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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 Acanthosaura (Pricklenapes)   Acanthosaura lepidogaster Brown Pricklenape Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Deng & Yiyun 1997 Genus Calotes (South Asian Forest Agamas)   Calotes irawadi Ayeyarwady Forest Agama Gowande, Pal, Jablonski, Masroor, Phansalkar, Dsouza, Jayarajan & Shanker 2021   Calotes versicolor South Indian Crested Agama Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Deng & Yiyun 1997 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] Deng & Yiyun 1997 [as Japalura szechwanensis] Wang, Qi, Wang, Koehler, Lu, Lyu, Wang, Wang & Che 2022 Wang, Ren, Chen, Lyu, Guo, Jiang, Chen, Li, Guo, Wang & Che 2020 Wang, Ren, Wu, Jiang, Jin, Hou, Zheng, Xie, Siler & Che 2021  Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.) Genus Dopasia (Oriental Glass Lizards)   Dopasia harti South Chinese Glass Lizard Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Dibamidae (Blind Skinks) Genus Dibamus (Oriental Blind Skinks)   Dibamus bourreti Indochinese Blind Skink Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Deng & Ye 1996 Deng & Yiyun 1997  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Gekko (Tokays)   Gekko hokouensis Hokou Gecko Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Deng & Yiyun 1997 Lyu, Lin, Ren, Jiang, Zhang, Qi & Wang 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993   Gekko japonicus Japanese Giant Gecko Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Lyu, Lin, Ren, Jiang, Zhang, Qi & Wang 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Hemiphyllodactylus (Slender Geckos)   * Hemiphyllodactylus dupanglingensis Dupangling Slender Gecko Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Zhang, Qian, Jiang, Cai, Deng & Yang 2020 2020  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Takydromus (Oriental Grass Lizards)   Takydromus intermedius Sichuan Grass Lizard Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Deng & Yiyun 1997 Wang, Lyu, Yang, Li & Wang 2019   Takydromus kuehnei Kanshirei Grass Lizard Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Deng & Yiyun 1997   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   Takydromus sylvaticus Fujian Grass Lizard Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021   Takydromus wolteri Northeastern Mountain Grass Lizard Deng & Yiyun 1997  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)   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 modesta Slender Ground Skink Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)   Sphenomorphus incognitus Koshun Forest Skink Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Deng & Yiyun 1997   Sphenomorphus indicus Common Indian Forest Skink Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Tropidophorus (Stream Skinks)   Tropidophorus guangxiensis Guangxi Stream Skink Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Guo, Mi & Deng 2010 Guo, Shu, Wu, Chen, Hou, Shi & Deng 2021   Tropidophorus hainanus Hainan Stream Skink Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Fei, Yang, Song, Fu & Yang 2010  Family Shinisauridae (Chinese Crocodile Lizard) Genus Shinisaurus (Crocodile Lizard)   Shinisaurus crocodilurus Crocodile Lizard Schingen, Ihlow, Nguyen, Ziegler, Bonkowski, Wu & Roedder 2014 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 Genus Amphiesma (South Asian Keelbacks)   Amphiesma stolatum Buff-striped Keelback Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Archelaphe (Venus Rat Snake)   Archelaphe bella Venus Rat Snake Anonymous 2014 Schulz, Boehme & Tillack 2011 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)   Boiga kraepelini Kelung Cat Snake Zhao & Adler 1993   Boiga multomaculata Marbled Cat Snake Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Calamaria (Oriental Reed Snakes)   Calamaria septentrionalis Northern Reed Snake Inger & Marx 1965 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Elaphe (Palearctic-Oriental Rat Snakes)   Elaphe bimaculata Twin-spotted Rat Snake China Snakes Working Group 2016   Elaphe carinata East Asian Keeled Rat Snake Schulz 1996 Zhao & Adler 1993   Elaphe schrenckii Amur Rat Snake Zhao & Adler 1993   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 Hebius (Oriental Equatorial Keelbacks)   Hebius bitaeniatus Two-striped Keelback Fei, Yang, Song, Fu & Yang 2010   Hebius boulengeri White-browed Keelback Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Hebius craspedogaster Kuatun Keelback Malnate 1962 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993   Hebius optatus Mount Omei Keelback Guo, Liu, Li, Zhong, Chen & Wang 2012 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993   Hebius popei Chinese Mountain Keelback Lalremsanga, Bal, Vogel & Biakzuala 2022 Malnate 1962 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993   * Hebius sangzhiensis Hunan Mountain Keelback Lalremsanga, Bal, Vogel & Biakzuala 2022 Zhou, Sun, Qi, Lu, Lyu, Wang, Li & Ma 2019   Hebius sauteri Kosempo Keelback Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)   Lycodon flavozonatus Yellow Big-toothed Snake Wang, Qi, Lyu, Zeng & Wang 2020 Zhao & Adler 1993   Lycodon liuchengchaoi Tangjiahe Wolf Snake Kang, Yang & Liao 2009 [as L. fasciatus]   Lycodon rufozonatus Red-banded Big-toothed Snake