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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 Aengals 2009 Daniel 1983 Daniels 2001 Vos 1984 Whitaker & Andrews 2003   EX Crocodylus porosus Saltwater Crocodile Daniel 1983 Vos 1984

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Agasthyagama (Indian Kangaroo Agama)   Agasthyagama beddomii Indian Kangaroo Agama Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Murthy 1985 Genus Calotes (South Asian Forest Agamas)   Calotes calotes Southern Green Tree Agama Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniel 1983 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Gowande, Pal, Jablonski, Masroor, Phansalkar, Dsouza, Jayarajan & Shanker 2021 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Karthik 2017 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Murthy 1985 Murthy 1986 Murthy 1990 Smith 1935   Calotes grandisquamis Large-scaled Forest Agama Aengals 1995 Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Murthy 1990 Vijayakumar, Vasudevan & Ishwar 2001   Calotes nemoricola Nilgiri Forest Agama Aengals 1995 Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak 2018 Vijayakumar, Vasudevan & Ishwar 2001   Calotes versicolor South Indian Crested Agama Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Gowande, Pal, Jablonski, Masroor, Phansalkar, Dsouza, Jayarajan & Shanker 2021 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Karthik 2017 [as "cf. versicolor"] Kumar & Daniels 1999 Murthy & Chandrasekhar 1995 Murthy 1990 Genus Draco (Gliding Dragons)   Draco dussumieri South Indian Gliding Dragon Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Murthy 1985 Murthy 1986 Musters 1983 Genus Microauris (Orange-lipped Forest Agama)   Microauris aurantolabium Orange-lipped Forest Agama Ishwar & Das 1998 [as Calotes andamanensis] Krishnan 2008 Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak 2018 Genus Monilesaurus (Necklace Forest Agamas)   Monilesaurus elliotti White-spotted Tree Agama Aengals 1995 Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Murthy 1985 Murthy 1990 Vijayakumar, Vasudevan & Ishwar 2001   Monilesaurus montanus Kudremukh Forest Agama Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak 2018   Monilesaurus rouxii Central Indian Forest Agama Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Gupta 1997 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Genus Psammophilus (Indian Rock Agamas)   Psammophilus blanfordanus Common Indian Rock Agama Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Manthey 2010 Murthy & Chandrasekhar 1995   Psammophilus dorsalis South Indian Rock Agama Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Manthey 2010 Murthy 1985 Murthy 1990 Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak 2018 Genus Salea (Indian Bush Agamas)   Salea anamallayana Anaimalai Bush Agama Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Das, Campbell, Deuti, Bag & Raha 2019 Manthey 2010 Murthy 1985   Salea horsfieldii Nilgiri Bush Agama Aengals 2009 Daniel 1983 Daniels 2001 Das, Campbell, Deuti, Bag & Raha 2019 Manthey 2010 Murthy 1985 Genus Sitana (Lesser Fan-throated Agamas)   Sitana devakai Puttalam Fan-throated Agama Amarasinghe, Ineich, Karunarathna, Botejue & Campbell 2015 [as "cf. devakai"]   Sitana marudhamneydhal Southern Tamil Fan-throated Agama Balan, Jude, Narayanan, Varma & Deepak 2021 Deepak, Khandekar, Varma & Chaitanya 2016   * Sitana ponticeriana Puducherry Fan-throated Agama Aengals 2009 Amarasinghe, Ineich, Karunarathna, Botejue & Campbell 2015 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Deepak, Giri, Asif, Dutta, Vyas, Zambre, Bhosale & Karanth 2016 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Manthey 2010 Murthy & Chandrasekhar 1995 Murthy 1990   * Sitana visiri Central Tamil Fan-throated Agama Deepak, Giri, Asif, Dutta, Vyas, Zambre, Bhosale & Karanth 2016  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo zeylanicus Asian Chameleon Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Murthy 1990  Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos) Genus Eublepharis (Southwest Asian Fat-tailed Geckos)   Eublepharis hardwickii Eastern Indian Fat-tailed Gecko Seufer, Kaverkin & Kirschner (eds.) 2005 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Calodactylodes (South Asian Golden Geckos)   Calodactylodes aureus Indian Golden Gecko Aengals 2009 Kalaimani & Nath 2012 Murthy 1985 Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu 2016 Genus Cnemaspis (Asian Rock and Forest Geckos)   * Cnemaspis agarwali Salem Rock Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Khandekar 2019 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   * Cnemaspis agayagangai Agaya Gangai Rock Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2022   * Cnemaspis anandani Horasholai Rock Gecko Murthy, Nitesh, Sengupta & Deepak 2019 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   Cnemaspis australis Tirunelveli Rock Gecko Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda 2007   Cnemaspis azhagu Thirukurungudi Rock Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2022   Cnemaspis beddomei Travancore Rock Gecko Aengals 2009 Aengals 2012 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Murthy 1985 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   * Cnemaspis fantastica Solakkadu Rock Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2022   * Cnemaspis galaxia Galaxy Day Gecko Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   Cnemaspis goaensis Goa Forest Gecko Aengals 2009 [as kandiana] Daniels 2001 [as kandiana] Inger, Marx & Koshy 1984 [as kandiana] Tikader & Sharma 1992 [as kandiana]   Cnemaspis