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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 Whitaker & Andrews 2003

	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 Manhas, Raina & Wanganeo 2018 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Genus Japalura (Western Mountain Agamas)   Japalura major West Himalayan Mountain Agama Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Genus Laudakia (Asian Rock Agamas)   Laudakia agrorensis Agror Valley Rock Agama Baig, Wagner, Ananjeva & Boehme 2012 Manhas, Raina & Wanganeo 2018 Murthy 1985 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Laudakia dayana Ladakh Rock Agama Baig, Wagner, Ananjeva & Boehme 2012 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008   Laudakia himalayana West Himalayan Rock Agama Baig, Wagner, Ananjeva & Boehme 2012 Gruber 1981 Manhas, Raina & Wanganeo 2018 Murthy 1985 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Laudakia melanura Black Rock Agama Sharma & Sharma 1976   Laudakia pakistanica North Pakistan Agama Venugopal 2010   Laudakia tuberculata Kashmir Rock Agama Agrawal 1979 Manhas, Raina & Wanganeo 2018 Murthy 1985 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Genus Phrynocephalus (Toad-headed Agamas)   Phrynocephalus theobaldi Kashmir Toad Agama Barabanov & Ananjeva 2007 Gruber 1981 Murthy 1985 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sahi & Duda 1983 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Genus Sitana (Lesser Fan-throated Agamas)   Sitana sp. (Fan-throated Agama) Sahi & Duda 1983 [as ponticeriana] Sahi & Duda 1985 [as ponticeriana] Sahi & Duda 1996 [as ponticeriana]  Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos) Genus Eublepharis (Southwest Asian Fat-tailed Geckos)   Eublepharis macularius Common Asian Leopard Gecko Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1976  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Altiphylax (Asian Mountain Pygmy Geckos)   Altiphylax stoliczkai Karakoram Rock Gecko Gruber 1981 Murthy 1985 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Smith 1935 Szczerbak & Golubev 1996 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Venugopal 2010 [as boehmei] Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)   Cyrtodactylus fasciolatus Subathu Bent-toed Gecko Sharma & Sharma 1976   * Cyrtodactylus himalayanus Himalayan Bent-toed Gecko Duda & Sahi 1978 Mahony & Kamei 2022 Manhas, Raina & Wanganeo 2018 Murthy 1985 Purkayastha, Lalremsanga, Litho, Rathee, Bohra, Mathipi, Biakzuala & Muansanga 2022 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996   Cyrtodactylus lawderanus Kumaon Bent-toed Gecko Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sahi, Abrol & Verma 1996 Genus Cyrtopodion (Palearctic Bent-toed Geckos)   Cyrtopodion kachhense Cutch Thin-toed Gecko Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sharma & Sharma 1976   * Cyrtopodion mansarulum Jammu Bent-toed Gecko Duda & Sahi 1978   Cyrtopodion montiumsalsorum Salt Range Thin-toed Gecko Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sahi, Abrol & Verma 1996   Cyrtopodion scabrum Keeled Rock Gecko Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus brookii Spotted Half-toed Gecko Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1976   Hemidactylus flaviviridis Yellow-bellied House Gecko Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1976   Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi Himachal Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Giri & Bauer 2018  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)   Acanthodactylus cantoris Indian Fringe-toed Lizard Sahi & Duda 1983 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Genus Ophisops (Snake-eyed Lizards)   Ophisops jerdonii Punjab Snake-eyed Lizard Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Sahi & Duda 1983 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Ablepharus (Eurasian Mountain Skinks)   Ablepharus himalayanus Himalayan Mountain Skink Manhas, Raina & Wanganeo 2018 Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Ablepharus ladacensis Ladakh Glacier Skink Gruber 1981 Jamdar & Sekar 1986 Murthy 1985 Ouboter 1986 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Ablepharus pannonicus Southwest Asian Snake-eyed Skink Sahi & Duda 1983 Sahi & Duda 1986 Sahi & Duda 1996   Ablepharus tragbulensis Kashmir Mountain Skink Das, Dattagupta & Gayen 1998 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Venugopal 2010 Genus Eurylepis (Asian Mole Skinks)   Eurylepis taeniolatus Yellow-bellied Mole Skink Murthy 1985 