Reptiles of
Gansu [China]

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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.
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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