There are around 170 species of reptiles living in Pakistan.
There are only 2 species endemic to Pakistan.
Family Crocodylidae (crocodiles) - 1 species
Crocodylus palustris (Mugger Crocodile, Indian Crocodile, Indus Crocodile or Marsh Crocodile)
Family Gavialidae (gharials) - 1 species
Gavialis gangeticus (Indian Gavial or Gharial)
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Around 153 species of squamata are found in Pakistan.
There are 86 species of Lacertilia (lizards and relatives) in Pakistan.
Family Agamidae (agamas) - 22 species
Brachysaura minor (Hardwicke's Bloodsucker)
Calotes versicolor (Oriental Garden Lizard, Eastern Garden Lizard or Changeable Lizard)
Japalura kumaonensis (Kumaon Mountain Lizard)
Laudakia agrorensis (Agror Agama)
Laudakia badakhshana (Badakhshana Rock Agama)
Laudakia caucasia (Caucasian Agama)
Laudakia himalayana (Himalayan Agama)
Laudakia melanura (Black Agama)
Laudakia fusca (Yellow-headed Rock Agama)
Laudakia nupta (Large-scaled Rock Agama) - 2 subspecies
Laudakia n. fusca
Laudakia n. nupta
Laudakia tuberculata (Kashmir Rock Agama)
Phrynocephalus clarkorum (Clark's Toad-headed Agama)
Phrynocephalus euptilopus (Alcock's Toad-headed Agama)
Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus (Yellow-speckled Toad-headed Agama)
Phrynocephalus maculatus (Blacktail Toadhead Agama)
Phrynocephalus ornatus (Ornate Toadhead Agama)
Phrynocephalus scutellatus (Gray Toadhead Agama)
Trapelus agilis pakistanensis (Brilliant Ground Agama)
Trapelus rubrigularis (Red-throated Agama)
Trapelus ruderatus (Horn-scaled Agama or Baluch Ground Agama)
Uromastyx asmussi (Iranian Mastigure)
Uromastyx hardwickii (Hardwick's Spiny-tailed Lizard or Indian Spiny-tailed Lizard)
Family Chamaeleonidae (chameleons) - 1 species
Chamaeleo zeylanicus (Indian Chameleon or Ceylon Chameleon)
Family Gekkonidae (eyelid and lidless geckoes) - 33 species
Agamura femoralis or Rhinogecko femoralis (De Witte's Gecko or Sharp-tailed Spider Gecko)
Agamura persica persica (Persian Spider Gecko)
Asiocolotes depressus (Pigmy Flat Gecko or Low Lying Gecko)
Bunopus tuberculatus (Baluch Rock Gecko)
Crossobamon eversmanni (Baluchistan Sand Gecko or Comb-toed Gecko) - 2 subspecies
Crossobamon e. eversmanni or Crossobamon maynardi
Crossobamon e. lumsdenii
Crossobamon orientalis (Sind Gecko)
Cyrtodactylus walli (Chitral Gecko or Swat Stone Gecko)
Cyrtopodium agamuroides (Nikolsky Spider Gecko)
Cyrtopodium baturensis (Batura thin-toed Gecko or Batura Gecko)
Cyrtopodium dattanensis (Khan's Bow-fingered Gecko or Hazara Gecko)
Cyrtopodium fortmunroi (Fort Munro Gecko)
Cyrtopodium indusoani (Soan Sakaser Gecko)
Cyrtopodium kachhensis (Kutch Gecko) - 2 subspecies
Cyrtopodium k. ingoldbyi (Ingoldby's Stone Gecko)
Cyrtopodium k. kachhensis (Warty Rock Gecko)
Cyrtopodium mintoni (Minton's Gecko)
Cyrtopodium montiumsalsorum (Salt Range Rock Gecko)
Cyrtopodium rhodocaudus (Red-tailed Gecko)
Cyrtopodium rohtasfortai (Rohtas Fort Gecko)
Cyrtopodium scaber (Keeled Rock Gecko)
Cyrtopodium watsoni (Quetta Rock Gecko)
Eublepharis macularius (Leopard Gecko)
Hemidactylus brookii brookii (Brook's House Gecko or Spotted Indian House Gecko)
Hemidactylus flaviviridis (Yellow-bellied House Gecko)
Hemidactylus frenatus (Pacific House Gecko or South Asian Waif Gecko)
Hemidactylus leschenaultii (Leschenault's Leaf-toed Gecko or Bark Gecko)
Hemidactylus persicus (Persian Leaf-toed Gecko)
Hemidactylus triedrus triedus (Termite Hill Gecko or Bloched Gecko)
Hemidactylus turcicus turcicus (Mediterranean House Gecko)
Ptyodactylus homolepis (Pakistan Fan-fingered Gecko) - 2 subspecies
Ptyodactylus h. homolepis
Ptyodactylus h. socotranus
Teratolepis fasciata (Carrot-tail Viper Gecko or Sindh Ground Gecko)
