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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 Atigre 2018 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Sayyed 2016 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 Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Giri & Chaturvedi 2001 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Indurkar & Sabnis 1976 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Manthey 2008 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Sayyed 2016 Smith 1935 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012 Wadatkar 2004   Calotes vultuosus Kolkata Crested Agama Gowande, Pal, Jablonski, Masroor, Phansalkar, Dsouza, Jayarajan & Shanker 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Genus Draco (Gliding Dragons)   Draco dussumieri South Indian Gliding Dragon Murthy 1986 Pardeshi & Naik 2017 Genus Monilesaurus (Necklace Forest Agamas)   Monilesaurus elliotti White-spotted Tree Agama Manthey 2008   Monilesaurus rouxii Central Indian Forest Agama Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Giri & Chaturvedi 2001 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Manthey 2008 Murthy 1985 Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak 2018 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Sharma 1982 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Genus Psammophilus (Indian Rock Agamas)   Psammophilus blanfordanus Common Indian Rock Agama Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Manthey 2010 Genus Sarada (Greater Fan-throated Agamas)   Sarada darwini Dharwad Fan-throated Agama Deepak, Giri, Asif, Dutta, Vyas, Zambre, Bhosale & Karanth 2016   Sarada deccanensis Deccan Fan-throated Agama Amarasinghe, Ineich, Karunarathna, Botejue & Campbell 2015   * Sarada superba Satara Fan-throated Agama Deepak, Giri, Asif, Dutta, Vyas, Zambre, Bhosale & Karanth 2016 Genus Sitana (Lesser Fan-throated Agamas)   * Sitana laticeps Broad-headed Fan-throated Agama Deepak, Giri, Asif, Dutta, Vyas, Zambre, Bhosale & Karanth 2016 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Sayyed 2016   Sitana spinaecephala Spiny-headed Fan-throated Agama Deepak, Giri, Asif, Dutta, Vyas, Zambre, Bhosale & Karanth 2016 Khate & Bawaskar 2020  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo zeylanicus Asian Chameleon Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Sayyed 2016  Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos) Genus Eublepharis (Southwest Asian Fat-tailed Geckos)   Eublepharis fuscus Western Indian Fat-tailed Gecko Mirza, Sanap, Raju, Gawai & Ghadekar 2014 Seufer, Kaverkin & Kirschner (eds.) 2005 Szczerbak & Golubev 1996   Eublepharis hardwickii Eastern Indian Fat-tailed Gecko Seufer, Kaverkin & Kirschner (eds.) 2005   Eublepharis macularius Common Asian Leopard Gecko Daniel 1983 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Eublepharis satpuraensis Satpura Fat-tailed Gecko Mirza, Sanap, Raju, Gawai & Ghadekar 2014  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Cnemaspis (Asian Rock and Forest Geckos)   * Cnemaspis ajijae Mahabaleshwar Forest Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2019 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021 Sayyed, Pyron & Dileepkumar 2018   * Cnemaspis amba Amba Rock Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2019 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   * Cnemaspis amboliensis Amboli Forest Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2019 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021 Sayyed, Pyron & Dileepkumar 2018   Cnemaspis flaviventralis Yellow-bellied Day Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2019 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021 Sayyed, Pyron & Dahanukar 2016   * Cnemaspis girii Kaas Plateau Rock Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2019 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Mirza, Pal, Bhosale & Sanap 2014 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021 Sayyed 2016 Sayyed, Pyron & Dahanukar 2016   Cnemaspis goaensis Goa Forest Gecko Giri & Chaturvedi 2001 [as kandiana] Tikader & Sharma 1992 [as kandiana] Tiwari & Sharma 1971 [as kandiana]   * Cnemaspis kolhapurensis Kolhapur Rock Gecko Giri, Bauer & Gaikwad 2009 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2019 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2020 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Mirza 2010 Mirza, Pal, Bhosale & Sanap 2014 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021 Sayyed, Pyron & Dahanukar 2016   * Cnemaspis koynaensis Koyna Rock Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2019 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   * Cnemaspis limayei Marutiwadi Forest Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2019 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021 Sayyed, Pyron & Dileepkumar 2018   * Cnemaspis mahabali Bhira Forest Gecko Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021 Sayyed, Pyron & Dileepkumar 2018   Cnemaspis rajgadensis Rajgad Rock Gecko Sayyed, Cyriac, Pardeshi & Sulakhe 2021   * Cnemaspis ranganaensis Rangana Rock Gecko Sayyed & Sulakhe 2020   * Cnemaspis uttaraghati Kedareshwar Rock Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)   Cyrtodactylus albofasciatus White-banded Rock Gecko Bauer & Giri 2004   Cyrtodactylus deccanensis