gracilis Gracile Rock Gecko Aengals 2009 Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Daniels 2001   Cnemaspis indica Indian Rock Gecko Aengals 2009 Aengals 2012 Daniels 2001 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021 Sayyed, Pyron & Dahanukar 2016   * Cnemaspis jackieii Vairavankulam Day Gecko Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   Cnemaspis jerdonii Anaimalai Rock Gecko Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Murthy 1985 Smith 1935   Cnemaspis kalakadensis Kalakkad Rock Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2022   * Cnemaspis krishnagiriensis Krishnagiri Rock Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2021   Cnemaspis littoralis Coastal Rock Gecko Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001   Cnemaspis mundanthuraiensis Mundanthurai Rock Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2022   Cnemaspis mysoriensis Mysore Rock Gecko Aengals 2009 Aengals 2012 Daniels 2001 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Cnemaspis nairi Ponmudi Rock Gecko Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010   Cnemaspis nilagirica Nilgiri Rock Gecko Cyriac, Johny, Umesh, Palot & Campbell 2019 Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda 2007   Cnemaspis ornata Ornate Rock Gecko Aengals 2009 Aengals 2012 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Murthy 1985 Murthy 1990 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   * Cnemaspis otai Velore Rock Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Das & Bauer 2000 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2020 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   * Cnemaspis pachaimalaiensis Pachaimalai Rock Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2022   * Cnemaspis palanica Palani Hills Day Gecko Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   * Cnemaspis regalis Golden-crowned Day Gecko Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   * Cnemaspis rudhira Scarlet Rock Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2022   * Cnemaspis salimalii Nallathambi Rock Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2022   * Cnemaspis shevaroyensis Shevaroy Rock Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Khandekar, Gaitonde & Agarwal 2019 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   Cnemaspis sisparensis Sispara Rock Gecko Aengals 2009 [as anaikattiensis] Daniels 2001 Mukherjee, Bhupathy & Nixon 2005 [as anaikattiensis] Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021 [as C. anaikattiensis]   * Cnemaspis thackerayi Grange Rock Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Khandekar, Gaitonde & Agarwal 2019 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   * Cnemaspis wallaceii Valparai Forest Gecko Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   * Cnemaspis yelagiriensis Yelagiri Rock Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Agarwal, Thackeray, Pal & Khandekar 2020   * Cnemaspis yercaudensis Yercaud Rock Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Das & Bauer 2000 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2020 Khandekar, Thackeray & Agarwal 2021 Pal, Mirza, Dsouza & Shanker 2021   Cnemaspis aaronbaueri Thenmala Rock Gecko Sayyed, Grismer, Campbell & Dileepkumar 2019 Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)   * Cyrtodactylus aravindi Muppandal Bent-toed Gecko Narayanan, Das, Balan, Tom, Divakar, Kp, Hopeland & Deepak 2022   Cyrtodactylus collegalensis Kollegal Bent-toed Gecko Aengals 2009 Agarwal, Mirza, Pal, Maddock, Mishra & Bauer 2016 Daniels 2001 Vyas 2000   Cyrtodactylus nebulosus Clouded Bent-toed Gecko Aengals 2009 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Cyrtodactylus speciosus Tamil Bent-toed Gecko Agarwal 2016 Agarwal, Mirza, Pal, Maddock, Mishra & Bauer 2016 Genus Dravidogecko (Dravid Geckos)   Dravidogecko anamallensis Anaimalai Dravid Gecko Aengals 2009 Chaitanya, Giri, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Murthy & Karanth 2019 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Murthy 1985 Murthy 1990   * Dravidogecko douglasadamsi Manjolai Dravid Gecko Chaitanya, Giri, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Murthy & Karanth 2019   * Dravidogecko meghamalaiensis Meghamalai Dravid Gecko Chaitanya, Giri, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Murthy & Karanth 2019   * Dravidogecko tholpalli Kodaikanal Dravid Gecko Chaitanya, Giri, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Murthy & Karanth 2019 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   * Hemidactylus acanthopholis Keeled Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Mirza & Sanap 2014   Hemidactylus brookii Spotted Half-toed Gecko Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Karthik 2017 [as "cf. brookii"] Kumar & Daniels 1999 Mahony 2011   Hemidactylus flaviviridis Yellow-bellied House Gecko Ganesh & Chandramouli 2007   Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Karthik 2017 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019   Hemidactylus graniticolus Granite Half-toed Gecko Aengals 2009 [as maculatus] Aengals 2012 [as maculatus] Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Agarwal, Giri & Bauer 2011 [as maculatus] Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 [as maculatus] Daniels 2001 [as maculatus] Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 [as maculatus] Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Murthy 1985 [as maculatus] Smith 1935 [as maculatus] Tikader & Sharma 1992 [as maculatus] Tiwari & Sharma 1971 [as maculatus]   Hemidactylus hegdei Kanyakumari Half-toed Gecko Pal & Mirza 2022   * Hemidactylus kolliensis Kollimalai Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019   Hemidactylus lankae Sri Lanka Half-toed Gecko Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019   Hemidactylus leschenaultii Tamarind Tree Gecko Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Murthy 1990 Sharma 1982 Smith 1935   Hemidactylus parvimaculatus Small-spotted Half-toed Gecko Bauer, Jackman, Greenbaum, Giri & Silva 2010 Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016   Hemidactylus reticulatus Reticulated Half-toed Gecko Aengals 2009 Aengals 2012 Agrawal 1979 Daniels 2001 Kumar, Srinivasulu & Seetharamaraju 2015 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016 Murthy & Chandrasekhar 1995 Murthy 1985 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Hemidactylus rishivalleyensis Rishi Valley Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020   * Hemidactylus sankariensis Sankari Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar 2020 Chaitanya, Agarwal, Lajmi & Khandekar 2019   Hemidactylus scabriceps Ramnad Scaled Gecko Aengals 2009 Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Daniel 1983 Daniels 2001 Ganesh & Chandramouli 2010 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Mahony 2011 Murthy 1985   * Hemidactylus sirumalaiensis Sirumalai Half-toed Gecko Khandekar, Thackeray, Pawar & Agarwal 2020   Hemidactylus treutleri Golconda Half-toed Gecko Lajmi, Giri & Karanth 2016   Hemidactylus triedrus Southern Termite Hill Gecko Aengals 2009 [as subtriedrus] Aengals 2012 Agrawal 1979 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Karthik 2017 Mirza, Gowande, Patil, Ambekar & Patel 2018 Murthy 1985 Smith 1935 [as subtriedrus] Tikader & Sharma 1992 Tiwari & Sharma 1971   * Hemidactylus vanam Meghamalai Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Chaitanya, Lajmi & Giri 2018   Hemidactylus whitakeri Karnataka Termite Hill Gecko Mirza, Gowande, Patil, Ambekar & Patel 2018 Genus Hemiphyllodactylus (Slender Geckos)   * Hemiphyllodactylus aurantiacus Shevaroy Slender Gecko Aengals 2009 Agarwal, Bauer, Pal, Srikanthan & Khandekar 2020 Agarwal, Khandekar, Giri, Ramakrishnan & Karanth 2019 Daniels 2001 Grismer, Wood, Anuar, Muin, Quah, McGuire, Brown, Ngo & Pham 2013 Zug 2010   Hemiphyllodactylus jnana Bangalore Slender Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Pal, Srikanthan & Khandekar 2020 Agarwal, Khandekar, Giri, Ramakrishnan & Karanth 2019   * Hemiphyllodactylus kolliensis Kolli Slender Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Pal, Srikanthan & Khandekar 2020 Agarwal, Khandekar, Giri, Ramakrishnan & Karanth 2019   * Hemiphyllodactylus nilgiriensis Nilgiri Slender Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Pal, Srikanthan & Khandekar 2020   * Hemiphyllodactylus peninsularis Agasthyamalai Slender Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Pal, Srikanthan & Khandekar 2020  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Ophisops (Snake-eyed Lizards)   Ophisops beddomii Kerala Snake-eyed Lizard Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Ophisops jerdonii Punjab Snake-eyed Lizard Aengals 2009 Murthy & Chandrasekhar 1995 Sharma 1982 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Ophisops leschenaultii Peninsular Snake-eyed Lizard Aengals 2009 Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri 2018 Daniels 2001 Murthy 1985 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Dasia (Indo-Malayan Tree Skinks)   * Dasia johnsinghi South Indian Barred Tree Skink Harikrishnan, Vasudevan, Silva, Deepak, Kar, Naniwadekar, Lalremruata, Prasoona & Aggarwal 2012 Joshua & Sekar 1985 [as D. haliana]   Dasia subcaerulea Blue-bellied Tree Skink Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Harikrishnan, Vasudevan, Silva, Deepak, Kar, Naniwadekar, Lalremruata, Prasoona & Aggarwal 2012 Murthy 1985 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 Aengals 2009 Amarasinghe, Campbell, Chandramouli, Deuti, Raha, Karunarathna & Ineich 2016 Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Patel, Deuti, Campbell, Palot, Karunarathna, Abinawanto & Supriatna 2021 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 [as "cf. beddomii"] Daniels 2001 Murthy 1985 Murthy 1986 Murthy 1990   Eutropis bibronii Olive-brown Sun Skink Aengals 2009 Amarasinghe, Campbell, Chandramouli, Deuti, Raha, Karunarathna & Ineich 2016 Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Patel, Deuti, Campbell, Palot, Karunarathna, Abinawanto & Supriatna 2021 Chandramouli, Ganesh, Sravanan & Baskaran 2012 Daniel 1983 Karthik 2017 Murthy 1985 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Eutropis brevis Travancore Speckled Forest Skink Ganesh, Deuti, Achyuthan, Campbell, Raha, Bag & Debnath 2021   Eutropis carinata Brahminy Skink Aengals 1995 Aengals 2009 Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Patel, Deuti, Campbell, Palot, Karunarathna, Abinawanto & Supriatna 2021 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Karthik 2017 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Murthy & Chandrasekhar 1995 Vijayakumar, Vasudevan & Ishwar 2001   Eutropis dawsoni Madathara Speckled Forest Skink Aengals 2009 [as gansi] Daniels 2001 [as gansi] Das 1991 [as gansi] Ganesh, Deuti, Achyuthan, Campbell, Raha, Bag & Debnath 2021   Eutropis macularia Speckled Forest Skink Aengals 1995 Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Murthy 1990 Genus Kaestlea (Indian Ground Skinks)   Kaestlea beddomii Kerala Ground Skink Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Kaestlea bilineata Nilgiri Ground Skink Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001   Kaestlea laterimaculata Side-spotted