List of reptiles of South Asia

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 India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh

Family Dermochelyidae

Leatherback Sea Turtle Dermochelys coriacea Global

Family Cheloniidae

Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta Tropical regions

Green turtle Chelonia mydas Tropical regions

Hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata Tropical regions

Olive Ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea Tropical regions

Family Testudinidae

Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) India

Elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malay peninsula, Indo-China

Travancore tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica) Western Ghats

Asian brown tortoise (Manouria emys) India, Bangladesh, Malay region

Central Asian tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii) Pakistan

Family Bataguridae

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, Mayanmar, 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

Flatback Turtle Natator depressus

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

Family Eublepharidae

Indian fat-tailed gecko Eublepharis fuscus Western India

Hardwicke's fat-tailed gecko Eublepharis hardwickii Eastern and central India

Pakistani leopard gecko Eublepharis macularius Pakistan, Northwest India

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

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

Smith's bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus malcomsmithi

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

Dravidogecko anamallensis

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)

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

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

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

White-striped Viper Gecko Teratolepis albofasciatus

Carrot-tailed Viper Gecko Teratolepis fasciata

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

Elliot's Forest Lizard (Calotes ellioti) India.

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 Hill's 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

Roux Forest Lizard (Calotes rouxii) India

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

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

Agile Agama (Trapelus agilis) Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northwest India

Indian Spiny-tailed Lizard (Uromastyx hardwickii) Pakistan, Northwest India

Family Chamaeleonidae

Indian chamaeleon Chamaeleo zeylanicus Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka

Family Dibamidae

Dibamus nicobaricum

Family Anguidae

Armoured glass snake Ophisaurus apodus Eurasia, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Eastern glass snake Ophisaurus gracilis India (Himalayas, Northeast), Myanmar

Family Scincidae

Note: Some authors move the Asian skinks of the genus Mabuya to Eutropis.

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 schneideri (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 Pradesh

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 albopunctata (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

Blanford's Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus blanfordii

Indian Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus cantoris

Small-spotted Lizard Mesalina guttulata

Beddome's Snake-Eye Ophisops beddomei

Snake-eyed Lizard Ophisops elegans

Jerdon's Snake-Eye Ophisops jerdonii

Leschenault's Snake-Eye Ophisops leschenaultii

Ophisops microlepis

Deraniyagala's striped lacerta Ophisops minor India, Sri Lanka

Goalpara Grass Lizard Takydromus haughtonianus

Java Grass Lizard Takydromus khasiensis

Asian Grass Lizard Takydromus sexlineatus

Family Varanidae

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

Family Gymnothalmidae

Vanzosaura rubricauda (Boulenger, 1902)

See List of snakes of South Asia