List of reptiles of Pakistan

A male Oriental garden lizard

Hardwick's spiny-tailed lizard

Ceylon chameleon

Persian spider gecko

Leopard gecko

Mediterranean house gecko

Snake-eyed lizard

Ocellated skink

Bronze mabuya

Yellow monitor

Thar desert monitor

There are 86 species of Lacertilia (lizards and relatives) in Pakistan.

• Family Agamidae (agamas) - 22 species
  • Brachysaura minor (Hardwicke's bloodsucker)
  • Calotes versicolor (Oriental garden lizard, eastern garden lizard or changeable lizard)
  • Japalura kumaonensis (Kumaon mountain lizard)
  • Paralaudakia badakhshana (Badakhshana rock agama)
  • Paralaudakia caucasia (Caucasian agama)
  • Paralaudakia himalayana (Himalayan agama)
  • Laudakia agrorensis (Agror agama)
  • Laudakia melanura (black agama)
  • Laudakia fusca (yellow-headed rock agama)
  • Laudakia nupta (large-scaled rock agama) - 2 subspecies
    • Laudakia n. fusca
    • Laudakia n. nupta
  • Laudakia tuberculata (Kashmir rock agama)
  • Phrynocephalus clarkorum (Clark's toad-headed agama)
  • Phrynocephalus euptilopus (Alcock's toad-headed agama)
  • Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus (yellow-speckled toad-headed agama)
  • Phrynocephalus maculatus (blacktail toadhead agama)
  • Phrynocephalus ornatus (ornate toadhead agama)
  • Phrynocephalus scutellatus (gray toadhead agama)
  • Trapelus agilis pakistanensis (brilliant ground agama)
  • Trapelus rubrigularis (red-throated agama)
  • Trapelus ruderatus (horn-scaled agama or Baluch ground agama)
  • Uromastyx asmussi (Iranian mastigure)
  • Uromastyx hardwickii (Hardwick's spiny-tailed lizard or Indian spiny-tailed lizard)
• Family Chamaeleonidae (chameleons) - 1 species
  • Chamaeleo zeylanicus (Indian chameleon or Ceylon chameleon)
• Family Gekkonidae (eyelid and lidless geckoes) - 33 species
  • Agamura femoralis or Rhinogecko femoralis (De Witte's gecko or sharp-tailed spider gecko)
  • Agamura persica persica (Persian spider gecko)
  • Bunopus tuberculatus (Baluch rock gecko)
  • Crossobamon eversmanni (Baluchistan sand gecko or comb-toed gecko) - 2 subspecies
    • Crossobamon e. eversmanni or Crossobamon maynardi
    • Crossobamon e. lumsdenii
  • Crossobamon orientalis (Sind gecko)
  • Cyrtodactylus walli (Chitral gecko or Swat stone gecko)
  • Cyrtopodium agamuroides (Nikolsky spider gecko)
  • Cyrtopodium baturensis (Batura thin-toed gecko or Batura gecko)
  • Cyrtopodium dattanensis (Khan's bow-fingered gecko or Hazara gecko)
  • Cyrtopodium fortmunroi (Fort Munro gecko)
  • Cyrtopodium indusoani (Soan Sakaser gecko)
  • Cyrtopodium kachhensis (Kutch gecko) - 2 subspecies
    • Cyrtopodium k. ingoldbyi (Ingoldby's stone gecko)
    • Cyrtopodium k. kachhensis (warty rock gecko)
  • Cyrtopodium mintoni (Minton's gecko)
  • Cyrtopodium montiumsalsorum (Salt Range rock gecko)
  • Cyrtopodium rhodocaudus (red-tailed gecko)
  • Cyrtopodium rohtasfortai (Rohtas Fort gecko)
  • Cyrtopodium scaber (keeled rock gecko)
  • Cyrtopodium watsoni (Quetta rock gecko)
  • Eublepharis macularius (leopard gecko)
  • Hemidactylus brookii brookii (Brook's house gecko or spotted Indian house gecko)
