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List of reptiles of Kerala

This is a list of reptile species found in the Kerala, India.

Order: Crocodilia (crocodilians)

Suborder: Eusuchia

Family: Crocodylidae (crocodiles)

Genus: Crocodylus
Crocodylus porosus (saltwater crocodile / )
Crocodylus palustris (mugger crocodile / )

Order: Testudines (turtles)

Suborder: Cryptodira

Family: Geoemydidae (pond, river and wood turtles)

Genus: Melanochelys
Melanochelys trijuga (Indian black turtle / )
Genus: Vijayachelys
Vijayachelys silvatica (Cochin forest cane turtle / )

Family: Cheloniidae (sea turtles)

Genus: Chelonia
Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle / )
Genus: Eretmochelys
Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill sea turtle / )
Genus: Lepidochelys
Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley sea turtle / )

Family: Dermochelyidae (leatherback turtles)

Genus: Dermochelys
Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle / )

Family: Testudinidae (tortoises)

Genus: Geochelone
Geochelone elegans (Indian star tortoise / )
Genus: Indotestudo
Indotestudo travancorica (Travancore tortoise / )

Family: Trionychidae (softshell turtles)

Genus: Nilssonia
Nilssonia leithii (Leith's softshell turtle)
Genus: Lissemys
Lissemys punctata (Indian flapshell turtle / വെള്ളാമ)
Genus: Pelochelys
Pelochelys cantorii (Cantor's giant softshell turtle / )
Genus: Chitra
Chitra indica (Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle / )

Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles)

Suborder: Iguania

Family: Agamidae (lizards)

Genus: Calotes
Calotes calotes (common green forest lizard / )
Calotes grandisquamis (large-scaled forest lizard / )
Calotes nemoricola (Nilgiri forest lizard / )
Calotes versicolor (oriental garden lizard / )
Genus: Monilesaurus
Monilesaurus ellioti (Elliot's forest lizard / )
Monilesaurus rouxii (Roux's forest lizard)
Genus: Draco
Draco dussumieri (southern flying lizard / )
Genus: Otocryptis
Otocryptis beddomei (Indian kangaroo lizard / )
Genus: Psammophilus
Psammophilus blanfordanus (Blanford's rock agama / )
Psammophilus dorsalis (peninsular rock agama / )
Genus: Salea
Salea anamallayana (Anaimalai spiny lizard / )
Salea horsfieldii (Horsfield's spiny lizard / )
Genus: Sitana
Sitana ponticeriana (fan-throated lizard / )

Family: Chamaeleonidae (chameleons)

Genus: Chamaeleo
Chamaeleo zeylanicus (Indian chameleon / )

Family: Gekkonidae (geckoes)

Genus: Cnemaspis
Cnemaspis beddomei (Beddome's day gecko)
Cnemaspis gracilis (slender day gecko/ )
Cnemaspis indica (Indian day gecko / )
Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis (Kottiyoor day gecko)
Cnemaspis littoralis (coastal day gecko)
Cnemaspis monticola (mountain day gecko)
Cnemaspis nairi (Ponmudi day gecko)
Cnemaspis nilagirica (Nilgiri day gecko)
Cnemaspis ornata (ornate day gecko)
Cnemaspis sisparensis (Sispara day gecko)
Cnemaspis wynadensis (Wyanad day gecko)
Genus: Geckoella
Geckoella collegalensis (Kollegal ground gecko)
Genus: Gehyra
Gehyra mutilata (four-clawed gecko)
Genus: Hemidactylus
Hemidactylus anamallensis (Anaimalai gecko)
Hemidactylus brookii (Brooke's house gecko)
Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko)
Hemidactylus leschenaultii (Leschenault's leaf-toed gecko)
Hemidactylus maculatus (spotted leaf-toed gecko)
Hemidactylus prashadi (Bombay leaf-toed gecko)
Hemidactylus reticulatus (reticulate leaf-toed gecko)
Hemidactylus triedrus (termite hill gecko)

Family: Lacertidae (lacertas)

Genus: Ophisops
Ophisops beddomei (Beddome's snake-eye/lacerta)
Ophisops leschenaultii (Leschenault's snake-eye/lacerta)

Family: Scincidae (skinks)

