Reptiles of
Guizhou [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 Acanthosaura (Pricklenapes)
 
Acanthosaura lepidogaster

Brown Pricklenape

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Diploderma (Eastern Mountain Agamas)
 
Diploderma fasciatum

Banded Mountain Agama

Ananjeva, Guo & Wang 2011 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 [as Diploderma szechwanensis] Wang, Qi, Wang, Koehler, Lu, Lyu, Wang, Wang & Che 2022 Wang, Ren, Wu, Jiang, Jin, Hou, Zheng, Xie, Siler & Che 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993 [as Japalura szechwanensis]
 
Diploderma varcoae

Chinese Mountain Agama

Ananjeva, Guo & Wang 2011 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Wang, Ren, Wu, Jiang, Jin, Hou, Zheng, Xie, Siler & Che 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Pseudocalotes (Long-headed Agamas)
 
Pseudocalotes microlepis

Small-scaled Long-headed Agama

Ananjeva, Guo & Wang 2011 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Hallermann & Boehme 2000 Zhao & Adler 1993
 Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)
Genus Dopasia (Oriental Glass Lizards)
 
Dopasia gracilis

Burmese Glass Lizard

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Dopasia harti

South Chinese Glass Lizard

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993
 Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos)
Genus Goniurosaurus (East Asian Leopard Geckos)
  *
Goniurosaurus liboensis

Libo Leopard Gecko

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Wang, Yang & Grismer 2013
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Gekko (Tokays)
 
Gekko chinensis

Chinese Narrow-disked Gecko

Roesler, Bauer, Heinicke, Greenbaum, Jackman, Nguyen & Ziegler 2011 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Gekko cib

Western Chinese Palmated Gecko

Lyu, Lin, Ren, Jiang, Zhang, Qi & Wang 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993 [as G. subpalmatus]
 
Gekko hokouensis

Hokou Gecko

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Gekko japonicus

Japanese Giant Gecko

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Gekko liboensis

Guizhou Narrow-disked Gecko

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Zhou, Liu & Li 1982
 
Gekko scabridus

Yunnan Narrow-disked Gecko

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021
Genus Hemiphyllodactylus (Slender Geckos)
  *
Hemiphyllodactylus dushanensis

Dushan Slender Gecko

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Grismer, Wood, Anuar, Muin, Quah, McGuire, Brown, Ngo & Pham 2013 Zhou, Liu & Yang 1981
  *
Hemiphyllodactylus huishuiensis

Huishui Slender Gecko

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Yan, Lin, Guo, Li & Zhou 2016
 
Hemiphyllodactylus jinpingensis

Jinping Slender Gecko

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Takydromus (Oriental Grass Lizards)
 
Takydromus intermedius

Sichuan Grass Lizard

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Wang, Lyu, Yang, Li & Wang 2019 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Takydromus kuehnei

Kanshirei Grass Lizard

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Takydromus septentrionalis

Northern Grass Lizard

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Cai, Yan, Xu, Lin & Ji 2012 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Takydromus sexlineatus

Six-lined Grass Lizard

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Ateuchosaurus (East Asian Short-legged Skinks)
 
Ateuchosaurus chinensis

Chinese Short-Legged Skink

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)
 
Plestiodon capito

Northern Chinese Blue-tailed Skink

Anonymous 2012 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021
 
Plestiodon chinensis

Eastern Chinese Long Skink

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Plestiodon elegans

Elegant Five-lined Skink

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Scincella (South Asian and American Ground Skinks)
 
Scincella reevesii

Speckled Ground Skink

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 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Tropidophorus (Stream Skinks)
 
Tropidophorus hainanus

Hainan Stream Skink

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Guo, Shu, Wu, Chen, Hou, Shi & Deng 2021 Zhang, Gong, Li & Sun 2012
 
Tropidophorus sinicus

South Chinese Stream Skink

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021
 Family Shinisauridae (Chinese Crocodile Lizard)
Genus Shinisaurus (Crocodile Lizard)
 
Shinisaurus crocodilurus

Crocodile Lizard

Ziegler, Le, Vu, Hendrix & Boehme 2008

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Ahaetulla (Oriental Whip Snakes)
 
Ahaetulla prasina

Short-nosed Whip Snake

Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Amphiesma (South Asian Keelbacks)
 
Amphiesma stolatum

Buff-striped Keelback

Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)
 
Boiga kraepelini

Kelung Cat Snake

Orlov & Ryabov 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Boiga multomaculata

Marbled Cat Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Calamaria (Oriental Reed Snakes)
 
Calamaria pavimentata

Brown Reed Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Calamaria septentrionalis

Northern Reed Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Coelognathus (Oriental Rat Snakes)
 
Coelognathus radiatus

Copper-headed Rat Snake

Schulz 1996 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Elaphe (Palearctic-Oriental Rat Snakes)
 
