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The following is a list of reptiles of [[South Asia]], primarily covering the region covered by mainland [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Nepal]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], parts of [[Myanmar]] and the [[Andaman Islands|Andaman]] and [[Nicobar Islands|Nicobar]] Island chains.<br />
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== Order Crocodilia ==<br />
=== Family Crocodilidae ===<br />
* [[Mugger crocodile|Mugger crocodile (''Crocodylus palustris'')]] India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar<br />
* [[Crocodylus porosus|Saltwater crocodile (''Crocodylus porosus'')]] India (east coast and the Andamans), Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Bangladesh<br />
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=== Family Gavialiidae ===<br />
[[File:Gavialis gangeticus -Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam, India-8.jpg|thumb|185px|[[Gharial]] (''Gavialis gangeticus'')]]<br />
* [[Gharial]] ''Gavialis gangeticus'' India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh<br />
* [[False gharial]] ''Tomistoma schlegelii'' Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java<br />
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== Order Testudines ==<br />
=== Family [[Dermochelyidae]] ===<br />
* [[Leatherback sea turtle]] ''Dermochelys coriacea'' global<br />
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=== Family [[Cheloniidae]] ===<br />
* [[Loggerhead sea turtle]] ''Caretta caretta'' tropical regions<br />
* [[Green sea turtle|Green turtle]] ''Chelonia mydas'' tropical regions<br />
* [[Hawksbill turtle|Hawksbill sea turtle]] ''Eretmochelys imbricata'' tropical regions<br />
* [[Olive ridley|Olive ridley sea turtle]] ''Lepidochelys olivacea'' tropical regions<br />
* Flatback turtle ''[[Natator depressus]]''<br />
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=== Family [[Testudinidae]] ===<br />
* [[Geochelone elegans|Indian star tortoise (''Geochelone elegans'')]] India<br />
* [[Indotestudo elongata|Elongated tortoise (''Indotestudo elongata'')]] India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malay peninsula, Indo-China<br />
* [[Indotestudo travancorica|Travancore tortoise (''Indotestudo travancorica'')]] Western Ghats<br />
* [[Manouria emys|Asian brown tortoise (''Manouria emys'')]] India, Bangladesh, Malay region<br />
* [[Manouria impressa|Impressed tortoise (''Manouria impressa'')]] India (Arunachal Pradesh)<br />
* [[Testudo horsfieldii|Central Asian tortoise (''Testudo horsfieldii'')]] Pakistan<br />
<br />
=== Family [[Geoemydidae]] ===<br />
[[File:Batagur baska.jpg|thumb|185px|[[Batagur baska|River terrapin]] (''Batagur baska'')]]<br />
* River terrapin ''[[Batagur baska]]'' India (Sundarbans, Bhitarkanika), Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, Sumatra<br />
* Malayan box turtle ''[[Cuora amboinensis]]'' India (Northeast, Nicobar Islands) Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, the Sundas, Maluku, Philippines<br />
* Asian leaf turtle ''[[Cyclemys dentata]]'' Northeast India, Bangladesh, China, Indo-China, Malay peninsula, Indo-Malay, the Sundas, Philippines<br />
* Oldham's leaf turtle ''[[Cyclemys oldhami]]'' Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam<br />
* Spotted pond turtle ''[[Geoclemys hamiltonii]]'' Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal<br />
* Cochin forest cane turtle ''[[Vijayachelys silvatica]]'' (=''Geoemyda silvatica'') Southwest India<br />
