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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Diploderma (Eastern Mountain Agamas)   Diploderma micangshanense Shaanxi Mountain Agama Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Li, Li & Wang 2000 Li, Li, Wang & Zhang 2000 Liu, Hou, Wang, Ananjeva & Rao 2020 Wang, Gao, Wu, Dong, Feng, Shen, Jin, Shi, Qi, Siler & Che 2021 Wang, Jiang, Ren, Zou, Wu, Che & Siler 2019 Wang, Qi, Wang, Koehler, Lu, Lyu, Wang, Wang & Che 2022 Wang, Ren, Jiang, Yuan, Che & Siler 2017 Wang, Ren, Wu, Jiang, Jin, Hou, Zheng, Xie, Siler & Che 2021 Yao 2004 Genus Laudakia (Asian Rock Agamas)   Laudakia stoliczkana Mongolian Rock Agama Ananjeva, Guo & Wang 2011 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Phrynocephalus (Toad-headed Agamas)   Phrynocephalus axillaris East Turkestan Toad-headed Agama Ananjeva, Guo & Wang 2011 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Pang, Wang, Zhong, Hoelzel, Papenfuss, Zeng, Ananjeva & Zhang 2003 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Phrynocephalus frontalis Shanxi Toad-headed Agama Dunayev, Solovyeva & Poyarkov 2021 Pang, Wang, Zhong, Hoelzel, Papenfuss, Zeng, Ananjeva & Zhang 2003 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Phrynocephalus hispidus Dzungarian Toad-headed Agama Buehler, Zoljargal, Purvee, Munkhbayar, Munkhbaatar, Batsaikhan, Ananjeva, Orlov, Papenfuss, Roldan-Pina, Douchindorj, Grismer, Oaks, Brown & Grismer 2021 Dunayev, Solovyeva & Poyarkov 2021   Phrynocephalus przewalskii Alashan Toad-headed Agama Ananjeva, Guo & Wang 2011 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Dunayev, Solovyeva & Poyarkov 2021 Pang, Wang, Zhong, Hoelzel, Papenfuss, Zeng, Ananjeva & Zhang 2003 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Phrynocephalus putjatai Guide Toad-headed Agama Ananjeva, Guo & Wang 2011 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Guo & Wang 2007   Phrynocephalus versicolor Piebald Toad-headed Agama Ananjeva, Guo & Wang 2011 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Pang, Wang, Zhong, Hoelzel, Papenfuss, Zeng, Ananjeva & Zhang 2003 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Phrynocephalus vlangalii Quinghai Toad-headed Agama Ananjeva, Guo & Wang 2011 Barabanov & Ananjeva 2007 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Pang, Wang, Zhong, Hoelzel, Papenfuss, Zeng, Ananjeva & Zhang 2003 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Alsophylax (Asian Lowland Pygmy Geckos)   Alsophylax pipiens Caspian Pygmy Gecko Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Alsophylax przewalskii Chinese Pygmy Gecko Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Lin, Zhao & Shi 2010 Genus Gekko (Tokays)   Gekko japonicus Japanese Giant Gecko Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Gekko swinhonis Beijing Gecko Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   * Gekko wenxianensis Wenxian Gecko Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Zhou & Wang 2008 Genus Tenuidactylus (Central Asian Thin-toed Geckos)   Tenuidactylus elongatus Gobi Thin-toed Gecko Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Eremias (Desert and Steppe Runners)   Eremias argus Mongolian Desert Runner Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Eremias multiocellata Multiocellated Desert Runner Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Eremias przewalskii Gobi Desert Runner Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Eremias velox Rapid Steppe Runner Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Eremias vermiculata Central Asian Desert Runner Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Takydromus (Oriental Grass Lizards)   Takydromus amurensis Amur Grass Lizard Yao 2004   Takydromus septentrionalis Northern Grass Lizard Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)   Plestiodon capito Northern Chinese Blue-tailed Skink Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Scincella (South Asian and American Ground Skinks)   Scincella potanini Sichuan Ground Skink Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Yao 2004   * Scincella przewalskii Gansu Ground Skink Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Scincella tsinlingensis Shaanxi Ground Skink Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)   Sphenomorphus indicus Common Indian Forest Skink Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.) Genus Teratoscincus (Plate-tailed Geckos)   Teratoscincus przewalskii Mongolian Plate-tailed Gecko Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Macey, Ananjeva, Wang & Papenfuss 1997 Yao 2004

