomala
- Northern Western Ghats vine snake, Ahaetulla borealis (E)
- Günther's vine snake, Ahaetulla dispar (E)
- Farnsworth's vine snake, Ahaetulla farnsworthi (E)
- Yellow whip snake, Ahaetulla flavescens (E)
- Wall's vine snake, Ahaetulla isabellina (E)
- Laudankia vine snake, Ahaetulla laudankia
- Long-snouted vine snake, Ahaetulla longirostris (E)
- Malabar vine snake, Ahaetulla malabarica (E)
- Indian vine snake, Ahaetulla oxyrhynca (E)
- Western Ghats bronzeback, Ahaetulla perroteti (E)
- Sahyadri Hills whipsnake, Ahaetulla sahyadrensis (E)
- Travancore vine snake, Ahaetulla travancorica (E)
- Wynad keelback, Amphiesma monticola (E)
- Buff striped keelback, Amphiesma stolatum
- DiCaprio's Himalayan snake, Anguiculus dicaprioi (E)
- Rapp's Himalayan snake, Anguiculus rappii
- Bella rat snake, Archelaphe bella
- Split keelback, Atretium schistosum
- Mizoram ground snake, Blythia hmuifang (E)
- Blyth's reticulated snake, Blythia reticulata
- Andaman cat snake, Boiga andamanensis (E)
- Beddome's cat snake, Boiga beddomei (E)
- Green cat snake, Boiga cyanea
- Pirmad cat snake, Boiga dightoni (E)
- Yellow-green cat snake, Boiga flaviviridis (E)
- Forsten's cat snake, Boiga forsteni
- Arrowback tree snake, Boiga gocool
- Many-banded tree snake, Boiga multifasciata
- Many-spotted cat snake, Boiga multomaculata
- Collared cat snake, Boiga nuchalis (E)
- Assamese cat snake, Boiga quincunciata
- Eyed cat snake, Boiga siamensis
- Stoliczka's Asian cat snake, Boiga stoliczkae
- Thackeray's cat snake, Boiga thackerayi (E)
- Common cat snake, Boiga trigonata
- Nicobar cat snake, Boiga wallachi (E)
- Indian egg-eating snake, Boiga westermanni
- Garo Hills reed snake, Calamaria garoensis (E)[12]
- Mizoram reed snake, Calamaria mizoramensis (E)
- Ornate flying snake, Chrysopelea ornata
- Paradise flying snake, Chrysopelea paradisi
- Sri Lankan flying snake, Chrysopelea taprobanica
- Black copper rat snake, Coelognathus flavolineatus
- Trinket snake, Coelognathus helena
- Radiated rat snake, Coelognathus radiatus
- Andaman bronzeback, Dendrelaphis andamanensis (E)
- Ashok's bronzeback, Dendrelaphis ashoki (E)
- Boulenger's bronzeback, Dendrelaphis bifrenalis
- Gore's bronzeback, Dendrelaphis biloreatus
- Western Ghats bronzeback, Dendrelaphis chairecacos (E)
- Blue bronzeback, Dendrelaphis cyanochloris
- Giri's bronzeback, Dendrelaphis girii (E)
- Large-eyed bronzeback, Dendrelaphis grandoculis (E)
- Nicobar bronzeback, Dendrelaphis humayuni (E)
- Eastern bronzeback, Dendrelaphis proarchos
- Common bronzeback, Dendrelaphis tristis
- Eastern trinket snake, Elaphe cantoris
- Himalayan trinket, Elaphe hodgsonii
- Beauty rat snake, Elaphe taeniura
- Mandarin rat snake, Euprepiophis mandarinus
- Checkered keelback, Fowlea piscator
- St. John's keelback, Fowlea sanctijohannis
- Bar-necked keelback, Fowlea schnurrenbergeri
- Andaman keelback, Fowlea tytleri (E)
- Calamaria reed snake, Gongylosoma calamaria
- Günther's reed snake, Gongylosoma frenata
- Nicobar reed snake, Gongylosoma nicobariensis (E)
- Common ring-neck, Gongylosoma scriptum
- Khasi Hills trinket snake, Gonyosoma frenatum
- Red-tailed green rat snake, Gonyosoma oxycephalum
- Green bush rat snake, Gonyosoma prasinum
- Yunnan keelback, Hebius clerki
- Kachin keelback, Hebius gilhodesi[13]
- Khasi keelback, Hebius khasiensis
- Crying keelback, Hebius lacrima
- Modest keelback, Hebius modestus
- Parallel Yunnan keelback, Hebius parallelus
- Taron keelback, Hebius taronensis
- Chin Hills keelback, Hebius venningi
- Rakhine keelback, Herpetoreas davidi[13]
- Murlen keelback, Herpetoreas murlen (E)
