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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 Daniels 2000 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Venugopal & Prasad 2003 Vos 1984 Whitaker & Andrews 2003

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Calotes (South Asian Forest Agamas)   Calotes calotes Southern Green Tree Agama Daniels 2000   Calotes grandisquamis Large-scaled Forest Agama Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Murthy 1985   Calotes nemoricola Nilgiri Forest Agama Balakrishna, Achary & Kumar 2012 Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Naniwadekar & Deepak 2008 Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak 2018   Calotes versicolor South Indian Crested Agama Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Gayathri, Jayashankar & Avinash 2016 Gowande, Pal, Jablonski, Masroor, Phansalkar, Dsouza, Jayarajan & Shanker 2021 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010   Calotes vultuosus Kolkata Crested Agama Gowande, Pal, Jablonski, Masroor, Phansalkar, Dsouza, Jayarajan & Shanker 2021 Genus Draco (Gliding Dragons)   Draco dussumieri South Indian Gliding Dragon Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Manthey 2008 Musters 1983 Genus Monilesaurus (Necklace Forest Agamas)   Monilesaurus elliotti White-spotted Tree Agama Daniels 2000 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010   Monilesaurus montanus Kudremukh Forest Agama Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak 2018   Monilesaurus rouxii Central Indian Forest Agama Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Manthey 2008 Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak 2018 Genus Psammophilus (Indian Rock Agamas)   Psammophilus blanfordanus Common Indian Rock Agama Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013   Psammophilus dorsalis South Indian Rock Agama Daniels 2000 Gayathri, Jayashankar & Avinash 2016 Manjunatha, Aswathanarayana, Shivakumar & Devaraj Sarkar 1981 Manthey 2010 Genus Sarada (Greater Fan-throated Agamas)   Sarada darwini Dharwad Fan-throated Agama Amarasinghe, Ineich, Karunarathna, Botejue & Campbell 2015 [as deccanensis] Daniels 2000 [as Sitana ponticeriana] Deepak, Giri, Asif, Dutta, Vyas, Zambre, Bhosale & Karanth 2016 Genus Sitana (Lesser Fan-throated Agamas)   * Sitana dharwarensis Dharwar Fan-throated Agama Ambekar, Murthy & Mirza 2020   * Sitana gokakensis Gokak Fan-throated Agama Deepak, Khandekar, Chaitanya & Karanth 2018  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo zeylanicus Asian Chameleon Daniels 2000 Tilbury 2010  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Calodactylodes (South Asian Golden Geckos)   Calodactylodes aureus Indian Golden Gecko Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu 2016 Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu, Shah, Devender & Kaur 2014 Genus Cnemaspis (Asian Rock and Forest Geckos)   * Cnemaspis adii Hampi Rock Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2020 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021 Srinivasulu, Kumar & Srinivasulu 2015   * Cnemaspis balerion Balerion Forest Gecko Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   * Cnemaspis bangara Golden-tailed Rock Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Agarwal, Thackeray, Pal & Khandekar 2020 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   * Cnemaspis ganeshaiahi Keeranhola Rock Gecko Narayanan, Pal, Grismer & Aravind 2023   Cnemaspis goaensis Goa Forest Gecko Bauer 2002 [as indraneildasii] Daniels 2000 [as kandiana] Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 [as indraneildasii] Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2019 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021 Sayyed, Pyron & Dileepkumar 2018 Tikader & Sharma 1992 [as kandiana] Tiwari & Sharma 1971 [as kandiana]   * Cnemaspis heteropholis Strange-scaled Rock Gecko Bauer 2002 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Ganesh, Sreekar, Pal, Ramchandra, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu 2011 Khandekar, Thackeray, Pal & Agarwal 2020 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   Cnemaspis indica Indian Rock Gecko Aengals 2012 Daniels 2000   Cnemaspis jerdonii Anaimalai Rock Gecko Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 [as "cf. jerdonii"]   * Cnemaspis lithophilis Sharavati Rock Gecko Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   Cnemaspis littoralis Coastal Rock Gecko Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010   * Cnemaspis magnifica Sahleshpur Rock Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2020 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Khandekar, Thackeray, Pal & Agarwal 2020 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   Cnemaspis mysoriensis Mysore Rock Gecko