* Crowned river turtle ''[[Hardella thurjii]]'' Pakistan, India, Bangladesh <br />
* Three-striped roofed turtle ''[[Kachuga dhongoka]]'' North India, Nepal, Bangladesh<br />
* Painted roofed turtle ''[[Kachuga kachuga]]'' North India, Nepal, Bangladesh<br />
* Brown roofed turtle ''[[Kachuga smithii]]'' Pakistan, North India, Nepal, Bangladesh<br />
* Assam roofed turtle ''[[Kachuga sylhetensis]]'' Northeast India, Bangladesh<br />
* Indian roofed turtle ''[[Kachuga tecta]]'' Pakistan, North India, Nepal, Bangladesh<br />
* Indian tent turtle ''[[Kachuga tentoria]]'' India, Bangladesh<br />
* Tricarinate hill turtle ''[[Melanochelys tricarinata]]'' India, Nepal, Bangladesh<br />
* Indian black turtle ''[[Melanochelys trijuga]]'' India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand<br />
* Indian eyed turtle ''[[Morenia petersi]]'' Eastern India, Bangladesh<br />
* Malayan flat-shelled turtle ''[[Notochelys platynota]]''<br />
* Keeled box turtle ''[[Pyxidea mouhotii]]''<br />
* Arakan forest turtle ''[[Heosemys depressa]]''<br />
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=== Family [[Trionychidae]] ===<br />
* Indian softshell turtle ''[[Aspideretes gangeticus]]'' Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh<br />
* Indian peacock softshell turtle ''[[Aspideretes hurum]]'' India, Nepal, Bangladesh<br />
* Leith's softshell turtle ''[[Aspideretes leithii]]'' Peninsular India<br />
* Black softshell turtle ''[[Aspideretes nigricans]]'' Chittagong city tank in southeast Bangladesh<br />
* Narrow-headed softshell turtle ''[[Chitra indica]]'' Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh<br />
* Indian flapshell turtle ''[[Lissemys punctata]]'' Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar<br />
* Asian giant softshell turtle ''[[Pelochelys cantorii]]'' India (coasts), Malay peninsula, Indo-China, South China<br />
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== Order Squamata ==<br />
=== Suborder Lacertilia ===<br />
==== Family Eublepharidae ====<br />
* Indian fat-tailed gecko ''[[Eublepharis fuscus]]'' Western India<br />
* Hardwicke's fat-tailed gecko ''[[Eublepharis hardwickii]]'' Eastern and central India<br />
* Pakistani leopard gecko ''[[Eublepharis macularius]]'' Pakistan, Northwest India<br />
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==== Family Gekkonidae ====<br />
* Böhme's mountain gecko ''[[Alsophylax boehmei]]''<br />
* Baluch rock gecko ''[[Bunopus tuberculatus]]'' Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal<br />
* Indian golden gecko ''[[Calodactylodes aureus]]'' Eastern Ghats<br />
* Sri Lankan golden gecko ''[[Calodactylus illingworthi]]'' Sri Lanka<br />
* Assamese day gecko''[[Cnemaspis assamensis]]'', Assam<br />
* Beddome's day gecko ''[[Cnemaspis beddomei]]''<br />
* Boie's day gecko ''[[Cnemaspis boiei]]''<br />
* Goan day gecko ''[[Cnemaspis goaensis]]''<br />
* Gund day gecko ''[[Cnemaspis heteropholis]]''<br />
* Indian day gecko ''[[Cnemaspis indica]]''<br />
* Indraneil day gecko ''[[Cnemaspis indraneildasii]]''<br />
* Jerdon's day gecko ''[[Cnemaspis jerdonii]]''<br />
* Kandy day gecko, ''[[Cnemaspis kandiana]]''<br />
* Kolhapur day gecko, ''[[Cnemaspis kolhapurensis]]''<ref>Giri VB, Bauer AM & KS Gaikwad (2009) A new ground-dwelling species of ''Cnemaspis'' Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae). ''Zootaxa'' 2164: 49–60 [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02164p060f.pdf PDF]</ref><br />
* Coastal day gecko ''[[Cnemaspis littoralis]]''<br />
* Ponmudi day gecko ''[[Cnemaspis nairi]]''<br />
