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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 Calotes (South Asian Forest Agamas)   Calotes versicolor South Indian Crested Agama Ananjeva, Guo & Wang 2011 Bogadek & Lau 1997 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 1999 Smith 1935 Taylor 1963 Wermuth 1967 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Dibamidae (Blind Skinks) Genus Dibamus (Oriental Blind Skinks)   * Dibamus bogadeki Hong Kong Blind Skink Bogadek & Lau 1997 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Chan, Ng, Yeung, Cheung, Lam, Fung & Chan 2012 Darevsky 1992 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 1999 Lazell 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993   Dibamus bourreti Indochinese Blind Skink Ineich 1999  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Gehyra (Four-clawed Geckos)   Gehyra mutilata Common Four-clawed Gecko Bogadek & Lau 1997 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Chan, Cheung, Ho, Lam & Tang 2006 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 1999 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Gekko (Tokays)   Gekko chinensis Chinese Narrow-disked Gecko Bogadek & Lau 1997 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Chan, Cheung, Ho, Lam & Tang 2006 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 1999 Lazell 2002 Lyu, Lin, Ren, Jiang, Zhang, Qi & Wang 2021 Roesler, Bauer, Heinicke, Greenbaum, Jackman, Nguyen & Ziegler 2011 Zhao & Adler 1993   Gekko gecko Tokay Bogadek & Lau 1997 Chan, Cheung, Ho, Lam & Tang 2006 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 1999 Zhao & Adler 1993   Gekko reevesii Chinese Black Tokay Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus bowringii Hong Kong House Gecko Bogadek & Lau 1997 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Chan, Cheung, Ho, Lam & Tang 2006 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 1999 Lazell 2002 McMahan & Zug 2007 Smith 1935 Zhao & Adler 1993   Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko Bogadek & Lau 1997   Hemidactylus garnotii Fox Gecko Bogadek & Lau 1997 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Chan, Cheung, Ho, Lam & Tang 2006 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 1999 Lazell 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Hemiphyllodactylus (Slender Geckos)   * Hemiphyllodactylus hongkongensis Hong Kong Slender Gecko Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Chan, Cheung, Ho, Lam & Tang 2006 [as H. sp.] Lazell 2002 [as chapaensis] Sung, Lee, Ng, Zhang & Yang 2018  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Takydromus (Oriental Grass Lizards)   Takydromus sexlineatus Six-lined Grass Lizard Arnold 1997 Bogadek & Lau 1997 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 1999 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Ateuchosaurus (East Asian Short-legged Skinks)   Ateuchosaurus chinensis Chinese Short-Legged Skink Bogadek & Lau 1997 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Chan, Chan, Cheung, Ho, Ng & Tang 2009 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 1999 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Eutropis (South Asian Sun Skinks)   Eutropis longicaudata Long-tailed Sun Skink Bogadek & Lau 1997 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Chan, Chan, Cheung, Ho, Ng & Tang 2009 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 1999 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)   Plestiodon chinensis Eastern Chinese Long Skink Bogadek & Lau 1997 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Chan, Chan, Cheung, Ho, Ng & Tang 2009 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 1999 Zhao & Adler 1993   Plestiodon elegans Elegant Five-lined Skink Bogadek & Lau 1997 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Chan, Chan, Cheung, Ho, Ng & Tang 2009 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 1999 Zhao & Adler 1993   Plestiodon quadrilineatus Four-striped Long Skink Bogadek & Lau 1997 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Chan, Chan, Cheung, Ho, Ng & Tang 2009 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 1999 Lazell 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993   Plestiodon tamdaoensis Tamdao Blue-tailed Skink Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Chan, Chan, Cheung, Ho, Ng & Tang 2009 Hikida, Lau & Ota 2001 Genus Scincella (South Asian and American Ground Skinks)   Scincella reevesii Speckled Ground Skink Bogadek & Lau 1997 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Chan, Chan, Cheung, Ho, Ng & Tang 2009 Chen, Hikida, Han, Shim, Oh & Ota 2001 Lazell 1999 Lazell 2002 Ouboter 1986 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)   Sphenomorphus incognitus Koshun Forest Skink Chan, Chan, Cheung, Ho, Ng & Tang 2009   Sphenomorphus indicus Common Indian Forest Skink Bogadek & Lau 1997 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Chan, Chan, Cheung, Ho, Ng & Tang 2009 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 1999 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Tropidophorus (Stream Skinks)   Tropidophorus sinicus South Chinese Stream Skink Bogadek & Lau 1997 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Chan, Chan, Cheung, Ho, Ng & Tang 2009 Guo, Shu, Wu, Chen, Hou, Shi & Deng 2021 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 1999 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus salvator Asian Water Monitor Bogadek & Lau 1997 Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 1999 Zhao & Adler 1993