Elaphe carinata

East Asian Keeled Rat Snake

Schulz 1996 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Elaphe moellendorffi

Red-headed Rat Snake

Anonymous 2013
 
Elaphe taeniura

Stripe-tailed Rat Snake

Schulz 1996 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Euprepiophis (East Asian Rat Snakes)
 
Euprepiophis mandarinus

Mandarin Rat Snake

Schulz 1996 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Fowlea (Fishing Keelbacks)
 
Fowlea flavipunctata

Yellow-spotted Keelback

Vogel & David 2012 Zhao & Adler 1993 [as piscator]
Genus Gonyosoma (Oriental Green Rat Snakes and Rainbow Tree Snake)
 
Gonyosoma coeruleum

Blue-eyed Bush Rat Snake

David, Campbell, Deuti, Hauser, Luu, Nguyen, Orlov, Pauwels, Scheinberg, Sethy, Smits, Teynie & Vogel 2022 Schulz 1996 [as prasinum] Zhao & Adler 1993 [as prasinum]
 
Gonyosoma frenatum

Khasi Hills Rat Snake

Schulz 1996 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Hebius (Oriental Equatorial Keelbacks)
 
Hebius atemporalis

Tonkin Keelback

Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Hebius bitaeniatus

Two-striped Keelback

Lalremsanga, Bal, Vogel & Biakzuala 2022 Liu, Zhong, Hu, Zhao & Guo 2012 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhou, Sun, Qi, Lu, Lyu, Wang, Li & Ma 2019
 
Hebius boulengeri

White-browed Keelback

David, Bain, Nguyen, Orlov, Vogel, Vu & Ziegler 2007 [as "cf. boulengeri"] David, Vogel & Rooijen 2013 Purkayastha & David 2019 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Hebius craspedogaster

Kuatun Keelback

David, Bain, Nguyen, Orlov, Vogel, Vu & Ziegler 2007 David, Vogel & Rooijen 2013 Lalremsanga, Bal, Vogel & Biakzuala 2022 Malnate 1962 Purkayastha & David 2019 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Hebius johannis

South Chinese Keelback

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Hebius maximus

Xiaoyangxi Keelback

Li, Ren, Huang, Lyu, Qi, Jiang, Wang & Li 2022
 
Hebius octolineatus

Eight-striped Keelback

David, Agarwal, Athreya, Mathew, Vogel & Mistry 2015 David, Bain, Nguyen, Orlov, Vogel, Vu & Ziegler 2007 David, Vogel & Pauwels 2005 Lalremsanga, Bal, Vogel & Biakzuala 2022 Purkayastha & David 2019 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993 Zhou, Sun, Qi, Lu, Lyu, Wang, Li & Ma 2019
 
Hebius optatus

Mount Omei Keelback

Guo, Liu, Li, Zhong, Chen & Wang 2012 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Hebius popei

Chinese Mountain Keelback

Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Hebius sauteri

Kosempo Keelback

David, Bain, Nguyen, Orlov, Vogel, Vu & Ziegler 2007 David, Vogel & Rooijen 2013 Purkayastha & David 2019 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)
 
Lycodon fasciatus

Yellow-banded Wolf Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Lycodon flavozonatus

Yellow Big-toothed Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Lycodon rufozonatus

Red-banded Big-toothed Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Lycodon ruhstrati

Taiwanese Wolf Snake

Vogel, David, Pauwels, Sumontha, Norval, Hendrix, Vu & Ziegler 2009
Genus Oligodon (Kukri Snakes)
 
Oligodon chinensis

Chinese Kukri Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Oligodon cinereus

Black-barred Kukri Snake

David, Nguyen, Nguyen, Jiang, Chen, Teynie & Ziegler 2012 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Oligodon formosanus

Taiwanese Kukri Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Oligodon lungshenensis

Longsheng Kukri Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Opisthotropis (Mountain Stream Keelbacks)
 
Opisthotropis lateralis

Bicoloured Mountain Stream Keelback

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Opisthotropis latouchii

South Chinese Mountain Stream Keelback

Ren, Wang, Guo, Wang, Nguyen & Li 2019 Wang, Guo, Liu, Lyu, Wang, Luo, Sun & Zhang 2017 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Oreocryptophis (Red Mountain Rat Snake)
 
Oreocryptophis porphyraceus

Red Mountain Rat Snake

Schulz & Helfenberger 1998 Schulz 1996 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Plagiopholis (Blotch-necked Snakes)
 
Plagiopholis blakewayi

Burmese Blotch-necked Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Pseudagkistrodon (False Habu)
 
Pseudagkistrodon rudis

False Habu

Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Pseudoxenodon (Mock Cobras)
 