* Ornate day gecko ''[[Cnemaspis ornata]]''<br />
* ''[[Cnemaspis otai]]''<br />
* Sispara day gecko ''[[Cnemaspis sisparensis]]''<br />
* Rough-bellied day gecko ''[[Cnemaspis tropidogaster]]''<br />
* Wynaad day gecko ''[[Cnemaspis wynadensis]]''<br />
* Yercaud day gecko ''[[Cnemaspis yercaudensis]]''<br />
* Flat-tailed gecko ''[[Cosymbotus platyurus]]'' Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Indo-China, Malay region<br />
* Sind gecko ''[[Crossobamon orientalis]]''<br />
* ''[[Cyrtodactylus adleri]]''<br />
* ''[[Cyrtodactylus aravallensis]]''<br />
* Kollegal ground gecko ''[[Geckoella collegalensis]]''<br />
* Gunther's Indian gecko ''[[Cyrtodactylus deccanensis]]''<br />
* Giant forest gecko ''[[Cyrtodactylus frenatus]]'' Sri Lanka<br />
* Sikkim bent-toed gecko ''[[Cyrtodactylus gubernatoris]]''<br />
* Khasi Hills bent-toed gecko ''[[Cyrtodactylus khasiensis]]''<br />
* Jammu bent-toed gecko ''[[Cyrtodactylus mansarulus]]''<br />
* ''[[Geckoella nebulosa]]'' (=''Gymnodactlus nebulosus'', ''Cyrtodactylus nebulosus'')<br />
* ''[[Cyrtodactylus nepalensis]]''<br />
* Malayan forest gecko ''[[Cyrtodactylus pulchellus]]''<br />
* Andamans bent-toed gecko ''[[Cyrtodactylus rubidus]]'' India (Andamans)<br />
* Frontier bow-fingered gecko ''[[Cyrtodactylus stoliczkai]]''<br />
* ''[[Mediodactylus walli]]''<br />
* ''[[Cyrtopodion baturensis]]''<br />
* Banded bent-toed gecko ''[[Cyrtopodion fasciolatus]]''<br />
* Himalayan bent-toed gecko ''[[Cyrtopodion himalayanus]]''<br />
* Kutch gecko ''[[Cyrtopodion kachhensis]]''<br />
* Lawder's bent-toed gecko ''[[Cyrtopodion lawderanus]]''<br />
* Rough-tailed gecko ''[[Cyrtopodion scabrum]]''<br />
* Siamese leaf-toed gecko ''[[Dixonius siamensis]]''<br />
* Patinghe Indian gecko ''[[Geckoella jeyporensis]]''<br />
* Devil gecko ''[[Geckoella yakhuna]]'' Sri Lanka<br />
* Four-clawed gecko ''[[Gehyra mutilata]]'' South India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malay region<br />
* Tokay gecko ''[[Gekko gekko]]'' Northeast India, Indo-China, China, Malay region<br />
* Smith's giant gecko ''[[Gekko smithii]]'' India (Nicobar), Myanmar, Thailand, Malay region<br />
* Andamanese giant gecko ''[[Gekko verreauxi]]'' India (Andamans)<br />
* White-striped viper gecko ''[[Hemidactylus albofasciatus]]''<br />
* ''[[Hemidactylus anamallensis]]''<br />
* Bowring's gecko ''[[Hemidactylus bowringii]]'' Eastern India, Myanmar, China<br />
* Brook's gecko ''[[Hemidactylus brookii]]'' Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Singapore, Malay region<br />
* Depressed gecko ''[[Hemidactylus depressus]]'' Sri Lanka<br />
* Yellow-spotted gecko ''[[Hemidactylus flaviviridis]]'' Pakistan, India, Iran<br />
* Asian house gecko ''[[Hemidactylus frenatus]]'' South India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, China, Malay region, tropical areas<br />
* Giant leaf-toed gecko ''[[Hemidactylus giganteus]]''<br />
* Garnott's gecko ''[[Hemidactylus garnotii]]'' Northeast India, Bhutan, Nepal, Malay region<br />
* Graceful leaf-toed gecko ''[[Hemidactylus gracilis]]''<br />
* Carrot-tail viper gecko ''[[Hemidactylus imbricatus]]''<br />
* Marbled tree gecko ''[[Hemidactylus leschenaultii]]'' Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka<br />
* Burmese leaf-toed gecko ''[[Hemidactylus karenorum]]''<br />
* Spotted rock gecko ''[[Hemidactylus maculatus]]'' Southwest India, Sri Lanka<br />
* ''[[Hemidactylus mahendrai]]''<br />
* Smith's bent-toed gecko ''[[Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi]]''<br />
