List of reptiles of South Asia

• Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar
• Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) India (east coast and the Andamans), Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Bangladesh

Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)

• Gharial Gavialis gangeticus India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh
• False gharial Tomistoma schlegelii Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java

• Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea global

• Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta tropical regions
• Green turtle Chelonia mydas tropical regions
• Hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata tropical regions
• Olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea tropical regions

• Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) India
• Elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malay peninsula, Indo-China
• Travancore tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica) Western Ghats
• Asian brown tortoise (Manouria emys) India, Bangladesh, Malay region
• Impressed tortoise (Manouria impressa) India (Arunachal Pradesh)
• Central Asian tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii) Pakistan

River terrapin (Batagur baska)

• River terrapin Batagur baska India (Sundarbans, Bhitarkanika), Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, Sumatra
• Malayan box turtle Cuora amboinensis India (Northeast, Nicobar Islands) Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, the Sundas, Maluku, Philippines
• Asian leaf turtle Cyclemys dentata Northeast India, Bangladesh, China, Indo-China, Malay peninsula, Indo-Malay, the Sundas, Philippines
• Oldham's leaf turtle Cyclemys oldhami Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam
• Spotted pond turtle Geoclemys hamiltonii Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal
• Cochin forest cane turtle Vijayachelys silvatica (=Geoemyda silvatica) Southwest India
• Crowned river turtle Hardella thurjii Pakistan, India, Bangladesh
• Three-striped roofed turtle Kachuga dhongoka North India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Painted roofed turtle Kachuga kachuga North India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Brown roofed turtle Kachuga smithii Pakistan, North India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Assam roofed turtle Kachuga sylhetensis Northeast India, Bangladesh
• Indian roofed turtle Kachuga tecta Pakistan, North India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Indian tent turtle Kachuga tentoria India, Bangladesh
• Tricarinate hill turtle Melanochelys tricarinata India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Indian black turtle Melanochelys trijuga India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand
• Indian eyed turtle Morenia petersi Eastern India, Bangladesh
• Flatback turtle Natator depressus
• Malayan flat-shelled turtle Notochelys platynota
• Keeled box turtle Pyxidea mouhotii
• Arakan forest turtle Heosemys depressa

• Indian softshell turtle Aspideretes gangeticus Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Indian peacock softshell turtle Aspideretes hurum India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Leith's softshell turtle Aspideretes leithii Peninsular India
• Black softshell turtle Aspideretes nigricans Chittagong city tank in southeast Bangladesh
• Narrow-headed softshell turtle Chitra indica Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Indian flapshell turtle Lissemys punctata Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
• Asian giant softshell turtle Pelochelys cantorii India (coasts), Malay peninsula, Indo-China, South China

• Indian fat-tailed gecko Eublepharis fuscus Western India
• Hardwicke's fat-tailed gecko Eublepharis hardwickii Eastern and central India
• Pakistani leopard gecko Eublepharis macularius Pakistan, Northwest India

