The following is a list of reptiles in and around the Indian subcontinent, primarily covering the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Afghanistan, parts of Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Island chains.
Order Crocodilia Family Crocodilidae Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) India (east coast and the Andamans), Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Bangladesh
Family Gavialiidae
Gharial Gavialis gangeticus India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh
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 Flatback sea turtle Natator depressus south-east Indonesia
Family Testudinidae Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) India Elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malay peninsula, Indo-China Travancore tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica) Western Ghats Asian brown tortoise (Manouria emys) India, Bangladesh, Malay region Impressed tortoise (Manouria impressa) India (Arunachal Pradesh) Central Asian tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii) Pakistan, Afghanistan
Family Geoemydidae
River terrapin Batagur baska India (Sundarbans, Bhitarkanika), Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, Sumatra Malayan box turtle Cuora amboinensis India (Northeast, Nicobar Islands) 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 (=Geoemyda 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 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 (coasts), 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 kolhapurensisGiri VB, Bauer AM & KS Gaikwad (2009) A new ground-dwelling species of Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2164: 49–60 PDF 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 (=Gymnodactlus nebulosus, Cyrtodactylus nebulosus) Cyrtodactylus nepalensis Malayan forest gecko Cyrtodactylus pulchellus Andamans bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus rubidus India (Andamans) 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 (Nicobar), Myanmar, Thailand, Malay region Andamanese giant gecko Gekko verreauxi India (Andamans) 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 (Andamans) Nicobar gliding gecko Ptychozoon nicobarensis India (Nicobar) Smooth-backed gliding gecko Ptychozoon lionotum
Family Agamidae Laungwala long-headed lizard (Bufoniceps laungwalaensis) Rajasthan Green crestless forest lizard (Calotes andamanensis) Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India Orange-lipped forest lizard (Calotes aurantolabium) Southern Western Ghats, sp. nov. Green forest lizard (Calotes calotes) South India, Sri Lanka Emma gray's forest lizard (Calotes emma) northeast India. Large scaled forest lizard (Calotes grandisquamis) Western Ghats Jerdon's forest lizard (Calotes jerdoni) India (Khasi hills, Meghalaya), Myanmar, China Khasi Hills forest lizard (Calotes maria) India, Bangladesh Indo-Chinese forest lizard (Calotes mystaceus) Northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam Nilgiri forest lizard (Calotes nemoricola) India Black-lipped forest lizard (Calotes nigrilabris) Sri Lanka Oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (Andamans), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, China, Sumatra Rough-horned lizard (Ceratophora aspera) Sri Lanka Small-horned lizard (Cophotis ceylanica) Sri Lanka Bay Islands forest lizard (Coryphophylax subcristatus) India (Andaman and Nicobar islands) Blanford's flying lizard (Draco blanfordii) Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay peninsula South Indian flying lizard (Draco dussumieri) Western Ghats, India Tubercled agama (Laudakia tuberculata) Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal Hump-nosed lizard (Lyriocephalus scutatus) Sri Lanka Elliot's forest lizard (Monilesaurus ellioti) India. Roux forest lizard (Monilesaurus rouxii) India Indian kangaroo lizard (Otocryptis beddomei) India Sri Lankan kangaroo lizard (Otocryptis wiegmanni) Sri Lanka Rock lizard (Psammophilus dorsalis) South India Blanford's rock lizard (Psammophilus blanfordanus) South India Horsfield's spiny lizard (Salea horsfieldii) South India Anaimalai spiny lizard (Salea anamallayana) South India Fan-throated lizard (Sitana ponticeriana) India Sitana visiri Sitana laticeps Sitana spinaecephalus Sarada darwini Sarada superba Sitana marudhamneydhal Agile agama (Trapelus agilis) Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northwest India Indian spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx hardwickii) 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 (Himalayas, Northeast), Myanmar
Family Scincidae Note: Some authors move the Asian skinks of the genus Mabuya to Eutropis.Das, Indraneil, A De Silva & C C Austin (2008) A new species of Eutropis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 1700: 35-52 PDF
Minor snake-eyed skink Ablepharus grayanus Asian snake-eyed skink Ablepharus pannonicus Asymblepharus tragbulense Barkud limbless skink Barkudia insularis India (East coast) 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 (Nicobars), Myanmar, Indo-China, Malay region Dasia nicobarensis Olive tree skink Dasia olivacea Boulenger's dasia Dasia subcaerulea Schneider's skink Eumeces schneiderii (Daudin, 1802) Eumeces blythianus Poona skink Eurylepis poonaensis (Sharma, 1970) Alpine Punjab skink Eurylepis taeniolatus Blyth, 1854 Sharma's mabuya Eutropis nagarjuni (Sharma, 1969) Andhra Pradesh Kelaart's slender skink Lankascincus taprobanensis Sri Lanka Big-eared lipinia Lipinia macrotympanum (Stoliczka, 1873) Four-striped lipinia Lipinia quadrivittata (Peters, 1867) White-spotted supple skink Lygosoma albopunctatum (Gray, 1846) Lygosoma ashwamedhi Sharma, 1969