Reptiles of the
Kai Islands [Indonesia]

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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.
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Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)
Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)
 
Crocodylus porosus

Saltwater Crocodile

Wermuth & Mertens 1977

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Bronchocela (Long-tailed Agamas)
 
Bronchocela cristatella

Malayan Green Crested Agama

Hallermann 2005
Genus Hypsilurus (Eastern Anglehead Agamas)
 
Hypsilurus binotatus

Two-marked Anglehead Agama

Manthey & Denzer 2006
 
Hypsilurus modestus

Green Anglehead Agama

Manthey & Denzer 2006
Genus Lophosaurus (Sahul Anglehead Agamas)
 
Lophosaurus dilophus

Keeled Anglehead Agama

Manthey & Denzer 2006 Rooij 1915 Wermuth 1967
Genus Tropicagama (Northern Water Dragon)
 
Tropicagama temporalis

Northern Water Dragon

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Iskandar, Arida, Austin & McGuire 2020 Rooij 1915
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)
 
Cyrtodactylus marmoratus

Marbled Bent-toed Gecko

Mertens 1930 Rooij 1915
Genus Gehyra (Four-clawed Geckos)
 
Gehyra barea

Banda Islands Dtella

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 [as "C. cf. barea"]
 
Gehyra marginata

Giant Moluccan Dtella

Rooij 1915 Wermuth 1965
 
Gehyra mutilata

Common Four-clawed Gecko

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Rooij 1915
 
Gehyra oceanica

Oceanic Gecko

Rooij 1915
Genus Gekko (Tokays)
 
Gekko monarchus

Spotted House Gecko

Brown & Alcala 1978 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Rooij 1915
 
Gekko vittatus

White-striped Gecko

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Rooij 1915
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus frenatus

Asian House Gecko

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Rooij 1915
 
Hemidactylus platyurus

Flat-tailed Gecko

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Rooij 1915
Genus Lepidodactylus (Scaly-toed Geckos)
 
Lepidodactylus lugubris

Common Mourning Gecko

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Rooij 1915
 
Lepidodactylus novaeguineae

Lake Sentani Scaly-toed Gecko

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 [as "L. cf. novaeguineae"]
 
Lepidodactylus pantai

Kai Islands Scaly-toed Gecko

Karin, Oliver, Stubbs, Arifin, Iskandar, Arida, Oong, McGuire, Kraus, Fujita, Ineich, Ota, Hathaway & Fisher 2021 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Stubbs, Karin, Arifin, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Bloch, Kusnadi & McGuire 2017
Genus Nactus (Hook-toed Geckos)
  *
Nactus undulatus

Kei Hook-toed Gecko

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 [as N. pelagicus] Kopstein 1926 Zug 2020
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Carlia (Australian-Pacific Rainbow Skinks)
  *
Carlia beccarii

Kai Islands Rainbow Skink

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Zug 2004
 
Carlia fusca

Brown Rainbow Skink

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018
Genus Cryptoblepharus (Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Cryptoblepharus keiensis

Kai Islands Snake-eyed Skink

Horner 2007 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Mertens 1964
Genus Emoia (Emo Skinks)
 
Emoia atrocostata

Pacific Mangrove Skink

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018
 
Emoia longicauda

Long-tailed Slender Tree Skink

Brown 1991 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018
 
Emoia reimschisseli

Morotai Slender Skink

How, Durrant, Smith & Saleh 1998 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018
Genus Lamprolepis (Malay Archipelago Tree Skinks)
 
Lamprolepis smaragdina

Emerald Tree Skink

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Mertens 1929 Rooij 1915 Schmitt, How, Hisheh, Goldberg & Maryanto 2000
Genus Lygisaurus (Sahul Leaf-Litter Skinks)
 
Lygisaurus sp.

