List of reptiles of South Asia

Order Crocodilia

Family Crocodilidae

• Mugger crocodile India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar
• Saltwater crocodile India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Bangladesh

  Family Gavialiidae

• Gharial Gavialis gangeticus India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh
• False gharial Tomistoma schlegelii Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java

  Order Testudines

Family Dermochelyidae

• Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea global

  Family Cheloniidae

• Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta tropical regions
• Green turtle Chelonia mydas tropical regions
• Hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata tropical regions
• Olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea tropical regions

  Family Testudinidae

• Indian star tortoise India
• Elongated tortoise India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malay peninsula, Indo-China
• Travancore tortoise Western Ghats
• Asian brown tortoise India, Bangladesh, Malay region
• Impressed tortoise India
• Central Asian tortoise Pakistan

  Family Bataguridae

• River terrapin Batagur baska India, Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, Sumatra
• Malayan box turtle Cuora amboinensis India Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, the Sundas, Maluku, Philippines
• Asian leaf turtle Cyclemys dentata Northeast India, Bangladesh, China, Indo-China, Malay peninsula, Indo-Malay, the Sundas, Philippines
• Oldham's leaf turtle Cyclemys oldhami Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam
• Spotted pond turtle Geoclemys hamiltonii Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal
• Cochin forest cane turtle Vijayachelys silvatica Southwest India
• Crowned river turtle Hardella thurjii Pakistan, India, Bangladesh
• Three-striped roofed turtle Kachuga dhongoka North India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Painted roofed turtle Kachuga kachuga North India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Brown roofed turtle Kachuga smithii Pakistan, North India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Assam roofed turtle Kachuga sylhetensis Northeast India, Bangladesh
• Indian roofed turtle Kachuga tecta Pakistan, North India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Indian tent turtle Kachuga tentoria India, Bangladesh
• Tricarinate hill turtle Melanochelys tricarinata India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Indian black turtle Melanochelys trijuga India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand
• Indian eyed turtle Morenia petersi Eastern India, Bangladesh
• Flatback turtle Natator depressus
• Malayan flat-shelled turtle Notochelys platynota
• Keeled box turtle Pyxidea mouhotii
• Arakan forest turtle Heosemys depressa

  Family Trionychidae

• Indian softshell turtle Aspideretes gangeticus Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Indian peacock softshell turtle Aspideretes hurum India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Leith's softshell turtle Aspideretes leithii Peninsular India
• Black softshell turtle Aspideretes nigricans Chittagong city tank in southeast Bangladesh
• Narrow-headed softshell turtle Chitra indica Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Indian flapshell turtle Lissemys punctata Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
• Asian giant softshell turtle Pelochelys cantorii India, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, South China

  Order Squamata

Suborder Lacertilia

Family Eublepharidae

• Indian fat-tailed gecko Eublepharis fuscus Western India
• Hardwicke's fat-tailed gecko Eublepharis hardwickii Eastern and central India
• Pakistani leopard gecko Eublepharis macularius Pakistan, Northwest India