	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 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 2002 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Amphiesma (South Asian Keelbacks)   Amphiesma stolatum Buff-striped Keelback Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)   Boiga multomaculata Marbled Cat Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 2002 Orlov & Ryabov 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Calamaria (Oriental Reed Snakes)   Calamaria septentrionalis Northern Reed Snake Chan, Fung, Ng & Wong 2011 Inger & Marx 1965 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Chrysopelea (Flying Tree Snakes)   Chrysopelea ornata Ornate Flying Tree Snake Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Coelognathus (Oriental Rat Snakes)   Coelognathus radiatus Copper-headed Rat Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)   * Dendrelaphis hollinrakei Hong Kong Bronzeback Lazell 2002   Dendrelaphis proarchos Northern Painted Bronzeback Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Zhao & Adler 1993 [as pictus] Genus Fowlea (Fishing Keelbacks)   Fowlea flavipunctata Yellow-spotted Keelback Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 [as piscator] Smith 1943 Vogel & David 2012 Zhao & Adler 1993 [as piscator] Genus Hebius (Oriental Equatorial Keelbacks)   Hebius atemporalis Tonkin Keelback Chan, Fung, Ng & Wong 2011 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993   Hebius boulengeri White-browed Keelback Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)   Lycodon capucinus Island Wolf Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 [as aulicus] Lazell 2002 Leviton 1965 O'Shea, Kusuma & Kaiser 2018 Smith 1943 Zhao & Adler 1993 [as Ophites aulicus]   Lycodon futsingensis Fujian Wolf Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 [as ruhstrati] Vogel, David, Pauwels, Sumontha, Norval, Hendrix, Vu & Ziegler 2009 Vogel, Nguyen, Kingsada & Ziegler 2012 Zhang, Jiang, Vogel & Rao 2011 Zhao & Adler 1993 [as ruhstrati]   Lycodon subcinctus Malayan Banded Wolf Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Zhang, Jiang, Vogel & Rao 2011 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Oligodon (Kukri Snakes)   Oligodon cinereus Black-barred Kukri Snake David, Nguyen, Nguyen, Jiang, Chen, Teynie & Ziegler 2012 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Zhao & Adler 1993   Oligodon formosanus Taiwanese Kukri Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Opisthotropis (Mountain Stream Keelbacks)   Opisthotropis andersonii Hong Kong Mountain Stream Keelback David, Pauwels, Nguyen & Vogel 2015 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Ren, Wang, Guo, Wang, Nguyen & Li 2019 Ren, Wang, Jiang, Guo & Li 2017 Smith 1943 Wang, Guo, Liu, Lyu, Wang, Luo, Sun & Zhang 2017 Yang, Wang, Zhang, Lau & Chou 2011 Zhao & Adler 1993   Opisthotropis kuatunensis Striped Mountain Stream Keelback Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Ren, Wang, Guo, Wang, Nguyen & Li 2019 Zhao & Adler 1993   Opisthotropis lateralis Bicoloured Mountain Stream Keelback Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Ren, Wang, Guo, Wang, Nguyen & Li 2019 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Oreocryptophis (Red Mountain Rat Snake)   Oreocryptophis porphyraceus Red Mountain Rat Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Schulz & Helfenberger 1998 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Ptyas (Giant Rat Snakes and Oriental Green Snakes)   Ptyas korros Indochinese Rat Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Zhao & Adler 1993   Ptyas major Greater Green Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Zhao & Adler 1993   Ptyas mucosa Common Oriental Rat Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Rhabdophis (Asian Keelbacks)   Rhabdophis callichroma Bavi Keelback Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 [as chrysargos]   Rhabdophis helleri Northern Red-necked Keelback David & Vogel 2021 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Sibynophis (Oriental Black-headed Snakes)   Sibynophis chinensis Chinese Black-headed Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Trimerodytes (Asian Water Snakes)   Trimerodytes aequifasciatus Equal-banded Water Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Zhao & Adler 1993   Trimerodytes balteatus Banded Mountain Stream Keelback Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Ren, Wang, Guo, Wang, Nguyen & Li 2019 Zhao & Adler 1993   Trimerodytes percarinatus Chinese Keelback Guo, Zhu, Liu, Wang, Che & Nguyen 2020 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Bungarus (Kraits)   Bungarus fasciatus Banded Krait Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Zhao & Adler 1993   Bungarus multicinctus Many-banded Krait Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 2002 Vogel 