Teratoscincus microlepis (Small-scaled Wonder Gecko or Baluch Plate-tailed Gecko)
Teratoscincus scincus (Turkestan Plate-tailed Gecko or Common Wonder Gecko or Frog-eyed Gecko)
Tropiocolotes helenae (Banded Dwarf Gecko)
Tropiocolotes persica (Persian Sand Gecko or Persian Pygmy Gecko)
Family Lacertidae (sand lizards, wall lizards and true lizards) - 12 species
Acanthodactylus cantoris (Indian Fringe-fingered Lizard) - 2 subspecies
Acanthodactylus c. blanfordii (Mekran Fringe-fingered Lizard)
Acanthodactylus c. cantoris (Indian Fringe-fingered Lizard)
Acanthodactylus micropholis (Yellow-tailed Sand Lizard)
Eremias acutirostris (Reticulate Desert Lacerta)
Eremias fasciata (Yellow-headed Desert Lacerta)
Eremias scripta (Caspian Desert Lacerta)
Eremias velox persica (Persian Steppe Lacerta)
Mesalina brevirostris (Sort-nosed Desert Lacerta)
Mesalina guttulata (Small-spotted Lizard or Long-tailed Desert Lacerta)
Ophisops elegans (Elegant Snake-eyed Lizard) - 2 subspecies
Ophisops e. blanfordi (Blanfords Snake-eyed Lizard)
Ophisops e. elegans (Elegant Snake-eyed Lizard)
Ophisops jerdonii (Jerdon's Snake-Eye d Lizard or Punjab Snake-eyed Lizard)
Ophisops microlepis (Indian Snake-eyed Lizard)
Scapteira aporosceles (Chagai Desert Lacerta)
Family Scincidae (skinks) - 15 species
Ablepharus grayanus (Minor Snake-eyed Skink)
Ablepharus pannonicus (Asian Snake-eyed Skink)
Chalcides ocellatus (Ocellated Skink)
Eumeces schneiderii zarudnyi (Schneider's Skink, Berber skink or Zarudny's Skink)
Eurylepis indothalensis (Thal skink)
Eurylepis taeniolatus (Alpine Punjab Skink or Yellow-bellied Mole Skink)
Eutropis dissimilis (Striped Grass Mabuya or Striped Grass Skink)
Eutropis macularia (Bronze Mabuya, Bronze Grass Skink)
Ophiomorus blanfordi (Makran Sand Swimmer)
Ophiomorus brevipes (Short-toed Sand Swimmer)
Ophiomorus raithmai (Indus Sand Swimmer)
Ophiomorus tridactylus (Three-toed Snake Skink or Indian Sandswimmer)
Scincella ladacensis - 2 subspecies
Scincella l. ladacensis (Ladak Ground Skink)
Scincella l. himalayana (Himalayan Ground Skink)
Family Varanidae (monitor lizards) - 2 species
Varanus flavescens (Yellow Monitor)
Varanus griseus - 2 subspecies
Varanus g. caspius (Eastern Desert Monitor)
Varanus g. koniecznyi (Thar Desert Monitor)
There are 67 species of serpentes (snakes) found in Pakistan.
Family Boidae (boas) - 2 species
Zain Nisar (Indian Sand Boa or Red Sand Boa)
Eryx tataricus speciosus (Tartar Sand Boa)
Gongylophis conicus or Eryx conicus (Rough-scaled Sand Boa)
Family Colubridae (colubrids) - 32 species
Amphiesma platyceps
Amphiesma sielboldii
Amphiesma stolata stolata
Boiga trigonata – 2 subspecies
Boiga t. melanocephala
Boiga t. trigonata
Coluber fasciolatus
Coluber karelini – 2 subspecies
Coluber k. karelini
Coluber k. mintonorum
Coluber ravergeiri ravergeiri
Coluber rhodorachis – 3 subspecies
Coluber r. kashmirensis
Coluber r. ladacensis
Coluber r. rhodorachis
Coluber ventromaculatus – 3 subspecies
Coluber v. bengalensis
Coluber v. indusai
Coluber v. ventromaculatus
Enhydris pakistanica
Lycodon aulicus aulicus
Lycodon striatus – 2 subspecies
Lycodon s. bicolor
Lycodon s. striatus
Lycodon travancoricus
Lytorhynchus maynardi
Lytorhynchus paradoxus
Lytorhynchus ridgewayi
Natrix tessellata tessellate
Oligodon arnensis
Oligodon taeniolatus
Psammophis condanarus condanarus
Psammophis leithii
Psammophis lineolatus
Psammophis schokari
Pseudocyclophis persica
Ptyas mucosus
Sibynophis sagittarius
Spalerosophis arenarius
Spalerosophis diadema – 2 subspecies
Spalerosophis d. diadema
Spalerosophis d. schirazianus
Telescopus rhinopoma
Xenochrophis cerasogaster
Xenochrophis piscator piscator