* Persian leaf-toed gecko ''[[Hemidactylus persicus]]''<br />
* ''[[Hemidactylus porbandarensis]]''<br />
* Bombay leaf-toed gecko ''[[Hemidactylus prashadi]]''<br />
* Reticulate leaf-toed gecko ''[[Hemidactylus reticulatus]]''<br />
* Scaly gecko ''[[Hemidactylus scabriceps]]'' South India, Sri Lanka<br />
* ''[[Hemidactylus subtriedrus]]''<br />
* Termite hill gecko ''[[Hemidactylus triedrus]]'' Pakistan, India<br />
* Mediterranean house gecko ''[[Hemidactylus turcicus]]''<br />
* ''[[Hemiphyllodactylus aurantiacus]]''<br />
* Indopacific tree gecko ''[[Hemiphyllodactylus typus]]''<br />
* Mourning gecko ''[[Lepidodactylus lugubris]]''<br />
* Andaman day gecko ''[[Phelsuma andamanense]]'' India (Andamans)<br />
*Nicobar gliding gecko ''[[Ptychozoon nicobarensis]]'' India (Nicobar)<br />
* Smooth-backed gliding gecko ''[[Ptychozoon lionotum]]''<br />
<br />
==== Family Agamidae ====<br />
* [[Bufoniceps laungwalaensis|Laungwala long-headed lizard (''Bufoniceps laungwalaensis'')]] Rajasthan<br />
* [[Calotes andamanensis|Green crestless forest lizard (''Calotes andamanensis'')]] Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India<br />
* [[Calotes aurantolabium|Orange-lipped forest lizard (''Calotes aurantolabium'')]] Southern Western Ghats, ''sp. nov.''<br />
* [[Calotes calotes|Green forest lizard (''Calotes calotes'')]] South India, Sri Lanka<br />
* [[Calotes emma|Emma gray's forest lizard (''Calotes emma'')]] northeast India.<br />
* [[Calotes grandisquamis|Large scaled forest lizard (''Calotes grandisquamis'')]] Western Ghats<br />
* [[Calotes jerdoni|Jerdon's forest lizard (''Calotes jerdoni'')]] India (Khasi hills, Meghalaya), Myanmar, China<br />
* [[Calotes maria|Khasi Hills forest lizard (''Calotes maria'')]] India, Bangladesh<br />
* [[Calotes mystaceus|Indo-Chinese forest lizard (''Calotes mystaceus'')]] Northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam<br />
* [[Calotes nemoricola|Nilgiri forest lizard (''Calotes nemoricola'')]] India<br />
* [[Calotes nigrilabris|Black-lipped forest lizard (''Calotes nigrilabris'')]] Sri Lanka<br />
* [[Calotes versicolor|Oriental garden lizard (''Calotes versicolor'')]] Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (Andamans), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, China, Sumatra<br />
* [[Ceratophora aspera|Rough-horned lizard (''Ceratophora aspera'')]] Sri Lanka<br />
* [[Cophotis ceylanica|Small-horned lizard (''Cophotis ceylanica'')]] Sri Lanka<br />
* [[Coryphophylax subcristatus|Bay Islands forest lizard (''Coryphophylax subcristatus'')]] India (Andaman and Nicobar islands)<br />
* [[Draco blanfordii|Blanford's flying lizard (''Draco blanfordii'')]] Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay peninsula<br />
* [[Draco dussumieri|South Indian flying lizard (''Draco dussumieri'')]] Western Ghats, India<br />
* [[Laudakia tuberculata|Tubercled agama (''Laudakia tuberculata'')]] Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal<br />
* [[Lyriocephalus scutatus|Hump-nosed lizard (''Lyriocephalus scutatus'')]] Sri Lanka<br />
* [[Monilesaurus ellioti|Elliot's forest lizard (''Monilesaurus ellioti'')]] India.<br />
* [[Monilesaurus rouxii|Roux forest lizard (''Monilesaurus rouxii'')]] India<br />
* [[Otocryptis beddomei|Indian kangaroo lizard (''Otocryptis beddomei'')]] India<br />
* [[Otocryptis wiegmanni|Sri Lankan kangaroo lizard (''Otocryptis wiegmanni'')]] Sri Lanka<br />
* [[Psammophilus dorsalis|Rock lizard (''Psammophilus dorsalis'')]] South India<br />
* [[Psammophilus blanfordanus|Blanford's rock lizard (''Psammophilus blanfordanus'')]] South India<br />
