List of reptiles of Nepal explained

This List of reptiles of Nepal presents reptile species recorded in Nepal.

• Family: Crocodilidae
  • Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
• Family: Gavialiidae
  • Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)

• Family: Testudinidae
  • Elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata)
• Family: Geoemydidae
  • Red-crowned roofed turtle (Batagur kachuga)
  • Three-striped roofed turtle (Batagur dhongoka)
  • Black pond turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii)
  • Brown roofed turtle (Pangshura smithii)
  • Tricarinate hill turtle (Melanochelys tricarinata)
  • Indian black turtle (Melanochelys trijuga)
  • Indian roofed turtle (Pangshura tecta)
  • Indian tent turtle (Pangshura tentoria)
  • Brahminy river turtle (Hardella thurjii)
  • Assam leaf turtle (Cyclemys gemeli)
  • Indian eyed turtle (Morenia petersi)
• Family: Trionychidae
  • Indian softshell turtle (Nilssonia gangetica)
  • Indian peacock softshell turtle (Nilssonia hurum)
  • Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra indica)
  • Indian flapshell turtle (Lissemys punctata)

Suborder: Lacertilia

• Family: Gekkonidae
  • Baluch rock gecko (Bunopus tuberculatus)
  • Flat-tailed house gecko (Hemidactylus platyurus)
  • Indo-Pacific gecko (Hemidactylus garnotii)
  • Brook's house gecko (Hemidactylus brookii)
  • Northern house gecko (Hemidactylus flaviviridis)
  • Tokay gecko (Gekko gekko)
  • Spotted house gecko (Gekko monarchus)
  • Nepalese rock gecko (Cyrtodactylus nepalensis)
  • Himalayan bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus himalayanus)
• Family: Eublepharidae
  • Common leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
• Family: Agamidae
  • Oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor)
  • Kashmir rock agama (Laudakia tuberculata)
  • Variegated mountain lizard (Japalura variegata)
  • Dark sitana (Sitana fusca)
  • Siwalik sitana ( Sitana sivalensis)
• Family: Scincidae
  • Bronze grass skink (Eutropis macularia)
  • Many-keeled grass skink (Eutropis carinata)
  • Striped grass mabuya (Eutropis dissimilis)
  • Ladakh supple skink (Asymblepharus ladacensis)
  • Sikkim ground skink (Asymblepharus sikimmensis)
  • Reeve's smooth skink (Scincella reevesii)
  • Large ground skink (Scincella capitenea)
  • Indian forest skink (Sphenomorphus indicus)
  • Spotted forest skink (Sphenomorphus maculatus)
  • White-spotted supple skink (Lygosoma albopunctatum)
  • Common snake skink (Lygosoma punctara)
• Family: Varanidae
  • Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis)
  • Yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens)

Suborder: Anguimorpha

• Family: Anguidae
  • Asian glass lizard (Dopasia gracilis)

Suborder: Serpentes

• Family: Boidae
  • Russell's boa (Eryx conicus)
  • Red sand boa ( Eryx johnii)
    • Family: Pythonidae
  • Indian rock python (Python molurus)
  • Burmese python (Python bivittatus)
• Family: Elapidae
  • Common krait (Bungarus caeruleus)
  • Banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus)
  • Northeastern hill krait (Bungarus bungaroides)
  • Lesser black krait (Bunagrus lividus)
  • Greater black krait (Bungarus niger)
  • Sind krait (Bungarus sindanus)
  • MacClelland's coral snake (Sinomicrurus macclellandi)
  • Spectacled cobra (Naja naja)
  • Monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia)
  • King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
• Family: Typhlopidae
  • Brahminy blind snake (Indotyphlops braminus)
• Family: Gerrhopilidae
  • Wall's worm snake (Gerrhopilus oligolepis)
• Family: Viperidae
  • Himalayan pit viper (Gloydius himalayanus)
  • Saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus)
  • White-lipped pit viper (Trimeresurus albolabris)
  • Common green pit viper (Trimeresurus gramineus)
  • Tibetan bamboo pit viper (Trimeresurus tibetanus)
  • Chinese pit viper (Trimeresurus stejnegeri)
  • Large-eyed pitviper (Trimeresurus macrops)
  • Russell's viper (Daboia russelii)
  • Mountain pitviper (Ovophis monticola)
  • Oriental pit viper (Protobothrops jerdonii)
  • Strauch's pitviper (Gloydius strauchi)
• Family: Colubridae
  • Checkered keelback (Fowlea piscator)
  • St. John's keelback (Fowlea sanctijohannis)
  • Indian egg-eating snake (Elachistodon westermanni)
  • Red-necked keelback (Rhabdophis subminiatus)
  • Oriental ratsnake (Ptyas mucosa)
  • Green rat snake (Ptyas nigromarginata)
  • Radiated ratsnake (Coelognathus radiatus)
  • Trinket snake (Coelognathus helena)
  • Oriental wolf snake (Lycodon capucinus)
  • Indian wolf snake (Lycodon aulicus)
  • Northern wolf snake (Lycodon striatus)
  • Banded kukri snake (Oligodon arnensis)
  • Cantor's kukri snake (Oligodon cyclurus)
  • Banded racer (Argyrogena fasciolata)
  • Beauty rat snake (Elaphe taeniura)
  • Eastern trinket snake (Elaphe cantoris)
  • Hodgson's rat snake (Elaphe hodgsoni)
  • Forsten's cat snake (Boiga forsteni)
  • Green cat snake (Boiga cyanea)
  • Common cat snake (Boiga trigonata)
  • Tawny cat snake (Boiga ochracea)
  • Buff striped keelback (Amphiesma stolatum)
  • Painted keelback (Xenochrophis cerasogaster)
  • Orange-collared keelback (Rhabdophis himalayanus)
  • Cantor's black-headed snake (Sibynophis sagittarius)
  • Sikkim keelback (Herpetoreas sieboldii)
  • Himalayan keelback (Herpetoreas platyceps)
  • Blackbelly worm-eating snake (Trachischium fuscum)
  • Rosebelly worm-eating snake (Trachischium guentheri)
  • Mountain worm-eating snake (Trachischium monticola)
  • Olive oriental worm-eating snake (Trachischium laeve)
  • Yellowbelly worm-eating snake (Trachischium tenuiceps)

References

• Web site: नेपालमा पाइने सङ्कटापन्न वन्यजन्तु तथा वनस्पतिहरू . dnpwc.gov.np . Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation . 14 October 2020.

External links

• Reptile database
• Indian snake checklist
• Herpetology in South Asia