Reptiles of Assam
165 reptiles on the India list have an open record placed in Assam, 27 of them threatened (9 Critically Endangered, 10 Endangered and 8 Vulnerable).
A species is in a state when it has an open record placed there: a record anyone can check online (a GBIF record, or a research-grade iNaturalist observation). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. The sources give no endemic mark for reptiles yet. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened reptiles of Assam (27)
- Batagur dhongoka Three-striped Roofed Turtle CR
- Batagur kachuga Red-crowned Roofed Turtle CR
- Chitra chitra Southeast Asian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle CR
- Cyrtodactylus chamba Chamba Bent-toed Gecko CR
- Gavialis gangeticus Gharial CR
- Indotestudo elongata Elongated Tortoise CR
- Manouria emys Asian Forest Tortoise CR
- Nilssonia nigricans Black Softshell Turtle CR
- Pangshura sylhetensis Assam Roofed Turtle CR
- Chitra indica Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle EN
- Cuora amboinensis Amboina Box Turtle EN
- Cuora mouhotii Jagged-shelled Turtle EN
- Geoclemys hamiltonii Black Pond Turtle EN
- Hardella thurjii Crowned River Turtle EN
- Melanochelys tricarinata Three-keeled Land Turtle EN
- Morenia petersi Indian Eyed Turtle EN
- Nilssonia gangetica Ganges Softshell Turtle EN
- Nilssonia hurum Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle EN
- Varanus flavescens Yellow Monitor EN
- Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise VU
- Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
- Ophiophagus hannah Northern King Cobra VU
- Pangshura tecta Indian Roofed Turtle VU
- Python bivittatus Burmese Python VU
- Saara hardwickii Hardwick's Spiny-tailed Lizard VU
- Trachischium guentheri Coral-bellied Wormsnake VU
- Tropidophorus assamensis VU
All reptiles of Assam on the list (165)
- Ahaetulla flavescens Yellow whip snake
- Ahaetulla mycterizans Malayan Whipsnake
- Ahaetulla prasina Oriental Whipsnake
- Amphiesma stolatum Buff Striped Keelback
- Archelaphe bella Bella Rat Snake
- Argyrophis diardii Diard's Blindsnake
- Batagur dhongoka Three-striped Roofed Turtle CR
- Batagur kachuga Red-crowned Roofed Turtle CR
- Blythia reticulata Blyth's Reticulate Snake DD
- Boiga cyanea Green Cat Snake
- Boiga cynodon Dog-toothed Cat Snake
- Boiga gocool
- Boiga multomaculata Many-spotted Cat Snake
- Boiga ochracea Tawny Cat Snake
- Boiga quincunciata
- Boiga siamensis Eyed Cat Snake
- Boiga stoliczkae Stoliczka's Asian Cat Snake
- Bungarus caeruleus Common Krait
- Bungarus fasciatus Banded Krait
- Bungarus lividus Lesser Black Krait
- Bungarus niger Greater Black Krait
- Calotes emma Forest Garden Lizard
- Calotes irawadi Ayeyarwady Forest Agama
- Calotes jerdoni Jerdon's Forest Lizard
- Calotes maria Khasi Hills Forest Lizard
- Calotes nemoricola Nilgiri Forest Lizard
- Calotes versicolor Indian Garden Lizard
- Chamaeleo zeylanicus Indian Chameleon
- Chitra chitra Southeast Asian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle CR
- Chitra indica Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle EN
- Chrysopelea ornata Golden Tree Snake
- Cnemaspis littoralis Coastal Round-eyed Gecko DD
- Coelognathus helena Trinket Snake
- Coelognathus radiatus Copperhead Rat Snake
- Cristidorsa otai Ota's Mountain Lizard DD
- Cristidorsa planidorsata
- Cuora amboinensis Amboina Box Turtle EN
- Cuora mouhotii Jagged-shelled Turtle EN
- Cuora praschagi
- Cyclemys gemeli Assam leaf turtle NT
- Cyrtodactylus chamba Chamba Bent-toed Gecko CR
- Cyrtodactylus guwahatiensis DD
- Cyrtodactylus kazirangaensis DD
- Cyrtodactylus khasiensis Khasi Hills bent-toed Gecko DD
- Cyrtodactylus septentrionalis DD
- Cyrtodactylus urbanus
- Daboia russelii Russell's Viper
- Dendrelaphis biloreatus Gore's bronzeback
- Dendrelaphis cyanochloris Blue Bronzeback
- Dendrelaphis pictus Painted Bronzeback