Deccan Bent-toed Gecko Bauer & Giri 2004 Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Giri & Chaturvedi 2001 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Smith 1935 Tiwari & Sharma 1971   Cyrtodactylus varadgirii Mumbai Bent-toed Gecko Agarwal, Mirza, Pal, Maddock, Mishra & Bauer 2016 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Sekar 1994 [as collegalensis] Vyas 2000 [as collegalensis] Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   * Hemidactylus albofasciatus Dorli House Gecko Giri & Bauer 2008 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Hemidactylus brookii Spotted Half-toed Gecko Chikane & Bhosale 2012 [as "cf. brookii"] Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Giri & Chaturvedi 2001 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Mahony 2011 Sayyed 2016 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012 Vyas & Prajapati 2010 [as "cf. brookii"]   * Hemidactylus chikhaldaraensis Chikhaldara Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Chaitanya, Agarwal, Lajmi & Khandekar 2019   Hemidactylus flaviviridis Yellow-bellied House Gecko Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Das, Purkayastha, Bauer & Sengupta 2011 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Murthy 1985 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Smith 1935 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012 Wadatkar 2004   Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Sayyed 2016 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012   Hemidactylus gleadowi Sind Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 [as "H. cf. gleadowi"] Karthik, Nazareth, Baskaran & Ishwar 2019   Hemidactylus gracilis Slender House Gecko Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Dandge & Tiple 2018 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016 Mirza & Sanap 2010 Sayyed 2016 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Tiwari & Sharma 1971   * Hemidactylus hemchandrai Bhandara Half-toed Gecko Dandge & Tiple 2015 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019   Hemidactylus leschenaultii Tamarind Tree Gecko Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Murthy 1985 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Sayyed 2016 Sharma 1982 Smith 1935 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012   Hemidactylus maculatus Dark-spotted Giant Gecko Aengals 2012 Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Agarwal, Giri & Bauer 2011 Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Giri & Chaturvedi 2001 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016 Mahony 2011 Murthy 1985 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Smith 1935 Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu & Kumar 2018 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012   Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi Himachal Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Chaitanya, Agarwal, Lajmi & Khandekar 2019   Hemidactylus murrayi Pimpri Half-toed Gecko Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021   Hemidactylus prashadi Prashad Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Agarwal, Giri & Bauer 2011 Bansal & Karanth 2010 Giri & Bauer 2006 Jadhav, Mote & Vadar 1991 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Sayyed & Nale 2020 Sayyed 2016   Hemidactylus sahgali Northern Termite Hill Gecko Aengals 2012 [as triedrus] Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Agrawal 1979 [as triedrus] Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 [as triedrus] Khate & Bawaskar 2020 [as H. triedrus] Mirza, Gowande, Patil, Ambekar & Patel 2018 Murthy 1985 [as triedrus] Sayyed 2016 [as triedrus] Smith 1935 [as triedrus] Tiwari & Sharma 1971 [as triedrus] Wadatkar 2004 [as triedrus]   * Hemidactylus sataraensis Satara Half-toed Gecko Giri & Bauer 2008 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016 Mirza, Bhosale & Sanap 2013 Sayyed 2016   * Hemidactylus tamhiniensis Tamhini Half-toed Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021   Hemidactylus triedrus Southern Termite Hill Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019   * Hemidactylus varadgirii Amboli Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Chaitanya, Agarwal, Lajmi & Khandekar 2019   * Hemidactylus aaronbaueri Pune Half-toed Gecko Giri 2008 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Pal, Gaikwad, Murthy, Dutta & Giri 2013  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Ophisops (Snake-eyed Lizards)   Ophisops beddomii Kerala Snake-eyed Lizard Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri 2018 Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Murthy 1985 Patil & Choudaj 2022 [as "O. cf. beddomei"] Sayyed 2016 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Tiwari & Sharma 1971   Ophisops jerdonii Punjab Snake-eyed Lizard Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri 2018 Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Sayyed 2016 Sharma 1982 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Tiwari & Sharma 1971   Ophisops minor Lesser Snake-eyed Lizard Tikader & Sharma 1992 [as Cabrita jerdonii]  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Eurylepis (Asian Mole Skinks)   * Eurylepis poonaensis Poona Mole Skink Datta-Roy, Deepak, Chaitanya, Murthy, Bhosale, Lajmi, Karanth, Kunte & Giri 2017 