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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 Whitaker & Andrews 2003   Crocodylus porosus Saltwater Crocodile Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Daniel 1983 Murthy 1988 Varadaraju 2009 Vos 1984 Whitaker & Andrews 2003  Family Gavialidae (Gharials) Genus Gavialis (Indian Gharial)   Gavialis gangeticus Indian Gharial Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992

	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 Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Chattopadhyay & Sukul 1994 Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Smith 1935 Varadaraju 2009   Calotes vultuosus Kolkata Crested Agama Gowande, Pal, Jablonski, Masroor, Phansalkar, Dsouza, Jayarajan & Shanker 2021 Genus Japalura (Western Mountain Agamas)   Japalura tricarinata Three-keeled Mountain Agama Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Wang, Che, Lin, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Jiang, Jin, Chen & Siler 2018   Japalura variegata East Himalayan Mountain Agama Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Manthey 2010 Manthey, Denzer, Hou & Wang 2012 Murthy 1985 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Genus Psammophilus (Indian Rock Agamas)   Psammophilus blanfordanus Common Indian Rock Agama Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 [as dorsalis] Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 [as dorsalis] Genus Sitana (Lesser Fan-throated Agamas)   Sitana sp. (Fan-throated Agama) Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 [as ponticeriana] Varadaraju 2009 [as ponticeriana]  Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.) Genus Dopasia (Oriental Glass Lizards)   Dopasia gracilis Burmese Glass Lizard Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Brygoo 1987 Murthy 1985 Pradhan & Yonle 2020 Tikader & Sharma 1992  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo zeylanicus Asian Chameleon Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Varadaraju 2009  Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos) Genus Eublepharis (Southwest Asian Fat-tailed Geckos)   Eublepharis hardwickii Eastern Indian Fat-tailed Gecko Murthy 1985 Seufer, Kaverkin & Kirschner (eds.) 2005  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)   Cyrtodactylus bhupathyi Bagdogra Bent-toed Gecko Agarwal, Mahony, Giri, Chaitanya & Bauer 2018 Mahony & Kamei 2022 Purkayastha, Lalremsanga, Litho, Rathee, Bohra, Mathipi, Biakzuala & Muansanga 2022   Cyrtodactylus gubernatoris Darjeeling Rock Gecko Agarwal, Mahony, Giri, Chaitanya & Bauer 2018 Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992   * Cyrtodactylus himalayicus Kurseong Bent-toed Gecko Agarwal, Mahony, Giri, Chaitanya & Bauer 2018 Annandale 1906 Genus Gekko (Tokays)   Gekko gecko Tokay Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Murthy 1985 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Varadaraju 2009 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus aquilonius Northern Burmese Half-toed Gecko Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 [as bowringii] Murthy 1985 [as bowringii] Purkayastha, Das, Bauer, Sengupta & Dutta 2010 Smith 1935 [as bowringii] Tikader & Sharma 1992 [as bowringii]   Hemidactylus brookii Spotted Half-toed Gecko Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Mahony 2011 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Varadaraju 2009   Hemidactylus flaviviridis Yellow-bellied House Gecko Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Das, Purkayastha, Bauer & Sengupta 2011 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012   Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Hemidactylus garnotii Fox Gecko Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Hemidactylus leschenaultii Tamarind Tree Gecko Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Daniel 1983 Sharma 1982 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Tiwari & Sharma 1971   Hemidactylus platyurus Flat-tailed Gecko Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Lajmi, Bansal, Giri & Karanth 2019 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Takydromus (Oriental Grass Lizards)   Takydromus khasiensis Khasi Hills Grass Lizard Das, Tripathy & Deuti 2019  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Ablepharus (Eurasian Mountain Skinks)   Ablepharus sikkimensis Sikkim Mountain Skink Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Daniel 1983 Murthy 1985 Ouboter 1986 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Genus Eutropis (South Asian Sun Skinks)   Eutropis allapallensis