- Assam keelback, Herpetoreas pealii
- Himalayan keelback, Herpetoreas platyceps
- Sikkim keelback, Herpetoreas sieboldii
- Wall's keelback, Herpetoreas xenura
- Stoliczka's reed snake, Liopeltis stoliczkae
- Indian wolf snake, Lycodon aulicus
- Mackinnon's wolf snake, Lycodon bicolor
- Deccan wolf snake, Lycodon deccanensis (E)
- Banded wolf snake, Lycodon fasciatus
- Russell's wolf snake, Lycodon fasciolatus
- Yellow-collared wolf snake, Lycodon flavicollis (E)
- Yellow-spotted wolf snake, Lycodon flavomaculatus (E)
- Gammie's wolf snake, Lycodon gammiei
- Scarce bridle snake, Lycodon gracilis
- Andaman wolf snake, Lycodon hypsirhinoides (E)
- Irwin's wolf snake, Lycodon irwini (E)
- Yellow-speckled wolf snake, Lycodon jara
- Laotian wolf snake, Lycodon laoensis
- Vellore bridal snake, Lycodon nympha
- White-banded wolf snake, Lycodon septentrionalis
- Barred wolf snake, Lycodon striatus
- Tiwari's wolf snake, Lycodon tiwarii (E)
- Travancore wolf snake, Lycodon travancoricus (E)
- Zaw's wolf snake, Lycodon zawi
- Sindh longnose sand snake, Lytorhynchus paradoxus
- Western kukri snake, Oligodon affinis (E)
- Light-barred kukri snake, Oligodon albocinctus
- Banded kukri snake, Oligodon arnensis
- Shorthead kukri snake, Oligodon brevicauda (E)
- Assam kukri snake, Oligodon catenatus
- Black cross-barred kukri snake, Oligodon cinereus
- Cantor's kukri snake, Oligodon cyclurus
- Bengalese kukri snake, Oligodon dorsalis
- Nagarkot kukri snake, Oligodon erythrogaster
- Namsang kukri snake, Oligodon erythrorhachis (E)
- Walnut kukri snake, Oligodon juglandifer
- Coral-red kukri snake, Oligodon kheriensis
- Blueberry kukri snake, Oligodon melaneus (E)
- Abor hills kukri snake, Oligodon melanozonatus
- Nikhil's kukri snake, Oligodon nikhili (E)
- Russell's kukri snake, Oligodon russelius
- Streaked kukri snake, Oligodon taeniolatus
- Theobald's kukri snake, Oligodon theobaldi
- Tillack's kukri snake, Oligodon tillacki (E)
- Travancore kukri snake, Oligodon travancoricus (E)
- Jerdon's kukri snake, Oligodon venustus (E)
- Andaman black kukri snake, Oligodon woodmasoni (E)
- Red mountain rat snake, Oreocryptophis porphyraceus
- Sharma's racer, Platyceps bholanathi (E)
- Graceful racer, Platyceps gracilis (E)
- Joseph's racer, Platyceps josephi (E)
- Banded racer, Platyceps plinii
- Jan's cliff racer, Platyceps rhodorachis
- Hardwicke's rat snake, Platyceps ventromaculatus
- Stripe-tailed racer, Platyceps vittacaudatus (E)
- Keeled vine snake, Proahaetulla antiqua (E)
- Big-eyed bamboo snake, Pseudoxenodon macrops
- Doria's green snake, Ptyas doriae
- Indochinese rat snake, Ptyas korros
- Oriental rat snake, Ptyas mucosa
- Green rat snake, Ptyas nigromarginata
- Bindee keelback, Rhabdophis bindi
- Heller's red-necked keelback, Rhabdophis helleri
- Orange-collared keelback, Rhabdophis himalayanus
- Leonard's keelback, Rhabdophis leonardi
- Hubei keelback, Rhabdophis nuchalis
- Green keelback, Rhabdophis plumbicolor
- Water rhabdops, Rhabdops aquaticus (E)
- Olive trapezoid snake, Rhabdops olivaceus (E)
- Nilgiri keelback, Sahyadriophis beddomei (E)
- Northern Sahyadri keelback, Sahyadriophis uttaraghati (E)
- Günther's many-tooth snake, Sibynophis bistrigatus
- Collared black-headed snake, Sibynophis collaris
- Cantor's black-headed snake, Sibynophis sagittarius
- Black-headed snake, Sibynophis subpunctatus
- Arunachal rain snake, Smithophis arunachalensis (E)
- Mizo rain snake, Smithophis atemporalis
- Brown trapezoid snake, Smithophis bicolor
- Narrow-banded rain snake, Smithophis leptofasciatus (E)
- Mizoram trapezoid snake, Smithophis mizoramensis (E)
- Red-spotted royal snake, Spalerosophis arenarius
