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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:

	Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)   Crocodylus palustris Mugger Gayen 1999 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vos 1984 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2011 Vyas 2012 Whitaker & Andrews 2003

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Calotes (South Asian Forest Agamas)   Calotes minor Short-tailed Ground Agama Gayen 1999 Ingle, Sarsavan & Pawar 2012 Murthy 1985 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001   Calotes versicolor South Indian Crested Agama Gayen 1999 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2011   Calotes vultuosus Kolkata Crested Agama Gowande, Pal, Jablonski, Masroor, Phansalkar, Dsouza, Jayarajan & Shanker 2021 Genus Monilesaurus (Necklace Forest Agamas)   Monilesaurus rouxii Central Indian Forest Agama Gayen 1999 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2011 Genus Psammophilus (Indian Rock Agamas)   Psammophilus blanfordanus Common Indian Rock Agama Patel & Vyas 2019 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2011 Vyas, Rao & Nagulu 2000 Genus Sitana (Lesser Fan-throated Agamas)   Sitana spinaecephala Spiny-headed Fan-throated Agama Deepak, Giri, Asif, Dutta, Vyas, Zambre, Bhosale & Karanth 2016 Gayen 1999 [as ponticeriana] Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 [as ponticeriana] Sharma 2000 [as ponticeriana] Vyas 1998 [as ponticeriana] Vyas 2000 [as ponticeriana] Vyas 2001 [as ponticeriana] Vyas 2004 [as ponticeriana] Vyas 2011 [as ponticeriana] Genus Saara (Eastern Spiny-tailed Agamas)   Saara hardwickii Indian Spiny-tailed Agama Daniel 1983 Gayen 1999 Murthy 1985 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Genus Trapelus (Afro-Asian Ground Agamas)   Trapelus agilis Brilliant Ground Agama Joshi, Misher & Thorat 2017 Patel & Vyas 2019  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo zeylanicus Asian Chameleon Gayen 1999 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2011  Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos) Genus Eublepharis (Southwest Asian Fat-tailed Geckos)   Eublepharis fuscus Western Indian Fat-tailed Gecko Gayen 1999 Mirza, Sanap, Raju, Gawai & Ghadekar 2014 Patel & Vyas 2019 Seufer, Kaverkin & Kirschner (eds.) 2005 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)   Cyrtodactylus deccanensis Deccan Bent-toed Gecko Patel & Vyas 2019   Cyrtodactylus varadgirii Mumbai Bent-toed Gecko Agarwal 2016 Agarwal, Mirza, Pal, Maddock, Mishra & Bauer 2016 Patel & Vyas 2019 Vyas 1998 [as collegalensis] Vyas 2000 [as collegalensis] Vyas 2001 [as collegalensis] Vyas 2004 [as collegalensis] Genus Cyrtopodion (Palearctic Bent-toed Geckos)   Cyrtopodion kachhense Cutch Thin-toed Gecko Gayen 1999 Murthy 1985 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Szczerbak & Golubev 1996 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001   Cyrtopodion scabrum Keeled Rock Gecko Pardeshi, Kumar & Das 2010 Patel & Vyas 2019   * Cyrtopodion vindhya Vindhya Hills Bent-toed Gecko Patel, Thackeray, Mirza & Vyas 2023 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus brookii Spotted Half-toed Gecko Gayen 1999 Mahony 2011 Parmar & Tank 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2011   Hemidactylus flaviviridis Yellow-bellied House Gecko Das, Purkayastha, Bauer & Sengupta 2011 Gayen 1999 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2011   Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Patel, Naik & Tank 2016 Vyas 2005   Hemidactylus gracilis Slender House Gecko Patel & Vyas 2019 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2007   * Hemidactylus gujaratensis Gujarat Half-toed Gecko Giri, Bauer, Vyas & Patil 2009 Patel & Vyas 2019   Hemidactylus leschenaultii Tamarind Tree Gecko Gayen 1999 Murthy 1985 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Smith 1935 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2011   Hemidactylus maculatus Dark-spotted Giant Gecko Agarwal, Giri & Bauer 2011 Daniel 1983 Murthy 1985 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu & Kumar 2018 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001   Hemidactylus murrayi Pimpri Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016 Patel & Vyas 2019   Hemidactylus persicus Persian Half-toed Gecko Patel & Vyas 2019 Venugopal 2010 Vyas, Giri & Bauer 2006   Hemidactylus robustus