Aengals 2012 Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Daniels 2000 Gayathri, Jayashankar & Avinash 2016 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2020 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021 Sayyed, Pyron & Dahanukar 2016 Smith 1935   * Cnemaspis sakleshpurensis Sakleshpur Rock Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2022   Cnemaspis schalleri Hongadahalla Rock Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021   Cnemaspis sisparensis Sispara Rock Gecko Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 [as "cf. sisparensis"]   * Cnemaspis stellapulvis Yadiyur Rock Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2020 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   * Cnemaspis tigris Tiger Rock Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2022   * Cnemaspis umashaankeri Biligirirangan Hills Rock Gecko Narayanan & Aravind 2022   * Cnemaspis vijayae Coorg Rock Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2022 Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)   Cyrtodactylus albofasciatus White-banded Rock Gecko Bauer & Giri 2004 Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Cyrtodactylus collegalensis Kollegal Bent-toed Gecko Agarwal 2016 Agarwal, Mirza, Pal, Maddock, Mishra & Bauer 2016 Daniels 2000 Vyas 2000   * Cyrtodactylus srilekhae Bangalore Bent-toed Gecko Agarwal 2016 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus brookii Spotted Half-toed Gecko Bauer, Jackman, Greenbaum, Silva, Giri & Das 2010 Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 [as "cf. brookii"] Gayathri, Jayashankar & Avinash 2016   Hemidactylus flaviviridis Yellow-bellied House Gecko Ganesh, Chandramouli & Garfred 2006 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001   Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Gayathri, Jayashankar & Avinash 2016 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010   Hemidactylus gleadowi Sind Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 [as "H. cf. gleadowi"]   Hemidactylus gracilis Slender House Gecko Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019   Hemidactylus graniticolus Granite Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Agarwal, Giri & Bauer 2011   Hemidactylus leschenaultii Tamarind Tree Gecko Daniels 2000 Gayathri, Jayashankar & Avinash 2016 Smith 1935   Hemidactylus mahonyi Sandur Hills Half-toed Gecko Adhikari, Achyuthan, Kumar, Khot, Shreeram & Ganesh 2022   Hemidactylus murrayi Pimpri Half-toed Gecko Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016   Hemidactylus parvimaculatus Small-spotted Half-toed Gecko Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016   Hemidactylus prashadi Prashad Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Giri & Bauer 2011 Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Giri & Bauer 2006 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016 Mahony 2011 Murthy 1985 Smith 1935   * Hemidactylus raya Deccan Half-toed Gecko Kumar, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu 2022   Hemidactylus reticulatus Reticulated Half-toed Gecko Aengals 2012 Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Chaitanya, Agarwal, Lajmi & Khandekar 2019 Daniels 2000 Kumar, Srinivasulu & Seetharamaraju 2015 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016 Murthy 1985 Smith 1935   Hemidactylus rishivalleyensis Rishi Valley Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020   Hemidactylus saxicolus Raichur Half-toed Gecko Kumar, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu 2022   * Hemidactylus siva Bellary Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu & Kumar 2018   Hemidactylus srikanthani Devarayana Durga Hills Half-toed Gecko Adhikari, Achyuthan, Kumar, Khot, Shreeram & Ganesh 2022   Hemidactylus treutleri Golconda Half-toed Gecko Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016 Narayana, Baburao & Rao 2016 Srinivasulu, Kumar & Srinivasulu 2014   Hemidactylus triedrus Southern Termite Hill Gecko Aengals 2012 Daniels 2000 Gayathri, Jayashankar & Avinash 2016 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016 Mirza, Gowande, Patil, Ambekar & Patel 2018 Murthy 1985   * Hemidactylus vijayraghavani Bagalkot Half-toed Gecko Mirza 2018   Hemidactylus whitakeri Karnataka Termite Hill Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Mirza, Gowande, Patil, Ambekar & Patel 2018 Genus Hemiphyllodactylus (Slender Geckos)   Hemiphyllodactylus jnana Bangalore Slender Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Pal, Srikanthan & Khandekar 2020 Agarwal, Khandekar, Giri, Ramakrishnan & Karanth 2019  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Ophisops (Snake-eyed Lizards)   Ophisops beddomii Kerala Snake-eyed Lizard Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri 2018 Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Murthy 1985   Ophisops jerdonii Punjab Snake-eyed Lizard Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Murthy 1985   Ophisops leschenaultii Peninsular Snake-eyed Lizard Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri 2018   Ophisops minor Lesser Snake-eyed Lizard Murthy 1985 [as Cabrita jerdonii]  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Dasia (Indo-Malayan Tree Skinks)   Dasia subcaerulea Blue-bellied Tree Skink Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Harikrishnan, Vasudevan, Silva, Deepak, Kar, Naniwadekar, Lalremruata, Prasoona & Aggarwal 2012 Genus Eutropis (South Asian Sun Skinks)   Eutropis allapallensis Allapalli Sun Skink Bag, Raha & Deuti 2020 Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu 2013 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Eutropis beddomii South Indian Sun Skink Amarasinghe, Campbell, Chandramouli, Deuti, Raha, Karunarathna & Ineich 2016 Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Patel, Deuti, Campbell, Palot, Karunarathna, Abinawanto & Supriatna 2021 Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Murthy 1985 Murthy 1986 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Eutropis bibronii Olive-brown Sun Skink Amarasinghe, Campbell, Chandramouli, Deuti, Raha, Karunarathna & Ineich 2016 Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Patel, Deuti, Campbell, Palot, Karunarathna, Abinawanto & Supriatna 2021   Eutropis carinata Brahminy Skink Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Patel, Deuti, Campbell, Palot, Karunarathna, Abinawanto & Supriatna 2021 Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli & Garfred 2006 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Gayathri, Jayashankar & Avinash 2016   Eutropis macularia Speckled Forest Skink Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli & Garfred 2006 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010   Eutropis vertebralis Striped Ground Skink Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Mirza, Campbell, Pauwels, Schweiger, Kupfer, Patel, Karunarathna, Deuti, Ineich, Hallermann, Abinawantoa & Supriatna 2021 Daniels 2000 [as >trivittata] Seetharamaraju, Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu & Sreekar 2011 [as >trivittata] Smith 1935 [as >trivittata] Genus Kaestlea (Indian Ground Skinks)   Kaestlea beddomii Kerala Ground Skink Ganesh & Shankar 2009 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Genus Riopa (Asian Gracile Skinks)   Riopa guentheri Malabar Gracile Skink Bhilala, Ashaharraza, Ingle, Das, Sambath & Mohapatra 2021 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Murthy 1985 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Vyas 2014   Riopa lineata Indian Striped Gracile Skink Daniels 2000 Murthy 1985 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Vyas 2009   Riopa punctata Spotted Gracile Skink Daniels 2000 Gayathri, Jayashankar & Avinash 2016 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Smith 1935 Genus Ristella (Cat Skinks)   Ristella beddomii Yellow-spotted Cat Skink Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Murthy 1985 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)   Sphenomorphus dussumieri Malabar Forest Skink Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Tikader & Sharma 1992  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor Bhat & Sreenivasan 1981 Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Acrochordidae (Australasian File Snakes) Genus Acrochordus (Australasian File Snakes)   Acrochordus granulatus Lesser File Snake Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)   Eryx conicus Rough-scaled Sand Boa Daniels 2000 Gayathri, Jayashankar & Avinash 2016 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010   Eryx johnii Red Sand Boa Daniels 2000   Eryx whitakeri Kerala Sand Boa Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Whitaker & Captain 2004  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Ahaetulla (Oriental Whip Snakes)   Ahaetulla borealis Northwest Indian Whip Snake Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh 2020   Ahaetulla dispar South Indian Whip Snake Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010   * Ahaetulla farnsworthi Karnataka Whip Snake Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh 2020   Ahaetulla malabarica Malabar Whip Snake Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh 2020   Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha Southeast Indian Whip Snake Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh 2020   Ahaetulla sahyadrensis Sahyadri Hills Whip Snake Daniels 2000 [as pulverulenta] Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 [as pulverulenta] Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh 2020 Smith 1943 [as pulverulenta] Genus