Ground Skink Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Eremchenko & Das 2004   Kaestlea palnica Palni Hills Ground Skink Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Eremchenko & Das 2004   Kaestlea travancorica South Indian Ground Skink Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Eremchenko & Das 2004 Murthy & Chandrasekhar 1995 Murthy 1985 Ouboter 1986 Smith 1935 Genus Riopa (Asian Gracile Skinks)   Riopa albopunctata White-spotted Gracile Skink Daniels 2002 Ganesh 2017 Murthy 1985   Riopa lineata Indian Striped Gracile Skink Mirza, Ahmed & Patil 2010 Vyas 2009 Vyas 2014   Riopa punctata Spotted Gracile Skink Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Murthy & Chandrasekhar 1995 Smith 1935 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Genus Ristella (Cat Skinks)   Ristella beddomii Yellow-spotted Cat Skink Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001   Ristella guentheri Sirimallai Cat Skink Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Murthy 1985   Ristella rurkii Reddish-brown Cat Skink Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh 2018 Murthy 1985   Ristella travancorica Travancore Cat Skink Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Murthy 1985 Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)   Sphenomorphus dussumieri Malabar Forest Skink Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Genus Subdoluseps (Asian Agile Skinks)   * Subdoluseps nilgiriensis Nilgiri Agile Skink Ganesh, Srikanthan, Ghosh, Adhikari, Kumar & Datta-Roy 2021   * Subdoluseps pruthi Sitteri Agile Skink Aengals 2009 Ganesh, Srikanthan, Ghosh, Adhikari, Kumar & Datta-Roy 2021 Tikader & Sharma 1992  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor Aengals 2009 Auffenberg 1994 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Karthik 2017 Kumar & Daniels 1999

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Acrochordidae (Australasian File Snakes) Genus Acrochordus (Australasian File Snakes)   Acrochordus granulatus Lesser File Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)   Eryx conicus Rough-scaled Sand Boa Aengals 2009 Daniel 1983 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Kumar & Daniels 1999   Eryx johnii Red Sand Boa Aengals 2009 Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Sharma 1982  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Ahaetulla (Oriental Whip Snakes)   Ahaetulla dispar South Indian Whip Snake Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Murthy 1990 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Ahaetulla isabellina Isabella Whip Snake Deepak, Narayanan, Sarkar, Dutta & Mohapatra 2019 [as "cf. isabellina"] Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh 2020   Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha Southeast Indian Whip Snake Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh 2020   Ahaetulla perroteti Bronze-headed Whip Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh & Chandramouli 2011 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh 2020   Ahaetulla sahyadrensis Sahyadri Hills Whip Snake Aengals 2009 [as pulverulenta] Daniels 2001 [as pulverulenta] Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 [as pulverulenta] Hutton & David 2008 [as pulverulenta] Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 [as pulverulenta] Murthy 1985 [as pulverulenta] Murthy 1990 [as pulverulenta] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 [as pulverulenta] Whitaker & Captain 2004 [as pulverulenta]   Ahaetulla travancorica Travancore Whip Snake Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh 2020 Genus Amphiesma (South Asian Keelbacks)   Amphiesma monticolum Yellow-collared Forest Keelback Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Amphiesma stolatum Buff-striped Keelback Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Karthik 2017 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Genus Atretium (South Asian Olive Keelback)   Atretium schistosum South Asian Olive Keelback Aengals 2009 Daniel 1983 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)   Boiga beddomei Yellow-bellied Cat Snake Aengals 2009 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Boiga dightoni Travancore Cat Snake Aengals 2009 Ganesh, Mallik, Achyuthan, Shanker & Vogel 2021 [as whitakeri] Murthy 1985 Narayanan, Das, Anvar, Tillack, Mohapatra, Gower, Rajkumar & Deepak 2023   Boiga flaviviridis Yellow-Green Cat Snake Choure, Komanduri, Choure & Lalremsanga 2021 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Ganesh, Mallik, Achyuthan, Shanker & Vogel 2021   Boiga forsteni Speckled Cat Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Kumar & Daniels 1999   Boiga nuchalis Collared Cat Snake Ganesh, Achyuthan, Chandramouli & Vogel 2020 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Ganesh, Mallik, Achyuthan, Shanker & Vogel 2021 Narayanan, Das, Anvar, Tillack, Mohapatra, Gower, Rajkumar & Deepak 2023 Vogel & Ganesh 2013   Boiga thackerayi Maharashtra Cat Snake Ganesh, Achyuthan, Chandramouli & Vogel 2020 [as "B. cf. thackerayi"] Ganesh, Mallik, Achyuthan, Shanker & Vogel 2021   Boiga trigonata Western Gamma Cat Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Kalaiarasan & Kanakasabai 1999 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Genus Chrysopelea (Flying Tree Snakes)   Chrysopelea ornata Ornate Flying Tree Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998   Chrysopelea taprobanica Sri Lankan Flying Tree Snake Constable 1949 Kalaimani, Kumar & Kumaran 2023 Mahendra 1984 Mertens 1968 Narayanan, Joseph, Kumar & Vengatesan 2017 Somaweera, Pantoja & Deepak 2015 Genus Coelognathus (Oriental Rat