Orlov & Ryabov 2004 Wang, Qi, Lyu, Zeng & Wang 2020 Zhao & Adler 1993   Lycodon ruhstrati Taiwanese Wolf Snake Vogel, Nguyen, Kingsada & Ziegler 2012 Wang, Qi, Lyu, Zeng & Wang 2020 Genus Oligodon (Kukri Snakes)   Oligodon chinensis Chinese Kukri Snake Zhao & Adler 1993   Oligodon formosanus Taiwanese Kukri Snake Zhao & Adler 1993   Oligodon ornatus Chinese Ornate Kukri Snake Qian, Qi, Shi, Lu, Jenkins, Mo & Li 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Oocatochus (Red-backed Rat Snake)   Oocatochus rufodorsatus Red-backed Rat Snake Schulz 1996 Genus Opisthotropis (Mountain Stream Keelbacks)   Opisthotropis cheni Guangdong Mountain Stream Keelback Li, Liu & Guo 2010 Ren, Wang, Guo, Wang, Nguyen & Li 2019 Wang, Guo, Liu, Lyu, Wang, Luo, Sun & Zhang 2017 Zhao 1999   Opisthotropis guangxiensis Guangxi Mountain Stream Keelback Ren, Wang, Guo, Wang, Nguyen & Li 2019   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   * Opisthotropis zhaoermii Hunan Mountain Stream Keelback Ren, Wang, Guo, Wang, Nguyen & Li 2019 Ren, Wang, Jiang, Guo & Li 2017 Genus Oreocryptophis (Red Mountain Rat Snake)   Oreocryptophis porphyraceus Red Mountain Rat Snake Schulz & Helfenberger 1998 Schulz 1996 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 Ye & Deng 1997   Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri Chinese Large-eyed Mock Cobra Guo, Mi & Deng 2008 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 Genus Rhabdophis (Asian Keelbacks)   Rhabdophis lateralis Chinese Tiger Keelback Zhao & Adler 1993   Rhabdophis nuchalis Collared Keelback Kang, Yang & Liao 2009 Genus Sibynophis (Oriental Black-headed Snakes)   Sibynophis chinensis Chinese Black-headed Snake Lalremsanga, Bal, Vogel & Biakzuala 2022 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Trimerodytes (Asian Water Snakes)   Trimerodytes aequifasciatus Equal-banded Water Snake Ren, Wang, Guo, Wang, Nguyen & Li 2019 Zhao & Adler 1993   Trimerodytes annularis Asian Banded Water Snake Guo, Zhu, Liu, Wang, Che & Nguyen 2020 Zhao & Adler 1993   Trimerodytes balteatus Banded Mountain Stream Keelback Ye & Deng 1997   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 Sinomicrurus (East Asian Coral Snakes)   Sinomicrurus kelloggi Indochinese Coral Snake Rao & Li 2012  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 Guo & Deng 2006  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)   Virgotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blind Snake Ye & Deng 1997  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Azemiops (Asian Mole Vipers)   Azemiops kharini White-headed Mole Viper Ye & Deng 1997 [as feae] Genus Deinagkistrodon (Sharp-nosed Pitviper)   Deinagkistrodon acutus Sharp-nosed Pitviper Gloyd & Conant 1990 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Gloydius (Mamushis)   Gloydius brevicaudus Short-tailed Mamushi Gloyd & Conant 1990 Genus Ovophis (Asian Mountain Pitvipers)   Ovophis makazayazaya Eastern Mountain Pitviper Malhotra, Dawson, Guo & Thorpe 2011 Zhao & Adler 1993 [as monticola] Genus Protobothrops (Habus and allies)   Protobothrops jerdonii Spotted Mountain Pitviper Ye & Deng 1997   Protobothrops mucrosquamatus Brown-spotted Pitviper 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 Genus Zhaoermia (Mangshan Pitviper)   Zhaoermia mangshanensis Mangshan Pitviper Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Gong, Yang, Chen, Lau & Wang 2013 Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 Guo, Liu, Li, Cao & Wang 2016 Vogel 2006 Zhao & Adler 1993 Zhao & Chen 1990  Family Xenodermidae (Asian Litter Snakes) Genus Achalinus (East Asian Burrowing Snakes)   Achalinus ater Chinese Black Burrowing Snake Fu, Shi, Tang, Liu, Zhao, Xiang & Deng 2014   Achalinus spinalis Grey Burrowing Snake Li, Yu, Wu, Liao, Tang, Liu & Guo 2020 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Xenopeltidae (Asian Sunbeam Snakes) Genus Xenopeltis (Asian Sunbeam Snakes)   Xenopeltis hainanensis Hainan Sunbeam Snake Orlov 2000 Zhao 1997

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Cuora (Asian Box Turtles)   Cuora flavomarginata Chinese Yellow-margined Box Turtle Lau & Shi 2000 Ota, Yasukawa, Fu & Chen 2009 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Geoemyda (Black-breasted Leaf Turtles)   Geoemyda spengleri Common Black-breasted Leaf Turtle Dawson, Gaillard, Gong, Lin, McCormack, Nanthavong, Nguyen, Nguyen, Pham & Shi 2022 Yasukawa & Ota 2010 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Mauremys (Stripe-necked Turtles)   Mauremys reevesii Chinese Three-keeled Pond Turtle Lau & Shi 2000 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2004 [as megalocephala] 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 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Pelodiscus (East Asian Softshell Turtles)   Pelodiscus axenaria Hunan Softshell Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Gong, Fritz, Vamberger, Gao & Farkas 2022 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Yang, Tang, Ding, Guo & Wang 2011   Pelodiscus parviformis Lesser Chinese Softshell Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Pelodiscus shipian Chinese Stone Slab Soft-shelled Turtle Gong, Fritz, Vamberger, Gao & Farkas 2022   Pelodiscus sinensis Chinese Softshell Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Zhao & Adler 1993