- Royal snake, Spalerosophis atriceps
- Diadem snake, Spalerosophis diadema
- Apte's worm-eating snake, Trachischium apteii (E)
- Blackbelly worm-eating snake, Trachischium fuscum
- Günther's worm-eating snake, Trachischium guentheri
- Olive Oriental slender snake, Trachischium laeve
- Mountain worm-eating snake, Trachischium monticola
- Sushanta's worm-eating snake, Trachischium sushantai (E)
- Yellow-bellied worm-eating snake, Trachischium tenuiceps
- Olive annulate keelback, Trimerodytes percarinatus
- Yunnan annulate keelback, Trimerodytes yunnanensis
- Wallace's racer, Wallaceophis gujaratensis (E)
- Indian smooth snake, Wallophis brachyura (E)
- Painted keelback, Xenochrophis cerasogaster
- Triangle keelback, Xenochrophis trianguligerus
Family Elapidae[edit | edit source]
- Andaman krait, Bungarus andamanensis (E)
- Northeastern hill krait, Bungarus bungaroides
- Common krait, Bungarus caeruleus
- Banded krait, Bungarus fasciatus
- Lesser black krait, Bungarus lividus
- Greater black krait, Bungarus niger
- Sind krait, Bungarus sindanus
- Suzhen's krait, Bungarus suzhenae
- Wall's krait, Bungarus walli
- Beddome's coral snake, Calliophis beddomei (E)
- Bibron's coral snake, Calliophis bibroni (E)
- Castoe's coral snake, Calliophis castoe (E)
- Indian coral snake, Calliophis melanurus
- Black coral snake, Calliophis nigrescens (E)
- Dwarf seasnake, Hydrophis caerulescens
- Spine-bellied sea snake, Hydrophis curtus
- Annulated sea snake, Hydrophis cyanocinctus
- Striped sea snake, Hydrophis fasciatus
- Hardwicke's spine-bellied sea snake, Hydrophis hardwickii
- Jerdon's sea snake, Hydrophis jerdonii
- Persian Gulf sea snake, Hydrophis lapemoides
- Bombay sea snake, Hydrophis mamillaris
- Slender-necked sea snake, Hydrophis melanocephalus
- Black-banded sea snake, Hydrophis nigrocinctus
- Russel's sea snake, Hydrophis obscurus
- Ornate reef snake, Hydrophis ornatus
- Yellow-bellied sea snake, Hydrophis platurus
- Beaked sea snake, Hydrophis schistosus
- Yellow sea snake, Hydrophis spiralis
- Stokes's sea snake, Hydrophis stokesii
- Collared sea snake, Hydrophis stricticollis
- Viperine sea snake, Hydrophis viperinus
- Yellow-lipped sea krait, Laticauda colubrina
- Blue-lipped sea krait, Laticauda laticaudata
- Cantor's narrow-headed sea snake, Microcephalophis cantoris
- Narrow-headed sea snake, Microcephalophis gracilis
- Monocled cobra, Naja kaouthia
- Indian cobra, Naja naja
- Caspian cobra, Naja oxiana
- Andaman cobra, Naja sagittifera (E)
- King cobra, Ophiophagus hannah
- Western Ghats king cobra, Ophiophagus kaalinga (E)
- Gore's coral snake, Sinomicrurus gorei
- MacClelland's coral snake, Sinomicrurus macclellandi
Family Homalopsidae[edit | edit source]
- Cantor's water snake, Cantoria violacea
- Dog-faced water snake, Cerberus rynchops
- Kerala mud snake, Dieurostus dussumieri (E)
- Rainbow water snake, Enhydris enhydris
- Siebold's water snake, Ferania sieboldii
- Crab-eating water snake, Fordonia leucobalia
- Gerard's water snake, Gerarda prevostiana
- Linne's water snake, Homalopsis buccata
- Hardwicke's water snake, Homalopsis hardwickii
- Boie's mud snake, Hypsiscopus plumbeus
Family Pareidae[edit | edit source]
- Anderson's slug snake, Pareas andersonii
- Kadur's slug snake, Pareas kaduri (E)
- Mountain slug snake, Pareas macularius
- Small slug snake, Pareas modestus
- Common slug snake, Pareas monticola
- Captain's wood snake, Xylophis captaini (E)
- Red-and-black wood snake, Xylophis chenkaruppan (E)
- Deepak's wood snake, Xylophis deepaki (E)
- Anamalai wood snake, Xylophis mosaicus (E)
- Perrotet's wood snake, Xylophis perroteti (E)