Red Sea Half-toed Gecko Carranza & Arnold 2012 Gayen 1999 [as porbandarensis] Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 [as porbandarensis] Tikader & Sharma 1992 [as porbandarensis] Vyas 1998 [as porbandarensis] Vyas 2000 [as porbandarensis] Vyas 2001 [as porbandarensis] Vyas 2006 [as porbandarensis]   Hemidactylus sahgali Northern Termite Hill Gecko Gayen 1999 [as triedrus] Mirza, Gowande, Patil, Ambekar & Patel 2018 Patel & Vyas 2019 Vyas 1998 [as triedrus] Vyas 2000 [as t. triedrus] Vyas 2001 [as t. triedrus] Vyas 2011 [as triedrus]  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)   Acanthodactylus cantoris Indian Fringe-toed Lizard Gayen 1999 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Genus Ophisops (Snake-eyed Lizards)   * Ophisops agarwali Dahod Snake-eyed Lizard Patel & Vyas 2020   Ophisops beddomii Kerala Snake-eyed Lizard Patel & Vyas 2019 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2003 Vyas 2007   Ophisops jerdonii Punjab Snake-eyed Lizard Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri 2018 Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Gayen 1999 Murthy 1985 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001   * Ophisops kutchensis Kutch Snake-eyed Lizard Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri 2018 Patel & Vyas 2019   Ophisops pushkarensis Pushkar Snake-eyed Lizard Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri 2018 Patel & Vyas 2019  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Ablepharus (Eurasian Snake-eyed Skinks)   Ablepharus grayanus Earless Snake-eyed Skink Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Gayen 1999 Murthy 1985 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Genus Eurylepis (Asian Mole Skinks)   Eurylepis taeniolatus Yellow-bellied Mole Skink Murthy 1985 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Sindaco, Busais, Amr, Ananjeva, Orlov, Papenfuss, Shafiei, Bafti, Nilson, Shestopal, Dujsebayeva, Nuridjanov, Golynsky, Borkin & Milto 2021 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Genus Eutropis (South Asian Sun Skinks)   Eutropis allapallensis Allapalli Sun Skink Bag, Raha & Deuti 2020 Ganesh & Arumugam 2016 Patel & Vyas 2019 Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu 2013 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2007 Vyas 2009 Vyas 2011   Eutropis carinata Brahminy Skink Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Patel, Deuti, Campbell, Palot, Karunarathna, Abinawanto & Supriatna 2021 Gayen 1999 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2009 Vyas 2011   Eutropis macularia Speckled Forest Skink Gayen 1999 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2009 Vyas 2011   Eutropis trivittata Three-striped Sun Skink Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Mirza, Campbell, Pauwels, Schweiger, Kupfer, Patel, Karunarathna, Deuti, Ineich, Hallermann, Abinawantoa & Supriatna 2021 Patel & Vyas 2019 [as dissimilis] Vyas & Patel 1992 [as dissimilis] Vyas 1998 [as dissimilis] Vyas 2000 [as dissimilis] Vyas 2001 [as dissimilis] Genus Ophiomorus (South West Asian Snake Skinks)   Ophiomorus raithmai Indian Snake Skink Anderson & Leviton 1966 Biswas & Sanyal 1977 [as tridactylus] Gayen 1999 [as tridactylus] Murthy 1985 [as tridactylus] Patel & Vyas 2019 Tikader & Sharma 1992 [as tridactylus] Vyas 1998 [as tridactylus] Vyas 2000 [as tridactylus] Genus Riopa (Asian Gracile Skinks)   Riopa albopunctata White-spotted Gracile Skink Acharya 1949 Gayen 1999 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2009 Vyas 2010 Vyas 2011   Riopa guentheri Malabar Gracile Skink Bhilala, Ashaharraza, Ingle, Das, Sambath & Mohapatra 2021 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2006 Vyas 2014   Riopa lineata Indian Striped Gracile Skink Gayen 1999 Mirza, Ahmed & Patil 2010 Naik & Vinod 1994 Patel & Vyas 2019 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2009 Vyas 2011 Vyas 2014   Riopa punctata Spotted Gracile Skink Gayen 1999 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2011  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor Gayen 1999 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2011   Varanus griseus Desert Monitor Patel & Vyas 2019 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Acrochordidae (Australasian File Snakes) Genus Acrochordus (Australasian File Snakes)   Acrochordus granulatus Lesser File Snake Parmar 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)   