Reptiles of
Komodo [Indonesia]

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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.
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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Draco (Gliding Dragons)
 
Draco boschmai

Lesser Sundas Gliding Dragon

Dunn 1927 [as reticulatus] Manthey 2008 McGuire & Kiew 2001 Musters 1983 Wermuth 1967 Zug & Kaiser 2014
 Family Dibamidae (Blind Skinks)
Genus Dibamus (Oriental Blind Skinks)
 
Dibamus taylori

Lesser Sunda Blind Skink

Greer 1985 Zug & Kaiser 2014 [as "novaguineae"]
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)
 
Cyrtodactylus darmandvillei

Flores Bent-toed Gecko

Auffenberg 1980 Brongersma 1934 Darevsky 1964 Dunn 1927 [as defossei] Mertens 1930 Oliver, Edgar, Mumpuni, Iskandar & Lilley 2009 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Zug & Kaiser 2014
 
Cyrtodactylus laevigatus

Komodo Bent-toed Gecko

Auffenberg 1980 Darevsky 1964 Mecke, Kieckbusch, Hartmann & Kaiser 2016 Zug & Kaiser 2014
Genus Gehyra (Four-clawed Geckos)
 
Gehyra mutilata

Common Four-clawed Gecko

Auffenberg 1980 Dunn 1927 Mertens 1930 Zug & Kaiser 2014
Genus Gekko (Tokays)
 
Gekko gecko

Tokay

Auffenberg 1980 Darevsky 1964 Dunn 1927 Mertens 1930 Zug & Kaiser 2014
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus frenatus

Asian House Gecko

Auffenberg 1980 Darevsky 1964 Dunn 1927 Mertens 1930 Zug & Kaiser 2014
 
Hemidactylus garnotii

Fox Gecko

Zug & Kaiser 2014
 
Hemidactylus platyurus

Flat-tailed Gecko

Auffenberg 1980 Darevsky 1964 Zug & Kaiser 2014
Genus Hemiphyllodactylus (Slender Geckos)
 
Hemiphyllodactylus typus

Indo-Pacific Slender Gecko

Auffenberg 1980 Zug & Kaiser 2014 Zug 2010
Genus Lepidodactylus (Scaly-toed Geckos)
 
Lepidodactylus intermedius

Komodo Scaly-toed Gecko

Auffenberg 1980 Darevsky 1964 McKay & Lilley 2012 Ota, Darevsky, Ineich & Yamashiro(2000
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Cryptoblepharus (Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Cryptoblepharus burdeni

Padar Snake-eyed Skink

Auffenberg 1980 Horner 2007 Zug & Kaiser 2014
 
Cryptoblepharus renschi

Indonesian Blue-tailed Snake-eyed Skink

Auffenberg 1980 Darevsky 1964 Horner 2007 McKay & Lilley 2012 Zug & Kaiser 2014
Genus Emoia (Emo Skinks)
 
Emoia similis

Komodo Slender Skink

Auffenberg 1980 Brown 1991 Dunn 1927 McKay & Lilley 2012 Zug & Kaiser 2014
Genus Eremiascincus (Glossy Night Skinks and Sand Swimmers)
 
Eremiascincus emigrans

Lesser Sundas Glossy Night Skink

Auffenberg 1980 Zug & Kaiser 2014
Genus Eutropis (South Asian Sun Skinks)
 
Eutropis multifasciata

Many-lined Sun Skink

Auffenberg 1980 Darevsky 1964 Dunn 1927 Mertens 1930 Zug & Kaiser 2014
Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)
 
Sphenomorphus melanopogon

Black-bearded Forest Skink

Auffenberg 1980 [as florense] Darevsky 1964 [as florense] Dunn 1927 [as florense] Mertens 1930 [as florense] Shea 2012 Zug & Kaiser 2014
 
