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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 Vos 1984 Whitaker & Andrews 2003   EX Crocodylus porosus Saltwater Crocodile Vos 1984

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Calotes (South Asian Forest Agamas)   Calotes nemoricola Nilgiri Forest Agama Murthy 1985   Calotes versicolor South Indian Crested Agama Gowande, Pal, Jablonski, Masroor, Phansalkar, Dsouza, Jayarajan & Shanker 2021 Murthy 1986 Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Calotes vultuosus Kolkata Crested Agama Gowande, Pal, Jablonski, Masroor, Phansalkar, Dsouza, Jayarajan & Shanker 2021 Genus Draco (Gliding Dragons)   Draco dussumieri South Indian Gliding Dragon Balachandran & Pittie 2000 Genus Monilesaurus (Necklace Forest Agamas)   Monilesaurus rouxii Central Indian Forest Agama Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Genus Psammophilus (Indian Rock Agamas)   Psammophilus blanfordanus Common Indian Rock Agama Manthey 2010 Murthy 1986 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Psammophilus dorsalis South Indian Rock Agama Murthy 1985 Murthy 1986 Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak 2018 Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Genus Sitana (Lesser Fan-throated Agamas)   Sitana sushili Sambalpur Fan-throated Agama Deepak, Tillack, Kar, Sarkar & Mohapatra 2021   * Sitana thondalu Nagarjuna Sagar Fan-throated Agama Deepak, Khandekar, Chaitanya & Karanth 2018  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo zeylanicus Asian Chameleon Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Srinivasulu & Das 2008  Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos) Genus Eublepharis (Southwest Asian Fat-tailed Geckos)   Eublepharis hardwickii Eastern Indian Fat-tailed Gecko Seufer, Kaverkin & Kirschner (eds.) 2005 [based on map]   Eublepharis pictus Painted Fat-tailed Gecko Mirza & Gnaneswar 2022  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Calodactylodes (South Asian Golden Geckos)   Calodactylodes aureus Indian Golden Gecko Chakrapani, Chanikyudu, Janardan & Rajasekhar 2014 Reddy, Indira, Pullaiah, Sadasivaiah, Swamy & Rani 2013 Sreekar, Srinivasulu, Seetharamaraju & Srinivasulu 2010 Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu 2016 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Genus Cnemaspis (Asian Rock and Forest Geckos)   * Cnemaspis avasabinae Velikonda Rock Gecko Agarwal, Bauer & Khandekar 2020 Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2020 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   * Cnemaspis graniticola Granite Rock Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Agarwal, Thackeray, Pal & Khandekar 2020 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   * Cnemaspis rishivalleyensis Rishi Valley Rock Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2020 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021 Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)   Cyrtodactylus jeyporensis Jeypore Bent-toed Gecko Agarwal, Datta-Roy, Bauer & Giri 2012   Cyrtodactylus nebulosus Clouded Bent-toed Gecko Agarwal 2016 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993   * Cyrtodactylus rishivalleyensis Rishi Valley Bent-toed Gecko Agarwal & Bauer 2017 Agarwal 2016 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus aquilonius Northern Burmese Half-toed Gecko Murthy 1985 [as bowringii] Purkayastha, Das, Bauer, Sengupta & Dutta 2010 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 [as bowringii] Tikader & Sharma 1992 [as bowringii]   Hemidactylus brookii Spotted Half-toed Gecko Mahony 2011 Murthy 1986 Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Hemidactylus flaviviridis Yellow-bellied House Gecko Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Hemidactylus gracilis Slender House Gecko Dandge & Tiple 2018 Murthy 1986   Hemidactylus graniticolus Granite Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Giri & Bauer 2011   Hemidactylus kangerensis Kanger Valley Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019   Hemidactylus leschenaultii Tamarind Tree Gecko Murthy 1986 Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Smith 1935 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Hemidactylus parvimaculatus Small-spotted Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Chaitanya, Agarwal, Lajmi & Khandekar 2019 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016   Hemidactylus reticulatus Reticulated Half-toed Gecko Kumar, Srinivasulu & Seetharamaraju 2015 Murthy 1985 Murthy 1986 Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Hemidactylus rishivalleyensis Rishi Valley Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020   * Hemidactylus