- Günther's wood snake, Xylophis stenorhynchus (E)
Family Psammodynastidae[edit | edit source]
- Common mock viper, Psammodynastes pulverulentus
Family Xenodermidae[edit | edit source]
- Khasi earth snake, Stoliczkia khasiensis (E)
- Lushai hills dragon snake, Stoliczkia vanhnuailianai (E)
Family Viperidae[edit | edit source]
- Anamalai pit viper, Craspedocephalus anamallensis (E)
- Common bamboo viper, Craspedocephalus gramineus (E)
- Large-scaled pit viper, Craspedocephalus macrolepis (E)
- Malabarian pit viper, Craspedocephalus malabaricus (E)
- Western bamboo pit viper, Craspedocephalus occidentalis (E)
- Southern large-scaled pit viper, Craspedocephalus peltopelor (E)
- Horseshoe pit viper, Craspedocephalus strigatus (E)
- Travancore pit viper, Craspedocephalus travancoricus (E)
- Russell's viper, Daboia russelii
- Saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus
- Chamba pit viper, Gloydius chambensis (E)
- Himalayan pit viper, Gloydius himalayanus
- Hump-nosed viper, Hypnale hypnale
- Levantine viper, Macrovipera lebetinus
- Chinese mountain pit viper, Ovophis monticola
- Zayuan pit viper, Ovophis zayuensis
- East Himalayan pit viper, Protobothrops himalayanus
- Jerdon's pit viper, Protobothrops jerdonii
- Kaulback's pit viper, Protobothrops kaulbacki
- Brown-spotted pit viper, Protobothrops mucrosquamatus
- White-liiped pit viper, Trimeresurus albolabris
- Andaman pit viper, Trimeresurus andersonii (E)
- Arunachal pit viper, Trimeresurus arunachalensis (E)
- Cantor's pit viper, Trimeresurus cantori (E)
- Car Nicobar green pit viper, Trimeresurus davidi (E)
- Spot-tailed pit viper, Trimeresurus erythrurus
- Island pit viper, Trimeresurus labialis (E)
- Maya's pit viper, Trimeresurus mayaae (E)
- Medo pit viper, Trimeresurus medoensis
- Central Nicobar pit viper, Trimeresurus mutabilis (E)
- Pope's pit viper, Trimeresurus popeiorum
- Salazar's pit viper, Trimeresurus salazar
- Nepal pit viper, Trimeresurus septentrionalis
- Stejneger's pit viper, Trimeresurus stejnegeri
- Uetz's pit viper, Trimeresurus uetzi
- Yunnan bamboo pit viper, Trimeresurus yunnanensis
- Hutton's pit viper, Tropidolaemus huttoni (E)
Family Leptotyphlopidae[edit | edit source]
- Sindh thread snake, Myriopholis blanfordii
- Hook-snouted worm snake, Myriopholis macrorhyncha
Family Gerrhopilidae[edit | edit source]
- Andaman worm snake, Gerrhopilus andamanensis (E)
- Beddome's worm snake, Gerrhopilus beddomii (E)
- Few-scaled worm snake, Gerrhopilus oligolepis (E)
- Thurston's worm snake, Gerrhopilus thurstoni (E)
- Nilgiri worm snake, Gerrhopilus tindalli (E)
Family Typhlopidae[edit | edit source]
- Günther's blind snake, Argyrophis bothriorhynchus
- Diard's blind snake, Argyrophis diardii
- Andaman blind snake, Argyrophis oatesii
- Beaked blind snake, Grypotyphlops acutus (E)
- Brahminy blind snake, Indotyphlops braminus
- Fletcher's blind snake, Indotyphlops fletcheri (E)
- Jerdon's blind snake, Indotyphlops jerdoni
- Loveridge's blind snake, Indotyphlops loveridgei (E)
- Darjeeling blind snake, Indotyphlops meszoelyi (E)
- South India blind snake, Indotyphlops pammeces (E)
- Samagutin blind snake, Indotyphlops tenuicollis
- Belgaum worm snake, Pseudoindotyphlops exiguus (E)
- Slender worm snake, Pseudoindotyphlops porrectus
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Search results | The Reptile Database". Reptile Database. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ↑ Daniel, J. C. (2002). Daniel, J. C. (ed.). The book of Indian reptiles and amphibians. Mumbai: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-0-19-566099-9.