Pseudoxenodon bambusicola

Bamboo Mock Cobra

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti

Common Chinese Mock Cobra

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Pseudoxenodon macrops

Common Large-eyed Mock Cobra

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri

Chinese Large-eyed Mock Cobra

Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Ptyas (Giant Rat Snakes and Oriental Green Snakes)
 
Ptyas dhumnades

Black-striped Rat Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Ptyas korros

Indochinese Rat Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Ptyas major

Greater Green Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Ptyas mucosa

Common Oriental Rat Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Ptyas nigromarginata

Oriental Green Rat Snake

Vogel & Hauser 2013 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Rhabdophis (Asian Keelbacks)
 
Rhabdophis helleri

Northern Red-necked Keelback

David & Vogel 2021 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Zhao & Adler 1993 Zhu, Wang, Takeuchi & Zhao 2014 [as subminiatus]
 
Rhabdophis lateralis

Chinese Tiger Keelback

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Rhabdophis nuchalis

Collared Keelback

Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Sibynophis (Oriental Black-headed Snakes)
 
Sibynophis chinensis

Chinese Black-headed Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Trimerodytes (Asian Water Snakes)
 
Trimerodytes aequifasciatus

Equal-banded Water Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Trimerodytes percarinatus

Chinese Keelback

Guo, Zhu, Liu, Wang, Che & Nguyen 2020 Zhao & Adler 1993
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Bungarus (Kraits)
 
Bungarus multicinctus

Many-banded Krait

Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja atra

Chinese Spitting Cobra

Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Ophiophagus (King Cobra)
 
Ophiophagus hannah

King Cobra

Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Sinomicrurus (East Asian Coral Snakes)
 
Sinomicrurus annularis

Hong Kong Coral Snake

Smart, Ingrasci, Sarker, Lalremsanga, Murphy, Ota, Tu, Shouche, Orlov & Smith 2021
 
Sinomicrurus kelloggi

Indochinese Coral Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Psammodynastes (Asian Mock Vipers)
 
Psammodynastes pulverulentus

Dusky Mock Viper

Zhao & Adler 1993
 Family Pareidae (Oriental Slug Eaters)
Genus Pareas (Typical Oriental Slug Eaters)
 
Pareas boulengeri

Guizhou Slug Eater

Ding, Chen, Suwannapoom, Nguyen, Pogarkov & Vogel 2020 Vogel, Nguyen, Zaw & Poyarkov 2020 Yang, Yeung, Huang & Yang 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Pareas chinensis

Chinese Slug Eater

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Pareas macularius

Black-spotted Slug Eater

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Pareas stanleyi

Fujian Slug Eater

Zhao & Adler 1993
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Python (Typical Pythons)
 
Python bivittatus

Burmese Python

Barker & Barker 2010 Zhao & Adler 1993
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)
 
Virgotyphlops braminus

Brahminy Blind Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Azemiops (Asian Mole Vipers)
 
Azemiops kharini

White-headed Mole Viper

Orlov, Ryabov & Nguyen 2013 Zhao & Adler 1993 [as feae]
Genus Deinagkistrodon (Sharp-nosed Pitviper)
 
Deinagkistrodon acutus

Sharp-nosed Pitviper

Gloyd & Conant 1990 Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Gloydius (Mamushis)
 
Gloydius brevicaudus

Short-tailed Mamushi

Gloyd & Conant 1990 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Ovophis (Asian Mountain Pitvipers)
 
Ovophis makazayazaya

Eastern Mountain Pitviper

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 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Protobothrops maolanensis

Maolan Pitviper

Yang, Orlov & Wang 2011
 
Protobothrops mucrosquamatus

Brown-spotted Pitviper

Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Trimeresurus (Oriental Pitvipers)
 
Trimeresurus albolabris

Southeast Asian White-lipped Tree Pitviper

Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 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 Zhao & Adler 1993
 Family Xenodermidae (Asian Litter Snakes)
Genus Achalinus (East Asian Burrowing Snakes)
 
Achalinus ater

Chinese Black Burrowing Snake

Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Achalinus rufescens

Rufous Burrowing Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Achalinus spinalis

Grey Burrowing Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles)
Genus Geoemyda (Black-breasted Leaf Turtles)
 
Geoemyda spengleri

Common Black-breasted Leaf Turtle

Dawson, Gaillard, Gong, Lin, McCormack, Nanthavong, Nguyen, Nguyen, Pham & Shi 2022
Genus Mauremys (Stripe-necked Turtles)
 
Mauremys reevesii

Chinese Three-keeled Pond Turtle

Lau & Shi 2000 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993
 Family Platysternidae (Big-headed Turtle)
Genus Platysternon (Big-headed Turtle)
 
Platysternon megacephalum

Big-headed Turtle

Lau & Shi 2000 Zhao & Adler 1993
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Palea (Wattle-necked Softshell Turtle)
 
Palea steindachneri

Wattle-necked Softshell Turtle

Lau & Shi 2000 Parham & Wang 2000 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993