2006 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja atra Chinese Spitting Cobra Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 2002 Vogel 2006 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Ophiophagus (King Cobra)   Ophiophagus hannah King Cobra Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Vogel 2006 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  Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes) Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)   Hydrophis curtus Short Sea Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Smith 1926 [as Lapemis hardwickii] Zhao & Adler 1993   Hydrophis cyanocinctus Blue-banded Sea Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Zhao & Adler 1993   Hydrophis ornatus Reef Sea Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Zhao & Adler 1993   Hydrophis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Zhao & Adler 1993   Hydrophis viperinus Viperine Sea Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Smith 1926 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Microcephalophis (Small-headed Sea Snakes)   Microcephalophis gracilis Graceful Small-headed Sea Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Smith 1926 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes) Genus Hypsiscopus (Orange-bellied Mud Snakes and Matanna Mud Snake)   Hypsiscopus murphyi Northern Orange-bellied Mud Snake Gyi 1970 [as plumbea] Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 [as plumbea] Lazell 2002 [as plumbea] Zhao & Adler 1993 [as plumbea] Genus Myrrophis (Indochinese Mud Snakes)   Myrrophis bennetti Mangrove Mud Snake Gyi 1970 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Murphy & Voris 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993   Myrrophis chinensis Chinese Mud Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy 2007 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Psammodynastes (Asian Mock Vipers)   Psammodynastes pulverulentus Dusky Mock Viper Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Pareidae (Oriental Slug Eaters) Genus Pareas (Typical Oriental Slug Eaters)   Pareas chinensis Chinese Slug Eater Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Ota, Bogadek & Lau 1997 Zhao & Adler 1993 [as hamptoni]   Pareas margaritophorus White-spotted Slug Eater Hauser 2017 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Vogel, Nguyen, Lalremsanga, Biakzuala, Hrima & Poyarkov 2020 Yang, Yeung, Huang & Yang 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python bivittatus Burmese Python Barker & Barker 2010 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Indotyphlops (South Asian Blind Snakes)   * Indotyphlops lazelli Hong Kong Blind Snake Wallach & Pauwels 2004 Genus Ramphotyphlops (Western Pacific Blind Snakes)   Ramphotyphlops albiceps Southeast Asian White-headed Blind Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)   Virgotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blind Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 2002 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach 2020 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Ovophis (Asian Mountain Pitvipers)   Ovophis makazayazaya Eastern Mountain Pitviper Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Vogel 2006 [as orientalis] Zhao & Adler 1993   Ovophis tonkinensis Tonkin Pitviper Fong, Grioni, Crow & Cheung 2017 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 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 2002 Regenass & Kramer 1981 Vogel 2006 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Xenodermidae (Asian Litter Snakes) Genus Achalinus (East Asian Burrowing Snakes)   Achalinus rufescens Rufous Burrowing Snake Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Li, Yu, Wu, Liao, Tang, Liu & Guo 2020 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993

	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 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 King & Burke 1989 Ng & Wan 2011 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 King & Burke 1989 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Cuora (Asian Box Turtles)   Cuora flavomarginata Chinese Yellow-margined Box Turtle Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lau, Chan, Crow & Ades 2000 Ota, Yasukawa, Fu & Chen 2009 Zhao & Adler 1993   Cuora trifasciata Northern Three-striped Box Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lau, Chan, Crow & Ades 2000 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Mauremys (Stripe-necked Turtles)   Mauremys reevesii Chinese Three-keeled Pond Turtle Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lazell 2002 Ng 2010 [as megalocephala] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Sacalia (Eastern Eyed Turtles)   Sacalia bealei Eastern Chinese Eyed Turtle Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lau, Chan, Crow & Ades 2000 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 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lau, Chan, Crow & Ades 2000 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 Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998 Lau, Chan, Crow & Ades 2000 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993