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

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

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Calotes (South Asian Forest Agamas)   Calotes versicolor South Indian Crested Agama Agrawal 1979 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Genus Japalura (Western Mountain Agamas)   Japalura major West Himalayan Mountain Agama Agrawal 1979 Jamdar 1985 Mahony 2009 Murthy 1985 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Genus Laudakia (Asian Rock Agamas)   Laudakia agrorensis Agror Valley Rock Agama Agrawal 1979 Manhas, Raina & Wanganeo 2018   Laudakia dayana Ladakh Rock Agama Baig, Wagner, Ananjeva & Boehme 2012 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008   Laudakia melanura Black Rock Agama Agrawal 1979   Laudakia tuberculata Kashmir Rock Agama Agrawal 1979 Murthy, Sharma & Sharma 1979 Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Singh & Banyal 2013 Singh & Banyal 2014 Smith 1935 Tikader & Sharma 1992 Genus Sitana (Lesser Fan-throated Agamas)   Sitana sp. (Fan-throated Agama) Agrawal 1979 [as ponticeriana] Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 [as ponticeriana]  Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.) Genus Dopasia (Oriental Glass Lizards)   Dopasia gracilis Burmese Glass Lizard Agrawal 1979 Brygoo 1987 Daniel 1983 Murthy 1985 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Smith 1935  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)   * Cyrtodactylus chamba Chamba Valley Bent-toed Gecko Agarwal, Khandekar & Bauer 2018 Mahony & Kamei 2022 Purkayastha, Lalremsanga, Litho, Rathee, Bohra, Mathipi, Biakzuala & Muansanga 2022   Cyrtodactylus fasciolatus Subathu Bent-toed Gecko Agrawal 1979 Mahony & Kamei 2022 Purkayastha, Lalremsanga, Litho, Rathee, Bohra, Mathipi, Biakzuala & Muansanga 2022 Ramesh, Shanthakumar, Ramachandran, Sony, Maruthakutti, Das & Buhpathy 2015 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Smith 1935   Cyrtodactylus lawderanus Kumaon Bent-toed Gecko Agrawal 1979 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Smith 1935 Genus Cyrtopodion (Palearctic Bent-toed Geckos)   Cyrtopodion kachhense Cutch Thin-toed Gecko Agrawal 1979 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus brookii Spotted Half-toed Gecko Agrawal 1979 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007   Hemidactylus flaviviridis Yellow-bellied House Gecko Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007   Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi Himachal Half-toed Gecko Agarwal, Bauer, Giri & Khandekar 2019 Agarwal, Giri & Bauer 2018 Chaitanya, Agarwal, Lajmi & Khandekar 2019 Murthy 1985   Hemidactylus reticulatus Reticulated Half-toed Gecko Agrawal 1979   Hemidactylus sahgali Northern Termite Hill Gecko Agrawal 1979 [as triedrus]  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Ophisops (Snake-eyed Lizards)   Ophisops jerdonii Punjab Snake-eyed Lizard Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Ablepharus (Eurasian Mountain Skinks)   Ablepharus himalayanus Himalayan Mountain Skink Mukherjee & Paliwal 1992 Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Singh & Banyal 2013 Tikader & Sharma 1992   Ablepharus ladacensis Ladakh Glacier Skink Agrawal 1979 Daniel 1983 Murthy 1985 Ouboter 1986 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Smith 1935   Ablepharus pannonicus Southwest Asian Snake-eyed Skink Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Genus Eurylepis (Asian Mole Skinks)   Eurylepis taeniolatus Yellow-bellied Mole Skink Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Sindaco, Busais, Amr, Ananjeva, Orlov, Papenfuss, Shafiei, Bafti, Nilson, Shestopal, Dujsebayeva, Nuridjanov, Golynsky, Borkin & Milto 2021 Genus Eutropis (South Asian Sun Skinks)   Eutropis carinata Brahminy Skink Agrawal 1979 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007   Eutropis macularia Speckled Forest Skink Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007   Eutropis trivittata Three-striped Sun Skink Amarasinghe, Ganesh, Mirza, Campbell, Pauwels, Schweiger, Kupfer, Patel, Karunarathna, Deuti, Ineich, Hallermann, Abinawantoa & Supriatna 2021 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 [as dissimilis] Genus Riopa (Asian Gracile Skinks)   Riopa punctata Spotted Gracile Skink Agrawal 1979 Mukherjee & Paliwal 1991 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Smith 1935 Tiwari & Sharma 1971  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor Agrawal 1979 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007   Varanus flavescens Yellow Monitor Agrawal 1979 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)   Eryx conicus Rough-scaled Sand Boa Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007   Eryx johnii Red Sand Boa Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Amphiesma (South Asian Keelbacks)   Amphiesma stolatum Buff-striped Keelback Agrawal 1979 Kramer 1977 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)   Boiga multifasciata Many-banded Cat Snake Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Smith 1943 Tillack, Scheidt & Fischer 2005   Boiga trigonata Western Gamma Cat Snake Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Smith 1943 Genus Coelognathus (Oriental Rat Snakes)   Coelognathus helena Indian Trinket Snake Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Schulz 1996   Coelognathus radiatus Copper-headed Rat Snake Varma & Anthony 2020 Genus Elaphe (Palearctic-Oriental Rat Snakes)   Elaphe hodgsonii Himalayan Trinket Snake Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Schulz 