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Sindaco, Busais, Amr, Ananjeva, Orlov, Papenfuss, Shafiei, Bafti, Nilson, Shestopal, Dujsebayeva, Nuridjanov, Golynsky, Borkin & Milto 2021 Smith 1935 Genus Eutropis (South Asian Sun Skinks)   Eutropis trivittata Three-striped Sun Skink Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Mirza, Campbell, Pauwels, Schweiger, Kupfer, Patel, Karunarathna, Deuti, Ineich, Hallermann, Abinawantoa & Supriatna 2021 Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Patel, Deuti, Campbell, Palot, Karunarathna, Abinawanto & Supriatna 2021 [as dissimilis] Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 [as dissimilis] Sahi & Duda 1985 [as dissimilis] Sahi & Duda 1996 [as dissimilis] Sharma & Sharma 1976 [as dissimilis] Genus Riopa (Asian Gracile Skinks)   Riopa punctata Spotted Gracile Skink Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sharma & Sharma 1976  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor Auffenberg 1994 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1976   Varanus flavescens Yellow Monitor Sahi & Duda 1996

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)   Eryx conicus Rough-scaled Sand Boa Murthy & Sharma 1976 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976   Eryx johnii Red Sand Boa Murthy & Sharma 1976 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Amphiesma (South Asian Keelbacks)   Amphiesma stolatum Buff-striped Keelback Murthy & Sharma 1976 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)   Boiga multifasciata Many-banded Cat Snake Murthy & Sharma 1976 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Boiga trigonata Western Gamma Cat Snake Murthy & Sharma 1976 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Genus Coelognathus (Oriental Rat Snakes)   Coelognathus helena Indian Trinket Snake Mohapatra, Schulz, Helfenberger, Hofmann & Dutta 2016 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Schulz 1996 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)   Dendrelaphis tristis Common Indian Bronzeback Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Genus Elaphe (Palearctic-Oriental Rat Snakes)   Elaphe hodgsonii Himalayan Trinket Snake Kramer 1977 Manhas, Raina & Wanganeo 2018 Murthy 1985 Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Schulz 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Sharma 2007 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Fowlea (Fishing Keelbacks)   Fowlea piscator Checkered Keelback Murthy & Sharma 1976 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Vogel & David 2012 Whitaker & Captain 2004 [as sanctijohannis] Genus Herpetoreas (Himalayan Mountain Keelbacks)   Herpetoreas platyceps Himalayan Flat-headed Keelback David, Agarwal, Athreya, Mathew, Vogel & Mistry 2015 David, Vogel & Pauwels 2005 Kramer 1977 Malnate 1966 Manhas, Raina & Wanganeo 2018 Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 Purkayastha & David 2019 Ren, Jiang, Huang, David & Li 2022 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Sharma 2007 Smith 1943 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Herpetoreas sieboldii Sikkim Keelback Manhas, Raina & Wanganeo 2018 Ren, Jiang, Huang, David & Li 2022 Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)   Lycodon aulicus Indian Wolf Snake Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996   Lycodon bicolor Golden-spotted Wolf Snake Manhas, Raina & Wanganeo 2018 [as L. mackinnoni] Murthy & Sharma 1976 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Nawani, Deepak, Gautam, Gupta, Boruah & Das 2021 [as L. mackinnoni] Sahi & Duda 1985 [as L. striatus] Sahi & Duda 1996 [as L. striatus] Sharma & Sharma 1976 Whitaker & Captain 2004 [as L. striatus] Genus Oligodon (Kukri Snakes)   Oligodon russelius Visakhapatnam Kukri Snake Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 [as arnensis] Sahi & Duda 1985 [as arnensis] Sahi & Duda 1996 [as arnensis] Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)   Platyceps rhodorachis Wadi Whip Snake Hussain & Tantarpale 2021 Manhas, Raina & Wanganeo 2018 Murthy & Sharma 1976 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Ramesh, Shanthakumar, Ramachandran, Sony, Maruthakutti, Das & Buhpathy 2015 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Ptyas (Giant Rat Snakes and Oriental Green Snakes)   Ptyas mucosa Common Oriental Rat Snake Manhas, Raina & Wanganeo 2018 Murthy & Sharma 1976 Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Smith 1943 Genus Sibynophis (Oriental Black-headed Snakes)   Sibynophis sagittarius Bengal Black-headed Snake Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Genus