Allapalli Sun Skink Bag, Raha & Deuti 2020   Eutropis carinata Brahminy Skink Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Patel, Deuti, Campbell, Palot, Karunarathna, Abinawanto & Supriatna 2021 Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Daniel 1983 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Varadaraju 2009   Eutropis macularia Speckled Forest Skink Ahmed & Dasgupta 1991 Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992   Eutropis multifasciata Many-lined Sun Skink Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001   * Eutropis rubriventris Red-bellied Sun Skink Batuwita, Udugampala & Edirisinghe 2020   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 [as dissimilis] Ashaharraza & Kaur 2018 Murthy 1985 [as dissimilis] Seetharamaraju, Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu & Sreekar 2011 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Genus Riopa (Asian Gracile Skinks)   Riopa albopunctata White-spotted Gracile Skink Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Riopa punctata Spotted Gracile Skink Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012   Riopa vosmaerii Bengal Gracile Skink Tikader & Sharma 1992 Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)   Sphenomorphus incognitus Koshun Forest Skink Sharma 2002 [as boulengeri]   Sphenomorphus indicus Common Indian Forest Skink Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Sphenomorphus maculatus Spotted Forest Skink Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Auffenberg 1994 Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Smith 1935   Varanus flavescens Yellow Monitor Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Auffenberg, Rahman, Iffat & Perveen 1989 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Murthy 1985   Varanus salvator Asian Water Monitor Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Daniel 1983 Murthy 1985 Murthy 1988 Varadaraju 2009

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Acrochordidae (Australasian File Snakes) Genus Acrochordus (Australasian File Snakes)   Acrochordus granulatus Lesser File Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)   Eryx conicus Rough-scaled Sand Boa Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012   Eryx johnii Red Sand Boa Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Stimson 1969  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Ahaetulla (Oriental Whip Snakes)   Ahaetulla anomala Bengal Whip Snake Mohapatra, Dutta, Kar, Das, Murthy & Deepak 2017   Ahaetulla flavescens Yellow Whip Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 [as A. prasina] Smith 1943 [as A. prasina] Srikanthan, Adhikari, Mallik, Campbell, Bhatt, Shanker & Ganesh 2022 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 [as A. prasina] Whitaker & Captain 2004 [as A. prasina]   Ahaetulla nasuta Long-nosed Green Whip Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Varadaraju 2009 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha Southeast Indian Whip Snake Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh 2020 Genus Amphiesma (South Asian Keelbacks)   Amphiesma stolatum Buff-striped Keelback Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Varadaraju 2009 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Atretium (South Asian Olive Keelback)   Atretium schistosum South Asian Olive Keelback Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Varadaraju 2009 Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)   Boiga cyanea Green Cat Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Orlov & Ryabov 2002 Smith 1943 Tillack 2006 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Boiga flaviviridis Yellow-Green Cat Snake Choure, Komanduri, Choure & Lalremsanga 2021   Boiga forsteni Speckled Cat Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1991 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Boiga gocool Eastern Gamma Cat Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Choure, Kashyap, Adhikari & Lalremsanga 2020 Das, Mohapatra, Purkayastha, Sengupta, Dutta, Ahmed & Tillack 2010 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Boiga multifasciata Many-banded Cat Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Boiga ochracea Tawny Cat Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Orlov & Ryabov 2002 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Boiga quincunciata Assam Cat Snake Ghosh & Mukherjee 2019   Boiga siamensis Grey Cat Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 [as cynodon] Kroon 1973 [as B. ocellata] Murthy 1985 [as cynodon] Smith 1943 [as cynodon] Whitaker & Captain 2004 [as