Xenochrophis sanctijohannis
Family Elapidae (kraits and cobras) - 4 species
Bungarus caeruleus (Common Krait)
Bungarus sindanus (Sind Krait) – 2 subspecies
Bungarus s. razai (Northern Punjab Krait)
Bungarus s. sindanus (Sind Krait)
Naja naja (Indian Cobra or Spectacled Cobra)
Naja oxiana (Central Asian Cobra or Oxus Cobra)
Family Hydrophiidae (sea snakes) - 14 species
Astrotia stokesii (Stokes' Sea Snake)
Enhydrina schistosa (Beaked Sea Snake, Hook-nosed Sea Snake, Common Sea Snake or Valakadyn Sea Snake)
Hydrophis caerulescens (Dwarf Seasnake or Many-toothed Sea Snake)
Hydrophis cyanocinctus (Annulated Sea Snake or Blue-banded Sea Snake)
Hydrophis fasciatus (Striped Sea Snake)
Hydrophis lapemoides (Persian Gulf Sea Snake)
Hydrophis mamillaris (Bombay Sea Snake)
Hydrophis ornatus (Ornate Reef Seasnake)
Hydrophis spiralis (Yellow Sea Snake)
Lapemis curtus (Shaw's Sea Snake)
Microcephalophis cantoris (Cantor's Small-headed Sea Snake)
Microcephalophis gracilis (Graceful Small-headed Sea Snake or Slender Sea Snake)
Pelamis platurus (Yellow-bellied Sea Snake or Pelagic Sea Snake)
Praescutata viperina (Viperine Sea Snake)
Family Leptotyphlopidae (thread snakes) - 2 species
Leptotyphlops blanfordii (Blanford's Worm Snake or Sind Thread Snake)
Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus (Long-nosed Worm Snake or Beaked Thread Snake)
Family Pythonidae (pythons) - 1 species
Python molurus molurus (Indian Python, Black-tailed Python or Sind Python)
Family Typhlopidae (blind snakes) - 5 species
Ramphotyphlops braminus (Brahminy Blind Snake)
Typhlops ahsanai (Ahsan's Blind Snake)
Typhlops porrectus or Typhlops ductuliformes (Slender Worm Snake)
Typhlops madgemintonai – 2 subspecies
Typhlops m. madgemintonai (Madge's Blind Snake)
Typhlops m. shermanai (Sherman's Blind Snake)
Family Viperidae (vipers and pit vipers) - 7 species
Daboia russelii russelii (Daboia or Russell's Viper)
Echis carinatus (Indian Saw-scaled Viper) - 3 subspecies
Echis c. astolae (Astola Saw-scaled Viper)
Echis c. multisquamatus (Multiscale Saw-scaled Viper)
Echis c. sochureki (Sochurek's Saw-scaled Viper)
Echis pyramidum (Northeast African Carpet Viper, Egyptian Saw-scaled Viper)
Eristicophis macmahonii (McMahon's Viper, Asian Sand Viper, Leaf-nosed Viper)
Gloydius himalayanus (Himalayan Pit Viper)
Macrovipera lebetina obtusa (West-Asian Blunt-nosed Viper, Levant Blunt-nosed Viper)
Pseudocerastes persicus persicus (Persian Horned Viper, False Horned Viper)
There are 15 species of testudines that represent Pakistan.
Family Cheloniidae (sea turtles) - 4 species
Chelonia mydas (Green 'Sea' Turtle)
Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)
Eretmochelys imbricata bissa (Hawksbill Turtle)
Lepidochelys olivacea (Olive Ridley Turtle)
Family Dermochelyidae (softshell sea turtles) - 1 species
Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback 'Sea' Turtle or Leatherback)
Family Geoemydidae (Asian river turtles, Asian leaf turtles, Asian box turtles and roofed turtles) - 4 species
Geoclemys hamiltonii (Black Pond Turtle, Spotted Pond Turtle or Indian Spotted Turtle)
Hardella thurjii (Brahminy River Turtle or Crowned River Turtle)
Kachuga smithii smithii (Brown-roofed Turtle)
Kachuga tecta (Indian Roofed Turtle)
Family Testudinidae (true tortoises) - 2 species
Geochelone elegans (Indian Star Tortoise)
Testudo horsfieldi horsfieldii (Afghan Tortoise, Horsfield's Tortoise or Central Asian Tortoise)
Family Trionychidae (softshell turtles) - 4 species
Aspideretes gangeticus indica (Ganges Soft-shelled Turtle)
Aspideretes hurum (Peacock Soft-shelled Turtle)
Chitra indica (Narrow-headed Soft-shelled Turtle)
Lissemys punctata andersoni (Indian Flap-shelled Turtle)