1996 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Fowlea (Fishing Keelbacks)   Fowlea piscator Checkered Keelback Agrawal 1979 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 [as sanctijohannis] Vogel & David 2012 Whitaker & Captain 2004 [as sanctijohannis] Genus Herpetoreas (Himalayan Mountain Keelbacks)   Herpetoreas platyceps Himalayan Flat-headed Keelback David, Agarwal, Athreya, Mathew, Vogel & Mistry 2015 Lalremsanga, Bal, Vogel & Biakzuala 2022 Malnate 1966 Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 Ren, Jiang, Huang, David & Li 2022 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Singh & Banyal 2013   Herpetoreas sieboldii Sikkim Keelback Malnate 1966 Ren, Jiang, Huang, David & Li 2022 Genus Liopeltis (Ringneck Snakes)   Liopeltis calamaria Lesser Ringneck Snake Bilaskar 2023   Liopeltis rappii Himalayan Ringneck Snake Agrawal 1979 Murthy 1985 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Smith 1943 Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)   Lycodon aulicus Indian Wolf Snake Agrawal 1979 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007   Lycodon bicolor Golden-spotted Wolf Snake Agrawal 1979 [as L. striatus] Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 [as L. striatus] Smith 1943 [as L. striatus] Whitaker & Captain 2004 [as L. striatus] Genus Oligodon (Kukri Snakes)   Oligodon albocinctus White-barred Kukri Snake Agrawal 1979   Oligodon cyclurus Northeast Indian Kukri Snake Agrawal 1979   Oligodon russelius Visakhapatnam Kukri Snake Agrawal 1979 [as arnensis] Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 [as arnensis] Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)   Platyceps rhodorachis Wadi Whip Snake Ramesh, Shanthakumar, Ramachandran, Sony, Maruthakutti, Das & Buhpathy 2015 Schatti, Tillack & Kucharzewski 2014 Genus Ptyas (Giant Rat Snakes and Oriental Green Snakes)   Ptyas mucosa Common Oriental Rat Snake Agrawal 1979 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Singh & Banyal 2013 Genus Sibynophis (Oriental Black-headed Snakes)   Sibynophis collaris Collared Black-headed Snake Agrawal 1979 Kramer 1977 Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Smith 1943 Whitaker & Captain 2004   Sibynophis sagittarius Bengal Black-headed Snake Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Genus Spalerosophis (Diadem Snakes)   Spalerosophis atriceps Black-headed Diadem Snake Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Whitaker & Captain 2004  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Bungarus (Kraits)   Bungarus caeruleus Blue Krait Agrawal 1979 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja naja Indian Spectacled Cobra Wuster & Thorpe 1992   Naja oxiana Central Asian Cobra Agrawal 1979 Chandra, Sharma, Nagpure & Nema 2008 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Santra, Owens, Graham, Wuster, Kuttalam, Bharti, Selvan, Mukherjee & Malhotra 2019 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Wuster 1998 Genus Sinomicrurus (East Asian Coral Snakes)   Sinomicrurus macclellandii Southeast Asian Coral Snake Agrawal 1979 Kumar, Dolia, Chaudhary, Kumar & Das 2021 [as nigriventer] Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Smart, Ingrasci, Sarker, Lalremsanga, Murphy, Ota, Tu, Shouche, Orlov & Smith 2021 Smith 1943 Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri 2012 Wall 1908 [as nigriventer] Whitaker & Captain 2004  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis condanarus Oriental Sand Snake Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007   Psammophis leithii Pakistani Sand Snake Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2005 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Python (Typical Pythons)   Python molurus Indian Python Kramer 1977 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Argyrophis (Southeast Asian Blind Snakes)   Argyrophis diardii Greater Blind Snake Saikia, Sharma & Mehta 2010 Genus Indotyphlops (South Asian Blind Snakes)   * Indotyphlops loveridgei Loveridge's Blind Snake Murthy 1985   Indotyphlops porrectus Indian Slender Blind Snake Agrawal 1979 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)   Virgotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blind Snake Agrawal 1979 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Daboia (Daboias)   Daboia russelii Indian Chain Viper Agrawal 1979 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)   Echis carinatus Common Carpet Viper Agrawal 1979 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Genus Gloydius (Mamushis)   * Gloydius chambensis Chamba Mamushi Kuttalam, Santra, Owens, Selvan, Mukherjee, Graham, Togridou, Bharti, Shi, Shanker & Malhotra 2022   Gloydius himalayanus Himalayan Mamushi Agrawal 1979 Chaudhuri, Muhkerjee, Chowdhury & Purkayastha 2018 Gloyd & Conant 1990 Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 Whitaker & Captain 2004 Genus Trimeresurus (Oriental Pitvipers)   Trimeresurus septentrionalis Northern White-lipped Pitviper Agrawal 1979 [as albolabris] Nanhoe & Ouboter 1987 [as albolabris] Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007 [as albolabris] Smith 1943 [as albolabris]

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Melanochelys (Indian Black Turtles)   Melanochelys trijuga Indian Black Turtle Das & Bhupathy 2009 Pendharkar & Jenner 1995 Saikia, Mehta & Sharma 2010 Genus Pangshura (Roofed Turtles)   Pangshura smithii Brown Roofed Turtle Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Lissemys (South Asian Flapshell Turtles)   Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle Saikia, Sharma & Sharma 2007