ocellata]   Boiga trigonata Western Gamma Cat Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Varadaraju 2009   Boiga westermanni Indian Egg Eater Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Captain, Tillack, Gumprecht & Dandge 2005 Dandge & Tiple 2016 Daniel 1983 Manhas 2021 Murthy 1985 Narayanan 2012 Sharma 2014 Smith 1943 Visvanathan 2015 Vyas 2013 Genus Chrysopelea (Flying Tree Snakes)   Chrysopelea ornata Ornate Flying Tree Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Daniel 1983 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Murthy 1985 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Coelognathus (Oriental Rat Snakes)   Coelognathus helena Indian Trinket Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Chowdhury, Sengupta, Mitra & Chaudhuri 2018 Kramer 1977 Mohapatra, Schulz, Helfenberger, Hofmann & Dutta 2016 Schulz 1996 Singh, Moun & Mistry 2020 Smith 1943 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Varadaraju 2009   Coelognathus radiatus Copper-headed Rat Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Daniel 1983 Nguyen, Thy, Chan-Ard, Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu, Das & Mohapatra 2014 Schulz 1996 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)   Dendrelaphis biloreatus Himalayan Bronzeback Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 [as gorei] Murthy 1985 [as gorei] Smith 1943 [as gorei]   Dendrelaphis cyanochloris Green Bronzeback Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Biakzuala, Lalremsanga, Tariang, Vabeiryureilai, Muansanga, Hrima, Kumar, Kundu, Purkayastha & Vogel 2022 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Dendrelaphis proarchos Northern Painted Bronzeback Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 [as D. ahaetulla] Vogel & Rooijen 2011 Whitaker & Captain 2004 [as D. pictus]   Dendrelaphis tristis Common Indian Bronzeback Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Kramer 1977 Rooijen & Vogel 2008 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Elaphe (Palearctic-Oriental Rat Snakes)   Elaphe cantoris Eastern Trinket Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Schulz 1996 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Elaphe hodgsonii Himalayan Trinket Snake Schulz 1996 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Elaphe taeniura Stripe-tailed Rat Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Schulz 1996 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Fowlea (Fishing Keelbacks)   Fowlea piscator Checkered Keelback Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Amarasinghe, Bandara, Weerakkody, Campbell, Marques, Danushka, Silva & Vogel 2022 Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Purkayastha, Das, Sengupta & Dutta 2010 Purkayastha, Kalita, Brahma, Doley & Das 2018 Varadaraju 2009 Vogel & David 2012 Whitaker & Captain 2004 [as sanctijohannis]   Fowlea schnurrenbergeri Bar-necked Keelback Amarasinghe, Bandara, Weerakkody, Campbell, Marques, Danushka, Silva & Vogel 2022 Mohapatra, Dutta & Parida 2010 Purkayastha, Das, Sengupta & Dutta 2010 Purkayastha, Kalita, Brahma, Doley & Das 2018 Vogel & David 2012 Genus Gonyosoma (Oriental Green Rat Snakes and Rainbow Tree Snake)   Gonyosoma prasinum Green Bush Rat Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 David, Campbell, Deuti, Hauser, Luu, Nguyen, Orlov, Pauwels, Scheinberg, Sethy, Smits, Teynie & Vogel 2022 Schulz 1996 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Hebius (Oriental Equatorial Keelbacks)   Hebius clerki Kachin Keelback Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 [as Amphiesma parallelum] David, Agarwal, Athreya, Mathew, Vogel & Mistry 2015 David, Bain, Nguyen, Orlov, Vogel, Vu & Ziegler 2007 [as "cf. Amphiesma parallelum"] David, Vogel & Pauwels 2005 [as Amphiesma parallelum] Purkayastha & David 2019 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 [as Amphiesma parallelum]   Hebius khasiensis Khasi Hills Keelback Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Herpetoreas (Himalayan Mountain Keelbacks)   Herpetoreas platyceps Himalayan Flat-headed Keelback Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 David, Agarwal, Athreya, Mathew, Vogel & Mistry 2015 Lalremsanga, Bal, Vogel & Biakzuala 2022 Malnate 1966 Purkayastha & David 2019 Ren, Jiang, Huang, David & Li 2022 Smith 1943 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Herpetoreas sieboldii Sikkim Keelback David, Agarwal, Athreya, Mathew, Vogel & Mistry 2015 David, Vogel & Pauwels 2005 Lalremsanga, Bal, Vogel & Biakzuala 2022 Malnate 1966 Purkayastha & David 2019 Ren, Jiang, Huang, David & Li 2022 Genus