Genus: Chalcides
Chalcides pentadactylus (five-fingered skink)
Genus: Dasia
Dasia subcaeruleum (Boulenger's tree skink)
Genus: Eutropis
Eutropis beddomii (Beddome's skink)
Eutropis bibronii (Bibron's seashore skink)
Eutropis carinata (golden skink / )
Eutropis clivicola (mountain/Inger's skink)
Eutropis macularia (bronze grass skink)
Genus: Kaestlea/Scincella
Kaestlea beddomii (Beddome's ground skink)
Kaestlea bilineata (two-lined ground skink)
Kaestlea laterimaculata (side-spotted ground skink)
Kaestlea palnica (Palni ground skink)
Kaestlea travancorica (Travancore ground skink)
Genus: Riopa
Riopa albopunctata (white-spotted supple skink / )
Genus: Lygosoma
Lygosoma punctata (white-spotted supple skink / )
Genus: Ristella
Ristella beddomii (Beddome's cat skink)
Ristella guentheri (Günther's cat skink)
Ristella rurkii (Rurk's cat skink)
Ristella travancorica (Travancore cat skink)
Genus: Sphenomorphus
Sphenomorphus dussumieri (Dussumier's forest skink / )

Family: Varanidae (monitor lizards)

Genus: Varanus
Varanus bengalensis (Bengal/Indian monitor / )

Suborder: Serpentes

Family: Acrochordidae (file snakes)

Genus: Acrochordus
Acrochordus granulatus (marine file snake / )

Family: Colubridae (colubrid snakes)

Genus: Ahaetulla
Ahaetulla dispar (Gunther's vine snake / )
Ahaetulla nasuta (green vine snake / )
Ahaetulla perroteti (Western Ghats bronzeback / )
Ahaetulla pulverulenta (brown vine snake / )
Genus: Argyrogena
Argyrogena fasciolata (banded racer / )
Genus: Boiga
Boiga beddomei (Beddome's cat snake)
Boiga ceylonensis (Sri Lanka cat snake / )
Boiga dightoni (Pirmad cat snake / )
Boiga forsteni (Forsten's cat snake / )
Boiga nuchalis (collared cat snake / )
Boiga trigonata (common cat snake / )
Genus: Chrysopelea
Chrysopelea ornata (golden tree snake / )
Genus: Coelognathus
Coelognathus helena (trinket snake / )
Genus: Dendrelaphis
Dendrelaphis ashoki (Ashok's bronzeback / വരയൻ വില്ലൂന്നി)
Dendrelaphis chairecaeos/chairecacos (southern bronzeback / )
Dendrelaphis girii (Giri's bronzeback / )
Dendrelaphis grandoculis (large-eyed bronzeback / )
Dendrelaphis tristis (common bronzeback / )
Genus: Liopeltis
Liopeltis calamaria (calamaria reed snake / )
Genus: Lycodon
Lycodon aulicus (Indian wolf snake / )
Lycodon nympha (bridal snake)
Lycodon striatus (barred wolf snake / )
Lycodon travancoricus (Travancore wolf snake / )
Genus: Oligodon
Oligodon affinis (western kukri / )
Oligodon arnensis (banded kukri / )
Oligodon brevicauda (shorthead kukri / )
Oligodon taeniolatus (streaked kukri)
Oligodon travancoricus (Travancore kukri / )
Oligodon venustus (Jerdon's kukri / )
Genus: Ptyas
Ptyas mucosa (Indian rat snake / )
Genus: Rhabdops
Rhabdops olivaceus (olive forest snake / )
Genus: Sibynophis
Sibynophis subpunctatus (Duméril's black-headed snake / )

Family: Erycidae/Erycinae (sand boas)

Genus: Eryx
Eryx conicus (Russell's boa / )
Eryx johnii (Indian sand boa / )
Eryx whitakeri (Whitaker's sand boa)

Family: Elapidae (elapid snakes)

Genus: Bungarus
Bungarus caeruleus (common krait / )
Genus: Calliophis
Calliophis beddomei (Beddome's coral snake)
Calliophis bibroni (Bibron's coral snake / )
Calliophis melanurus (Indian coral snake / )
Calliophis nigrescens (black coral snake / )
Genus: Hydrophis
Hydrophis curtus (short sea snake)
Hydrophis cyanocinctus (annulated sea snake / )
Hydrophis ornatus (ornate reef sea snake / )
Hydrophis platurus (yellow-bellied sea snake / )
Hydrophis schistosus (hook-nosed sea snake / )
Genus: Naja
Naja naja (Indian cobra / )
Genus: Ophiophagus
Ophiophagus hannah (king cobra / )

