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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Aphaniotis (Earless Agamas)   Aphaniotis acutirostris Long-snouted Earless Agama Rooij 1915 Roux 1925 [as "curvirostris" (lapsus?)] Wermuth 1967   Aphaniotis fusca Blue-mouthed Earless Agama Rooij 1915 Wermuth 1967 Genus Bronchocela (Long-tailed Agamas)   Bronchocela cristatella Malayan Green Crested Agama Hallermann 2005 Rooij 1915   Bronchocela jubata Maned Long-tailed Agama Hallermann 2005 Genus Draco (Gliding Dragons)   Draco sumatranus Sumatran Gliding Dragon Inger 1983 [as volans] Musters 1983 Genus Gonocephalus (Western Anglehead Agamas)   Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus Chameleon Anglehead Agama Manthey & Denzer 1993   Gonocephalus grandis Greater Anglehead Agama Manthey & Denzer 1991 Rooij 1915 Wermuth 1967 Genus Harpesaurus (Sunda Horned Agamas)   * Harpesaurus ensicauda Nias Horned Agama Rooij 1915 Wermuth 1967  Family Dibamidae (Blind Skinks) Genus Dibamus (Oriental Blind Skinks)   * Dibamus dezwaani Nias Blind Skink Das & Lim 2005  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Cnemaspis (Asian Rock and Forest Geckos)   * Cnemaspis dezwaani Nias Rock Gecko Das 2005 Rooij 1915 [as kandianus] Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)   Cyrtodactylus marmoratus Marbled Bent-toed Gecko Mertens 1930 Rooij 1915 Genus Gehyra (Four-clawed Geckos)   Gehyra mutilata Common Four-clawed Gecko Rooij 1915 Genus Gekko (Tokays)   Gekko albomaculatus White-spotted Tokay Grismer, Pinto, Quah, Anuar, Cota, McGuire, Iskandar, Wood & Grismer 2022 Rooij 1915 [as stentor]   Gekko kuhli Wide-lobed Gliding Gecko Rooij 1915 [as Ptychozoon homalocephalum]   Gekko monarchus Spotted House Gecko Rooij 1915 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko Rooij 1915   Hemidactylus garnotii Fox Gecko Mertens 1930 Rooij 1915   Hemidactylus platyurus Flat-tailed Gecko Rooij 1915 Genus Hemiphyllodactylus (Slender Geckos)   Hemiphyllodactylus typus Indo-Pacific Slender Gecko Auffenberg 1980 Mertens 1930 Nguyen, Lehmann, Le, Duong, Bonkowski & Ziegler 2013 Rooij 1915  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Dasia (Indo-Malayan Tree Skinks)   Dasia olivacea Olive Tree Skink Inger & Brown 1980 Rooij 1915 Roux 1925 [as Mabuia wirzi] Genus Eutropis (South Asian Sun Skinks)   Eutropis multifasciata Many-lined Sun Skink Rooij 1915 Roux 1925   Eutropis rudis Three-keeled Sun Skink Roux 1925   Eutropis rugifera Rough-scaled Sun Skink Rooij 1915 Genus Lipinia (Indo-Pacific Striped Skinks)   Lipinia relicta Mentawai Striped Skink Brongersma 1942 Rooij 1915 Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)   Sphenomorphus anomalopus Penang Forest Skink Rooij 1915  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus salvator Asian Water Monitor Koch, Auliya, Schmitz, Kuch & Boehme 2007 Mertens 1930 Mertens 1963 Rooij 1915 Roux 1925

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Ahaetulla (Oriental Whip Snakes)   Ahaetulla prasina Short-nosed Whip Snake Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2011 Lang 2013 Rooij 1917 Roux 1925 Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)   Boiga cynodon Dog-toothed Cat Snake Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Mertens 1930 Orlov & Ryabov 2002 Rooij 1917   Boiga jaspidea Jasper Cat Snake Brongersma 1933 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Orlov & Ryabov 2002 Rooij 1917   Boiga melanota Western Mangrove Cat Snake Brongersma 1934 [as B. dendrophila occidentalis] Haas 1950 [as B. dendrophila occidentalis] Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as B. dendrophila occidentalis] Orlov & Ryabov 2002 [as B. dendrophila occidentalis] Rooij 1917 [as B. dendrophila]   Boiga nigriceps Dark-headed Cat Snake Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Orlov & Ryabov 2002 Rooij 1917 Roux 1925 Genus Calamaria (Oriental Reed Snakes)   Calamaria abstrusa Padang Reed Snake Inger & Marx 1965 Iskandar & Colijn 2001   Calamaria forcarti Deli Reed Snake Inger & Marx 1965 Iskandar & Colijn 2001   Calamaria lumbricoidea Variable Reed Snake Inger & Marx 1965 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 [as stahlknechti] Roux 1925   Calamaria virgulata Blunt-tailed Reed Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Genus Chrysopelea (Flying Tree Snakes)   Chrysopelea paradisi Paradise Flying Tree Snake Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Mertens 1968   Chrysopelea pelias Twin-barred Flying Snake Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Mertens 1968 Rooij 1917 [as chrysochlora] Genus Coelognathus (Oriental Rat Snakes)   Coelognathus flavolineatus Yellow-striped Rat Snake Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 [as melanurus] Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)   Dendrelaphis caudolineatus Malayan Stripe-tailed Bronzeback Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 Rooijen & Vogel 2012 Roux 1925   Dendrelaphis haasi Greater Sundas Bronzeback Rooijen & Vogel 2008   Dendrelaphis pictus Southern Painted Bronzeback Haas 1950 Rooij 1917 Roux 1925   Dendrelaphis striatus Banded Bronzeback Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Genus Gongylosoma (Southeast Asian Ground Snakes)   Gongylosoma baliodeira Orange-bellied Ground Snake David & Vogel 2012 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 Genus Gonyosoma (Oriental Green Rat Snakes and Rainbow Tree Snake)   Gonyosoma oxycephalum Red-tailed Green Rat Snake Dowling 1958 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 