Eryx conicus Rough-scaled Sand Boa Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011   Eryx johnii Red Sand Boa Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Ahaetulla (Oriental Whip Snakes)   Ahaetulla laudankia Laudankia Whip Snake Deepak, Narayanan, Sarkar, Dutta & Mohapatra 2019 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Patel & Vyas 2019 [as A. nasuta] Patel, Vyas & Vaghashiya 2019 Sharma 2000 [as nasuta] Vyas 1998 [as nasuta] Vyas 2000 [as nasuta] Vyas 2001 [as nasuta] Vyas 2004 [as nasuta] Vyas 2008 [as nasuta] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 [as nasuta]   Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha Southeast Indian Whip Snake Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Genus Amphiesma (South Asian Keelbacks)   Amphiesma stolatum Buff-striped Keelback Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011 Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)   Boiga beddomei Yellow-bellied Cat Snake Patel & Vyas 2019 Vyas & Desai 2010 Vyas & Prajapati 2010   Boiga forsteni Speckled Cat Snake Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Boiga trigonata Western Gamma Cat Snake Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011   Boiga westermanni Indian Egg Eater Dandge & Tiple 2016 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Manhas 2021 Narayanan 2012 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2014 Visvanathan 2015 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2010 Vyas 2013 Vyas, Patel & Dudhatra 2017 Genus Chrysopelea (Flying Tree Snakes)   Chrysopelea ornata Ornate Flying Tree Snake Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008 Genus Coelognathus (Oriental Rat Snakes)   Coelognathus helena Indian Trinket Snake Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Mohapatra, Schulz, Helfenberger, Hofmann & Dutta 2016 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011 Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)   Dendrelaphis tristis Common Indian Bronzeback Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Fowlea (Fishing Keelbacks)   Fowlea piscator Checkered Keelback Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011 Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)   Lycodon aulicus Indian Wolf Snake Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011   Lycodon bicolor Golden-spotted Wolf Snake Gayen 1999 [as L. striatus] Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 [as L. striatus] Patel & Vyas 2019 [as L. striatus] Sharma 2000 [as L. striatus] Vyas 1998 [as L. striatus] Vyas 2000 [as L. s. striatus] Vyas 2001 [as L. s. striatus] Vyas 2004 [as L. striatus] Vyas 2008 [as L. striatus] Whitaker & Captain 2004 [as L. striatus]   Lycodon flavomaculatus Yellow-spotted Wolf Snake Anne & Visvanathan 2018 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Trivedi & Shah 2017 Vyas & Upadhaya 2008 Vyas 1987 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008 Genus Oligodon (Kukri Snakes)   Oligodon taeniolatus Variegated Kukri Snake Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Patel & Vyas 2019 Seetharamaraju, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu 2011 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011   Oligodon tillacki Kurduvadi Kukri Snake Bandara, Ganesh, Kanishka, Danushka, Sharma, Campbell, Ineich, Vogel & Amarasinghe 2022 [based on map] Gayen 1999 [as arnensis] Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 [as O. arnensis] Parmar & Tank 2019 [as arnensis] Parmar 2023 Patel & Vyas 2019 [as arnensis] Sharma 2000 [as arnensis] Vyas 1998 [as arnensis] Vyas 2000 [as arnensis] Vyas 2001 [as arnensis] Vyas 2004 [as arnensis] Vyas 2008 [as arnensis] Vyas 2011 [as arnensis] Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)   Platyceps gracilis Indian Slender Whip Snake Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Patel & Vyas 2019 Vyas, Patel & Thakur 2011 Walmiki, Kumbhar & Guptha 2012   Platyceps plinii Banded Whip Snake Deepak, Narayanan, Mohapatra, Dutta, Melvinselvan, Khan, Mahlow & Tillack 2021 Gayen 1999 [as fasciolata] Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Patel & Vyas 2019 [as fasciolata] Sharma 2000 [as fasciolata] Smith 1943 [as fasciolata] Tiwari & Sharma 1971 [as fasciolata] Vyas 1998 [as fasciolata] Vyas 2000 [as fasciolata] Vyas 2001 [as fasciolata] Vyas 2004 [as fasciolata] Vyas 2008 [as fasciolata] Vyas 2011 [as fasciolata] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 [as fasciolata] Whitaker & Captain 2004 [as fasciolata]   Platyceps ventromaculatus Spotted Whip Snake Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Patel & Vyas 2019 Schatti & Schmitz 2006 Sharma 2000 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2008 Genus Ptyas (Giant Rat Snakes and Oriental Green Snakes)   Ptyas mucosa Common Oriental Rat Snake Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011 Genus Rhabdophis (Asian Keelbacks)   Rhabdophis plumbicolor Green Keelback Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011 Genus Sibynophis (Oriental Black-headed Snakes)   Sibynophis subpunctatus Malabar Black-headed Snake Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 [as S. sagittarius] Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1986 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 [as S. sagittarius] Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Genus Spalerosophis (Diadem Snakes)   Spalerosophis arenarius Red-spotted Diadem Snake Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023   Spalerosophis atriceps Black-headed Diadem Snake Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Murthy & Sharma 1976 Patel & Vyas 2019 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Wallaceophis (Gujarat Striped Whip Snake)   * Wallaceophis gujaratensis Gujarat Striped Whip Snake Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Maheta, Varma, Patel & Atulsinh 2020 Mirza, Vyas, Patel, Maheta & Sanap 2016 Patel & Vyas 2019 Vyas, Mori, Upadhyay & Patel 2019 Genus Wallophis (Indian Smooth Snake)   Wallophis brachyurus Indian Smooth Snake Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Patel, Vyas & Tank 2015 Vyas & Patel 2007 Vyas 2008  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Bungarus (Kraits)   Bungarus caeruleus Blue Krait Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011   Bungarus sindanus Sind Krait Kumar, Banyal & Sharma 2021 Patel & Vyas 2019 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Genus Calliophis (South Asian Coral Snakes)   Calliophis melanurus South Asian Slender Coral Snake Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Calliophis nigrescens Black Slender Coral Snake Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2007 Vyas 2008 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja naja Indian Spectacled Cobra Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011 Wuster & Thorpe 1992  Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes) Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)   Hydrophis caerulescens Bluish Slender-necked Sea Snake Gayen 1999 Parmar 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008   Hydrophis curtus Short Sea Snake Gayen 1999 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008   Hydrophis cyanocinctus Blue-banded Sea Snake Parmar 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008   Hydrophis mamillaris Bombay Gulf Sea Snake Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Smith 1926 Smith 1943 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008   Hydrophis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Gayen 1999 Parmar 2018 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008   Hydrophis schistosus Beaked Sea Snake Gayen 1999 Patel & Vyas 2019 Prachi & Ramesh 2016 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008   Hydrophis spiralis Narrow-banded Sea Snake Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008 Genus Microcephalophis (Small-headed Sea Snakes)   Microcephalophis cantoris Spotted Small-headed Sea Snake Gayen 1999 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008   Microcephalophis gracilis Graceful Small-headed Sea Snake Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008  Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes) Genus Cerberus (Dog-faced Water Snakes)   Cerberus rynchops Western Dog-faced Water Snake Gayen 1999 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008 Genus Gerarda (Glossy Marsh Snake)   Gerarda prevostiana Glossy Marsh Snake Gayen 1999 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis leithii Pakistani Sand Snake Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Murthy 1985 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Psammophis longifrons Stout Sand Snake Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Trivedi & Mody 2018 Visvanathan, Anne & Kolli 2017 Vyas 1987 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008 