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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:

	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 Liu, Hou, Ananjeva & Rao 2023 Wang, Qi, Wang, Koehler, Lu, Lyu, Wang, Wang & Che 2022 Wang, Ren, Wu, Jiang, Jin, Hou, Zheng, Xie, Siler & Che 2021 Zhao, Wang & Lu 2012  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Gekko (Tokays)   Gekko swinhonis Beijing Gecko Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Roesler, Bauer, Heinicke, Greenbaum, Jackman, Nguyen & Ziegler 2011 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 Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993   Eremias brenchleyi Ordos Desert Runner Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Takydromus (Oriental Grass Lizards)   Takydromus septentrionalis Northern Grass Lizard Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 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   Plestiodon elegans Elegant Five-lined Skink Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993   Plestiodon liui Jiangsu Blue-tailed Skink Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Genus Scincella (South Asian and American Ground Skinks)   Scincella modesta Slender Ground Skink Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Zhao, Zhao, Wang, Shi, Lou & Liang 2014 Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)   Sphenomorphus indicus Common Indian Forest Skink Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Amphiesma (South Asian Keelbacks)   Amphiesma stolatum Buff-striped Keelback Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Calamaria (Oriental Reed Snakes)   Calamaria septentrionalis Northern Reed Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Elaphe (Palearctic-Oriental Rat Snakes)   Elaphe bimaculata Twin-spotted Rat Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993   Elaphe carinata East Asian Keeled Rat Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993   Elaphe dione Dione Rat Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Schulz 1996 Zhao & Adler 1993   Elaphe schrenckii Amur Rat Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Schulz 1996 Tian, Jiang, Wu, Hu, Zhao & Huang 1986   Elaphe taeniura Stripe-tailed Rat Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Schulz 1996 Tian, Jiang, Wu, Hu, Zhao & Huang 1986 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Euprepiophis (East Asian Rat Snakes)   Euprepiophis mandarinus Mandarin Rat Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Genus Gonyosoma (Oriental Green Rat Snakes and Rainbow Tree Snake)   Gonyosoma frenatum Khasi Hills Rat Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Hebius (Oriental Equatorial Keelbacks)   Hebius craspedogaster Kuatun Keelback Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)   Lycodon fasciatus Yellow-banded Wolf Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002   Lycodon flavozonatus Yellow Big-toothed Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002   Lycodon liuchengchaoi Tangjiahe Wolf Snake Wang, Yu, Vogel & Che 2020   Lycodon rufozonatus Red-banded Big-toothed Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Oligodon (Kukri Snakes)   Oligodon chinensis Chinese Kukri Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Oocatochus (Red-backed Rat Snake)   Oocatochus rufodorsatus Red-backed Rat Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Schulz 1996 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Oreocryptophis (Red Mountain Rat Snake)   Oreocryptophis porphyraceus Red Mountain Rat Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Orientocoluber (North Asian Whip Snake)   Orientocoluber spinalis North Asian Whip Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Pseudagkistrodon (False Habu)   Pseudagkistrodon rudis False Habu Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Pseudoxenodon (Mock Cobras)   Pseudoxenodon macrops Common Large-eyed Mock Cobra Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993   Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri Chinese Large-eyed Mock Cobra Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Ptyas (Giant Rat Snakes and Oriental Green Snakes)   Ptyas dhumnades Black-striped Rat Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993   Ptyas major Greater Green Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Rhabdophis (Asian Keelbacks)   Rhabdophis lateralis Chinese Tiger Keelback Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 [as tigrinus] Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Sibynophis (Oriental Black-headed Snakes)   Sibynophis chinensis Chinese Black-headed Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Trimerodytes (Asian Water Snakes)   Trimerodytes annularis Asian Banded Water Snake Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002   Trimerodytes percarinatus Chinese Keelback Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Pareidae (Oriental Slug Eaters) Genus Pareas (Typical Oriental Slug Eaters)   Pareas boulengeri Guizhou Slug Eater Chen, Zhu, Hou & Qu 2006  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Gloydius (Mamushis)   Gloydius brevicaudus Short-tailed Mamushi Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Genus Ovophis (Asian Mountain Pitvipers)   Ovophis makazayazaya Eastern Mountain Pitviper Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 [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 Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Viridovipera (Green Tree Pitvipers)   Viridovipera stejnegeri Chinese Green Tree Pitviper Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Cuora (Asian Box Turtles)   Cuora aurocapitata Yellow-headed Box Turtle Blanck, Ting, Protiva, Crow & Tiedemann 2017 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Cuora flavomarginata Chinese Yellow-margined Box Turtle Lau & Shi 2000 Ota, Yasukawa, Fu & Chen 2009 Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993   Cuora pani Shaanxi Box Turtle Huang & Huang 2011 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2002 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Mauremys (Stripe-necked Turtles)   Mauremys reevesii Chinese Three-keeled Pond Turtle Lau & Shi 2000 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2004 [as megalocephala] Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Pelodiscus (East Asian Softshell Turtles)   Pelodiscus sinensis Chinese Softshell Turtle Qu, Lu, Chen, Niu, Lu & Niu 2002 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993