Schulz 1996 Genus Liopeltis (Ringneck Snakes)   Liopeltis tricolor Malayan Ringneck Snake Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)   Lycodon albofuscus Slender Wolf Snake Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917   Lycodon subcinctus Malayan Banded Wolf Snake Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Mertens 1930 Rooij 1917 Genus Oligodon (Kukri Snakes)   Oligodon octolineatus Eight-lined Kukri Snake David & Vogel 2012 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917   Oligodon trilineatus Three-lined Kukri Snake David & Vogel 2012 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917   * Oligodon wagneri Nias Kukri Snake David & Vogel 2012 Genus Pseudorabdion (Dwarf Reed Snakes)   Pseudorabdion eiselti Sumatra Dwarf Reed Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Leviton & Brown 1959 [as longiceps] Genus Ptyas (Giant Rat Snakes and Oriental Green Snakes)   Ptyas fusca White-bellied Rat Snake Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 Genus Rhabdophis (Asian Keelbacks)   Rhabdophis chrysargos Speckled-bellied Keelback Doria, Petri, Bellati, Tiso & Pistarino 2013 Haas 1950 Rooij 1917 Roux 1925   Rhabdophis flaviceps Orange-necked Keelback Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917   Rhabdophis subminiatus Southern Red-necked Keelback David & Vogel 2021 Genus Sibynophis (Oriental Black-headed Snakes)   Sibynophis geminatus Striped Black-headed Snake Haas 1950 Mertens 1930 Rooij 1917 Roux 1925   Sibynophis melanocephalus White-lipped Black-headed Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Genus Xenochrophis (Oriental Painted Keelbacks)   Xenochrophis trianguligerus South Asian Triangle Keelback Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Bungarus (Kraits)   Bungarus candidus Malayan Krait Kuch & Tillack 2004   Bungarus flaviceps Red-headed Krait Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Genus Calliophis (South Asian Coral Snakes)   Calliophis bivirgatus Red-bellied Coral Snake Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 Roux 1925   Calliophis intestinalis Malayan Striped Coral Snake Haas 1950 Rooij 1917 Genus Ophiophagus (King Cobra)   Ophiophagus hannah King Cobra Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Mertens 1930 Rooij 1917 [as bungarus]  Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes) Genus Laticauda (Sea Kraits)   Laticauda laticaudata Blue-lipped Sea Krait Haas 1950 Kharin, Roedel & Hallermann 2010 McCarthy 1986 Rooij 1917  Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes) Genus Cerberus (Dog-faced Water Snakes)   Cerberus schneiderii South East Asian Dog-faced Water Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as C. rynchops] Lang 2013 Rooij 1917 [as C. rynchops] Roux 1925 [as C. rynchops] Genus Sumatranus (White-spotted Mud Snake)   Sumatranus albomaculatus White-spotted Mud Snake Gyi 1970 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy 2007 Rooij 1917  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Psammodynastes (Asian Mock Vipers)   Psammodynastes pulverulentus Dusky Mock Viper David, Pauwels, Lays & Lenglet 2006  Family Pareidae (Oriental Slug Eaters) Genus Aplopeltura (Blunt-headed Slug Eater)   Aplopeltura boa Blunt-headed Slug Eater Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Poyarkov, Nguyen, Pawangkhanant, Yushchenko, Brakels, Nguyen, Nguyen, Suwannapoom, Orlov & Vogel 2022 Rooij 1917 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Malayopython (Malayan Pythons)   Malayopython reticulatus Reticulated Python Brongersma 1933 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Argyrophis (Southeast Asian Blind Snakes)   Argyrophis muelleri Malayan Bicoloured Blind Snake Brongersma 1934 Hahn 1980 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 [as nigroalbus] Genus Ramphotyphlops (Western Pacific Blind Snakes)   Ramphotyphlops lineatus Striped Blind Snake Hahn 1980 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Rooij 1917 Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)   Virgotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blind Snake Hahn 1980 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Rooij 1917 Wallach 2009  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Parias (Malay Archipelago Pitvipers)   Parias calamitas Nias Green Pitviper Brongersma 1933 [as hageni] Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 [as hageni] Grandison 1972 [as hageni] Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 [as hageni] Hoge & Romano Hoge 1981 [as hageni] Haas 1950 [as hageni] Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as hageni] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as hageni] Vogel, David & Sidik 2022 Genus Tropidolaemus (Temple Pitvipers)   Tropidolaemus wagleri Speckled Pitviper Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 Hoge & Romano Hoge 1981 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 Vogel, David, Lutz, Rooijen & Vidal 2007  Family Xenopeltidae (Asian Sunbeam Snakes) Genus Xenopeltis (Asian Sunbeam Snakes)   Xenopeltis unicolor Common Asian Sunbeam Snake Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Orlov 2000 Rooij 1917

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Cuora (Asian Box Turtles)   Cuora amboinensis Southeast Asian Box Turtle Rooij 1915 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Genus Cyclemys (Asian Leaf Turtles)   Cyclemys enigmatica Sunda Leaf Turtle Fritz, Gaulke & Lehr 1997 [as oldhamii] Fritz, Guicking, Auer, Sommer, Wink & Hundsdoerfer 2008 Rooij 1915 [as dhor]