sushilduttai Mahendragiri Range Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Giri, Bauer, Mohapatra, Srinivasulu & Agarwal 2017   Hemidactylus treutleri Golconda Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Baburao & Kumar 2014 Chaitanya, Agarwal, Lajmi & Khandekar 2019 Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016 Narayana, Baburao & Rao 2016 Srinivasulu, Kumar & Srinivasulu 2014   Hemidactylus triedrus Southern Termite Hill Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Mirza, Gowande, Patil, Ambekar & Patel 2018 Murthy 1985 [as subtriedrus] Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 [as subtriedrus] Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Tikader & Sharma 1992 [as subtriedrus] Genus Hemiphyllodactylus (Slender Geckos)   * Hemiphyllodactylus arakuensis Araku Slender Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Pal, Srikanthan & Khandekar 2020 Agarwal, Khandekar, Giri, Ramakrishnan & Karanth 2019 Javed, Rao, Srinivasulu & Tampal 2010 [as H. aurantiacus] Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 [as H. aurantiacus] Zug 2010 [as H. aurantiacus]  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Ophisops (Snake-eyed Lizards)   Ophisops jerdonii Punjab Snake-eyed Lizard Murthy 1986 Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Ophisops leschenaultii Peninsular Snake-eyed Lizard Murthy 1986 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Ophisops minor Lesser Snake-eyed Lizard Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri 2018 [as nictans] Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 [as Cabrita jerdoni] Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Tikader & Sharma 1992 [as Cabrita jerdonii]  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Barkudia (Indian Limbless Skinks)   * Barkudia melanosticta Black-spotted Limbless Skink Das 1999 Genus Eutropis (South Asian Sun Skinks)   Eutropis allapallensis Allapalli Sun Skink Bag, Raha & Deuti 2020 Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu 2013   Eutropis ashwamedhi Nagarjunasagar Sun Skink Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu & Seetharamaraju 2016 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Eutropis carinata Brahminy Skink Murthy 1986 Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Eutropis innotata Bronzy-Olive Sun Skink Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Patel, Deuti, Campbell, Palot, Karunarathna, Abinawanto & Supriatna 2021 Rao, Javed & Srinivasulu 2010   Eutropis macularia Speckled Forest Skink Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Eutropis nagarjunensis Black-striped Sun Skink Amarasinghe, Campbell, Chandramouli, Deuti, Raha, Karunarathna & Ineich 2016 Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Patel, Deuti, Campbell, Palot, Karunarathna, Abinawanto & Supriatna 2021 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu 2018 Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu & Rao 2005 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Genus Riopa (Asian Gracile Skinks)   Riopa albopunctata White-spotted Gracile Skink Murthy 1985 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Riopa guentheri Malabar Gracile Skink Bhilala, Ashaharraza, Ingle, Das, Sambath & Mohapatra 2021 Javed, Seetharamaraju, Rao, Tampal & Srinivasulu 2010 Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Vyas 2014   Riopa punctata Spotted Gracile Skink Murthy 1986 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Riopa vosmaerii Bengal Gracile Skink Seetharamaraju, Sreekar, Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu, Kaur & Venkateshwarlu 2009 Venugopal 2010 Genus Sepsophis (Blunt-tailed Burrowing Skink)   Sepsophis punctatus Blunt-tailed Burrowing Skink Datta-Roy, Mohapatra, Dutta, Giri, Veerappan, Maddock, Raj, Agarwal & Karanth 2013 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Tikader & Sharma 1992  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 [as V. monitor] Srinivasulu & Das 2008

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Acrochordidae (Australasian File Snakes) Genus Acrochordus (Australasian File Snakes)   Acrochordus granulatus Lesser File Snake Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)   Eryx conicus Rough-scaled Sand Boa Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Eryx johnii Red Sand Boa Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Srinivasulu & Das 2008  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Ahaetulla (Oriental Whip Snakes)   Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha Southeast Indian Whip Snake Srinivasulu & Das 2008 [as nasuta] Genus Amphiesma (South Asian Keelbacks)   Amphiesma stolatum Buff-striped