• Böhme's mountain gecko Alsophylax boehmei
• Baluch rock gecko Bunopus tuberculatus Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal
• Indian golden gecko Calodactylodes aureus Eastern Ghats
• Sri Lankan golden gecko Calodactylus illingworthi Sri Lanka
• Assamese day geckoCnemaspis assamensis, Assam
• Beddome's day gecko Cnemaspis beddomei
• Boie's day gecko Cnemaspis boiei
• Goan day gecko Cnemaspis goaensis
• Gund day gecko Cnemaspis heteropholis
• Indian day gecko Cnemaspis indica
• Indraneil day gecko Cnemaspis indraneildasii
• Jerdon's day gecko Cnemaspis jerdonii
• Kandy day gecko, Cnemaspis kandiana
• Kolhapur day gecko, Cnemaspis kolhapurensis[1]
• Coastal day gecko Cnemaspis littoralis
• Ponmudi day gecko Cnemaspis nairi
• Ornate day gecko Cnemaspis ornata
• Cnemaspis otai
• Sispara day gecko Cnemaspis sisparensis
• Rough-bellied day gecko Cnemaspis tropidogaster
• Wynaad day gecko Cnemaspis wynadensis
• Yercaud day gecko Cnemaspis yercaudensis
• Flat-tailed gecko Cosymbotus platyurus Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Indo-China, Malay region
• Sind gecko Crossobamon orientalis
• Cyrtodactylus adleri
• Cyrtodactylus aravallensis
• Kollegal ground gecko Geckoella collegalensis
• Gunther's Indian gecko Cyrtodactylus deccanensis
• Giant forest gecko Cyrtodactylus frenatus Sri Lanka
• Sikkim bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus gubernatoris
• Khasi Hills bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus khasiensis
• Jammu bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus mansarulus
• Geckoella nebulosa (=Gymnodactlus nebulosus, Cyrtodactylus nebulosus)
• Cyrtodactylus nepalensis
• Malayan forest gecko Cyrtodactylus pulchellus
• Andamans bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus rubidus India (Andamans)
• Frontier bow-fingered gecko Cyrtodactylus stoliczkai
• Mediodactylus walli
• Cyrtopodion baturensis
• Banded bent-toed gecko Cyrtopodion fasciolatus
• Himalayan bent-toed gecko Cyrtopodion himalayanus
• Kutch gecko Cyrtopodion kachhensis
• Lawder's bent-toed gecko Cyrtopodion lawderanus
• Rough-tailed gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum
• Siamese leaf-toed gecko Dixonius siamensis
• Patinghe Indian gecko Geckoella jeyporensis
• Devil gecko Geckoella yakhuna Sri Lanka
• Four-clawed gecko Gehyra mutilata South India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malay region
• Tokay gecko Gekko gekko Northeast India, Indo-China, China, Malay region
• Smith's giant gecko Gekko smithii India (Nicobar), Myanmar, Thailand, Malay region
• Andamanese giant gecko Gekko verreauxi India (Andamans)
• White-striped viper gecko Hemidactylus albofasciatus
• Hemidactylus anamallensis
• Bowring's gecko Hemidactylus bowringii Eastern India, Myanmar, China
• Brook's gecko Hemidactylus brookii Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Singapore, Malay region
• Depressed gecko Hemidactylus depressus Sri Lanka
• Yellow-spotted gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis Pakistan, India, Iran
• Asian house gecko Hemidactylus frenatus South India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, China, Malay region, tropical areas
• Giant leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus giganteus
• Garnott's gecko Hemidactylus garnotii Northeast India, Bhutan, Nepal, Malay region
• Graceful leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus gracilis
• Carrot-tail viper gecko Hemidactylus imbricatus
• Marbled tree gecko Hemidactylus leschenaultii Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka
• Burmese leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus karenorum
• Spotted rock gecko Hemidactylus maculatus Southwest India, Sri Lanka
• Hemidactylus mahendrai
• Smith's bent-toed gecko Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi
• Persian leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus persicus
• Hemidactylus porbandarensis
• Bombay leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus prashadi
• Reticulate leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus reticulatus
• Scaly gecko Hemidactylus scabriceps South India, Sri Lanka
• Hemidactylus subtriedrus
• Termite hill gecko Hemidactylus triedrus Pakistan, India
• Mediterranean house gecko Hemidactylus turcicus
• Hemiphyllodactylus aurantiacus
• Indopacific tree gecko Hemiphyllodactylus typus
• Mourning gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris
• Andaman day gecko Phelsuma andamanense India (Andamans)
• Nicobar gliding gecko Ptychozoon nicobarensis India (Nicobar)
• Smooth-backed gliding gecko Ptychozoon lionotum

