Reptiles of the
Riau Islands [Indonesia]

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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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Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)
Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)
 
Crocodylus porosus

Saltwater Crocodile

Rooij 1915

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Bronchocela (Long-tailed Agamas)
 
Bronchocela cristatella

Malayan Green Crested Agama

Hallermann 2005 Rooij 1915
Genus Draco (Gliding Dragons)
 
Draco sumatranus

Sumatran Gliding Dragon

Musters 1983
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)
 
Cyrtodactylus majulah

Singapore Bent-toed Gecko

Grismer, Wood & Lim 2012
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus platyurus

Flat-tailed Gecko

Rooij 1915
Genus Lepidodactylus (Scaly-toed Geckos)
 
Lepidodactylus lugubris

Common Mourning Gecko

Rooij 1915
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Eutropis (South Asian Sun Skinks)
 
Eutropis multifasciata

Many-lined Sun Skink

Rooij 1915
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus dumerilii

Harlequin Monitor

Mertens 1963
 
Varanus nebulosus

Clouded Monitor

Arida & Setyawatiningsih 2015 Auffenberg 1994 [as bengalensis]
 
Varanus rudicollis

Rough-necked Monitor

Boehme 2003 Mertens 1963

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Ahaetulla (Oriental Whip Snakes)
 
Ahaetulla prasina

Short-nosed Whip Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 Leviton 1967 Rooij 1917 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)
 
Boiga cynodon

Dog-toothed Cat Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Orlov & Ryabov 2002
 
Boiga melanota

Western Mangrove Cat Snake

Brongersma 1934 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Orlov & Ryabov 2002 Rooij 1917 [as Dipsadomorphus dendrophilus]
Genus Calamaria (Oriental Reed Snakes)
 
Calamaria gimlettii

Kelantan Reed Snake

Das 2010 Iskandar & Colijn 2001
 
Calamaria lovii

Rejang River Reed Snake

Inger & Marx 1965
 
Calamaria virgulata

Blunt-tailed Reed Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001
Genus Chrysopelea (Flying Tree Snakes)
 
Chrysopelea paradisi

Paradise Flying Tree Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Mertens 1968
 
Chrysopelea pelias

Twin-barred Flying Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Mertens 1968
Genus Coelognathus (Oriental Rat Snakes)
 
Coelognathus flavolineatus

Yellow-striped Rat Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 [as melanurus] Schulz 1996
Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)
 
Dendrelaphis caudolineatus

Malayan Stripe-tailed Bronzeback

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917
 
Dendrelaphis formosus

Elegant Bronzeback

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001
 
Dendrelaphis pictus

Southern Painted Bronzeback

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917
 
Dendrelaphis striatus

Banded Bronzeback

Brongersma 1933 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001
Genus Gongylosoma (Southeast Asian Ground Snakes)
 
Gongylosoma baliodeira

Orange-bellied Ground Snake

Brongersma 1933 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001
Genus Gonyosoma (Oriental Green Rat Snakes and Rainbow Tree Snake)
 
Gonyosoma oxycephalum

Red-tailed Green Rat Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 Schulz 1996
Genus Liopeltis (Ringneck Snakes)
 
Liopeltis tricolor

Malayan Ringneck Snake

Brongersma 1933 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001
Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)
 
Lycodon subannulatus

Malayan Bridle Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lee, Miller, Connette, Oo, Zug & Mulcahy 2018 Rooij 1917
Genus Oligodon (Kukri Snakes)
 
Oligodon octolineatus

Eight-lined Kukri Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917
 
Oligodon purpurascens

Purple Kukri Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001
Genus Pseudorabdion (Dwarf Reed Snakes)
 
Pseudorabdion longiceps

Long-headed Dwarf Reed Snake

Brongersma 1933 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Leviton & Brown 1959
Genus Sibynophis (Oriental Black-headed Snakes)
 
Sibynophis geminatus

Striped Black-headed Snake

Haas 1950
 
Sibynophis melanocephalus

White-lipped Black-headed Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001
Genus Xenelaphis (Asian Brown Snakes)
 
Xenelaphis hexagonotus

Sunda Brown Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001
Genus Xenochrophis (Oriental Painted Keelbacks)
 
Xenochrophis maculatus

Malayan Spotted Keelback

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001
 
Xenochrophis trianguligerus

South Asian Triangle Keelback

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001
 Family Cylindrophiidae (Asian Pipe Snakes)
Genus Cylindrophis (Oriental Pipe Snakes)
 
Cylindrophis ruffus

Red-tailed Pipe Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Rooij 1917
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Calliophis (South Asian Coral Snakes)
 
Calliophis bivirgatus

Red-bellied Coral Snake

Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917
 
Calliophis intestinalis

Malayan Striped Coral Snake

Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja sputatrix

Southern Indonesian Spitting Cobra

Haas 1950
 
Naja sumatrana

Sunda Spitting Cobra

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Wuster & Thorpe 1990
Genus Ophiophagus (King Cobra)
 
Ophiophagus hannah

King Cobra

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)
 
Hydrophis atriceps

Black-headed Sea Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001
Genus Laticauda (Sea Kraits)
 
Laticauda colubrina

Yellow-lipped Sea Krait

Haas 1950
 Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes)
Genus Cerberus (Dog-faced Water Snakes)
 
Cerberus schneiderii

South East Asian Dog-faced Water Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as C. rynchops] Lang 2011 [as C. rynchops] Lang 2013 Rooij 1917 [as C. rynchops]
Genus Homalopsis (Masked Water Snakes)
 
Homalopsis buccata

Malayan Masked Water Snake

Rooij 1917
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Psammodynastes (Asian Mock Vipers)
 
Psammodynastes pictus

Painted Mock Viper

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917
 
Psammodynastes pulverulentus

Dusky Mock Viper

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 Mertens 1930 Rooij 1917
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Malayopython (Malayan Pythons)
 
Malayopython reticulatus

Reticulated Python

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917
Genus Python (Typical Pythons)
 
Python brongersmai

Blood Python

Keogh, Barker & Shine 2001
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)
 
Virgotyphlops braminus

Brahminy Blind Snake

Hahn 1980 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Rooij 1917 Wallach 2009
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Trimeresurus (Oriental Pitvipers)
 
Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus

Mangrove Pitviper

Hoge & Romano Hoge 1981 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001
Genus Tropidolaemus (Temple Pitvipers)
 
Tropidolaemus wagleri

Speckled Pitviper

Gumprecht, Tillack, Orlov, Captain & Ryabov 2004 Hoge & Romano Hoge 1981 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Vogel, David, Lutz, Rooijen & Vidal 2007
 Family Xenopeltidae (Asian Sunbeam Snakes)
Genus Xenopeltis (Asian Sunbeam Snakes)
 
Xenopeltis unicolor

Common Asian Sunbeam Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Orlov 2000 Rooij 1917

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Polunin & Nuitja in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Winata, Nadina & Rofik 2008
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Njoman & Nuitja 1984 Winata, Nadina & Rofik 2008
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Amyda (Southeast Asian Softshell Turtles)
 
Amyda cartilaginea

Sunda Softshell Turtle

Rooij 1915