Spalerosophis (Diadem Snakes)   Spalerosophis arenarius Red-spotted Diadem Snake Murthy & Sharma 1976 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976   Spalerosophis atriceps Black-headed Diadem Snake Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Hussain, Ahmad & Shah 2023 Murthy & Sharma 1976 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Spalerosophis diadema Common Diadem Snake Hussain, Ahmad & Shah 2023 Genus Trachischium (Oriental Slender Snakes)   Trachischium fuscum Darjeeling Slender Snake Kramer 1977 Murthy & Sharma 1976 Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 Raha, Das, Bag, Debnath & Pramanick 2018 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Smith 1943   * Trachischium sushantai Jammu Slender Snake Raha, Das, Bag, Debnath & Pramanick 2018  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Bungarus (Kraits)   Bungarus caeruleus Blue Krait Murthy & Sharma 1976 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja naja Indian Spectacled Cobra Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma 2007   Naja oxiana Central Asian Cobra Murthy & Sharma 1976 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Sharma 2007 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Wuster & Thorpe 1992 Wuster 1998  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis leithii Pakistani Sand Snake Murthy 1985 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2007 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Psammophis schokari Arabian Sand Snake Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Murthy 1985 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Smith 1943  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python molurus Indian Python Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1976  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Indotyphlops (South Asian Blind Snakes)   Indotyphlops porrectus Indian Slender Blind Snake Murthy & Sharma 1976 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)   Virgotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blind Snake Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Daboia (Daboias)   Daboia russelii Indian Chain Viper Murthy & Sharma 1976 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Smith 1943 Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)   Echis carinatus Common Carpet Viper Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Murthy & Sharma 1976 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1975 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Sharma 1982 Sharma 2007 Genus Gloydius (Mamushis)   Gloydius himalayanus Himalayan Mamushi Chaudhuri, Muhkerjee, Chowdhury & Purkayastha 2018 Gloyd & Conant 1990 Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 Manhas 2020 Manhas, Raina & Wanganeo 2018 Murthy & Sharma 1976 Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Sharma 2007 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Macrovipera (Giant Vipers)   Macrovipera lebetinus Blunt-nosed Viper Herrmann, Joger & Nilson 1992 Manhas, Raina & Wanganeo 2018 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Murthy 1985 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Sharma & Sharma 1976 Sharma 2007 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Trimeresurus (Oriental Pitvipers)   Trimeresurus septentrionalis Northern White-lipped Pitviper Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 Regenass & Kramer 1981

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Geoclemys (South Asian Spotted Pond Turtle)   Geoclemys hamiltonii South Asian Spotted Pond Turtle Das 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Genus Pangshura (Roofed Turtles)   Pangshura smithii Brown Roofed Turtle Duda, Dutta & Sahi 1977 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996   Pangshura tentoria Indian Tent Turtle Banerjee & Das 2020  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Chitra (Narrow-headed Softshell Turtles)   Chitra indica Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Genus Lissemys (South Asian Flapshell Turtles)   Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle Bhupathy, Webb & Praschag 2014 Das 2001 Duda, Dutta & Sahi 1977 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996 Verma & Sahi 1998 Genus Nilssonia (South Asian Softshell Turtles)   Nilssonia gangetica Ganges Softshell Turtle Das 2001 Duda, Dutta & Sahi 1977 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996   Nilssonia hurum Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle Sahi & Duda 1985 Sahi & Duda 1996