• Laungwala long-headed lizard (Bufoniceps laungwalaensis) Rajasthan
• Green crestless forest lizard (Calotes andamanensis) Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
• Orange-lipped forest lizard (Calotes aurantolabium) Southern Western Ghats, sp. nov.
• Green forest lizard (Calotes calotes) South India, Sri Lanka
• Emma gray's forest lizard (Calotes emma) northeast India.
• Large scaled forest lizard (Calotes grandisquamis) Western Ghats
• Jerdon's forest lizard (Calotes jerdoni) India (Khasi hills, Meghalaya), Myanmar, China
• Khasi Hills forest lizard (Calotes maria) India, Bangladesh
• Indo-Chinese forest lizard (Calotes mystaceus) Northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
• Nilgiri forest lizard (Calotes nemoricola) India
• Black-lipped forest lizard (Calotes nigrilabris) Sri Lanka
• Oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (Andamans), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, China, Sumatra
• Rough-horned lizard (Ceratophora aspera) Sri Lanka
• Small-horned lizard (Cophotis ceylanica) Sri Lanka
• Bay Islands forest lizard (Coryphophylax subcristatus) India (Andaman and Nicobar islands)
• Blanford's flying lizard (Draco blanfordii) Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay peninsula
• South Indian flying lizard (Draco dussumieri) Western Ghats, India
• Tubercled agama (Laudakia tuberculata) Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal
• Hump-nosed lizard (Lyriocephalus scutatus) Sri Lanka
• Elliot's forest lizard (Monilesaurus ellioti) India.
• Roux forest lizard (Monilesaurus rouxii) India
• Indian kangaroo lizard (Otocryptis beddomei) India
• Sri Lankan kangaroo lizard (Otocryptis wiegmanni) Sri Lanka
• Rock lizard (Psammophilus dorsalis) South India
• Blanford's rock lizard (Psammophilus blanfordanus) South India
• Horsfield's spiny lizard (Salea horsfieldii) South India
• Anaimalai spiny lizard (Salea anamallayana) South India
• Fan-throated lizard (Sitana ponticeriana) India
• Sitana visiri
• Sitana laticeps
• Sitana spinaecephalus
• Sarada darwini
• Sarada superba
• Sitana marudhamneydhal[2]
• Agile agama (Trapelus agilis) Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northwest India
• Indian spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx hardwickii) Pakistan, Northwest India

Indian chameleon (Chamaeleo zeylanicus)

• Indian chamaeleon Chamaeleo zeylanicus Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka

• Dibamus nicobaricum

Armoured glass snake (Ophisaurus apodus)

• Armoured glass snake Ophisaurus apodus Eurasia, Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Eastern glass snake Dopasia gracilis India (Himalayas, Northeast), Myanmar

Note: Some authors move the Asian skinks of the genus Mabuya to Eutropis.[3]

