Reptiles of
Tioman  [Malaysia: West Malaysia: Seribuat Archipelago]

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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 Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Acanthosaura (Pricklenapes)
 
Acanthosaura armata

Peninsular Pricklenape

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Aphaniotis (Earless Agamas)
 
Aphaniotis fusca

Blue-mouthed Earless Agama

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Bronchocela (Long-tailed Agamas)
 
Bronchocela cristatella

Malayan Green Crested Agama

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Draco (Gliding Dragons)
 
Draco abbreviatus

Orange-bearded Gliding Dragon

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 [as D. fimbriatus] McGuire, Cotoras, O'Connell, Lawalata, Wang-Claypool, Stubbs, Huang, Wogan, Hykin, Reilly, Bi, Riyanto, Arida, Smith, Milne, Streicher & Iskandar 2018 [as D. fimbriatus]
 
Draco haematopogon

Red-bearded Gliding Dragon

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
 
Draco melanopogon

Black-bearded Gliding Dragon

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
 
Draco sumatranus

Sumatran Gliding Dragon

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Gonocephalus (Western Anglehead Agamas)
 
Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus

Chameleon Anglehead Agama

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
 
Gonocephalus grandis

Greater Anglehead Agama

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999 Manthey 2010
Genus Leiolepis (Butterfly Agamas)
 
Leiolepis belliana

Common Butterfly Agama

Lim & Lim 1999
 Family Dibamidae (Blind Skinks)
Genus Dibamus (Oriental Blind Skinks)
 
Dibamus tiomanensis

Tioman Blind Skink

Diaz, Leong, Grismer & Yaakob 2004 Grismer & Aun 2008 Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999 [as alfredi]
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Cnemaspis (Asian Rock and Forest Geckos)
 
Cnemaspis limi

Tioman Island Rock Gecko

Das & Grismer 2003 Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Grismer, Wood, Anuar, Riyanto, Ahmad, Muin, Sumontha, Grismer, Chan, Quah & Pauwels 2014 Lim & Lim 1999 [as nigridius]
 
Cnemaspis peninsularis

Peninsular Rock Gecko

Grismer & Quah 2019 Grismer 2011 [as kendallii] Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 [as kendallii] Grismer, Wood, Anuar, Riyanto, Ahmad, Muin, Sumontha, Grismer, Chan, Quah & Pauwels 2014 Lim & Lim 1999 [as kendallii]
Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)
 
Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus

Four-striped Bent-toed Gecko

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
  *
Cyrtodactylus tiomanensis

Tioman Island Bent-toed Gecko

Das & Lim 2000 Grismer & Aun 2008 Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
Genus Gehyra (Four-clawed Geckos)
 
Gehyra mutilata

Common Four-clawed Gecko

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Gekko (Tokays)
 
Gekko browni

West Malaysian Flap-legged Gecko

Kiehlmann 2014 [as Luperosaurus browni]
 
Gekko cicakterbang

Malaysian Gliding Gecko

Grismer 2011 [as Ptychozoon lionotum]
 
Gekko hulk

Southern Green-eyed Gecko

Grismer 2011 [as G. smithii] Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 [as G. smithii] Grismer, Pinto, Quah, Anuar, Cota, McGuire, Iskandar, Wood & Grismer 2022 Lim & Lim 1999 [as G. smithii]
 
Gekko kuhli

Wide-lobed Gliding Gecko

Grismer 2011 [as Ptychozoon kuhli] Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 [as Ptychozoon kuhli]
 
Gekko monarchus

Spotted House Gecko

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus craspedotus

Malayan Frilled Gecko

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
 
Hemidactylus frenatus

Asian House Gecko

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
 
Hemidactylus platyurus

Flat-tailed Gecko

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
Genus Hemiphyllodactylus (Slender Geckos)
 
Hemiphyllodactylus typus

Indo-Pacific Slender Gecko

Hong, Anuar, Zou, Grismer & Quah 2023
Genus Lepidodactylus (Scaly-toed Geckos)
 
Lepidodactylus lugubris

Common Mourning Gecko

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Dasia (Indo-Malayan Tree Skinks)
 
Dasia olivacea

Olive Tree Skink

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Emoia (Emo Skinks)
 
Emoia atrocostata

Pacific Mangrove Skink

Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
Genus Eutropis (South Asian Sun Skinks)
 
Eutropis longicaudata

Long-tailed Sun Skink

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
 
Eutropis multifasciata

Many-lined Sun Skink

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Larutia (Malay Slender Forest Skinks)
 
Larutia seribuatensis

Seribuat Two-toed Skink

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
Genus Lipinia (Indo-Pacific Striped Skinks)
 
Lipinia surda

Malayan Striped Skink

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Grismer, Ismail, Awang, Rizal & Ahmad 2014 Lim & Lim 1999
 
Lipinia vittigera

Sipora Striped Skink

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999 Poyarkov, Geissler, Gorin, Dunayev, Hartmann & Suwannapoom 2019
Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)
 
Sphenomorphus scotophilus

Selangor Forest Skink

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Subdoluseps (Asian Agile Skinks)
 
Subdoluseps bowringii

Short-legged Agile Skink

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
Genus Tytthoscincus (Dwarf Leaf-litter Skinks)
  *
Tytthoscincus ishaki

Tioman Island Leaf-litter Skink

Grismer 2006 Grismer 2011 Grismer, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi, Mohd-Izam & Ahmad 2017
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus nebulosus

Clouded Monitor

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
 
Varanus salvator

Asian Water Monitor

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999

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

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)
 
Boiga cynodon

Dog-toothed Cat Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
 
Boiga drapiezii

White-spotted Cat Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
 
Boiga nigriceps

Dark-headed Cat Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
Genus Calamaria (Oriental Reed Snakes)
  *
Calamaria ingeri