- ↑ Das, Indraneil; Das, Abhijit (2018). A Naturalist's Guide to the Reptiles of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. John Beaufoy publishing. ISBN 978-93-86538-02-4.
- ↑ Palot, Muhamed Jafer (17 November 2015). "A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 7 (13): 8010. doi:10.11609/jott.2002.7.13.8010-8022. ISSN 0974-7907.
- ↑ Mohapatra, Pratyush P.; Ray, Sumidh; Sarkar, Sagnik; Deuti, Kaushik, Chordata: Reptilia (PDF), doi:10.26515/Fauna/1/2023/Chordata ( (inactive $1) 4 November 2025), retrieved 4 November 2025
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2025 (link) - ↑ Malsawmdawngliana; Boruah, Bitupan; Patel, Naitik G.; Lalronunga, Samuel; Zosangliana, Isaac; Lalhmangaiha, K.; Das, Abhijit (26 October 2025). "An updated checklist of reptiles from Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, India, with sixteen new distribution records". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 14 (10): 21946–21960. doi:10.11609/jott.8004.14.10.21946-21960. ISSN 0974-7907.
- ↑ Bharali, Manmath; Manab Jyoti Kalita; Sharma, Narayan; Boro, Ananda Ram (26 October 2025). "A review of 21st century studies on lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Sauria) in northeastern India with an updated regional checklist". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 17 (10): 27720–27733. doi:10.11609/jott.8746.17.10.27720-27733. ISSN 0974-7907.
- ↑ Farkas, BaláZs; Praschag, Peter (2025-10-13). "First record of the critically endangered Burmese peacock soft-shelled turtle Nilssonia formosa from India (Testudines: Trionychidae)". Zootaxa. 5706 (3): 448–450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5706.3.8. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 41118859.
- ↑ Bohra, Sanath Chandra; Deb, Arnab; Thongni, Goldenstar; Bhattacharjee, Rupankar; Biakzuala, Lal; Lalremsanga, Hmar Tlawmte; Swargiary, Pranjal; Roy, Rita (2026-04-14). "A new micro-endemic species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the lowlands of Northeast India, with additional morphological notes on Cyrtodactylus khasiensis Jerdon, 1870 based on topotypical specimens from Meghalaya, India". European Journal of Taxonomy (1048): 265–303. doi:10.5852/ejt.2026.1048.3255. ISSN 2118-9773.
- ↑ Ray, Sumidh; Bhupathi, Bharath; Chatterjee, Suvrajyoti; Das, Ritesh; Mohapatra, Pratyush P. (2026-04-30). "Description of a new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from India with redescriptions of the holotypes of C. gubernatoris (Annandale, 1913) and C. himalayicus (Annandale, 1906)". ZooKeys (1278): 317–338. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1278.186655. ISSN 1313-2970.
- ↑ Basfore, Bijay; Bharali, Manmath; Barman, Rathin; Deka, Sanatan; Islam, Nazrul; Deb, Arnab; Bohra, Sanath Chandra; Bhattacharjee, Rupankar; Das, Madhurima; Hazarika, Arup Kumar; Naorem, Anjana Singha; Purkayastha, Jayaditya (2026-04-13). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Kokrajhar District, Assam, India". Zootaxa. 5792 (2): 321–337. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5792.2.5. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ↑ Bharali, Manmath; Sangma, Chesime M.; Amarasinghe, A.A. Thasun (2026-04-14). "A NEW FOSSORIAL REED SNAKE (SQUAMATA: CALAMARIIDAE: Calamaria) FROM NORTHEAST INDIA, WITH A NOMENCLATURAL SYNOPSIS OF THE Calamaria pavimentata COMPLEX". Taprobanica. 15 (1): 12–25. doi:10.47605/tapro.v15i1.397.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Dutta, Sourav; Boruah, Bitupan; Das, Abhijit (2026-03-26). "New record of two natricine snakes, (Wall, 1925) and Nguyen et al., 2024 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae), from India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 18 (3): 28479–28494. doi:10.11609/jott.10309.18.3.28479-28494. ISSN 0974-7907.