Keelback Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Genus Atretium (South Asian Olive Keelback)   Atretium schistosum South Asian Olive Keelback Daniel 2002 Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)   Boiga beddomei Yellow-bellied Cat Snake Sivakumar & Manakadan 2007   Boiga flaviviridis Yellow-Green Cat Snake Choure, Komanduri, Choure & Lalremsanga 2021 Ganesh, Mallik, Achyuthan, Shanker & Vogel 2021 Vogel & Ganesh 2013   Boiga forsteni Speckled Cat Snake Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Boiga trigonata Western Gamma Cat Snake Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Vogel & Ganesh 2013 Genus Chrysopelea (Flying Tree Snakes)   Chrysopelea taprobanica Sri Lankan Flying Tree Snake Guptha, Prasad, Maddock & Deepak 2015 Kalaimani, Kumar & Kumaran 2023 Narayanan, Joseph, Kumar & Vengatesan 2017 Somaweera, Pantoja & Deepak 2015 Genus Coelognathus (Oriental Rat Snakes)   Coelognathus helena Indian Trinket Snake Mohapatra, Schulz, Helfenberger, Hofmann & Dutta 2016 Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Coelognathus radiatus Copper-headed Rat Snake Javed, Tampal & Srinivasulu 2010 Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)   Dendrelaphis bifrenalis Black-striped Bronzeback Aengals, Ganesh, Sethy, Kirubakaran, Jerith, Satheeshkumar, Thanigaivel & Vogel 2022   Dendrelaphis tristis Common Indian Bronzeback Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Genus Fowlea (Fishing Keelbacks)   Fowlea piscator Checkered Keelback Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Genus Liopeltis (Ringneck Snakes)   Liopeltis calamaria Lesser Ringneck Snake Amarasinghe, Karunarathna, Campbell, Ganesh & Vogel 2020 Bilaskar 2023 Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)   Lycodon aulicus Indian Wolf Snake Ganesh & Vogel 2018 Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Lycodon fasciolatus Anaimalai Wolf Snake Deepak, Narayanan, Mohapatra, Dutta, Melvinselvan, Khan, Mahlow & Tillack 2021   Lycodon nympha Vellore Bridle Snake Das, Dutta, Chaudhri, Erinjery & Singh 2016 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Lycodon striatus Striped Wolf Snake Amarasinghe, Masroor, Lalremsanga, Weerakkody, Ananjeva, Campbell, Kennedy-Gold, Bandara, Bragin, Gayan, Sharma, Sayyed, Biakzuala, Kanishka, Ganesh, Ineich, Silva, Wickramasinghe, Seneviratne, Poyarkov, Vogel & Jablonski 2023 Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Genus Oligodon (Kukri Snakes)   Oligodon russelius Visakhapatnam Kukri Snake Bandara, Ganesh, Kanishka, Danushka, Sharma, Campbell, Ineich, Vogel & Amarasinghe 2022   Oligodon taeniolatus Variegated Kukri Snake Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Seetharamaraju, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu 2011 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Oligodon travancoricus Travancore Kukri Snake Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)   Platyceps bholanathi Nagarjunasagar Whip Snake Deshwal & Becker 2017 Ganesh, Adimallaiah, Prasad & Kailash 2013 Guptha, Prasad & Veerappan 2012 Joshi 2021 Samson, Santhoshkumar, Ramakrishnan, Karthick & Gnaneswar 2017 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Seetharamaraju & Srinivasulu 2013 Smart, Smith, Murthy & Mohanty 2014   Platyceps plinii Banded Whip Snake Deepak, Narayanan, Mohapatra, Dutta, Melvinselvan, Khan, Mahlow & Tillack 2021 Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 [as fasciolata] Srinivasulu & Das 2008 [as fasciolata] Genus Ptyas (Giant Rat Snakes and Oriental Green Snakes)   Ptyas mucosa Common Oriental Rat Snake Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Genus Rhabdophis (Asian Keelbacks)   Rhabdophis plumbicolor Green Keelback Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Genus Sibynophis (Oriental Black-headed Snakes)   Sibynophis subpunctatus Malabar Black-headed Snake Rao & Sekar 1993 [as sagittarius] Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 [as sagittarius] Srinivasulu & Das 2008  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Bungarus (Kraits)   Bungarus caeruleus Blue Krait Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Srinivasulu & Das 2008   Bungarus fasciatus Banded Krait Biakzuala, Lalremsanga, Santra, Dhara, Ahmed, Mallick, Kuttalam, Amarasinghe & Malhotra 2023 Genus Calliophis (South Asian Coral Snakes)   Calliophis melanurus South Asian Slender Coral Snake Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri 2012 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja naja Indian Spectacled Cobra Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Genus Ophiophagus (King Cobra)   Ophiophagus hannah King Cobra Balaji & Satyanarayana 2018 Murthy & Murthy 2012  Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes) Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)   Hydrophis curtus Short Sea Snake Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993   Hydrophis schistosus Beaked Sea Snake Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993   Hydrophis spiralis Narrow-banded Sea Snake Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Genus Microcephalophis (Small-headed Sea Snakes)   Microcephalophis gracilis Graceful Small-headed Sea Snake Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993  Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes) Genus Cerberus (Dog-faced Water Snakes)   Cerberus rynchops Western Dog-faced Water Snake Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Genus Enhydris (Asian Mud Snakes)   Enhydris enhydris Striped Mud Snake Murthy 1985 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Gerarda (Glossy Marsh Snake)   Gerarda prevostiana Glossy Marsh Snake Bag, Raha & Deuti 2018 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Psammodynastes (Asian Mock Vipers)   Psammodynastes pulverulentus Dusky Mock Viper Mohapatra, Das & Dutra 2010 Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis condanarus Oriental Sand Snake Ganesh, Sharma & Guptha 2017   Psammophis longifrons Stout Sand Snake Hussain, Narayana, Kumar, Srinivas & Mahesh 2020 Visvanathan, Anne & Kolli 2017  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python molurus Indian Python Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Srinivasulu & Das 2008  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Grypotyphlops (Indian Beaked Blind Snake)   Grypotyphlops acutus Indian Beaked Blind Snake Narayana, Venkateshwarlu, Swamy, Surender, Kumar & Rao 2018 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Wallach 1994 Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)   Virgotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blind Snake Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008  Family Uropeltidae (Shield-tailed Snakes) Genus Uropeltis (Typical Shieldtails)   Uropeltis ellioti Madras Shieldtail Chettri & Bhupathy 2010 Guptha, Rao, Reddy, Babu & Mandala 2013 Smith 1943  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Craspedocephalus (Ridge-nosed Tree Pitvipers)   Craspedocephalus gramineus Indian Green Pitviper Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra & Shanker 2021 Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Genus Daboia (Daboias)   Daboia russelii Indian Chain Viper Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)   Echis carinatus Common Carpet Viper Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008

	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 Kar & Bhaskar in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Tripathy & Choudhury 2002 Tripathy, Shanker & Choudhury (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Kar & Bhaskar in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Murthy & Murthy 2012 Tripathy, Shanker & Choudhury (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Das 2001 Kar & Bhaskar in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Rajasekhar & Murthy 2008 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Tripathy, Shanker & Choudhury (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Kar & Bhaskar in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Supraja 2013 Tripathy, Shanker & Choudhury (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Melanochelys (Indian Black Turtles)   Melanochelys trijuga Indian Black Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Genus Pangshura (Roofed Turtles)   Pangshura tentoria Indian Tent Turtle Moll 1987 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Srinivasulu & Das 2008  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Geochelone (South Asian Star Tortoises)   Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise Daniel 2002 Das 2001 D'Cruze, Mookerjee, Vyas, Macdonald & Silva 2018 Rao, Ghate, Sudhakar, Javed & Krishna 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Srinivasulu & Das 2008  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Chitra (Narrow-headed Softshell Turtles)   Chitra indica Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle Das 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Lissemys (South Asian Flapshell Turtles)   Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle Das 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Srinivasulu & Das 2008 Genus Nilssonia (South Asian Softshell Turtles)   Nilssonia gangetica Ganges Softshell Turtle Sharma 1971   Nilssonia leithii Deccan Softshell Turtle Das 2001 Frazier & Das 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993 Sharma 1971 Srinivasulu & Das 2008