Family: Gerrhopilidae (worm snakes)

Genus: Gerrhopilus/Typhlops
Gerrhopilus beddomii (Beddome's worm snake)
Gerrhopilus thurstoni (Thurston's worm snake / )
Gerrhopilus tindalli (Tindall's worm snake)

Family: Homalopsidae (mud snakes)

Genus: Cerberus
Cerberus rynchops (dog-faced water snake / )
Genus: Dieurostus
Dieurostus dussumierii (Dussumier's water snake / )
Genus: Gerarda
Gerarda prevostiana (Gerard's water snake / )

Family: Natricidae/Natricinae (Keelbacks)

Genus: Atretium
Atretium schistosum (split keelback / )
Genus: Amphiesma
Amphiesma stolatum (buff striped keelback / )
Genus: Hebius
Hebius beddomei (Nilgiri keelback)
Amphiesma monticola (hill keelback / )
Genus: Rhabdophis
Rhabdophis plumbicolor (green keelback / )
Genus: Fowlea
Fowlea piscator (checkered keelback / )

Family: Pythonidae (pythons)

Genus: Python
Python molurus (Indian python / )

Family: Typhlopidae (blind snakes)

Genus: Grypotyphlops
Grypotyphlops acutus (beak-nosed blind snake)
Genus: Indotyphlops
Indotyphlops braminus (brahminy blind snake)

Family: Uropeltidae (shieldtails)

Genus: Teretrurus
Teretrurus rhodogaster (Wall's shield tail)
Genus: Melanophidium
Melanophidium bilineatum (two-lined black shieldtail)
Melanophidium punctatum (Beddome's black shieldtail)
Melanophidium wynaudense (Indian black earth snake)
Genus: Platyplectrurus
Platyplectrurus madurensis (Travancore Hills thorntail)
Platyplectrurus trilineatus (lined thorntail)
Genus: Plectrurus
Plectrurus aureus (Kerala burrowing snake)
Plectrurus guentheri (Günther's burrowing snake)
Plectrurus perrotetii (Nilgiri burrowing snake)
Genus: Rhinophis
Rhinophis fergusonianus (Cardamom Hills earth snake)
Rhinophis sanguineus (red-bellied shieldtail)
Rhinophis travancoricus (Travancore shieldtail)
Genus: Teretrurus
Teretrurus sanguineus (purple-red earth snake)
Genus: Uropeltis
Uropeltis arcticeps (Thirunelveli earth snake)
Uropeltis beddomii (Beddome's earth snake)
Uropeltis ceylanica (Kerala shieldtail)
Uropeltis ellioti (Elliot's earth snake)
Uropeltis grandis (violet shieldtail)
Uropeltis liura (Günther's earth snake)
Uropeltis macrorhyncha (Anaimalai earth snake)
Uropeltis maculata (spotted earth snake)
Uropeltis myhendrae (Boulenger's earth snake)
Uropeltis nitida (southern earth snake)
Uropeltis ocellata (Nilgiri shieldtail)
Uropeltis petersi (Peter's shieldtail)
Uropeltis pulneyensis (Palni shieldtail / )
Uropeltis rubrolineata (red-lined shieldtail / )
Uropeltis rubromaculata/rubromaculatus (red-spotted shieldtail / )
Uropeltis woodmasoni (Wood-Mason's earth snake /

Family: Viperidae (vipers)

Genus: Daboia
Daboia russelii (Russell's viper / )
Genus: Echis
Echis carinatus (saw-scaled viper / )
Genus: Hypnale
Hypnale hypnale (hump-nosed viper / )
Genus: Trimeresurus
Trimeresurus gramineus (bamboo pit viper / )
Trimeresurus macrolepis (large-scaled pit viper / )
Trimeresurus malabaricus (Malabar pit viper / )
Trimeresurus strigatus (horseshoe pit viper / )

Family: Xenodermatidae (narrow-headed snakes)

Genus: Xylophis
Xylophis captaini (Captain's wood snake / )
Xylophis perroteti (Perrotet's mountain snake)
Xylophis stenorhynchus (Günther's mountain snake / )

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See also

References

  • Palot, M. J. (2015). . Journal of Threatened Taxa. 7 (13): 8010–8022
  • Indian snake checklist
  • Daniel, J. C.(2002). The Book of Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press.

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