• Minor snake-eyed skink Ablepharus grayanus
• Asian snake-eyed skink Ablepharus pannonicus
• Asymblepharus tragbulense
• Barkud limbless skink Barkudia insularis India (East coast)
• Barkudia melanosticta
• Four-toed snake skink Chalcidoseps thwaitesii Sri Lanka
• Chalcides pentadactylus
• Dasia subcaeruleum Southwest India
• Dasia johsinghi Southwest India,
• Tree skink Dasia haliana Sri Lanka
• Olive tree skink Dasia olivacea India (Nicobars), Myanmar, Indo-China, Malay region
• Dasia nicobarensis
• Olive tree skink Dasia olivacea
• Boulenger's dasia Dasia subcaerulea
• Schneider's skink Eumeces schneiderii (Daudin, 1802)
• Eumeces blythianus
• Poona skink Eurylepis poonaensis (Sharma, 1970)
• Alpine Punjab skink Eurylepis taeniolatus Blyth, 1854
• Sharma's mabuya Eutropis nagarjuni (Sharma, 1969) Andhra Prade
• Kelaart's slender skink Lankascincus taprobanensis Sri Lanka
• Big-eared lipinia Lipinia macrotympanum (Stoliczka, 1873)
• Four-striped lipinia Lipinia quadrivittata (Peters, 1867)
• White-spotted supple skink Lygosoma albopunctatum (Gray, 1846)
• Lygosoma ashwamedhi Sharma, 1969
• Christmas Island grass-skink Lygosoma bowringii (Günther, 1864)
• Lygosoma goaensis (Sharma, 1976)
• Günther's writhing skink Lygosoma guentheri (Günther, 1864)
• Lygosoma lineata (Gray, 1839)
• Lygosoma pruthi (Sharma, 1977)
• Lygosoma punctata (Gmelin, 1799)
• Vosmer's writhing skink Lygosoma vosmaeri (Gray, 1839)
• Gunther's spotted skink Lygosoma guentheri Southwest India
• Mabuya allapallensis Schmidt, 1926
• Mabuya andamanensis Smith, 1935
• Beddome's skink Mabuya beddomii (Jerdon, 1870) Southwest India, Sri Lanka
• Bibron's skink Mabuya bibronii (Gray, 1838) Southeast India, Sri Lanka
• Common keeled skink Mabuya carinata (Schneider, 1801) Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Inger's mabuya Mabuya clivicola Inger, Shaffer, Koshy & Bakde, 1984
• Striped grass skink Mabuya dissimilis (Hallowell, 1857) Pakistan, North India
• Mabuya gansi Das,1991
• Blanford's mabuya Mabuya innotata (Blanford, 1870)
• Little Indian skink or bronze skink Mabuya macularia (Blyth, 1853) Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malay peninsula
• Many-lined skink Mabuya multifasciata (Kuhl, 1820) Northeast India (Nicobars), China, Malay region
• Nine-keeled skink Mabuya novemcarinata (Anderson, 1871) Northeast India, Myanmar, Malay peninsula
• Four-keeled skink Mabuya quadricarinata Boulenger, 1887 Northeast India, Myanmar
• Rough mabuya Mabuya rudis (Boulenger, 1887)
• Nicobar Island skink Mabuya rugifera (Stoliczka, 1870)
• Three-banded mabuya Mabuya trivittata (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)
• Tytler's mabuya Mabuya tytleri (Tytler, 1868)
• Gray's snake skink Nessia burtonii Sri Lanka
• Deraniyagala's snake skink Nessia deraniyagalai Sri Lanka
• Two-toed snake skink Nessia didactylus Sri Lanka
• Shark-headed snake skink Nessia hickanala Sri Lanka
• Layard's snake skink Nessia layardi Sri Lanka
• One-toed snake skink Nessia monodactylus Sri Lanka
• Sarasin's snake skink Nessia sarasinorum Sri Lanka
• Eastern sandfish Ophiomorus raithmai Anderson & Leviton, 1966 Pakistan, Northwest India
• Three-toed snake skink Ophiomorus tridactylus (Blyth, 1853)
• Ristella beddomii Boulenger, 1887
• Günther's ristella Ristella guentheri Boulenger, 1887
• Rurk's ristella Ristella rurkii Gray, 1839
• Travancore ristella Ristella travancorica (Beddome, 1870)
• Scincella beddomei (Boulenger, 1887)
• Two-lined ground skink Scincella bilineata (Gray, 1846)
• Ladakh supple skink Scincella ladacensis (Günther, 1864) North India, Nepal
• Scincella macrotis (Steindachner, 1867)
• Scincella palnica (Boettger, 1892)
• Reeves' smooth gecko Scincella reevesii (Gray, 1838)
• Sikkimese supple skink Scincella sikkimensis (Blyth, 1854) Eastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
• Scincella travancorica (Beddome, 1870)
• Sepsophis punctatus Beddome, 1870
• North Indian litter skink Sphenomorphus indicus (Gray, 1853) Tibet, India (Himalayas), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Malay peninsula
• Sphenomorphus courcyanum (Annandale, 1912)
• Dussumier's forest skink Sphenomorphus dussumieri (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
• Spotted forest skink Sphenomorphus maculatus (Blyth, 1853)

• Blanford's fringe-fingered lizard Acanthodactylus blanfordii
• Indian fringe-fingered lizard Acanthodactylus cantoris
• Small-spotted lizard Mesalina guttulata
• Beddome's snake-eye Ophisops beddomei
• Snake-eyed lizard Ophisops elegans
• Jerdon's snake-eye Ophisops jerdonii
• Leschenault's snake-eye Ophisops leschenaultii
• Ophisops microlepis
• Deraniyagala's striped lacerta Ophisops minor India, Sri Lanka
• Goalpara grass lizard Takydromus haughtonianus
• Java grass lizard Takydromus khasiensis
• Asian grass lizard Takydromus sexlineatus

Water monitor (Varanus salvator)

• Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis) Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
• Yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens) Pakistan, India, Nepal
• Desert monitor (Varanus griseus) Caspian Sea, Pakistan, Northwest India
• Water monitor (Varanus salvator) India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malay region, Philippines

• Vanzosaura rubricauda (Boulenger, 1902)

See List of snakes of South Asia