Liopeltis (Ringneck Snakes)   Liopeltis calamaria Lesser Ringneck Snake Bilaskar 2023   Liopeltis rappii Himalayan Ringneck Snake Agrawal 1979 Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943   Liopeltis stoliczkae Northeast Indian Ringneck Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943 Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)   Lycodon aulicus Indian Wolf Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Ganesh & Vogel 2018 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 Varadaraju 2009   Lycodon fasciatus Yellow-banded Wolf Snake Vogel & David 2019 Vogel, David, Pauwels, Sumontha, Norval, Hendrix, Vu & Ziegler 2009   Lycodon gammiei Sikkim Wolf Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Mistry, Vogel & Tillack 2007 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943   Lycodon jara Twin-spotted Wolf Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Bahuguna & Bhutia 2010 Mallik, Parida, Mohanty, Mallik, Purohit, Mohanty, Nanda, Sindura, Purohit, Mishra & Sahoo 2014 [as odishii] Whitaker & Captain 2004   Lycodon septentrionalis Northern Big-toothed Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Das & Vasudevan 2015 [as Dinodon septentrionale chapaense] Murthy 1985 Smith 1943   Lycodon striatus Striped Wolf Snake Amarasinghe, Masroor, Lalremsanga, Weerakkody, Ananjeva, Campbell, Kennedy-Gold, Bandara, Bragin, Gayan, Sharma, Sayyed, Biakzuala, Kanishka, Ganesh, Ineich, Silva, Wickramasinghe, Seneviratne, Poyarkov, Vogel & Jablonski 2023 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017   Lycodon zawi Sagaing Wolf Snake Biakzuala, Hrima, Vanlalchhuana, Vanlallawma, Vabeiryureilai, Muansanga, Subbarayan, Kumar & Lalremsanga 2020 Ghosh, Mukherjee & Rahut 2017 Genus Oligodon (Kukri Snakes)   Oligodon albocinctus White-barred Kukri Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Daniel 1983 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Oligodon cyclurus Northeast Indian Kukri Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 David, Das & Vogel 2011 David, Nguyen, Nguyen, Jiang, Chen, Teynie & Ziegler 2012 Murthy 1985   Oligodon dorsolateralis Side-striped Kukri Snake Smith 1943   Oligodon erythrogaster Red-bellied Kukri Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943   Oligodon juglandifer Darjeeling Kukri Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943   Oligodon kheriensis Coral Red Kukri Snake Nath, Sarkar, Saha, Goswami, Sutradhar, Ray, Chaudhuri & Chakdar 2021 Pandey, Lama, Dhungel, Modak & Jelic 2016 Saha 2013 Verma, Pattekar, Panda, Siddiqui, Ojha, Mall & Roy 2021   Oligodon melaneus Black Kukri Snake Murthy 1985 Smith 1943   Oligodon russelius Visakhapatnam Kukri Snake Bandara, Ganesh, Kanishka, Danushka, Sharma, Campbell, Ineich, Vogel & Amarasinghe 2022 Bhupathy 1995 [as arnensis] Daniel 1983 [as arnensis] Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 [as arnensis] Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 [as arnensis] Varadaraju 2009 [as arnensis]   Oligodon taeniolatus Variegated Kukri Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Genus Oreocryptophis (Red Mountain Rat Snake)   Oreocryptophis porphyraceus Red Mountain Rat Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Schulz & Helfenberger 1998 Schulz 1996 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)   Platyceps plinii Banded Whip Snake Agrawal 1979 [as fasciolata] Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 [as fasciolata] Daniel 1983 [as fasciolata] Deepak, Narayanan, Mohapatra, Dutta, Melvinselvan, Khan, Mahlow & Tillack 2021 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 [as fasciolata] Smith 1943 [as fasciolata] Tiwari & Sharma 1971 [as fasciolata] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 [as fasciolata] Whitaker & Captain 2004 [as fasciolata] Genus Pseudoxenodon (Mock Cobras)   Pseudoxenodon macrops Common Large-eyed Mock Cobra Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Ptyas (Giant Rat Snakes and Oriental Green Snakes)   Ptyas korros Indochinese Rat Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992   Ptyas mucosa Common Oriental Rat Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Varadaraju 2009   Ptyas nigromarginata Oriental Green Rat Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943 Vogel & Hauser 2013 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Rhabdophis (Asian Keelbacks)   Rhabdophis helleri Northern Red-necked Keelback Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 [as subminiatus] David & Vogel 2021   Rhabdophis himalayanus Common Himalayan Keelback Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Das, Smith, Sidik, Sarker, Boruah, Patel, Murthy & Deepak 2021 Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 Genus Sibynophis (Oriental Black-headed Snakes)   Sibynophis collaris Collared Black-headed Snake Lalremsanga, Bal, Vogel & Biakzuala 2022 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Sibynophis sagittarius Bengal Black-headed Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Genus Trachischium (Oriental Slender Snakes)   Trachischium fuscum Darjeeling Slender Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Bhosale, Gowande & Mirza 2019 Murthy & Sharma 1976 Murthy 1985 Raha, Das, Bag, Debnath & Pramanick 2018 Smith 1943   Trachischium guentheri Rose-bellied Slender Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Bhosale, Gowande & Mirza 2019 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943   Trachischium monticola Assam Slender Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Bhosale, Gowande & Mirza 2019   Trachischium tenuiceps Orange-bellied Slender Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Raha, Das, Bag, Debnath & Pramanick 2018 Smith 1943 Genus Xenochrophis (Oriental Painted Keelbacks)   Xenochrophis cerasogaster Dark-bellied Marsh Snake Murthy 1985 Purkayastha, Das, Vogel, Bhattacharjee & Sengupta 2013  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Bungarus (Kraits)   Bungarus bungaroides Northeastern Hill Krait Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943   Bungarus caeruleus Blue Krait Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Daniel 1983 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Murthy & Sharma 1976 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Varadaraju 2009   Bungarus fasciatus Banded Krait Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Murthy 1985 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Whitaker 1969   Bungarus lividus Lesser Black Krait Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Lalbiakzuala, Purkayastha, Rathee & Lalremsanga 2021 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943   Bungarus niger Greater Black Krait Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Bungarus walli Faizabad Krait Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Calliophis (South Asian Coral Snakes)   Calliophis melanurus South Asian Slender Coral Snake Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri 2012 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja kaouthia Monocellate Cobra Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Murthy 1985 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Varadaraju 2009 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Wuster & Thorpe 1992 Wuster 1998   Naja naja Indian Spectacled Cobra Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Varadaraju 2009 Wuster & Thorpe 1992 Genus Ophiophagus (King Cobra)   Ophiophagus hannah King Cobra Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Murthy 1985 Murthy 1988 Singh & Joshi 2016 Genus Sinomicrurus (East Asian Coral Snakes)   Sinomicrurus macclellandii Southeast Asian Coral Snake Agrawal 1979 Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Smart, Ingrasci, Sarker, Lalremsanga, Murphy, Ota, Tu, Shouche, Orlov & Smith 2021 Smith 1943 Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri 2012 Whitaker & Captain 2004  Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes) Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)   Hydrophis caerulescens Bluish Slender-necked Sea Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Sharma 1982 Varadaraju 2009   Hydrophis curtus Short Sea Snake Sharma 1982   Hydrophis cyanocinctus Blue-banded Sea Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992   Hydrophis fasciatus Banded Slender-necked Sea Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992   Hydrophis mamillaris Bombay Gulf Sea Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992   Hydrophis nigrocinctus Black-banded Sea Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Varadaraju 2009   Hydrophis obscurus Northern Estuarine Sea Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992   Hydrophis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Mitra, Sarkar & Chatterjee 2000   Hydrophis schistosus Beaked Sea Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Prachi & Ramesh 2016 Sharma 1982 Smith 1926 Varadaraju 2009   Hydrophis stokesii Large-headed Sea Snake Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Hydrophis stricticollis Bengal Sea Snake Smith 1926   Hydrophis viperinus Viperine Sea Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Ahmed 1975 Genus Laticauda (Sea Kraits)   Laticauda