* [[Salea horsfieldii|Horsfield's spiny lizard (''Salea horsfieldii'')]] South India<br />
* [[Salea anamallayana|Anaimalai spiny lizard (''Salea anamallayana'')]] South India<br />
* [[Sitana ponticeriana|Fan-throated lizard (''Sitana ponticeriana'')]] India<br />
* ''[[Sitana visiri]]''<br />
* ''[[Sitana laticeps]]''<br />
* ''[[Sitana spinaecephalus]]''<br />
* ''[[Sarada darwini]]''<br />
* ''[[Sarada superba]]''<br />
* ''[[Sitana marudhamneydhal]]''<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4139.2.2|title=Description of a new species of Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from southern India|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4139|issue=2|pages=167|year=2016|last1=Deepak|first1=V.|last2=Khandekar|first2=Akshay|last3=Varma|first3=Sandeep|last4=Chaitanya|first4=R.}}</ref><br />
* [[Trapelus agilis|Agile agama (''Trapelus agilis'')]] Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northwest India<br />
* [[Uromastyx hardwickii|Indian spiny-tailed lizard (''Uromastyx hardwickii'')]] Pakistan, Northwest India<br />
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==== Family Chamaeleonidae ====<br />
[[File:Indian Chameleon Chamaeleo zeylanicus SGNP Mumbai DSCF0251 (6).JPG|thumb|185px|[[Chamaeleo zeylanicus|Indian chameleon]] (''Chamaeleo zeylanicus'')]]<br />
* Indian chamaeleon ''[[Chamaeleo zeylanicus]]'' Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka<br />
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==== Family Dibamidae ====<br />
* ''[[Dibamus nicobaricum]]''<br />
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==== Family Anguidae ====<br />
[[File:Sheltopusik 057.jpg|thumb|185px|[[Ophisaurus apodus|Armoured glass snake]] (''Ophisaurus apodus'')]]<br />
* Armoured glass snake ''[[Ophisaurus apodus]]'' Eurasia, Afghanistan, Pakistan<br />
* Eastern glass snake ''[[Dopasia gracilis]]'' India (Himalayas, Northeast), Myanmar<br />
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==== Family Scincidae ====<br />
:Note: Some authors move the Asian skinks of the genus ''Mabuya'' to ''Eutropis''.<ref>Das, Indraneil, A De Silva & C C Austin (2008) A new species of ''Eutropis'' (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka. ''Zootaxa'' 1700: 35-52 [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01700p052.pdf PDF]</ref><br />
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* Minor snake-eyed skink ''[[Ablepharus grayanus]]''<br />
* Asian snake-eyed skink ''[[Ablepharus pannonicus]]''<br />
* ''[[Asymblepharus tragbulense]]''<br />
* Barkud limbless skink ''[[Barkudia insularis]]'' India (East coast)<br />
* ''[[Barkudia melanosticta]]''<br />
* Four-toed snake skink ''[[Chalcidoseps thwaitesii]]'' Sri Lanka<br />
* ''[[Chalcides pentadactylus]]''<br />
* ''[[Dasia subcaeruleum]]'' Southwest India<br />
* ''[[Dasia johsinghi]]'' Southwest India,<br />
* Tree skink ''[[Dasia haliana]]'' Sri Lanka<br />
* Olive tree skink ''[[Dasia olivacea]]'' India (Nicobars), Myanmar, Indo-China, Malay region<br />
* ''[[Dasia nicobarensis]]''<br />
* Olive tree skink ''[[Dasia olivacea]]''<br />
* Boulenger's dasia ''[[Dasia subcaerulea]]''<br />
* Schneider's skink ''[[Eumeces schneiderii]]'' (Daudin, 1802)<br />
* ''[[Eumeces blythianus]]''<br />
* Poona skink ''[[Eurylepis poonaensis]]'' (Sharma, 1970)<br />
* Alpine Punjab skink ''[[Eurylepis taeniolatus]]'' [[Edward Blyth|Blyth]], 1854<br />
* Sharma's mabuya ''[[Eutropis nagarjuni]]'' (Sharma, 1969) Andhra Prade<br />