  Family Gekkonidae

• Böhme's mountain gecko Alsophylax boehmei
• Baluch rock gecko Bunopus tuberculatus Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal
• Indian golden gecko Calodactylodes aureus Eastern Ghats
• Sri Lankan golden gecko Calodactylus illingworthi Sri Lanka
• Assamese day geckoCnemaspis assamensis, Assam
• Beddome's day gecko Cnemaspis beddomei
• Boie's day gecko Cnemaspis boiei
• Goan day gecko Cnemaspis goaensis
• Gund day gecko Cnemaspis heteropholis
• Indian day gecko Cnemaspis indica
• Indraneil day gecko Cnemaspis indraneildasii
• Jerdon's day gecko Cnemaspis jerdonii
• Kandy day gecko, Cnemaspis kandiana
• Kolhapur day gecko, Cnemaspis kolhapurensis
• Coastal day gecko Cnemaspis littoralis
• Ponmudi day gecko Cnemaspis nairi
• Ornate day gecko Cnemaspis ornata
• Cnemaspis otai
• Sispara day gecko Cnemaspis sisparensis
• Rough-bellied day gecko Cnemaspis tropidogaster
• Wynaad day gecko Cnemaspis wynadensis
• Yercaud day gecko Cnemaspis yercaudensis
• Flat-tailed gecko Cosymbotus platyurus Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Indo-China, Malay region
• Sind gecko Crossobamon orientalis
• Cyrtodactylus adleri
• Cyrtodactylus aravallensis
• Kollegal ground gecko Geckoella collegalensis
• Gunther's Indian gecko Cyrtodactylus deccanensis
• Giant forest gecko Cyrtodactylus frenatus Sri Lanka
• Sikkim bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus gubernatoris
• Khasi Hills bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus khasiensis
• Jammu bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus mansarulus
• Geckoella nebulosa
• Cyrtodactylus nepalensis
• Malayan forest gecko Cyrtodactylus pulchellus
• Andamans bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus rubidus India
• Frontier bow-fingered gecko Cyrtodactylus stoliczkai
• Mediodactylus walli
• Cyrtopodion baturensis
• Banded bent-toed gecko Cyrtopodion fasciolatus
• Himalayan bent-toed gecko Cyrtopodion himalayanus
• Kutch gecko Cyrtopodion kachhensis
• Lawder's bent-toed gecko Cyrtopodion lawderanus
• Rough-tailed gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum
• Siamese leaf-toed gecko Dixonius siamensis
• Patinghe Indian gecko Geckoella jeyporensis
• Devil gecko Geckoella yakhuna Sri Lanka
• Four-clawed gecko Gehyra mutilata South India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malay region
• Tokay gecko Gekko gekko Northeast India, Indo-China, China, Malay region
• Smith's giant gecko Gekko smithii India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay region
• Andamanese giant gecko Gekko verreauxi India
• White-striped viper gecko Hemidactylus albofasciatus
• Hemidactylus anamallensis
• Bowring's gecko Hemidactylus bowringii Eastern India, Myanmar, China
• Brook's gecko Hemidactylus brookii Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Singapore, Malay region
• Depressed gecko Hemidactylus depressus Sri Lanka
• Yellow-spotted gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis Pakistan, India, Iran
• Asian house gecko Hemidactylus frenatus South India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, China, Malay region, tropical areas
• Giant leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus giganteus
• Garnott's gecko Hemidactylus garnotii Northeast India, Bhutan, Nepal, Malay region
• Graceful leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus gracilis
• Carrot-tail viper gecko Hemidactylus imbricatus
• Marbled tree gecko Hemidactylus leschenaultii Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka
• Burmese leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus karenorum
• Spotted rock gecko Hemidactylus maculatus Southwest India, Sri Lanka
• Hemidactylus mahendrai
• Smith's bent-toed gecko Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi
• Persian leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus persicus
• Hemidactylus porbandarensis
• Bombay leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus prashadi
• Reticulate leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus reticulatus
• Scaly gecko Hemidactylus scabriceps South India, Sri Lanka
• Hemidactylus subtriedrus
• Termite hill gecko Hemidactylus triedrus Pakistan, India
• Mediterranean house gecko Hemidactylus turcicus
• Hemiphyllodactylus aurantiacus
• Indopacific tree gecko Hemiphyllodactylus typus
• Mourning gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris
• Andaman day gecko Phelsuma andamanense India
• Nicobar gliding gecko Ptychozoon nicobarensis India
• Smooth-backed gliding gecko Ptychozoon lionotum

  Family Agamidae

• Laungwala long-headed lizard Rajasthan
• Green crestless forest lizard Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
• Orange-lipped forest lizard Southern Western Ghats, sp. nov.
• Green forest lizard South India, Sri Lanka
• Emma gray's forest lizard northeast India.
• Large scaled forest lizard Western Ghats
• Jerdon's forest lizard India, Myanmar, China
• Khasi Hills forest lizard India, Bangladesh
• Indo-Chinese forest lizard Northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
• Nilgiri forest lizard India
• Black-lipped forest lizard Sri Lanka
• Oriental garden lizard Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, China, Sumatra
• Rough-horned lizard Sri Lanka
• Small-horned lizard Sri Lanka
• Bay Islands forest lizard India
• Blanford's flying lizard Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay peninsula
• South Indian flying lizard Western Ghats, India
• Tubercled agama Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal
• Hump-nosed lizard Sri Lanka
• Elliot's forest lizard India.
• Roux forest lizard India
• Indian kangaroo lizard India
• Sri Lankan kangaroo lizard Sri Lanka
• Rock lizard South India
• Blanford's rock lizard South India
• Horsfield's spiny lizard South India
• Anaimalai spiny lizard South India
• Fan-throated lizard India
• Sitana visiri
• Sitana laticeps
• Sitana spinaecephalus
• Sarada darwini
• Sarada superba
• Sitana marudhamneydhal
• Agile agama Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northwest India
• Indian spiny-tailed lizard Pakistan, Northwest India

  Family Chamaeleonidae

• Indian chamaeleon Chamaeleo zeylanicus Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka

  Family Dibamidae

• Dibamus nicobaricum

  Family Anguidae

• Armoured glass snake Ophisaurus apodus Eurasia, Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Eastern glass snake Dopasia gracilis India, Myanmar