laticaudata Blue-lipped Sea Krait Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Smith 1926 Smith 1943 Genus Microcephalophis (Small-headed Sea Snakes)   Microcephalophis gracilis Graceful Small-headed Sea Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992  Family Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes) Genus Gerrhopilus (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)   Gerrhopilus oligolepis Nagri Valley Blind Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Smith 1943  Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes) Genus Cerberus (Dog-faced Water Snakes)   Cerberus rynchops Western Dog-faced Water Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Gyi 1970 Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy, Voris & Karns 2012 Varadaraju 2009 Genus Enhydris (Asian Mud Snakes)   Enhydris enhydris Striped Mud Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Gyi 1970 Murthy 1985 Varadaraju 2009 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Ferania (Bengal Mud Snake)   Ferania sieboldii Bengal Mud Snake Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Fordonia (White-bellied Mangrove Snake)   Fordonia leucobalia White-bellied Mangrove Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Gerarda (Glossy Marsh Snake)   Gerarda prevostiana Glossy Marsh Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Bag, Raha & Deuti 2018  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Psammodynastes (Asian Mock Vipers)   Psammodynastes pulverulentus Dusky Mock Viper Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis condanarus Oriental Sand Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Whitaker & Captain 2004  Family Pareidae (Oriental Slug Eaters) Genus Pareas (Typical Oriental Slug Eaters)   Pareas macularius Black-spotted Slug Eater Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Murthy 1985 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Pareas monticola Assam Slug Eater Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Ding, Chen, Suwannapoom, Nguyen, Pogarkov & Vogel 2020 Smith 1943 Vogel, Nguyen, Zaw & Poyarkov 2020  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Malayopython (Malayan Pythons)   Malayopython reticulatus Reticulated Python Mukherjee, Santra & Aditya 2012 Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python bivittatus Burmese Python Barker & Barker 2008   Python molurus Indian Python Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Daniel 1983 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Argyrophis (Southeast Asian Blind Snakes)   Argyrophis diardii Greater Blind Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Bahuguna, Bhutia & Joshi 2010 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Grypotyphlops (Indian Beaked Blind Snake)   Grypotyphlops acutus Indian Beaked Blind Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Narayana, Venkateshwarlu, Swamy, Surender, Kumar & Rao 2018 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Sharma 1982 Smith 1943 Tiwari & Sharma 1971 Wallach 1994 Genus Indotyphlops (South Asian Blind Snakes)   Indotyphlops jerdoni Khasi Hills Blind Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Smith 1943   * Indotyphlops meszoelyi Darjeeling Blind Snake Wallach 1999   Indotyphlops porrectus Indian Slender Blind Snake Agrawal 1979 Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Varadaraju 2009 Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)   Virgotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blind Snake Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Craspedocephalus (Ridge-nosed Tree Pitvipers)   Craspedocephalus gramineus Indian Green Pitviper Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Chowdhury, Dutta, Chaudhuri & Ghosh 2017 Genus Daboia (Daboias)   Daboia russelii Indian Chain Viper Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Gayen, Dey & Roy 2017 Hallerman, Ananjeva & Orlov 2001 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Smith 1943 Varadaraju 2009 Wuster, Otsuka, Malhotra & Thorpe 1992 Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)   Echis carinatus Common Carpet Viper Auffenberg & Rehman 1991 Biswas & Sanyal 1977 Genus Gloydius (Mamushis)   Gloydius himalayanus Himalayan Mamushi Chaudhuri, Muhkerjee, Chowdhury & Purkayastha 2018 Genus Ovophis (Asian Mountain Pitvipers)   Ovophis monticola Western Mountain Pitviper Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Popeia (South Asian Bamboo Pitvipers)   Popeia popeiorum Northern Bamboo Pitviper Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Mirza, Lalremsanga, Bhosale, Gowande, Patel, Idiatullina & Poyarkov 2023 Vogel, David & Pauwels 2004 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Trimeresurus (Oriental Pitvipers)   Trimeresurus albolabris Southeast Asian White-lipped Tree Pitviper Regenass & Kramer 1981 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Trimeresurus erythrurus Red-tailed Pitviper Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 Varadaraju 2009 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Viridovipera (Green Tree Pitvipers)   Viridovipera yunnanensis Yunnan Green Tree Pitviper Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 [as stejnegeri] David, Vidal & Pauwels 2001 Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004