Amphiesma (South Asian Keelbacks)   Amphiesma monticolum Yellow-collared Forest Keelback Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli & Garfred 2006 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Amphiesma stolatum Buff-striped Keelback Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Atretium (South Asian Olive Keelback)   Atretium schistosum South Asian Olive Keelback Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)   Boiga beddomei Yellow-bellied Cat Snake Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010   Boiga forsteni Speckled Cat Snake Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013   Boiga nuchalis Collared Cat Snake Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Ganesh, Mallik, Achyuthan, Shanker & Vogel 2021 Narayanan, Das, Anvar, Tillack, Mohapatra, Gower, Rajkumar & Deepak 2023   Boiga thackerayi Maharashtra Cat Snake Ganesh, Mallik, Achyuthan, Shanker & Vogel 2021   Boiga trigonata Western Gamma Cat Snake Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013   Boiga westermanni Indian Egg Eater Bilaskar, Babu, Kumara & Parengal 2018 Kalki & Gowda 2021 Manhas 2021 Genus Chrysopelea (Flying Tree Snakes)   Chrysopelea ornata Ornate Flying Tree Snake Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Genus Coelognathus (Oriental Rat Snakes)   Coelognathus helena Indian Trinket Snake Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli & Garfred 2006 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Mohapatra, Schulz, Helfenberger, Hofmann & Dutta 2016 Schulz 1996 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)   Dendrelaphis ashoki Anaimalai Bronzeback Chandramouli & Ganesh 2012 Daniels 2000 [as pictus] Ganesh, Chandramouli & Garfred 2006 [as pictus] Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Vogel & Rooijen 2011   Dendrelaphis chairecacos Karnataka Bronzeback Chandramouli & Ganesh 2012 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013   Dendrelaphis girii Belgaum Bronzeback Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Vogel & Rooijen 2011   Dendrelaphis grandoculis Indian Large-eyed Bronzeback Chandramouli & Ganesh 2012 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013   Dendrelaphis tristis Common Indian Bronzeback Daniels 2000 Gayathri, Jayashankar & Avinash 2016 Genus Fowlea (Fishing Keelbacks)   Fowlea piscator Checkered Keelback Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Gayathri, Jayashankar & Avinash 2016 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Vogel & David 2012 Genus Hebius (Oriental Equatorial Keelbacks)   Hebius beddomei Nilgiri Keelback Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli & Garfred 2006 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Hutton & David 2008 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Liopeltis (Ringneck Snakes)   Liopeltis calamaria Lesser Ringneck Snake Amarasinghe, Karunarathna, Campbell, Ganesh & Vogel 2020 Bilaskar 2023 Daniels 2000 Smith 1943 Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)   Lycodon aulicus Indian Wolf Snake Daniels 2000 Ganesh & Vogel 2018 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Hutton & David 2008 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Vogel & Harikrishnan 2013   * Lycodon deccanensis Deccan Wolf Snake Ganesh, Deuti, Punith, Achyuthan, Mallik, Adhikari & Vogel 2020 Kalki, Gowda, Agnivamshi, Singh, Patel & Mirza 2020   Lycodon flavicollis Yellow-collared Wolf Snake Muliya & Nath 2018 Narayana, Sandeep & Dogra 2018   Lycodon flavomaculatus Yellow-spotted Wolf Snake Anne & Visvanathan 2018 Murthy 1985   Lycodon nympha Vellore Bridle Snake Das, Dutta, Chaudhri, Erinjery & Singh 2016   Lycodon striatus Striped Wolf Snake Daniels 2000 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Lycodon travancoricus Travancore Wolf Snake Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Ganesh, Deuti, Punith, Achyuthan, Mallik, Adhikari & Vogel 2020 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Genus Oligodon (Kukri Snakes)   Oligodon affinis Western Kukri Snake Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013   Oligodon arnensis Arani Kukri Snake Bandara, Ganesh, Kanishka, Danushka, Sharma, Campbell, Ineich, Vogel & Amarasinghe 2022   Oligodon brevicauda Short-tailed Kukri Snake Daniels 2000   Oligodon taeniolatus Variegated Kukri Snake Daniels 2000 Seetharamaraju, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu 2011   Oligodon tillacki Kurduvadi Kukri Snake Bandara, Ganesh, Kanishka, Danushka, Sharma, Campbell, Ineich, Vogel & Amarasinghe 2022 [based on map]   Oligodon venustus Black-spotted Kukri Snake Daniels 2000 Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)   Platyceps bholanathi Nagarjunasagar Whip Snake Lokesh, Prakash, Chanderr, Gonsalves & Kalki 2021 Samson, Santhoshkumar, Ramakrishnan, Karthick & Gnaneswar 2017 Sharma, Louies & Vattam 2013   Platyceps plinii Banded Whip Snake Daniels 2000 [as fasciolata] Deepak, Narayanan, Mohapatra, Dutta, Melvinselvan, Khan, Mahlow & Tillack 2021 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 [as fasciolata] Genus Ptyas (Giant Rat Snakes and Oriental Green Snakes)   Ptyas mucosa Common Oriental Rat Snake Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Gayathri, Jayashankar & Avinash 2016 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Genus Rhabdophis (Asian Keelbacks)   Rhabdophis plumbicolor Green Keelback Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Genus Rhabdops (South Asian Forest Snakes)   Rhabdops aquaticus Northern Olive Forest Snake Giri, Deepak, Captain, Das, Das, Rajkumar, Rathish & Gower 2017   Rhabdops olivaceus Southern Olive Forest Snake Bhosale & Joshi 2014 Ganesh, Chandramouli & Garfred 2006 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Giri, Deepak, Captain, Das, Das, Rajkumar, Rathish & Gower 2017 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Sibynophis (Oriental Black-headed Snakes)   Sibynophis subpunctatus Malabar Black-headed Snake Daniels 2000  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Bungarus (Kraits)   Bungarus caeruleus Blue Krait Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Bungarus fasciatus Banded Krait Biakzuala, Lalremsanga, Santra, Dhara, Ahmed, Mallick, Kuttalam, Amarasinghe & Malhotra 2023 Genus Calliophis (South Asian Coral Snakes)   Calliophis beddomei South Indian Coral Snake Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Murthy 1985 Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri 2012   Calliophis bibroni Western Ghats Coral Snake Deepak, Harikrishnan, Vasudevan & Smith 2010 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Murthy 1985 Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri 2012   Calliophis castoe Amboli Coral Snake Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Jadhav, Asode, Kininge, Kurundwadkar & Yadav 2021 Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri 2012   Calliophis melanurus South Asian Slender Coral Snake Daniels 2000 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Smith 1943 Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri 2012 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Calliophis nigrescens Black Slender Coral Snake Ganesh, Chandramouli & Garfred 2006 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri 2012 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja naja Indian Spectacled Cobra Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Gayathri, Jayashankar & Avinash 2016 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Genus Ophiophagus (King Cobra)   Ophiophagus hannah King Cobra Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli & Garfred 2006 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Whitaker, Shankar & Whitaker 2013 Yadav & Yankanchi 2015  Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes) Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)   Hydrophis caerulescens Bluish Slender-necked Sea Snake Sharma 1982 Smith 1926 Smith 1943   Hydrophis curtus Short Sea Snake Daniels 2000 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001   Hydrophis ornatus Reef Sea Snake Smith 1926   Hydrophis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Daniels 2000   Hydrophis schistosus Beaked Sea Snake Daniels 2000 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001   Hydrophis viperinus Viperine Sea Snake Smith 1926 Smith 1943 Genus Microcephalophis (Small-headed Sea Snakes)   Microcephalophis cantoris Spotted Small-headed Sea Snake Smith 1926  Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes) Genus Cerberus (Dog-faced Water Snakes)   Cerberus rynchops Western Dog-faced Water Snake Daniels 2000  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis condanarus Oriental Sand Snake Ganesh, Sharma & Guptha 2017   Psammophis longifrons Stout Sand Snake Kalki & Gowda 2021 Premkumar & Sharma 2017 Visvanathan, Anne & Kolli 2017  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python molurus Indian Python Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Grypotyphlops (Indian Beaked Blind Snake)   Grypotyphlops acutus Indian Beaked Blind Snake Narayana, Venkateshwarlu, Swamy, Surender, Kumar & Rao 2018 Wallach 1994 Genus Indotyphlops (South Asian Blind Snakes)   * Indotyphlops exiguus Belgaum Blind Snake McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999   Indotyphlops porrectus Indian Slender Blind Snake Daniels 2000 Smith 1943 Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)   Virgotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blind Snake Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013  Family Uropeltidae (Shield-tailed Snakes) Genus Melanophidium (Black