Reptiles of
Liaoning [China]

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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.
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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Gekko (Tokays)
 
Gekko swinhonis

Beijing Gecko

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Jiang 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Eremias (Desert and Steppe Runners)
 
Eremias argus

Mongolian Desert Runner

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Jiang 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Eremias brenchleyi

Ordos Desert Runner

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021
 
Eremias multiocellata

Multiocellated Desert Runner

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Jiang 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Takydromus (Oriental Grass Lizards)
 
Takydromus amurensis

Amur Grass Lizard

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Jiang 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Takydromus wolteri

Northeastern Mountain Grass Lizard

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Jiang 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)
 
Plestiodon capito

Northern Chinese Blue-tailed Skink

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Jiang 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Plestiodon chinensis

Eastern Chinese Long Skink

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Jiang 2002
Genus Scincella (South Asian and American Ground Skinks)
 
Scincella huanrenensis

Liaoning Ground Skink

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Chen, Hikida, Han, Shim, Oh & Ota 2001 Jiang 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Scincella modesta

Slender Ground Skink

Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021 Jiang 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Elaphe (Palearctic-Oriental Rat Snakes)
 
Elaphe davidi

North Chinese Rat Snake

Jiang 2002 Schulz 1996 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Elaphe dione

Dione Rat Snake

Jiang 2002 Schulz 1996 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Elaphe schrenckii

Amur Rat Snake

Jiang 2002 Schulz 1996 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Elaphe taeniura

Stripe-tailed Rat Snake

Schulz 1996 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Euprepiophis (East Asian Rat Snakes)
 
Euprepiophis mandarinus

Mandarin Rat Snake

Jiang 2002
Genus Hebius (Oriental Equatorial Keelbacks)
 
Hebius vibakari

Northeastern Forest Keelback

Jiang 2002 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zhao & Adler 1993 Zhou, Sun, Qi, Lu, Lyu, Wang, Li & Ma 2019
Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)
 
Lycodon rufozonatus

Red-banded Big-toothed Snake

Jiang 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Oocatochus (Red-backed Rat Snake)
 
Oocatochus rufodorsatus

Red-backed Rat Snake

Jiang 2002 Schulz 1996 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Orientocoluber (North Asian Whip Snake)
 
Orientocoluber spinalis

North Asian Whip Snake

Jiang 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Rhabdophis (Asian Keelbacks)
 
Rhabdophis lateralis

Chinese Tiger Keelback

Jiang 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993 Zhu, Wang, Takeuchi & Zhao 2014 [as R. tigrinus]
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)
 
Hydrophis atriceps

Black-headed Sea Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993 [as H. fasciatus]
 
Hydrophis cyanocinctus

Blue-banded Sea Snake

Zhao & Adler 1993 Zhou 1985
 
Hydrophis viperinus

Viperine Sea Snake

Zhou 1985
Genus Laticauda (Sea Kraits)
 
Laticauda semifasciata

Erabu Sea Krait

Zhao & Adler 1993 Zhou 1985
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Gloydius (Mamushis)
 
Gloydius brevicaudus

Short-tailed Mamushi

Gloyd & Conant 1990 Jiang 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Gloydius saxatilis

Rock Mamushi

Jiang 2002 Zhao & Adler 1993
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Gloydius shedaoensis

Shedao Island Mamushi

Gloyd & Conant 1990 Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 Guo, Liu, Li, Cao & Wang 2016 Jiang 2002 Li 1999 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Shi, Wang, Chen, Fang, Ding, Huang, Hou, Liu & Li 2017 Vogel 2006 Zhao & Adler 1993
 
Gloydius ussuriensis

Ussuri Mamushi

Jiang 2002

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

Zhao & Adler 1993
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Huang in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Zhao & Adler 1993
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Pelodiscus (East Asian Softshell Turtles)
 
Pelodiscus maackii

Amur Softshell Turtle

Jiang 2002 [as sinensis] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schneeweiss & Mix 2011 Zhao & Adler 1993 [as sinensis]