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)   Eryx miliaris Desert Sand Boa Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Eryx tataricus Tatary Sand Boa Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)   Boiga kraepelini Kelung Cat Snake Yao 2004 Genus Elaphe (Palearctic-Oriental Rat Snakes)   Elaphe bimaculata Twin-spotted Rat Snake Yao 2004   Elaphe carinata East Asian Keeled Rat Snake Schulz 1996 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Elaphe dione Dione Rat Snake Schulz 1996 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Elaphe schrenckii Amur Rat Snake Schulz 1996 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Elaphe taeniura Stripe-tailed Rat Snake Schulz 1996 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Euprepiophis (East Asian Rat Snakes)   Euprepiophis mandarinus Mandarin Rat Snake Schulz 1996 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Hebius (Oriental Equatorial Keelbacks)   Hebius craspedogaster Kuatun Keelback Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Hebius sauteri Kosempo Keelback Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Yao 2004 Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)   Lycodon fasciatus Yellow-banded Wolf Snake Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Lycodon multizonatus Luding Wolf Snake Guo, Liu, Li, Zhong, Chen & Wang 2012 Wang, Qi, Lyu, Zeng & Wang 2020 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Lycodon rufozonatus Red-banded Big-toothed Snake Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Lycodon ruhstrati Taiwanese Wolf Snake Vogel, David, Pauwels, Sumontha, Norval, Hendrix, Vu & Ziegler 2009 Yao 2004 Genus Oreocryptophis (Red Mountain Rat Snake)   Oreocryptophis porphyraceus Red Mountain Rat Snake Schulz & Helfenberger 1998 Schulz 1996 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Orientocoluber (North Asian Whip Snake)   Orientocoluber spinalis North Asian Whip Snake Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Plagiopholis (Blotch-necked Snakes)   Plagiopholis styani Fujian Blotch-necked Snake Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Pseudoxenodon (Mock Cobras)   Pseudoxenodon macrops Common Large-eyed Mock Cobra Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Ptyas (Giant Rat Snakes and Oriental Green Snakes)   Ptyas dhumnades Black-striped Rat Snake Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Ptyas major Greater Green Snake Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Ptyas nigromarginata Oriental Green Rat Snake Yao 2004 Genus Rhabdophis (Asian Keelbacks)   Rhabdophis lateralis Chinese Tiger Keelback Takeuchi, Zhu, Ding, Tang, Ota, Mori, Oh & Hikida 2014 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993 Zhu, Wang, Takeuchi & Zhao 2014 [as R. tigrinus]   Rhabdophis nuchalis Collared Keelback Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Sibynophis (Oriental Black-headed Snakes)   Sibynophis chinensis Chinese Black-headed Snake Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Trimerodytes (Asian Water Snakes)   Trimerodytes percarinatus Chinese Keelback Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Sinomicrurus (East Asian Coral Snakes)   Sinomicrurus annularis Hong Kong Coral Snake Smart, Ingrasci, Sarker, Lalremsanga, Murphy, Ota, Tu, Shouche, Orlov & Smith 2021  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis lineolatus Steppe Sand Snake Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Pareidae (Oriental Slug Eaters) Genus Pareas (Typical Oriental Slug Eaters)   Pareas boulengeri Guizhou Slug Eater Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Azemiops (Asian Mole Vipers)   Azemiops kharini White-headed Mole Viper Yao 2004 [as feae] Genus Gloydius (Mamushis)   Gloydius angusticeps Narrow-headed Mamushi Shi, Yang, Zhang, Peng, Orlov, Jiang, Ding, Hou, Huang, Huang & Li 2018   Gloydius cognatus Alashan Mamushi Dirksen & Boehme 2005 Gloyd & Conant 1990 Gloyd 1977 Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Yao 2004 [as brevicaudus] Zhao & Adler 1993 [as Agkistrodon blomhoffii brevicaudus]   Gloydius intermedius Siberian Mamushi Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Gloydius liupanensis Liupan Mamushi Liu, Song & Luo 1989 Yao 2004 [as strauchi] Zhao & Adler 1993 [as strauchi] Genus Ovophis (Asian Mountain Pitvipers)   Ovophis makazayazaya Eastern Mountain Pitviper Yao 2004 [as monticola] Zhao & Adler 1993 [as monticola] Genus Protobothrops (Habus and allies)   Protobothrops jerdonii Spotted Mountain Pitviper Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993   Protobothrops mucrosquamatus Brown-spotted Pitviper Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Viridovipera (Green Tree Pitvipers)   Viridovipera stejnegeri Chinese Green Tree Pitviper David, Vidal & Pauwels 2001 Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Achalinus (East Asian Burrowing Snakes)   Achalinus spinalis Grey Burrowing Snake Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Mauremys (Stripe-necked Turtles)   Mauremys reevesii Chinese Three-keeled Pond Turtle Lau & Shi 2000 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Yao 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993