Tioman Reed Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Grismer, Kaiser & Yaakob 2004
 
Calamaria lumbricoidea

Variable Reed Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
 
Calamaria pavimentata

Brown Reed Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Chrysopelea (Flying Tree Snakes)
 
Chrysopelea ornata

Ornate Flying Tree Snake

Lim & Lim 1999
 
Chrysopelea paradisi

Paradise Flying Tree Snake

Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
 
Chrysopelea pelias

Twin-barred Flying Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Coelognathus (Oriental Rat Snakes)
 
Coelognathus flavolineatus

Yellow-striped Rat Snake

Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)
 
Dendrelaphis caudolineatus

Malayan Stripe-tailed Bronzeback

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
 
Dendrelaphis formosus

Elegant Bronzeback

Lim & Lim 1999
 
Dendrelaphis haasi

Greater Sundas Bronzeback

Rooijen & Vogel 2008
 
Dendrelaphis kopsteini

Red-necked Bronzeback

Grismer 2011 [as cyanochloris]
 
Dendrelaphis pictus

Southern Painted Bronzeback

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
 
Dendrelaphis striatus

Banded Bronzeback

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
Genus Dryophiops (Malayan Vine Snakes)
 
Dryophiops rubescens

Keel-bellied Vine Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
Genus Elaphe (Palearctic-Oriental Rat Snakes)
 
Elaphe taeniura

Stripe-tailed Rat Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
Genus Gongylosoma (Southeast Asian Ground Snakes)
  *
Gongylosoma mukutense

Tioman Ground Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Das & Leong 2003 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
Genus Gonyosoma (Oriental Green Rat Snakes and Rainbow Tree Snake)
 
Gonyosoma oxycephalum

Red-tailed Green Rat Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Liopeltis (Ringneck Snakes)
  *
Liopeltis tiomanica

Tioman Ringneck

Lalremsanga, Bal, Vogel & Biakzuala 2022 Som, Grismer, Wood, Quah, Brown, Diesmos, Weinell & Stuart 2020
 
Liopeltis tricolor

Malayan Ringneck Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999 Som, Grismer, Wood, Quah, Brown, Diesmos, Weinell & Stuart 2020
Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)
 
Lycodon albofuscus

Slender Wolf Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
 
Lycodon effraenis

Scarce Wolf Snake

Lim & Lim 1999
 
Lycodon subannulatus

Malayan Bridle Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
Genus Oligodon (Kukri Snakes)
  *
Oligodon booliati

Tioman Kukri Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Leong & Grismer 2004
 
Oligodon purpurascens

Purple Kukri Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
 
Oligodon signatus

Barred Kukri Snake

Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Oreocryptophis (Red Mountain Rat Snake)
 
Oreocryptophis porphyraceus

Red Mountain Rat Snake

Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Ptyas (Giant Rat Snakes and Oriental Green Snakes)
 
Ptyas carinata

Malayan Keeled Rat Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
 
Ptyas fusca

White-bellied Rat Snake

Kiehlmann 2014
Genus Rhabdophis (Asian Keelbacks)
 
Rhabdophis chrysargos

Speckled-bellied Keelback

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Sibynophis (Oriental Black-headed Snakes)
 
Sibynophis melanocephalus

White-lipped Black-headed Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Bungarus (Kraits)
 
Bungarus flaviceps

Red-headed Krait

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Vogel 2006
Genus Calliophis (South Asian Coral Snakes)
 
Calliophis intestinalis

Malayan Striped Coral Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja sumatrana

Sunda Spitting Cobra

Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
Genus Ophiophagus (King Cobra)
 
Ophiophagus hannah

King Cobra

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999 Vogel 2006
 Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes)
Genus Cerberus (Dog-faced Water Snakes)
 
Cerberus schneiderii

South East Asian Dog-faced Water Snake

Grismer 2011 [as C. rynchops] Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 [as C. rynchops] Lim & Lim 1999 [as C. rynchops]
Genus Enhydris (Asian Mud Snakes)
 
Enhydris enhydris

Striped Mud Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Leong & Tan 2000
Genus Fordonia (White-bellied Mangrove Snake)
 
Fordonia leucobalia

White-bellied Mangrove Snake

Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
Genus Hypsiscopus (Orange-bellied Mud Snakes and Matanna Mud Snake)
 
Hypsiscopus plumbea

Southern Orange-bellied Mud Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Psammodynastes (Asian Mock Vipers)
 
Psammodynastes pulverulentus

Dusky Mock Viper

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
 Family Pareidae (Oriental Slug Eaters)
Genus Asthenodipsas (Malayan Slug Eaters)
 
Asthenodipsas vertebralis

Mountain Slug Eater

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Grossmann & Tillack 2003
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Malayopython (Malayan Pythons)
 
Malayopython reticulatus

Reticulated Python

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Ramphotyphlops (Western Pacific Blind Snakes)
 
Ramphotyphlops albiceps

Southeast Asian White-headed Blind Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004
Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)
 
Virgotyphlops braminus

Brahminy Blind Snake

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Ovophis (Asian Mountain Pitvipers)
 
Ovophis convictus

Indo-Malayan Mountain Pitviper

Gumprecht & Issem 2013
Genus Popeia (South Asian Bamboo Pitvipers)
 
Popeia sabahi

Sunda Bamboo Pitviper

Grismer 2011 [as buniana] Grismer, Grismer & McGuire 2006 [as buniana] Lim & Lim 1999 [as "cf. Trimeresurus popeiorum"] Vogel 2006 [as Trimeresurus sp. C]

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Dogania (Malayan Softshell Turtle)
 
Dogania subplana

Malayan Softshell Turtle

Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Lim & Lim 1999