Snakes)   Coelognathus helena Indian Trinket Snake Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Karthik 2017 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Mohapatra, Schulz, Helfenberger, Hofmann & Dutta 2016 Murthy & Chandrasekhar 1995 Murthy 1990 Schulz 1996 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)   Dendrelaphis ashoki Anaimalai Bronzeback Aengals 2009 [as pictus] Daniels 2001 [as pictus] Harikrishnan, Deepak & Vasudevan 2007 [as pictus]   Dendrelaphis bifrenalis Black-striped Bronzeback Aengals, Ganesh, Sethy, Kirubakaran, Jerith, Satheeshkumar, Thanigaivel & Vogel 2022   Dendrelaphis chairecacos Karnataka Bronzeback Rooijen & Vogel 2009   Dendrelaphis girii Belgaum Bronzeback Aengals 2009 [as bifrenalis] Vogel & Rooijen 2011   Dendrelaphis grandoculis Indian Large-eyed Bronzeback Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Dendrelaphis tristis Common Indian Bronzeback Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Karthik 2017 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Mukherjee & Bhupathy 2007 Rooijen & Vogel 2008 Genus Fowlea (Fishing Keelbacks)   Fowlea piscator Checkered Keelback Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Karthik 2017 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Murthy 1990 Vogel & David 2012 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Hebius (Oriental Equatorial Keelbacks)   Hebius beddomei Nilgiri Keelback Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Murthy 1990 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Liopeltis (Ringneck Snakes)   Liopeltis calamaria Lesser Ringneck Snake Aengals 2009 Amarasinghe, Karunarathna, Campbell, Ganesh & Vogel 2020 Bilaskar 2023 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Murthy 1990 Smith 1943 Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)   Lycodon aulicus Indian Wolf Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Ganesh & Vogel 2018 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Karthik 2017 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Vogel & Harikrishnan 2013   Lycodon fasciolatus Anaimalai Wolf Snake Deepak, Narayanan, Mohapatra, Dutta, Melvinselvan, Khan, Mahlow & Tillack 2021 Ganesh & Vogel 2018 [as anamallensis]   Lycodon flavicollis Yellow-collared Wolf Snake Mukherjee & Bhupathy 2007 Narayana, Sandeep & Dogra 2018   Lycodon flavomaculatus Yellow-spotted Wolf Snake Aengals 2009 Anne & Visvanathan 2018 Melvinselvan, Narayanan & Sharma 2016 Narayanan, Joseph, Selvan & Jerith 2017 [as "L. cf. flavomaculatus"]   Lycodon gracilis Slender Bridle Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001   Lycodon nympha Vellore Bridle Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Das, Dutta, Chaudhri, Erinjery & Singh 2016 Ganesh 2007 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Karthik 2017 Kucharzewski & Tillack 2008   Lycodon striatus Striped Wolf Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Lycodon travancoricus Travancore Wolf Snake Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Ganesh, Deuti, Punith, Achyuthan, Mallik, Adhikari & Vogel 2020 Hutton & David 2008 Murthy & Sharma 1976 Murthy 1986 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Oligodon (Kukri Snakes)   Oligodon affinis Western Kukri Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Oligodon arnensis Arani Kukri Snake Aengals 2009 Bandara, Ganesh, Kanishka, Danushka, Sharma, Campbell, Ineich, Vogel & Amarasinghe 2022 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Karthik 2017 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Murthy & Chandrasekhar 1995 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Oligodon brevicauda Short-tailed Kukri Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008   Oligodon nikhili Kodaikanal Kukri Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Murthy 1985 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Oligodon russelius Visakhapatnam Kukri Snake Bandara, Ganesh, Kanishka, Danushka, Sharma, Campbell, Ineich, Vogel & Amarasinghe 2022   Oligodon taeniolatus Variegated Kukri Snake Aengals 2009 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Kalaiarasan & Kanakasabai 1999 Karthik 2017 Mukherjee & Bhupathy 2007 Seetharamaraju, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu 2011   Oligodon travancoricus Travancore Kukri Snake Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Murthy 1985 Murthy 1990 Smith 1943   Oligodon venustus Black-spotted Kukri Snake Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943 Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)   Platyceps bholanathi Nagarjunasagar Whip Snake Ganesh, Adimallaiah, Prasad & Kailash 2013 Samson, Santhoshkumar, Ramakrishnan, Karthick & Gnaneswar 2017 Sharma, Louies & Vattam 2013 Smart, Smith, Murthy & Mohanty 2014   * Platyceps josephi Tamil Nadu Whip Snake Deepak, Narayanan, Mohapatra, Dutta, Melvinselvan, Khan, Mahlow & Tillack 2021   Platyceps plinii Banded Whip Snake Aengals 2009 [as fasciolata] Daniels 2001 [as fasciolata] Deepak, Narayanan, Mohapatra, Dutta, Melvinselvan, Khan, Mahlow & Tillack 2021 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 [as fasciolata] Hutton & David 2008 [as fasciolata] Kalaiarasan & Daniels 1999 [as fasciolata] Sagadevan, Ganesh, Anandan & Rajasingh 2019 [as fasciolata] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 [as fasciolata] Genus Proahaetulla (Agasthyamalai Whip Snake)   Proahaetulla antiqua Agasthyamalai Whip Snake Mallik, Achyuthan, Ganesh, Pal, Vijayakumar & Shanker 2019 Genus Ptyas (Giant Rat Snakes and Oriental Green Snakes)   Ptyas mucosa Common Oriental Rat Snake Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Karthik 2017 