	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 Chowdhury, Das & Ghose (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Bhupathy 1995 Chowdhury, Das & Ghose (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Bhupathy 1995 Chowdhury, Das & Ghose (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Das 2001 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Chowdhury, Das & Ghose (in Shanker & Choudhury) 2006 Daniel 1983 Varadaraju 2009  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Das 2001  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Batagur (River Terrapins)   Batagur baska Northern River Terrapin Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Das 2001 Murthy 1988 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Varadaraju 2009   Batagur dhongoka Three-striped Roofed Turtle Das 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Batagur kachuga Red-crowned Roofed Turtle Daniel 1983 Das 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Cyclemys (Asian Leaf Turtles)   Cyclemys gemeli Assam Leaf Turtle Das 1997 [as dentata] Das 2001 [as oldhamii] Frazier & Das 1994 [as dentata] Pradhan, Chettri & Sengupta 2020 Thapa, Pradhan, Thakur, Joshi, Sharma & Chandra 2021 Genus Geoclemys (South Asian Spotted Pond Turtle)   Geoclemys hamiltonii South Asian Spotted Pond Turtle Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Das 1997 Das 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Hardella (Crowned River Turtle)   Hardella thurjii Crowned River Turtle Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Das 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Melanochelys (Indian Black Turtles)   Melanochelys tricarinata Tricarinate Hill Turtle Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Das 1997 Das 2001 Frazier & Das 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Melanochelys trijuga Indian Black Turtle Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Daniel 1983 Das 1997 Das 2001 Murthy 1985 Pal, Dey & Roy 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Morenia (Western Eyed Turtles)   Morenia petersi Indian Eyed Turtle Bhupathy 1995 Das & Sengupta 2010 Das 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Pangshura (Roofed Turtles)   Pangshura smithii Brown Roofed Turtle Daniel 1983   Pangshura sylhetensis Assam Roofed Turtle Das 1997 Das 2001 Das, Sengupta & Praschag 2010   Pangshura tecta Indian Roofed Turtle Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Das 1997 Das 2001 Moll 1987 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Pangshura tentoria Indian Tent Turtle Das 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Indotestudo (Asian Tortoises)   Indotestudo elongata Elongated Tortoise Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Das 1997 Das 2001 Ihlow, Dawson, Hartmann & Som 2016 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 Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Das & Singh 2009 Das 1997 Das 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Lissemys (South Asian Flapshell Turtles)   Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Bhupathy, Webb & Praschag 2014 Chattopadhyay, Dey & Roy 2018 Das 1997 Das 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Nilssonia (South Asian Softshell Turtles)   Nilssonia gangetica Ganges Softshell Turtle Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Liebing, Praschag, Gosh, Vasudevan, Rashid, Rao, Stuckas & Fritz 2012   Nilssonia hurum Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle Ahmed & Dasgupta 1992 Das 1997 Das 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Nilssonia nigricans Black Softshell Turtle Liebing, Praschag, Gosh, Vasudevan, Rashid, Rao, Stuckas & Fritz 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Pelochelys (Indomalayan Giant Softshell Turtles)   Pelochelys cantorii Asian Giant Softshell Turtle Bhupathy 1995 [as bibroni] Das 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021