Murthy 1985 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Genus Eutropis (South Asian Sun Skinks)   Eutropis allapallensis Allapalli Sun Skink Bag, Raha & Deuti 2020 Ganesh & Arumugam 2016 Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu 2013   Eutropis beddomii South Indian Sun Skink Amarasinghe, Campbell, Chandramouli, Deuti, Raha, Karunarathna & Ineich 2016 Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Patel, Deuti, Campbell, Palot, Karunarathna, Abinawanto & Supriatna 2021 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Eutropis carinata Brahminy Skink Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Patel, Deuti, Campbell, Palot, Karunarathna, Abinawanto & Supriatna 2021 Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Giri & Chaturvedi 2001 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012 Wadatkar 2004   Eutropis innotata Bronzy-Olive Sun Skink Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Patel, Deuti, Campbell, Palot, Karunarathna, Abinawanto & Supriatna 2021 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Eutropis macularia Speckled Forest Skink Chikane & Bhosale 2012 [as "cf. macularia"] Giri & Chaturvedi 2001 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Patil & Choudaj 2022 [as "E. cf. macularia"] Sayyed 2016 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Wadatkar 2004   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 Ashaharraza & Kaur 2018 Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Chikane 2011 Murthy 1985 Sayyed 2016 Seetharamaraju, Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu & Sreekar 2011 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Tiwari & Sharma 1971   Eutropis vertebralis Striped Ground Skink Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Mirza, Campbell, Pauwels, Schweiger, Kupfer, Patel, Karunarathna, Deuti, Ineich, Hallermann, Abinawantoa & Supriatna 2021 Genus Riopa (Asian Gracile Skinks)   Riopa albopunctata White-spotted Gracile Skink Ahmed & Dasgupta 1991   Riopa guentheri Malabar Gracile Skink Bhilala, Ashaharraza, Ingle, Das, Sambath & Mohapatra 2021 Murthy 1985 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Vyas & Prajapati 2010 Vyas 2014   Riopa lineata Indian Striped Gracile Skink Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Mirza, Ahmed & Patil 2010 Murthy 1985 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Sayyed 2016 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Vyas 2009 Vyas 2014   Riopa punctata Spotted Gracile Skink Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Sayyed 2016 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Wadatkar 2004  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor Auffenberg 1994 Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumar 1992 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Wadatkar 2004   Varanus griseus Desert Monitor Tikader & Sharma 1992

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Acrochordidae (Australasian File Snakes) Genus Acrochordus (Australasian File Snakes)   Acrochordus granulatus Lesser File Snake Smith 1943 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)   Eryx conicus Rough-scaled Sand Boa Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012 Wadatkar 2004 Whitaker 1969   Eryx johnii Red Sand Boa Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Sharma 1982 Tiwari & Sharma 1971   Eryx whitakeri Kerala Sand Boa Sayyed 2016 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 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021   Ahaetulla laudankia Laudankia Whip Snake Deepak, Narayanan, Sarkar, Dutta & Mohapatra 2019 Narayanan & Mohapatra 2021 Patel, Sahu, Fullonton, Samal & Patel 2023   Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha Southeast Indian Whip Snake Patil & Choudaj 2022   Ahaetulla sahyadrensis Sahyadri Hills Whip Snake Farhad & Varsha 2013 [as pulverulenta] Khaire & Khaire 1992 [as pulverulenta] Khaire & Khaire 1993 [as pulverulenta] Narayanan & Mohapatra 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 [as pulverulenta] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 [as pulverulenta] Whitaker & Captain 2004 [as pulverulenta] Genus Amphiesma (South Asian Keelbacks)   Amphiesma stolatum Buff-striped Keelback Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Atretium (South Asian Olive Keelback)   Atretium schistosum South Asian Olive Keelback Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)   Boiga beddomei Yellow-bellied Cat Snake Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Ganesh, Achyuthan, Chandramouli & Vogel 2020 Ganesh, Mallik, Achyuthan, Shanker & Vogel 2021 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Vogel & Ganesh 2013 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Boiga flaviviridis Yellow-Green Cat Snake Choure, Komanduri, Choure & Lalremsanga 2021 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Sharma, Karoo & Zire 2016   Boiga forsteni Speckled Cat Snake Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Murthy 1985 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Boiga thackerayi Maharashtra Cat Snake Ganesh, Mallik, Achyuthan, Shanker & Vogel 2021 Giri, Deepak, Captain, Pawar & Tillack 2019   Boiga trigonata Western Gamma Cat Snake Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Wadatkar 2004 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Boiga