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List of reptiles of South Asia

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The following is a list of reptiles in and around the Indian subcontinent, primarily covering the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Afghanistan, parts of Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Island chains.

Order Crocodilia

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Family Crocodilidae

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Family Gavialiidae

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Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
  • Gharial Gavialis gangeticus India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh
  • False gharial Tomistoma schlegelii Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java

Order Testudines

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River terrapin (Batagur baska)

Order Squamata

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Suborder Lacertilia

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Family Eublepharidae

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Family Gekkonidae

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Family Agamidae

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Family Chamaeleonidae

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Indian chameleon (Chamaeleo zeylanicus)

Family Dibamidae

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Family Anguidae

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Armoured glass snake (Ophisaurus apodus)

Family Scincidae

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Note: Some authors move the Asian skinks of the genus Mabuya to Eutropis.[3]

Family Lacertidae

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Family Varanidae

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Water monitor (Varanus salvator)

Suborder Sauria

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Family Gymnothalmidae

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  • Vanzosaura rubricauda (Boulenger, 1902)

Suborder Serpentes

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See List of snakes of South Asia

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Giri VB, Bauer AM & KS Gaikwad (2009) A new ground-dwelling species of Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2164: 49–60 PDF
  2. ^ Deepak, V.; Khandekar, Akshay; Varma, Sandeep; Chaitanya, R. (2016). "Description of a new species of Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from southern India". Zootaxa. 4139 (2): 167. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.2.2.
  3. ^ Das, Indraneil, A De Silva & C C Austin (2008) A new species of Eutropis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 1700: 35-52 PDF

References

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