List of reptiles of Afghanistan

This is a list of reptiles of Afghanistan.

There are 111 species of reptiles in Afghanistan.

Testudines

Testudinidae

• Testudo
• Testudo horsfieldii (Russian tortoise)

Squamata

Non-serpent squamates

Gekkonidae

• Agamura
• Agamura persica (Persian spider gecko)
• Alsophylax
• Alsophylax laevis (southern even-fingered gecko)
• Alsophylax pipiens (even-fingered gecko)
• Bunopus
• Bunopus tuberculatus (Arabian desert gecko)
• Asiocolotes
• Asiocolotes levitoni
• Crossobamon
• Crossobamon eversmanni (comb-toed gecko)
• Cyrtopodion
• Cyrtopodion caspium (Caspain thin-toed gecko)
• Cyrtopodion fedtschenkoi (Turkestan thin-toed gecko)
• Cyrtopodion longipes (long-legged thin-toed gecko)
• Cyrtopodion scabrum (rough-tailed gecko)
• Cyrtopodion turcmenicum
• Cyrtopodion voraginosum (southwest thin-toed gecko)
• Cyrtopodion watsoni (Pakistani thin-toed gecko)
• Eublepharis
• Eublepharis macularius (leopard gecko)
• Hemidactylus
• Hemidactylus flaviviridis (yellow-belly gecko)
• Teratoscincus
• Teratoscincus bedriagai (Bedriaga's wonder gecko)
• Teratoscincus microlepis (small-scaled wonder gecko)
• Teratoscincus scincus (common wonder gecko)

Agamidae

• Calotes
• Calotes versicolor (oriental garden lizard)
• Paralaudakia
• Paralaudakia badakhshana (Badakhshana rock agama)
• Paralaudakia caucasia (Caucasian agama)
• Paralaudakia erythrogaster (redbelly rock agama)
• Paralaudakia himalayana (Himalayan agama)
• Paralaudakia lehmanni (Turkestan rock agama)
• Paralaudakia microlepis (smallscaled rock agama)
• Laudakia
• Laudakia agrorensis (Agror agama)
• Laudakia nupta
• Laudakia nuristanica (Leviton's rock agama)
• Laudakia tuberculata (tuberculated agama)
• Phrynocephalus
• Phrynocephalus clarkorum (Afghan toadhead agama)
• Phrynocephalus euptilopus (Alcock's toadhead agama)
• Phrynocephalus interscapularis (Lichtenstein's toadhead agama)
• Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus (yellow-speckled toadhead agama)
• Phrynocephalus maculatus (blacktail toadhead agama)
• Phrynocephalus mystaceus (secret toadhead agama)
• Phrynocephalus ornatus
• Phrynocephalus raddei
• Phrynocephalus reticulatus (reticulated toadhead agama)
• Phrynocephalus scutellatus (gray toadhead agama)
• Trapelus
• Trapelus agilis (brilliant ground agama)
• Trapelus megalonyx (Afghan ground agama)
• Trapelus ruderatus (Olivier's agama)
• Trapelus sanguinolentus (steppe agama)
• Uromastyx
• Uromastyx asmussi
• Uromastyx hardwickii (Hardwicke's spiny-tailed lizard)

Anguidae

• Pseudopus
• Pseudopus apodus (sheltopusik)

Scincidae

• Ablepharus
• Ablepharus bivittatus (twin-striped skink)
• Ablepharus grayanus (minor snake-eyed skink)
• Ablepharus pannonicus (Asian snake-eyed skink)
• Eumeces
• Eumeces blythianus (Blyth's skink)
• Eumeces schneiderii (Schneider's skink)
• Eurylepis
• Eurylepis taeniolata (ribbon-sided skink)
• Eutropis
• Eutropis dissimilis (Indian three-banded skink)
• Ophiomorus
• Ophiomorus brevipes (short-legged snake skink)
• Ophiomorus chernovi (Chernov's snake skink)
• Ophiomorus tridactylus (Indian sand-swimmer)
• Heremites
• Heremites auratus (golden grass mabuya)

Lacertidae

• Acanthodactylus
• Acanthodactylus blanfordii (Blanford's fringe-fingered lizard)
• Acanthodactylus cantoris (Indian fringe-fingered lizard)
• Acanthodactylus micropholis (yellowtail fringe-toed lizard)
• Eremias
• Eremias acutirostris (point-snouted racerunner)
• Eremias afghanistanica (Afghan racerunner)
• Eremias aria
• Eremias fasciata (Sistan racerunner)
• Eremias grammica (reticulate racerunner)
• Eremias lineolata (striped racerunner)
• Eremias nigrocellata (black-ocellated racerunner)
• Eremias persica (Persian racerunner)
• Eremias regeli
• Eremias scripta (sand racerunner)
• Eremias velox (rapid racerunner)
• Mesalina
• Mesalina guttulata (small-spotted lizard)
• Mesalina watsonana (Persian long-tailed desert lizard)
• Ophisops
• Ophisops jerdonii (Jerdon's cabrita)

Varanidae

• Varanus
• Varanus bengalensis (Bengal monitor)
• Varanus griseus (desert monitor)

Suborder Serpentes

Leptotyphlopidae

• Myriopholis
• Myriopholis blanfordi (Blanford's worm snake)

Typhlopidae

• Typhlops
• Typhlops vermicularis (European blind snake)

Boidae

• Eryx
• Eryx elegans (elegant sand boa)
• Eryx johnii (red sand boa)
• Eryx miliaris (dwarf sand boa)

Colubridae

• Boiga
• Boiga trigonata (Indian gamma snake)
• Elaphe
• Elaphe dione (steppe rat snake)
• Fowlea
• Fowlea piscator (checkered keelback)
• Hemorrhois
• Hemorrhois ravergieri (spotted whip snake)
• Lycodon
• Lycodon striatus (northern wolf snake)
• Lytorhynchus
• Lytorhynchus maynardi (Maynard's longnose sand snake)
• Lytorhynchus ridgewayi (Derafshi snake)
• Natrix
• Natrix tessellata (dice snake)
• Oligodon
• Oligodon taeniolatus (streaked kukri snake)
• Platyceps
• Platyceps karelini (spotted desert racer)
• Platyceps rhodorachis (common cliff racer)
• Platyceps ventromaculatus (Hardwicke's rat snake)
• Psammophis
• Psammophis leithii (Pakistani sand racer)
• Psammophis lineolatus (steppe ribbon racer)
• Psammophis schokari (Schokari sand racer)
• Pseudocyclophis
• Pseudocyclophis persicus (dark-headed dwarf racer)
• Ptyas
• Ptyas mucosa (Indian rat snake)
• Spalerosophis
• Spalerosophis diadema (blotched diadem snake)
• Telescopus
• Telescopus rhinopoma (Indian desert tiger snake)

Elapidae

• Bungarus
• Bungarus caeruleus (common krait)
• Naja
• Naja naja (Indian cobra)
• Naja oxiana (Caspain cobra)

Viperidae

• Echis
• Echis carinatus (saw-scaled viper)
• Eristicophis
• Eristicophis macmahoni (Asian sand viper)
• Gloydius
• Gloydius halys (Siberian pit viper)
• Gloydius intermedius (Central Asian pit viper)
• Macrovipera
• Macrovipera lebetinus (blunt-nosed viper)
• Pseudocerastes
• Pseudocerastes persicus (Persian horned viper)

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