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Mukherjee & Bhupathy 2007 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Rhabdophis (Asian Keelbacks)   Rhabdophis plumbicolor Green Keelback Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Mukherjee & Bhupathy 2007 Genus Sibynophis (Oriental Black-headed Snakes)   Sibynophis sagittarius Bengal Black-headed Snake Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979   Sibynophis subpunctatus Malabar Black-headed Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Kalaiarasan & Daniels 1999 Natarajan & Rajan 1991  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Bungarus (Kraits)   Bungarus caeruleus Blue Krait Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Karthik 2017 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Murthy & Chandrasekhar 1995 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 Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh & Ramanujam 2014 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943 Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri 2012   Calliophis bibroni Western Ghats Coral Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Deepak, Harikrishnan, Vasudevan & Smith 2010 Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri 2012   Calliophis melanurus South Asian Slender Coral Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Kalaiarasan 2000 Murthy 1990 Smith 1943 Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri 2012 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Calliophis nigrescens Black Slender Coral Snake Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Smith 1943 Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri 2012 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja naja Indian Spectacled Cobra Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Karthik 2017 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Wuster & Thorpe 1992 Genus Ophiophagus (King Cobra)   Ophiophagus hannah King Cobra Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Yadav & Yankanchi 2015  Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes) Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)   Hydrophis caerulescens Bluish Slender-necked Sea Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Sharma 1982 Smith 1926 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Hydrophis curtus Short Sea Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Sharma 1982 Smith 1926   Hydrophis cyanocinctus Blue-banded Sea Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Smith 1926   Hydrophis fasciatus Banded Slender-necked Sea Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Smith 1926 Smith 1943   Hydrophis jerdonii Cone-nosed Sea Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Smith 1926 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Hydrophis lapemoides Persian Gulf Sea Snake Rasmussen 1993 Smith 1926   Hydrophis obscurus Northern Estuarine Sea Snake Aengals 2009 Smith 1926 Smith 1943   Hydrophis ornatus Reef Sea Snake Aengals 2009 Smith 1926 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Hydrophis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Hydrophis schistosus Beaked Sea Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Murthy 1988 Prachi & Ramesh 2016 Sharma 1982 Smith 1926   Hydrophis spiralis Narrow-banded Sea Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Smith 1926 Smith 1943   Hydrophis viperinus Viperine Sea Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Smith 1926 Genus Microcephalophis (Small-headed Sea Snakes)   Microcephalophis cantoris Spotted Small-headed Sea Snake Smith 1926   Microcephalophis gracilis Graceful Small-headed Sea Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Smith 1926  Family Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes) Genus Gerrhopilus (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)   Gerrhopilus beddomii Anaimalai Blind Snake Aengals 2009 Kalaiarasan & Daniels 1999 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Gerrhopilus thurstoni South Indian Blind Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001   Gerrhopilus tindalli Malabar Blind Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001  Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes) Genus Cerberus (Dog-faced Water Snakes)   Cerberus rynchops Western Dog-faced Water Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Gyi 1970 Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy, Voris & Karns 2012  Family Pareidae (Oriental Slug Eaters) Genus Xylophis (Narrow-headed Snakes)   Xylophis captaini Kannam Narrow-headed Snake Bhupathy, Jins, Babu & Jose 2016 Gower & Winkler 2007   * Xylophis deepaki Marthandam Narrow-headed Snake Narayanan, Mohapatra, Balan, Das & Gower 2021   * Xylophis mosaicus Anaimalai Narrow-headed Snake Deepak, Narayanan, Das, Rajkumar, Easa, Sreejith & Gower 2020   Xylophis perroteti Spotted Narrow-headed Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004   * Xylophis stenorhynchus Striped Narrow-headed Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Gower & Winkler 2007 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python molurus Indian Python Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Gokula, Umapathy & Venkatraman 1998 Kumar & Daniels 1999  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Grypotyphlops (Indian Beaked Blind Snake)   Grypotyphlops acutus Indian Beaked Blind Snake Aengals 2009 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Karthik & Sengupta 2018 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Narayana, Venkateshwarlu, Swamy, Surender, Kumar & Rao 2018 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Wallach 