List of reptiles of India

There are 847 species of reptiles that have been recorded in India.[1][2][3] About 57.6% of these species are endemic to the country (represented by "E").[1] The Western Ghats and Andaman and Nicobar Islands constitute the major endemic zones,[4][5] and along with the Himalayas, are amongst the reptilian hotspots.[6][7]

Order Crocodilia

Family Crocodilidae

Family Gavialiidae

Order Testudines

Family Dermochelyidae

Family Cheloniidae

Family Testudinidae

Family Geoemydidae

Family Trionychidae

Order Squamata

Family Eublepharidae

Family Gekkonidae

Family Agamidae

Family Scincidae

Family Anguidae

Family Dibamidae

Family Varanidae

Family Chamaeleonidae

Family Lacertidae

Family Acrochordidae

Family Uropeltidae

Family Pythonidae

Family Xenopeltidae

Family Boidae

Family Psammophiidae

Family Colubridae

Family Elapidae

Family Homalopsidae

Family Pareidae

Family Psammodynastidae

Family Xenodermidae

  • Khasi earth snake, Stoliczkia khasiensis (E)
  • Lushai hills dragon snake, Stoliczkia vanhnuailianai (E)

Family Viperidae

Family Leptotyphlopidae

Family Gerrhopilidae

Family Typhlopidae

References

  1. ^ a b "Search results | The Reptile Database". Reptile Database. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  2. ^ Daniel, J. C. (2002). Daniel, J. C. (ed.). The book of Indian reptiles and amphibians. Mumbai: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-0-19-566099-9.
  3. ^ Das, Indraneil; Das, Abhijit (2018). A Naturalist's Guide to the Reptiles of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. John Beaufoy publishing. ISBN 978-93-86538-02-4.
  4. ^ Palot, Muhamed Jafer (17 November 2015). "A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 7 (13): 8010. doi:10.11609/jott.2002.7.13.8010-8022. ISSN 0974-7907.
  5. ^ Mohapatra, Pratyush P.; Ray, Sumidh; Sarkar, Sagnik; Deuti, Kaushik, Chordata: Reptilia (PDF), doi:10.26515/Fauna/1/2023/Chordata (inactive 4 November 2025), retrieved 4 November 2025{{citation}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2025 (link)
  6. ^ Malsawmdawngliana; Boruah, Bitupan; Patel, Naitik G.; Lalronunga, Samuel; Zosangliana, Isaac; Lalhmangaiha, K.; Das, Abhijit (26 October 2025). "An updated checklist of reptiles from Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, India, with sixteen new distribution records". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 14 (10): 21946–21960. doi:10.11609/jott.8004.14.10.21946-21960. ISSN 0974-7907.
  7. ^ Bharali, Manmath; Manab Jyoti Kalita; Sharma, Narayan; Boro, Ananda Ram (26 October 2025). "A review of 21st century studies on lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Sauria) in northeastern India with an updated regional checklist". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 17 (10): 27720–27733. doi:10.11609/jott.8746.17.10.27720-27733. ISSN 0974-7907.
  8. ^ Farkas, BaláZs; Praschag, Peter (2025-10-13). "First record of the critically endangered Burmese peacock soft-shelled turtle Nilssonia formosa from India (Testudines: Trionychidae)". Zootaxa. 5706 (3): 448–450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5706.3.8. ISSN 1175-5334.
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