Whitaker & Captain 2004  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python molurus Indian Python Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Grypotyphlops (Indian Beaked Blind Snake)   Grypotyphlops acutus Indian Beaked Blind Snake Gayen 1999 Narayana, Venkateshwarlu, Swamy, Surender, Kumar & Rao 2018 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Smith 1943 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Wallach 1994 Genus Indotyphlops (South Asian Blind Snakes)   Indotyphlops porrectus Indian Slender Blind Snake Gayen 1999 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008 Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)   Virgotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blind Snake Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011  Family Uropeltidae (Shield-tailed Snakes) Genus Uropeltis (Typical Shieldtails)   Uropeltis ellioti Madras Shieldtail Patel & Vyas 2019 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1988 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008   Uropeltis macrolepis Large-scaled Shieldtail Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2008  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Craspedocephalus (Ridge-nosed Tree Pitvipers)   Craspedocephalus gramineus Indian Green Pitviper Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra & Shanker 2021 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Genus Daboia (Daboias)   Daboia russelii Indian Chain Viper Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011 Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)   Echis carinatus Common Carpet Viper Auffenberg & Rehman 1991 Gayen 1999 Maheta, Thakor, Shankhala, Prajapati, Zala, Bharavad, Panseriya & Patel 2023 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2008 Vyas 2011

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles) Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Daniel 1983 Das 2001 Gayen 1999 Kar & Bhaskar in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Sunderraj, Joshua & Kumar (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2015 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Sunderraj, Joshua & Kumar (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Vyas 2015 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Das 2001 Gayen 1999 Kar & Bhaskar in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Sunderraj, Joshua & Kumar (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2015  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Das 2001 Gayen 1999 Kar & Bhaskar in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Sunderraj, Joshua & Kumar (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2015  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Batagur (River Terrapins)   Batagur baska Northern River Terrapin Patel & Vyas 2019 Vyas 2017 Genus Melanochelys (Indian Black Turtles)   EX Melanochelys trijuga Indian Black Turtle Das & Bhupathy 2009 Das 2001 Frazier & Das 1994 Gayen 1999 Patel & Vyas 2019 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2015 Genus Pangshura (Roofed Turtles)   Pangshura tecta Indian Roofed Turtle Das 2001 Frazier & Das 1994 Gayen 1999 Moll 1987 Patel & Vyas 2019 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2015   EX Pangshura tentoria Indian Tent Turtle Bhatt 1989 Das 2001 Gayen 1999 Patel & Vyas 2019 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2015  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Geochelone (South Asian Star Tortoises)   Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise Das 2001 D'Cruze, Mookerjee, Vyas, Macdonald & Silva 2018 Frazier & Das 1994 Gayen 1999 Patel & Vyas 2019 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2015  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Lissemys (South Asian Flapshell Turtles)   Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle Bhupathy, Webb & Praschag 2014 Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Das 2001 Gayen 1999 Parmar & Tank 2019 Patel & Vyas 2019 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2004 Vyas 2011 Vyas 2015 Genus Nilssonia (South Asian Softshell Turtles)   Nilssonia gangetica Ganges Softshell Turtle Das 2001 Frazier & Das 1994 Gayen 1999 Patel & Vyas 2019 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2000 Vyas 1989 Vyas 1998 Vyas 2000 Vyas 2001 Vyas 2011 Vyas 2015   EX Nilssonia leithii Deccan Softshell Turtle Patel & Vyas 2019