  Family Scincidae

• Minor snake-eyed skink Ablepharus grayanus
• Asian snake-eyed skink Ablepharus pannonicus
• Asymblepharus tragbulense
• Barkud limbless skink Barkudia insularis India
• Barkudia melanosticta
• Four-toed snake skink Chalcidoseps thwaitesii Sri Lanka
• Chalcides pentadactylus
• Dasia subcaeruleum Southwest India
• Dasia johsinghi Southwest India,
• Tree skink Dasia haliana Sri Lanka
• Olive tree skink Dasia olivacea India, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malay region
• Dasia nicobarensis
• Olive tree skink Dasia olivacea
• Boulenger's dasia Dasia subcaerulea
• Schneider's skink Eumeces schneiderii
• Eumeces blythianus
• Poona skink Eurylepis poonaensis
• Alpine Punjab skink Eurylepis taeniolatus Blyth, 1854
• Sharma's mabuya Eutropis nagarjuni Andhra Prade
• Kelaart's slender skink Lankascincus taprobanensis Sri Lanka
• Big-eared lipinia Lipinia macrotympanum
• Four-striped lipinia Lipinia quadrivittata
• White-spotted supple skink Lygosoma albopunctatum
• Lygosoma ashwamedhi Sharma, 1969
• Christmas Island grass-skink Lygosoma bowringii
• Lygosoma goaensis
• Günther's writhing skink Lygosoma guentheri
• Lygosoma lineata
• Lygosoma pruthi
• Lygosoma punctata
• Vosmer's writhing skink Lygosoma vosmaeri
• Gunther's spotted skink Lygosoma guentheri Southwest India
• Mabuya allapallensis Schmidt, 1926
• Mabuya andamanensis Smith, 1935
• Beddome's skink Mabuya beddomii Southwest India, Sri Lanka
• Bibron's skink Mabuya bibronii Southeast India, Sri Lanka
• Common keeled skink Mabuya carinata Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Inger's mabuya Mabuya clivicola Inger, Shaffer, Koshy & Bakde, 1984
• Striped grass skink Mabuya dissimilis Pakistan, North India
• Mabuya gansi Das,1991
• Blanford's mabuya Mabuya innotata
• Little Indian skink or bronze skink Mabuya macularia Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malay peninsula
• Many-lined skink Mabuya multifasciata Northeast India, China, Malay region
• Nine-keeled skink Mabuya novemcarinata Northeast India, Myanmar, Malay peninsula
• Four-keeled skink Mabuya quadricarinata Boulenger, 1887 Northeast India, Myanmar
• Rough mabuya Mabuya rudis
• Nicobar Island skink Mabuya rugifera
• Three-banded mabuya Mabuya trivittata
• Tytler's mabuya Mabuya tytleri
• Gray's snake skink Nessia burtonii Sri Lanka
• Deraniyagala's snake skink Nessia deraniyagalai Sri Lanka
• Two-toed snake skink Nessia didactylus Sri Lanka
• Shark-headed snake skink Nessia hickanala Sri Lanka
• Layard's snake skink Nessia layardi Sri Lanka
• One-toed snake skink Nessia monodactylus Sri Lanka
• Sarasin's snake skink Nessia sarasinorum Sri Lanka
• Eastern sandfish Ophiomorus raithmai Anderson & Leviton, 1966 Pakistan, Northwest India
• Three-toed snake skink Ophiomorus tridactylus
• Ristella beddomii Boulenger, 1887
• Günther's ristella Ristella guentheri Boulenger, 1887
• Rurk's ristella Ristella rurkii Gray, 1839
• Travancore ristella Ristella travancorica
• Scincella beddomei
• Two-lined ground skink Scincella bilineata
• Ladakh supple skink Scincella ladacensis North India, Nepal
• Scincella macrotis
• Scincella palnica
• Reeves' smooth gecko Scincella reevesii
• Sikkimese supple skink Scincella sikkimensis Eastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
• Scincella travancorica
• Sepsophis punctatus Beddome, 1870
• North Indian litter skink Sphenomorphus indicus Tibet, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Malay peninsula
• Sphenomorphus courcyanum
• Dussumier's forest skink Sphenomorphus dussumieri
• Spotted forest skink Sphenomorphus maculatus

  Family Lacertidae

• Blanford's fringe-fingered lizard Acanthodactylus blanfordii
• Indian fringe-fingered lizard Acanthodactylus cantoris
• Small-spotted lizard Mesalina guttulata
• Beddome's snake-eye Ophisops beddomei
• Snake-eyed lizard Ophisops elegans
• Jerdon's snake-eye Ophisops jerdonii
• Leschenault's snake-eye Ophisops leschenaultii
• Ophisops microlepis
• Deraniyagala's striped lacerta Ophisops minor India, Sri Lanka
• Goalpara grass lizard Takydromus haughtonianus
• Java grass lizard Takydromus khasiensis
• Asian grass lizard Takydromus sexlineatus

  Family Varanidae

• Bengal monitor Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
• Yellow monitor Pakistan, India, Nepal
• Desert monitor Caspian Sea, Pakistan, Northwest India
• Water monitor India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malay region, Philippines

  Suborder Sauria

Family Gymnothalmidae

• Vanzosaura rubricauda

  Suborder Serpentes