  • Hemidactylus flaviviridis (yellow-bellied house gecko)
  • Hemidactylus frenatus (Pacific house gecko or South Asian waif gecko)
  • Hemidactylus imbricatus (carrot-tail viper gecko)
  • Hemidactylus leschenaultii (Leschenault's leaf-toed gecko or bark gecko)
  • Hemidactylus persicus (Persian leaf-toed gecko)
  • Hemidactylus triedrus triedus (termite hill gecko or blotched house gecko)
  • Hemidactylus turcicus turcicus (Mediterranean house gecko)
  • Microgecko depressus (low lying gecko)
  • Microgecko helenae (banded dwarf gecko)
  • Ptyodactylus homolepis (Pakistan fan-fingered gecko) - 2 subspecies
    • Ptyodactylus h. homolepis
    • Ptyodactylus h. socotranus
  • Teratoscincus microlepis (small-scaled wonder gecko or Baluch plate-tailed gecko)
  • Teratoscincus scincus (Turkestan plate-tailed gecko or common wonder gecko or frog-eyed gecko)
  • Tropiocolotes persica (Persian sand gecko or Persian pygmy gecko)
• Family Lacertidae (sand lizards, wall lizards and true lizards) - 12 species
  • Acanthodactylus cantoris (Indian fringe-fingered lizard) - 2 subspecies
    • Acanthodactylus c. blanfordii (Mekran fringe-fingered lizard)
    • Acanthodactylus c. cantoris (Indian fringe-fingered lizard)
  • Acanthodactylus micropholis (yellow-tailed sand lizard)
  • Eremias acutirostris (reticulate desert lacerta)
  • Eremias fasciata (yellow-headed desert lacerta)
  • Eremias scripta (Caspian desert lacerta)
  • Eremias velox persica (Persian Steppe lacerta)
  • Mesalina brevirostris (short-nosed desert lacerta)
  • Mesalina guttulata (small-spotted lizard or long-tailed desert lacerta)
  • Ophisops elegans (elegant snake-eyed lizard) - 2 subspecies
    • Ophisops e. blanfordi (Blanfords snake-eyed lizard)
    • Ophisops e. elegans (elegant snake-eyed lizard)
  • Ophisops jerdonii (Jerdon's snake-eyed lizard or Punjab snake-eyed lizard)
  • Ophisops microlepis (Indian snake-eyed lizard)
  • Scapteira aporosceles (Chagai desert lacerta)
• Family Scincidae (skinks) - 15 species
  • Ablepharus grayanus (minor snake-eyed skink)
  • Ablepharus pannonicus (Asian snake-eyed skink)
  • Chalcides ocellatus (ocellated skink)
  • Eumeces schneiderii zarudnyi (Schneider's skink, Berber skink or Zarudny's skink)
  • Eurylepis indothalensis (Thal skink)
  • Eurylepis taeniolatus (alpine Punjab skink or yellow-bellied mole skink)
  • Eutropis dissimilis (striped grass mabuya or striped grass skink)
  • Eutropis macularia (bronze mabuya, bronze grass skink)
  • Ophiomorus blanfordi (Makran sand swimmer)
  • Ophiomorus brevipes (short-toed sand swimmer)
  • Ophiomorus raithmai (Indus sand swimmer)
  • Ophiomorus tridactylus (three-toed snake skink or Indian sandswimmer)
  • Scincella ladacensis - 2 subspecies
    • Scincella l. ladacensis (Ladak ground skink)
    • Scincella l. himalayana (Himalayan ground skink)
• Family Varanidae (monitor lizards) - 3 species
  • Varanus bengalensis (Bengal monitor)
  • Varanus flavescens (yellow monitor)
  • Varanus griseus - 2 subspecies
    • Varanus g. caspius (eastern desert monitor)
    • Varanus g. koniecznyi (Thar desert monitor)