* Kelaart's slender skink ''[[Lankascincus taprobanensis]]'' Sri Lanka<br />
* Big-eared lipinia ''[[Lipinia macrotympanum]]'' ([[Ferdinand Stoliczka|Stoliczka]], 1873)<br />
* Four-striped lipinia ''[[Lipinia quadrivittata]]'' (Peters, 1867)<br />
* White-spotted supple skink ''[[Lygosoma albopunctatum]]'' (Gray, 1846)<br />
* ''[[Lygosoma ashwamedhi]]'' Sharma, 1969<br />
* Christmas Island grass-skink ''[[Lygosoma bowringii]]'' (Günther, 1864)<br />
* ''[[Lygosoma goaensis]]'' (Sharma, 1976)<br />
* Günther's writhing skink ''[[Lygosoma guentheri]]'' (Günther, 1864)<br />
* ''[[Lygosoma lineata]]'' (Gray, 1839)<br />
* ''[[Lygosoma pruthi]]'' (Sharma, 1977)<br />
* ''[[Lygosoma punctata]]'' (Gmelin, 1799)<br />
* Vosmer's writhing skink ''[[Lygosoma vosmaeri]]'' (Gray, 1839)<br />
* Gunther's spotted skink ''[[Lygosoma guentheri]]'' Southwest India<br />
* ''[[Mabuya allapallensis]]'' Schmidt, 1926<br />
* ''[[Mabuya andamanensis]]'' Smith, 1935<br />
* Beddome's skink ''[[Mabuya beddomii]]'' (Jerdon, 1870) Southwest India, Sri Lanka<br />
* Bibron's skink ''[[Mabuya bibronii]]'' (Gray, 1838) Southeast India, Sri Lanka<br />
* Common keeled skink ''[[Mabuya carinata]]'' (Schneider, 1801) Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh<br />
* Inger's mabuya ''[[Mabuya clivicola]]'' Inger, Shaffer, Koshy & Bakde, 1984<br />
* Striped grass skink ''[[Mabuya dissimilis]]'' (Hallowell, 1857) Pakistan, North India<br />
* ''[[Mabuya gansi]]'' Das, 1991<br />
* Blanford's mabuya ''[[Mabuya innotata]]'' (Blanford, 1870)<br />
* Little Indian skink or bronze skink ''[[Mabuya macularia]]'' (Blyth, 1853) Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malay peninsula<br />
* Many-lined skink ''[[Mabuya multifasciata]]'' (Kuhl, 1820) Northeast India (Nicobars), China, Malay region<br />
* Nine-keeled skink ''[[Mabuya novemcarinata]]'' (Anderson, 1871) Northeast India, Myanmar, Malay peninsula<br />
* Four-keeled skink ''[[Mabuya quadricarinata]]'' Boulenger, 1887 Northeast India, Myanmar<br />
* Rough mabuya ''[[Mabuya rudis]]'' (Boulenger, 1887)<br />
* Nicobar Island skink ''[[Mabuya rugifera]]'' (Stoliczka, 1870)<br />
* Three-banded mabuya ''[[Mabuya trivittata]]'' (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)<br />
* Tytler's mabuya ''[[Mabuya tytleri]]'' (Tytler, 1868)<br />
* Gray's snake skink ''[[Nessia burtonii]]'' Sri Lanka<br />
* Deraniyagala's snake skink ''[[Nessia deraniyagalai]]'' Sri Lanka<br />
* Two-toed snake skink ''[[Nessia didactylus]]'' Sri Lanka<br />
* Shark-headed snake skink ''[[Nessia hickanala]]'' Sri Lanka<br />
* Layard's snake skink ''[[Nessia layardi]]'' Sri Lanka<br />
* One-toed snake skink ''[[Nessia monodactylus]]'' Sri Lanka<br />
* Sarasin's snake skink ''[[Nessia sarasinorum]]'' Sri Lanka<br />
* Eastern sandfish ''[[Ophiomorus raithmai]]'' Anderson & Leviton, 1966 Pakistan, Northwest India<br />
* Three-toed snake skink ''[[Ophiomorus tridactylus]]'' (Blyth, 1853)<br />
* ''[[Ristella beddomii]]'' Boulenger, 1887<br />
* Günther's ristella ''[[Ristella guentheri]]'' Boulenger, 1887<br />
* Rurk's ristella ''[[Ristella rurkii]]'' Gray, 1839<br />
* Travancore ristella ''[[Ristella travancorica]]'' (Beddome, 1870)<br />
* ''[[Scincella beddomei]]'' (Boulenger, 1887)<br />
* Two-lined ground skink ''[[Scincella bilineata]]'' (Gray, 1846)<br />
* Ladakh supple skink ''[[Scincella ladacensis]]'' (Günther, 1864) North India, Nepal<br />
* ''[[Scincella macrotis]]'' (Steindachner, 1867)<br />
* ''[[Scincella palnica]]'' (Boettger, 1892)<br />
* Reeves' smooth gecko ''[[Scincella reevesii]]'' (Gray, 1838)<br />