Shieldtails)   Melanophidium khairei Amboli Shieldtail Ganesh, Chandramouli & Garfred 2006 [as punctatum] Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 [as punctatum] Gower, Giri, Captain & Wilkinson 2016 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016   Melanophidium wynaudense Wayanad Shieldtail Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Ganesh, Shankar & Sreekar 2012 Gower, Giri, Captain & Wilkinson 2016 Murthy 1985 Genus Pseudoplectrurus (Kanara Shieldtail)   * Pseudoplectrurus canaricus Kanara Shieldtail Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Murthy 1985 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016 Sampaio, Narayanan, Cyriac, Venu & Gower 2020 Genus Rhinophis (Sharp-nosed Shieldtails)   Rhinophis sanguineus Red-tailed Shieldtail Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Murthy 1985 Genus Uropeltis (Typical Shieldtails)   Uropeltis ceylanica Kerala Shieldtail Ganesh, Aengals & Ramanujam 2014 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001   Uropeltis ellioti Madras Shieldtail Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Whitaker & Captain 2004   * Uropeltis jerdoni Bengaluru Shieldtail Ganesh, Punith, Adhikari & Achyuthan 2021   Uropeltis rubromaculata Red-spotted Shieldtail Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu, Ganesan & Vijayakumar 2018  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Craspedocephalus (Ridge-nosed Tree Pitvipers)   Craspedocephalus gramineus Indian Green Pitviper Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Khaire 2006 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Smith 1943   Craspedocephalus malabaricus Malabar Rock Pitviper Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra & Shanker 2021 Smith 1943 Vogel 2006 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Craspedocephalus occidentalis Mudumallay Pitviper Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra & Shanker 2021 Genus Daboia (Daboias)   Daboia russelii Indian Chain Viper Daniels 2000 Gayathri, Jayashankar & Avinash 2016 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)   Echis carinatus Common Carpet Viper Auffenberg & Rehman 1991 Daniels 2000 Genus Hypnale (Hump-nosed Pitvipers)   Hypnale hypnale Indian Hump-nosed Pitviper Daniels 2000 Ganesh, Chandramouli & Garfred 2006 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Gloyd & Conant 1990 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Maduwage, Silva, Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda 2009 Vogel 2006 Whitaker & Captain 2004

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles) Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Daniels 2000 Frazier 1989 Sharath (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Daniels 2000  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Melanochelys (Indian Black Turtles)   Melanochelys trijuga Indian Black Turtle Daniels 2000 Das 2001 Frazier & Das 1994 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Gayathri, Jayashankar & Avinash 2016 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Mohan, Kottur, Deepak & Murthy 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Vijayachelys (Cochin Forest Cane Turtle)   Vijayachelys silvatica Cochin Forest Cane Turtle Daniels 2000 Das 2001 Deepak, Praschag & Vasudevan 2014 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sharath 1990  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Geochelone (South Asian Star Tortoises)   Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise Daniels 2000 Das 2001 D'Cruze, Mookerjee, Vyas, Macdonald & Silva 2018 Frazier & Das 1994 Mohan, Kottur, Deepak & Murthy 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Indotestudo (Asian Tortoises)   Indotestudo travancorica Travancore Tortoise Bhupathy & Choudhury 1995 [as forstenii] Daniels 2000 Das 2001 Deepak, Ramesh, Bhupathy & Vasudevan 2011 Frazier & Das 1994 [as forstenii] Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Chitra (Narrow-headed Softshell Turtles)   Chitra indica Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle Mohan, Kottur, Deepak & Murthy 2021 Genus Lissemys (South Asian Flapshell Turtles)   Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle Bhupathy, Webb & Praschag 2014 Daniels 2000 Das 2001 Ganesh, Chandramouli, Sreekar & Shankar 2013 Mohan, Kottur, Deepak & Murthy 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Nilssonia (South Asian Softshell Turtles)   Nilssonia leithii Deccan Softshell Turtle Daniels 2000 Das 2001 Das, Sirsi, Vasudevan & Murthy 2014 Frazier & Das 1994 Lewis, Piggott, Griffin, Greig-Smith, Martin, Barretto, Bajibab, Thorpe-Dixon, Prodromou, Fordham, Willis, Turner, Radovanovic & Holloway 2010 Mohan, Kottur, Deepak & Murthy 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sagar, Mrunmayee, Chethan, Kumar & Girish 2019