Russell's boa

Buff striped keelback

Checkered keelback

Indian cobra

Yellow-bellied sea snake

Russell's viper

Saw-scaled viper

Asian sand viper

There are 97 species of Serpentes (snakes) found in Pakistan.

• Family Boidae (boas) - 2 species
  • Eryx johnii (Indian sand boa or red sand boa)
  • Eryx tataricus speciosus (Tartar sand boa)
  • Gongylophis conicus or Eryx conicus (rough-scaled sand boa)
• Family Colubridae (colubrids) - 32 species
  • Herpetoreas platyceps
  • Herpetoreas sieboldii
  • Amphiesma stolata stolata
  • Boiga trigonata – 2 subspecies
    • Boiga t. melanocephala
    • Boiga t. trigonata
  • Coluber fasciolatus
  • Coluber karelini – 2 subspecies
    • Coluber k. karelini
    • Coluber k. mintonorum
  • Coluber ravergeiri ravergeiri
  • Coluber rhodorachis – 3 subspecies
    • Coluber r. kashmirensis
    • Coluber r. ladacensis
    • Coluber r. rhodorachis
  • Coluber ventromaculatus – 3 subspecies
    • Coluber v. bengalensis
    • Coluber v. indusai
    • Coluber v. ventromaculatus
  • Enhydris pakistanica
  • Fowlea piscator piscator
  • Fowlea sanctijohannis
  • Lycodon aulicus aulicus
  • Lycodon striatus – 2 subspecies
    • Lycodon s. bicolor
    • Lycodon s. striatus
  • Lycodon travancoricus
  • Lytorhynchus maynardi
  • Lytorhynchus paradoxus
  • Lytorhynchus ridgewayi
  • Natrix tessellata tessellate
  • Oligodon arnensis
  • Oligodon taeniolatus
  • Psammophis condanarus condanarus
  • Psammophis leithii
  • Psammophis lineolatus
  • Psammophis schokari
  • Pseudocyclophis persica
  • Ptyas mucosus
  • Sibynophis sagittarius
  • Spalerosophis arenarius
  • Spalerosophis diadema – 2 subspecies
    • Spalerosophis d. diadema
    • Spalerosophis d. schirazianus
  • Telescopus rhinopoma
  • Xenochrophis cerasogaster
• Family Elapidae (kraits and cobras) - 4 species
  • Bungarus caeruleus (common krait)
  • Bungarus sindanus (Sind krait) – 2 subspecies
    • Bungarus s. razai (northern Punjab krait)
    • Bungarus s. sindanus (Sind krait)
  • Naja naja (Indian cobra or spectacled cobra)
  • Naja oxiana (Central Asian cobra or oxus cobra)
• Family Hydrophiidae (sea snakes) - 14 species
  • Astrotia stokesii (Stokes' sea snake)
  • Enhydrina schistosa (beaked sea snake, hook-nosed sea snake, common sea snake or Valakadyn sea snake)
  • Hydrophis caerulescens (dwarf seasnake or many-toothed sea snake)
  • Hydrophis cyanocinctus (annulated sea snake or blue-banded sea snake)
  • Hydrophis fasciatus (striped sea snake)
  • Hydrophis lapemoides (Persian Gulf sea snake)
  • Hydrophis mamillaris (Bombay sea snake)
  • Hydrophis ornatus (ornate reef seasnake)
  • Hydrophis spiralis (Yellow Sea snake)
  • Lapemis curtus (Shaw's sea snake)
  • Microcephalophis cantoris (Cantor's small-headed sea snake)
  • Microcephalophis gracilis (graceful small-headed sea snake or slender sea snake)
  • Pelamis platurus (yellow-bellied sea snake or pelagic sea snake)
  • Praescutata viperina (viperine sea snake)
• Family Leptotyphlopidae (thread snakes) - 2 species
  • Leptotyphlops blanfordii (Blanford's worm snake or Sind thread snake)
  • Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus (long-nosed worm snake or beaked thread snake)
• Family Pythonidae (pythons) - 1 species
  • Python molurus molurus (Indian python, black-tailed python or Sind python)
• Family Typhlopidae (blind snakes) - 5 species
  • Ramphotyphlops braminus (brahminy blind snake)
  • Typhlops ahsanai (Ahsan's blind snake)
  • Typhlops porrectus or Typhlops ductuliformes (slender worm snake)
  • Typhlops madgemintonai – 2 subspecies
    • Typhlops m. madgemintonai (Madge's blind snake)
    • Typhlops m. shermanai (Sherman's blind snake)
• Family Viperidae (vipers and pit vipers) - 7 species
  • Daboia russelii russelii (daboia or Russell's viper)
  • Echis carinatus (Indian saw-scaled viper) - 3 subspecies
    • Echis c. astolae (Astola saw-scaled viper)
    • Echis c. multisquamatus (multiscale saw-scaled viper)
    • Echis c. sochureki (Sochurek's saw-scaled viper)
  • Echis pyramidum (northeast African carpet viper, Egyptian saw-scaled viper)
  • Eristicophis macmahonii (McMahon's viper, Asian sand viper, leaf-nosed viper)
  • Gloydius himalayanus (Himalayan pit viper)
  • Macrovipera lebetina obtusa (West-Asian blunt-nosed viper, Levant blunt-nosed viper)
  • Pseudocerastes persicus persicus (Persian horned viper, false horned viper)