westermanni Indian Egg Eater Captain, Tillack, Gumprecht & Dandge 2005 Dandge & Tiple 2016 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Manhas 2021 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Narayanan 2012 Sharma 2014 Visvanathan 2015 Vyas 2013 Genus Coelognathus (Oriental Rat Snakes)   Coelognathus helena Indian Trinket Snake Ashaharraza & Bibekar 2019 Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Giri & Chaturvedi 2001 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Mohapatra, Schulz, Helfenberger, Hofmann & Dutta 2016 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Schulz 1996 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Coelognathus radiatus Copper-headed Rat Snake Arif, Maslehuddin, Verma & Uttam 2020 Nguyen, Thy, Chan-Ard, Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu, Das & Mohapatra 2014 Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)   Dendrelaphis chairecacos Karnataka Bronzeback Karthik & Dutta 2020   Dendrelaphis girii Belgaum Bronzeback Vogel & Rooijen 2011   Dendrelaphis tristis Common Indian Bronzeback Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Rooijen & Vogel 2008 Sayyed 2016 Smith 1943 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Whitaker 1969 Genus Fowlea (Fishing Keelbacks)   Fowlea piscator Checkered Keelback Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012 Vogel & David 2012 Wadatkar 2004 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Whitaker 1969 Genus Hebius (Oriental Equatorial Keelbacks)   Hebius beddomei Nilgiri Keelback Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Sayyed 2016 Shinde, Deshpande, Ketkar & Thakkar 2020 Smith 1943 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Liopeltis (Ringneck Snakes)   Liopeltis calamaria Lesser Ringneck Snake Amarasinghe, Karunarathna, Campbell, Ganesh & Vogel 2020 Bilaskar 2023 Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Chunekar & Alekar 2015 Sayyed 2016 Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)   Lycodon aulicus Indian Wolf Snake Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Ganesh & Vogel 2018 Giri & Chaturvedi 2001 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Sayyed 2016 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012 Vogel & Harikrishnan 2013 Wadatkar 2004 Whitaker 1969   Lycodon flavomaculatus Yellow-spotted Wolf Snake Anne & Visvanathan 2018 Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Murthy 1985 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Sayyed 2016 Walmiki, Karangutkar, Jadhav, Parab & Achyuthan 2011 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Lycodon striatus Striped Wolf Snake Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Lycodon travancoricus Travancore Wolf Snake Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Ganesh, Deuti, Punith, Achyuthan, Mallik, Adhikari & Vogel 2020 Giri & Chaturvedi 2001 Murthy & Sharma 1976 Murthy 1986 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Oligodon (Kukri Snakes)   Oligodon russelius Visakhapatnam Kukri Snake Bandara, Ganesh, Kanishka, Danushka, Sharma, Campbell, Ineich, Vogel & Amarasinghe 2022   Oligodon taeniolatus Variegated Kukri Snake Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Sayyed 2016 Seetharamaraju, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu 2011 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Oligodon tillacki Kurduvadi Kukri Snake Bandara, Ganesh, Kanishka, Danushka, Sharma, Campbell, Ineich, Vogel & Amarasinghe 2022 Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)   Platyceps gracilis Indian Slender Whip Snake Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Murthy 1985 Sayyed 2016 Smith 1943 Walmiki, Kumbhar & Guptha 2012 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Platyceps plinii Banded Whip Snake Chikane & Bhosale 2012 [as fasciolata] Deepak, Narayanan, Mohapatra, Dutta, Melvinselvan, Khan, Mahlow & Tillack 2021 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 [as fasciolata] Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 [as fasciolata] Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 [as fasciolata] Farhad & Varsha 2013 [as fasciolata] Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 [as fasciolata] Khate & Bawaskar 2020 [as fasciolata] Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 [as fasciolata] Nande & Deshmukh 2007 [as fasciolata] Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 [as Argyrogena fasciolata] Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 [as fasciolata] Tiwari & Sharma 1971 [as fasciolata] Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012 [as fasciolata] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 [as fasciolata] Whitaker & Captain 2004 [as fasciolata]   Platyceps ventromaculatus Spotted Whip Snake Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Daniel 1983 Schatti & Schmitz 2006 Smith 1943 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Genus Ptyas (Giant Rat Snakes and Oriental Green Snakes)   Ptyas mucosa Common Oriental Rat Snake Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012 Wadatkar 2004 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Whitaker 1969 Genus Rhabdophis (Asian Keelbacks)   Rhabdophis plumbicolor Green Keelback Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012 Vyas & Prajapati 2010 Wadatkar 2004 