* Sikkimese supple skink ''[[Scincella sikkimensis]]'' (Blyth, 1854) Eastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal<br />
* ''[[Scincella travancorica]]'' (Beddome, 1870)<br />
* ''[[Sepsophis punctatus]]'' Beddome, 1870<br />
* North Indian litter skink ''[[Sphenomorphus indicus]]'' (Gray, 1853) Tibet, India (Himalayas), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Malay peninsula<br />
* ''[[Sphenomorphus courcyanum]]'' (Annandale, 1912)<br />
* Dussumier's forest skink ''[[Sphenomorphus dussumieri]]'' (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)<br />
* Spotted forest skink ''[[Sphenomorphus maculatus]]'' (Blyth, 1853)<br />
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==== Family Lacertidae ====<br />
* Blanford's fringe-fingered lizard ''[[Acanthodactylus blanfordii]]''<br />
* Indian fringe-fingered lizard ''[[Acanthodactylus cantoris]]''<br />
* Small-spotted lizard ''[[Mesalina guttulata]]''<br />
* Beddome's snake-eye ''[[Ophisops beddomei]]''<br />
* Snake-eyed lizard ''[[Ophisops elegans]]''<br />
* Jerdon's snake-eye ''[[Ophisops jerdonii]]''<br />
* Leschenault's snake-eye ''[[Ophisops leschenaultii]]''<br />
* ''[[Ophisops microlepis]]''<br />
* Deraniyagala's striped lacerta ''[[Ophisops minor]]'' India, Sri Lanka<br />
* Goalpara grass lizard ''[[Takydromus haughtonianus]]''<br />
* Java grass lizard ''[[Takydromus khasiensis]]''<br />
* Asian grass lizard ''[[Takydromus sexlineatus]]''<br />
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==== Family Varanidae ====<br />
[[File:Malayan water monitor.jpg|thumb|185px|[[Varanus salvator|Water monitor]] (''Varanus salvator'')]]<br />
* [[Bengal monitor|Bengal monitor (''Varanus bengalensis'')]] Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar<br />
* [[Varanus flavescens|Yellow monitor (''Varanus flavescens'')]] Pakistan, India, Nepal<br />
* [[Varanus griseus|Desert monitor (''Varanus griseus'')]] Caspian Sea, Pakistan, Northwest India<br />
* [[Varanus salvator|Water monitor (''Varanus salvator'')]] India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malay region, Philippines<br />
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=== Suborder Sauria ===<br />
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==== Family Gymnothalmidae ====<br />
* Vanzosaura rubricauda (Boulenger, 1902)<br />
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=== Suborder Serpentes ===<br />
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See [[List of snakes of South Asia]]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Wildlife of India]]<br />
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== Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* Romulus Whitaker & Ashok Captain, (2004) Snakes of India: The Field Guide. Draco Books, Chennai.<br />
* Daniel, J.C.(2002) The Book of Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-566099-4}}<br />
* Aengals, R., Kumar, S., Palot M.J. & S.R. Ganesh. 2018. A checklist of reptiles of India.ZSI publication. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326580194_A_Checklist_of_Reptiles_of_India<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.reptile-database.org/ Reptile database]<br />
* [http://www.bio.utexas.edu/grad/sp/pubs/Indian%20Snakes-Checklist.pdf Indian snake checklist]<br />
* [http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/hisasia/ Herpetology in South Asia]<br />
* [https://groups.yahoo.com/group/ReptileIndia/ ReptileIndia Yahoo Group]<br />
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