1994 Genus Indotyphlops (South Asian Blind Snakes)   Indotyphlops porrectus Indian Slender Blind Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)   Virgotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blind Snake Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Karthik 2017 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Murthy & Chandrasekhar 1995 Smith 1943  Family Uropeltidae (Shield-tailed Snakes) Genus Melanophidium (Black Shieldtails)   Melanophidium punctatum Pied-bellied Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Gower, Giri, Captain & Wilkinson 2016 Hutton & David 2008 Genus Platyplectrurus (Madurai Shieldtail and Three-lined Shieldtail)   Platyplectrurus madurensis Madurai Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Murthy 1985 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016 Smith 1943   Platyplectrurus trilineatus Three-lined Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Murthy 1985 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016 Genus Plectrurus (South Indian Shieldtails)   Plectrurus guentheri Purple Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001   Plectrurus perrotetii Nilgiri Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016 Genus Rhinophis (Sharp-nosed Shieldtails)   Rhinophis fergusonianus Cardamom Shieldtail Aengals 2009   * Rhinophis goweri Bodamalai Shieldtail Aengals & Ganesh 2013 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016 Sampaio, Narayanan, Cyriac, Venu & Gower 2020   Rhinophis sanguineus Red-tailed Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Murthy 1985 Sampaio, Narayanan, Cyriac, Venu & Gower 2020   Rhinophis travancoricus Travancore Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Sampaio, Narayanan, Cyriac, Venu & Gower 2020 Genus Teretrurus (Red-bellied Shieldtail)   Teretrurus rhodogaster Red Shieldtails Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh & Murthy 2022 Murthy 1985 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016 Smith 1943   * Teretrurus travancoricus Travancore Red Shieldtail Ganesh & Murthy 2022 Genus Uropeltis (Typical Shieldtails)   Uropeltis arcticeps Tirunelveli Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Murthy 1985 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Uropeltis beddomii Anaimalai Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016   * Uropeltis bhupathyi Anaikatty Shieldtail Jins, Sampaio & Gower 2018 Kannan & Bhupathy 1997 [as ellioti]   * Uropeltis broughami Sirumalai Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Murthy 1985 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016 Smith 1943   Uropeltis ceylanica Kerala Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Murthy 1985 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016   * Uropeltis dindigalensis Dindigul Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 [as "cf. dindigalensis"] Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Aengals & Ramanujam 2014 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 [as "cf. dindigalensis"] Murthy 1985 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016   Uropeltis ellioti Madras Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Aengals & Ramanujam 2014 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016 Smith 1943   Uropeltis grandis Violet Shieldtail Aengals 2009 [as smithi] Daniels 2001 [as smithi] Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016   Uropeltis liura Ashambu Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Aengals & Ramanujam 2014 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Murthy 1985 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016 Smith 1943   Uropeltis macrorhyncha Large-nosed Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016   Uropeltis maculata Orange-spotted Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016   Uropeltis madurensis Periyar Shieldtail Beddome 1878 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Ganesh, Aengals & Ramanujam 2014 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 [as arcticeps] Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016   Uropeltis myhendrae Barred Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Aengals & Ramanujam 2014 Kalaiarasan & Daniels 1999 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016   Uropeltis nitida Cochin Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001   Uropeltis ocellata Ocellate Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Aengals & Ramanujam 2014 Hutton & David 2008   Uropeltis petersi Yellow-spotted Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Aengals & Ramanujam 2014 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016   Uropeltis pulneyensis Palni Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Aengals & Ramanujam 2014 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Murthy & Chandrasekhar 1995 Murthy 1985 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016   * Uropeltis rajendrani Kolli Hills Shieldtail Ganesh & Achyuthan 2020   Uropeltis rubrolineata Red-lined Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016   Uropeltis rubromaculata Red-spotted Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016   * Uropeltis shorttii Shevaroy Shieldtail Beddome 1863 Ganesh, Aengals & Ramanujam 2014 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016   Uropeltis woodmasoni Indian Black-bellied Shieldtail Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Aengals & Ramanujam 2014 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Murthy 1985 Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016 Smith 1943  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Craspedocephalus (Ridge-nosed Tree Pitvipers)   Craspedocephalus anamallensis Anaimalai Rock Pitviper Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra & Shanker 2021   Craspedocephalus gramineus Indian Green Pitviper Aengals 2009 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra & Shanker 2021 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Craspedocephalus macrolepis Large-scaled Pitviper Aengals 1995 Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra & Shanker 2021 Murthy 1990 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Craspedocephalus malabaricus Malabar Rock Pitviper Aengals 1995 Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra & Shanker 2021 Murthy 1990 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Craspedocephalus occidentalis Mudumallay Pitviper Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra & Shanker 2021   Craspedocephalus strigatus Horseshoe Pitviper Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra & Shanker 2021 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Craspedocephalus travancoricus Travancore Pitviper Mallik, Srikanthan, Ganesh, Vijayakumar, Campbell, Malhotra & Shanker 2021 Genus Daboia (Daboias)   Daboia russelii Indian Chain Viper Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Hutton & David 2008 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Karthik 2017 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Smith 1943 Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)   Echis carinatus Common Carpet Viper Aengals 2009 Auffenberg & Rehman 1991 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Murthy & Chandrasekhar 1995 Pook, Joger, Stumpel & Wuster 2009 Sharma 1982 Genus Hypnale (Hump-nosed Pitvipers)   Hypnale hypnale Indian Hump-nosed Pitviper Aengals 2009 Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010 Daniels 2001 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Gloyd & Conant 1990 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kumar & Daniels 1999 Maduwage, Silva, Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda 2009 Murthy 1990 Genus Tropidolaemus (Temple Pitvipers)   * Tropidolaemus huttoni Madurai Pitviper Aengals 2009 Ganesh, Bhupathy, David, Sathishkumar & Srinivas 2014 Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 Hutton & David 2008 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Murthy 1985

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles) Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)   Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle Aengals 2009 Bhupathy & Saravanan (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Kar & Bhaskar in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Aengals 2009 Bhupathy & Saravanan (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Bhupathy & Saravanan 2003 Kar & Bhaskar in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Aengals 2009 Bhupathy & Saravanan (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Bhupathy & Saravanan 2003 Das 2001 Kar & Bhaskar in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Aengals 2009 Bhupathy & Saravanan (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Bhupathy & Saravanan 2003 Bhupathy, Subramanean & Vijay 2007 Daniel 1983 Das 2001 Kar & Bhaskar in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Subramanian 2001  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Aengals 2009 Bhupathy & Saravanan (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Bhupathy & Saravanan 2003 Kar & Bhaskar in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Melanochelys (Indian Black Turtles)   Melanochelys trijuga Indian Black Turtle Aengals 2009 Daniel 1983 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Das & Bhupathy 2009 Das 2001 Frazier & Das 1994 Kannan & Venkatraman 1998 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Murthy 1985 Murthy 1990 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Vijayachelys (Cochin Forest Cane Turtle)   Vijayachelys silvatica Cochin Forest Cane Turtle Aengals 2009 Daniels & Daniels 2001 Daniels 2001 Das 2001 Deepak, Praschag & Vasudevan 2014 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Geochelone (South Asian Star Tortoises)   Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise Aengals 2009 Bhupathy, Silori & Sunderraj 1994 Daniel 1983 Daniels 2001 Das 2001 D'Cruze, Mookerjee, Vyas, Macdonald & Silva 2018 Frazier & Das 1994 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Murthy 1990 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Indotestudo (Asian Tortoises)   Indotestudo travancorica Travancore Tortoise Aengals 2009 Bhupathy & Choudhury 1995 [as forstenii] Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Das 2001 Deepak, Ramesh, Bhupathy & Vasudevan 2011 Ramesh 2004 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 Das & Singh 2009 Das 2001 Frazier & Das 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Lissemys (South Asian Flapshell Turtles)   Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle Aengals 2009 Bhupathy, Webb & Praschag 2014 Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Daniels & Daniels 1992 Daniels 2001 Das 2001 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Nilssonia (South Asian Softshell Turtles)   Nilssonia leithii Deccan Softshell Turtle Aengals 2009 Daniels 2001 Das 2001 Das, Sirsi, Vasudevan & Murthy 2014 Frazier & Das 1994 Kannan, Sankaravadivelu & Kalaiarasan 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Pelochelys (Indomalayan Giant Softshell Turtles)   Pelochelys cantorii Asian Giant Softshell Turtle Aengals 2009 [as bibroni] Das 2001 Melvinselvan & Nibedita 2017 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021