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Rhabdops (South Asian Forest Snakes)   Rhabdops aquaticus Northern Olive Forest Snake Bhosale & Joshi 2014 [as olivaceus] Chikane & Bhosale 2012 [as olivaceus] Giri, Deepak, Captain, Das, Das, Rajkumar, Rathish & Gower 2017 Sayyed 2016 [as olivaceus] Whitaker & Captain 2004 [as olivaceus] Genus Sibynophis (Oriental Black-headed Snakes)   Sibynophis sagittarius Bengal Black-headed Snake Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979   Sibynophis subpunctatus Malabar Black-headed Snake Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Sayyed 2016 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Wallophis (Indian Smooth Snake)   Wallophis brachyurus Indian Smooth Snake Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Mistry 2005 Murthy 1985 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Patel, Vyas & Tank 2015 Sayyed 2016 Whitaker & Captain 2004  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Bungarus (Kraits)   Bungarus caeruleus Blue Krait Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Vogel 2006 Wadatkar 2004 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Whitaker 1969   Bungarus fasciatus Banded Krait Anwar 2011 Biakzuala, Lalremsanga, Santra, Dhara, Ahmed, Mallick, Kuttalam, Amarasinghe & Malhotra 2023 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Bungarus walli Faizabad Krait Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Sayyed 2016 Vogel 2006 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Calliophis (South Asian Coral Snakes)   Calliophis castoe Amboli Coral Snake Jadhav, Asode, Kininge, Kurundwadkar & Yadav 2021 Sayyed 2016 Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri 2012   Calliophis melanurus South Asian Slender Coral Snake Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Sayyed 2016 Smith 1943 Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri 2012 Vogel 2006 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Calliophis nigrescens Black Slender Coral Snake Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Sayyed 2016 Smith 1943 Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri 2012 Vogel 2006 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja naja Indian Spectacled Cobra Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012 Vogel 2006 Wadatkar 2004 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Whitaker 1969 Wuster & Thorpe 1992 Genus Ophiophagus (King Cobra)   Ophiophagus hannah King Cobra Yadav & Yankanchi 2015  Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes) Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)   Hydrophis caerulescens Bluish Slender-necked Sea Snake Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Sharma 1982 Smith 1926 Smith 1943   Hydrophis curtus Short Sea Snake Sharma 1982 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Hydrophis cyanocinctus Blue-banded Sea Snake Smith 1926   Hydrophis mamillaris Bombay Gulf Sea Snake Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Smith 1926 Smith 1943   Hydrophis ornatus Reef Sea Snake Smith 1926   Hydrophis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Smith 1926   Hydrophis schistosus Beaked Sea Snake Prachi & Ramesh 2016 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Hydrophis spiralis Narrow-banded Sea Snake Smith 1926   Hydrophis viperinus Viperine Sea Snake Smith 1926  Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes) Genus Cerberus (Dog-faced Water Snakes)   Cerberus rynchops Western Dog-faced Water Snake Gyi 1970 Murphy, Voris & Karns 2012 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Whitaker 1969 Genus Gerarda (Glossy Marsh Snake)   Gerarda prevostiana Glossy Marsh Snake Gyi 1970 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Whitaker 1969  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis condanarus Oriental Sand Snake Murthy 1985 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Psammophis leithii Pakistani Sand Snake Murthy 1985 Sharma 1982 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Psammophis longifrons Stout Sand Snake Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Murthy 1985 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Sayyed 2016 Smith 1943 Visvanathan, Anne & Kolli 2017 Whitaker & Captain 2004  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python molurus Indian Python Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Wadatkar 2004 Whitaker 1969  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Grypotyphlops (Indian Beaked Blind Snake)   Grypotyphlops acutus Indian Beaked Blind Snake Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Narayana, Venkateshwarlu, Swamy, Surender, Kumar & Rao 2018 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Wallach 1994 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Indotyphlops (South Asian Blind Snakes)   Indotyphlops porrectus Indian Slender Blind Snake Agrawal 1979 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)   Virgotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blind Snake Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 [as "Indotyphlos cf. braminus" [sic]] Sayyed 2016 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Wadatkar 2004  Family Uropeltidae (Shield-tailed Snakes) Genus Melanophidium (Black Shieldtails)   Melanophidium khairei Amboli Shieldtail Ghate & Yazdani 1991 [as punctatum] Gower, Giri, Captain & Wilkinson 2016 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016 Genus Uropeltis (Typical Shieldtails)   * Uropeltis bicatenata Two-chained Shieldtail Gower, Captain & Thakur 2008 Mirza & Pal 2010 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016   Uropeltis ceylanica Kerala Shieldtail Mirza & Pal 2010 [as "cf. ceylanica"]   Uropeltis ellioti Madras Shieldtail Chikane & Bhosale 2012 [as "cf. ellioti"] Sayyed 2016 Vyas & Prajapati 2010 [as "cf. ellioti"] Whitaker & Captain 2004   Uropeltis macrolepis Large-scaled Shieldtail Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Murthy 1985 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016 Sayyed 2016 Sekar & Almeida 1993 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Whitaker 1969   * Uropeltis phipsonii Maharashtra Shieldtail Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016 Sayyed 2016 Whitaker & Captain 2004  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Craspedocephalus (Ridge-nosed Tree Pitvipers)   Craspedocephalus gramineus Indian Green Pitviper Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Giri & Chaturvedi 2001 Khaire 2006 Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra & Shanker 2021 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 [as "cf. gramineus"] Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Vogel 2006 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Craspedocephalus malabaricus Malabar Rock Pitviper Giri & Chaturvedi 2001 Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra & Shanker 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Smith 1943 Vogel 2006 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Whitaker 1969 Genus Daboia (Daboias)   Daboia russelii Indian Chain Viper Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Sayyed 2016 Smith 1943 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012 Vogel 2006 Wadatkar 2004 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Whitaker 1969 Wuster, Otsuka, Malhotra & Thorpe 1992 Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)   Echis carinatus Common Carpet Viper Auffenberg & Rehman 1991 Chikane & Bhosale 2012 Deshmukh, Deshmukh & Badhekar 2015 Deshmukh, Deshmukh, Badhekar & Naitame 2020 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Farhad & Varsha 2013 Ingle, Bali & Khandagale 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Nande & Deshmukh 2007 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Pook, Joger, Stumpel & Wuster 2009 Sayyed 2016 Sharma 1982 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Vogel 2006 Vyas & Prajapati 2010 Wadatkar 2004 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Hypnale (Hump-nosed Pitvipers)   Hypnale hypnale Indian Hump-nosed Pitviper Sayyed 2016 Genus Tropidolaemus (Temple Pitvipers)   Tropidolaemus sp. (Temple Pitviper) Boundy 2008

	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 Das 2001 Giri & Chaturvedi (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Kar & Bhaskar in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Shiledar, Mainkar & Sundaram 2012 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Giri & Chaturvedi (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Shiledar 2009 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Das 2001 Giri & Chaturvedi (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Kar & Bhaskar in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Rao 2009  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Giri & Chaturvedi (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Hardella (Crowned River Turtle)   Hardella thurjii Crowned River Turtle Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Genus Melanochelys (Indian Black Turtles)   Melanochelys trijuga Indian Black Turtle Daniel 1983 Das 2001 Frazier & Das 1994 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Murthy 1985 Patil & Choudaj 2022 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Pangshura (Roofed Turtles)   Pangshura tentoria Indian Tent Turtle Das 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith 1931  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Geochelone (South Asian Star Tortoises)   Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise Khate & Bawaskar 2020  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Chitra (Narrow-headed Softshell Turtles)   Chitra indica Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle Das & Singh 2009 Das 2001 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Lissemys (South Asian Flapshell Turtles)   Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle Bhupathy, Webb & Praschag 2014 Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Das 2001 Deshpande, Kulkarni, Mahamuni & Mahamuni 2012 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Kumbhar, Yele, Shinde & Dashahare 2013 Pardeshi, Joglekar & Shukla 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sayyed 2016 Upadhye, Puranik, Dabholkar & Jadhav 2012 Genus Nilssonia (South Asian Softshell Turtles)   Nilssonia hurum Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle Das 2001 Das, Basu & Singh 2010 Frazier & Das 1994   Nilssonia leithii Deccan Softshell Turtle Das 2001 Das, Sirsi, Vasudevan & Murthy 2014 Khate & Bawaskar 2020 Liebing, Praschag, Gosh, Vasudevan, Rashid, Rao, Stuckas & Fritz 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sayyed 2016 Tiwari & Sharma 1971