(Australian-Papuan Leaf-Litter Skink)

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 [as "L. cf. novaeguineae"] Rooij 1915 [as novaeguineae]
Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)
  *
Sphenomorphus capitholythos

Kai Islands Forest Skink

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Kopstein 1926 [as keiensis] Shea & Michels 2008 Shea 2017
 
Sphenomorphus melanopogon

Black-bearded Forest Skink

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Loveridge 1948 [as kuhnei] Rooij 1915 [as kuhnei] Shea 2012
 
Sphenomorphus muelleri

East Indonesian Forest Skink

Rooij 1915
 
Sphenomorphus undulatus

Wavy-backed Forest Skink

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Kopstein 1926 [as aruanus] Rooij 1915
Genus Tiliqua (Blue-tongued Skinks)
 
Tiliqua gigas

Giant Blue-tongued Skink

Brongersma 1930 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Rooij 1915 Shea 1990
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus colei

Kai Islands Monitor

Boehme, Jacobs, Koppetsch & Schmitz 2019
 
Varanus indicus

Pacific Monitor

Boehme, Horn & Ziegler 1994 Dryden & Ziegler in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 [as "V. cf. indicus"] Weijola, Kraus, Vahtera, Lindqvist & Donnellan 2017 Ziegler, Schmitz, Koch & Boehme 2007

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)
 
Boiga irregularis

Brown Cat Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Lang 2013 Orlov & Ryabov 2002 Rooij 1917
Genus Chrysopelea (Flying Tree Snakes)
 
Chrysopelea rhodopleuron

Moluccan Flying Tree Snake

Lang 2013
Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)
 
Dendrelaphis keiensis

Southern Moluccan Bronzeback

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Lang 2013 Rooij 1917 [as calligaster] Rooijen, Vogel & Somaweera 2015
Genus Stegonotus (Indo-Australian Ground Snakes)
  *
Stegonotus keyensis

Kai Islands Ground Snake

Haas 1950 [as S. modestus] Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as S. cucullatus] Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 [as S. cucullatus] Lang 2013 [as S. cucullatus] McDowell 1972 [as S. cucullatus] Rooij 1917 [as S. modestus]
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Acanthophis (Death Adders)
 
Acanthophis sp.

(Death Adder)

How & Kitchener 1997 [as A. praelongus] Haas 1950 [as A. antarcticus] Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as A. praelongus] Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 [as A. laevis] Lang 2013 [as A. spp.] Rooij 1917 [as A. antarcticus] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 [as A. praelongus]
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Aipysurus (Olive Sea Snakes)
 
Aipysurus laevis

Olive Sea Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Rooij 1917 Smith 1926 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Laticauda (Sea Kraits)
 
Laticauda colubrina

Yellow-lipped Sea Krait

Heatwole, Busack & Cogger 2005 Haas 1950 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Kharin, Roedel & Hallermann 2010 Rooij 1917 Smith 1926
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Simalia (Scrub Pythons)
 
Simalia amethistina

Amethystine Python

Harvey, Barker, Ammerman & Chippindale 2000 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Lang 2013 McDowell 1975 Rooij 1917 Stimson 1969
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Malayotyphlops (Malay Archipelago Blind Snakes)
 
Malayotyphlops kraali

Kai Islands Blind Snake

Brongersma 1934 Hahn 1980 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Lang 2013 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1974 Rooij 1917
Genus Ramphotyphlops (Western Pacific Blind Snakes)
 
Ramphotyphlops multilineatus

Indonesian Hook-nosed Blind Snake

Hahn 1980 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Lang 2013 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1974 Rooij 1917
Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)
 
Virgotyphlops braminus

Brahminy Blind Snake

Hahn 1980 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Bloch, Ramadhan, Iskandar, Arida, Reilly, Kusnadi & Mcguire 2018 Lang 2013 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Mertens 1930 Rooij 1917 Wallach 2009

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Pritchard 1979 Rooij 1915
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Starbird & Suarez 1994 Suarez & Starbird 1996