Sphenomorphus schlegeli

Komodo Forest Skink

Auffenberg 1980 Dunn 1927 McKay & Lilley 2012 Zug & Kaiser 2014
 
Sphenomorphus striolatus

Flores Forest Skink

Auffenberg 1980 Darevsky 1964 Dunn 1927 Mertens 1930 Zug & Kaiser 2014
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus komodoensis

Komodo Monitor

Auffenberg 1980 Mertens 1963 Zug & Kaiser 2014
 
Varanus salvator

Asian Water Monitor

Koch, Auliya, Schmitz, Kuch & Boehme 2007 Zug & Kaiser 2014

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Acrochordidae (Australasian File Snakes)
Genus Acrochordus (Australasian File Snakes)
 
Acrochordus granulatus

Lesser File Snake

Auffenberg 1980 Lang 2011 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zug & Kaiser 2014
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)
 
Boiga hoeseli

Lesser Sundas Cat Snake

Auffenberg 1980 [as cynodon] Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as cynodon] Lang 2011 Ramadhan, Iskandar & Subasri 2010 Zug & Kaiser 2014 [as cynodon]
Genus Coelognathus (Oriental Rat Snakes)
 
Coelognathus subradiatus

Lesser Sundas Rat Snake

Auffenberg 1980 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2011 Mertens 1930 Schulz 1996 Zug & Kaiser 2014
Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)
 
Dendrelaphis inornatus

Lesser Sundas Painted Bronzeback

Auffenberg 1980 [as pictus] Darevsky 1964 [as intermedius] Haas 1950 [as intermedius] Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2011 Zug & Kaiser 2014
Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)
 
Lycodon capucinus

Island Wolf Snake

Auffenberg 1980 Darevsky 1964 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2011 O'Shea, Kusuma & Kaiser 2018 Zug & Kaiser 2014
 Family Cylindrophiidae (Asian Pipe Snakes)
Genus Cylindrophis (Oriental Pipe Snakes)
 
Cylindrophis opisthorhodus

Lesser Sundas Pipe Snake

Auffenberg 1980 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2011 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Zug & Kaiser 2014
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja sputatrix

Southern Indonesian Spitting Cobra

Auffenberg 1980 Bosch 1985 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2011 Zug & Kaiser 2014
 Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes)
Genus Cerberus (Dog-faced Water Snakes)
 
Cerberus schneiderii

South East Asian Dog-faced Water Snake

Auffenberg 1980 [as C. rynchops] Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as C. rynchops] Lang 2011 [as C. rynchops] Zug & Kaiser 2014
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Psammodynastes (Asian Mock Vipers)
 
Psammodynastes pulverulentus

Dusky Mock Viper

Auffenberg 1980 Darevsky 1964 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2011 Mertens 1930 Zug & Kaiser 2014
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Indotyphlops (South Asian Blind Snakes)
 
Indotyphlops schmutzi

Komodo Blind Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2011 McKay & Lilley 2012 Zug & Kaiser 2014
Genus Sundatyphlops (Lesser Sunda Blind Snakes)
 
Sundatyphlops polygrammicus

Many-lined Blind Snake

Auffenberg 1980 Darevsky 1964 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2011 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)
 
Virgotyphlops braminus

Brahminy Blind Snake

Auffenberg 1980 Lang 2011 Wallach 2009 Zug & Kaiser 2014
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Daboia (Daboias)
 
Daboia siamensis

Siamese Chain Viper

Auffenberg 1980 [as russelli limitis] Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as limitis] Lang 2011 Mertens 1930 [as Vipera russelii limitis] Wuster, Otsuka, Malhotra & Thorpe 1992 [as Vipera russelli limitis] Zug & Kaiser 2014
Genus Trimeresurus (Oriental Pitvipers)
 
Trimeresurus insularis

Lesser Sundas White-lipped Pitviper

Auffenberg 1980 [as albolabris] Darevsky 1964 [as albolabris] Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2011 Regenass & Kramer 1981 Vogel 2006 Zug & Kaiser 2014

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

Auffenberg 1980
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Auffenberg 1980