- Dendrelaphis proarchos
- Dendrelaphis tristis Common Bronzeback Tree Snake
- Draco dussumieri Western Ghats Flying Lizard
- Draco maculatus Orange-winged Flying Lizard
- Draco norvillii Norvill's Flying Lizard NT
- Echis carinatus Saw-scaled Viper
- Elaphe cantoris Eastern Trinket Snake
- Enhydris enhydris Rainbow Mud Snake
- Eryx johnii Red Sand Boa NT
- Eutropis carinata Keeled Indian Mabuya
- Eutropis dissimilis Striped Grass Mabuya
- Eutropis macularia Bronze Grass Skink
- Eutropis multifasciata Common Sun Skink
- Fowlea piscator
- Fowlea sanctijohannis
- Gavialis gangeticus Gharial CR
- Gekko gecko Tokay Gecko
- Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise VU
- Geoclemys hamiltonii Black Pond Turtle EN
- Gongylosoma frenata
- Gonyosoma prasinum Green Bush Rat Snake
- Hardella thurjii Crowned River Turtle EN
- Hebius khasiensis Khasi Hills Keelback
- Hebius modestus
- Hebius parallelus DD
- Hemidactylus aquilonius Northern Burmese Half-toed Gecko
- Hemidactylus bowringii Oriental House Gecko
- Hemidactylus brookii Brook's House Gecko
- Hemidactylus flaviviridis Northern House Gecko
- Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko
- Hemidactylus garnotii Indo-Pacific House Gecko
- Hemidactylus murrayi Murray's House Gecko
- Hemidactylus parvimaculatus Spotted House Gecko
- Hemidactylus platyurus Flat-tailed House Gecko
- Herpetoreas xenura NT
- Indotestudo elongata Elongated Tortoise CR
- Indotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blindsnake
- Indotyphlops meszoelyi Meszoelys Blind Snake DD
- Indotyphlops pammeces South Indian Blind Snake
- Liopeltis rappi Himalayan Stripe-necked Snake
- Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
- Lycodon aulicus Indian Wolf Snake
- Lycodon flavomaculatus Yellow-spotted Wolf Snake
- Lycodon jara Yellow-speckled Wolfsnake
- Lycodon septentrionalis Northern Large-toothed Snake
- Lycodon striatus Barred Wolf Snake
- Lycodon zawi Zaw's Wolf Snake
- Manouria emys Asian Forest Tortoise CR
- Melanochelys tricarinata Three-keeled Land Turtle EN
- Melanochelys trijuga Indian Black Turtle
- Morenia petersi Indian Eyed Turtle EN
- Naja kaouthia Monocellate Cobra
- Naja naja Indian Cobra
- Nerodia sipedon Common Watersnake
- Nilssonia gangetica Ganges Softshell Turtle EN
- Nilssonia hurum Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle EN
- Nilssonia nigricans Black Softshell Turtle CR
- Oligodon albocinctus Light-barred Kukri Snake
- Oligodon arnensis Banded kukri snake
- Oligodon cinereus Black Cross-barred Kukri Snake
- Oligodon cyclurus North-east Indian Kukri Snake
- Oligodon violaceus
- Ophiophagus hannah Northern King Cobra VU
- Ophisops leschenaultii Leschenault's Snake-Eye
- Ophisops microlepis Small-scaled Lacerta
- Oreocryptophis porphyraceus Red Mountain Ratsnake
- Ovophis monticola Chinese Mountain Pit Viper
- Pangshura smithii Brown Roofed Turtle NT
- Pangshura sylhetensis Assam Roofed Turtle CR
- Pangshura tecta Indian Roofed Turtle VU
- Pangshura tentoria Indian Tent Turtle
- Pareas carinatus Keeled Slug Snake
- Pareas macularius Mountain Slug Snake
- Pareas monticola Common Slug Snake
- Plectrurus perroteti Nilgiri Burrowing Snake
- Protobothrops mucrosquamatus Brown spotted pitviper
- Psammodynastes pulverulentus Common Mock Viper
- Pseudoindotyphlops porrectus Slender Worm Snake
- Pseudoxenodon macrops Big-eyed Bamboo Snake
- Ptyas korros Indo-Chinese Rat Snake NT
- Ptyas mucosa Oriental Rat Snake
- Ptyctolaemus gularis Green Fan-throated lizard
- Python bivittatus Burmese Python VU
- Python molurus Indian Python NT
- Rhabdophis bindi Bindee keelback
- Rhabdophis helleri Heller's Red-necked Keelback
- Rhabdophis himalayanus Orange-collared Keelback
- Rhabdophis subminiatus Red-necked Keelback
- Riopa albopunctata
- Saara hardwickii Hardwick's Spiny-tailed Lizard VU
- Sibynophis collaris Collared Black-headed Snake
- Sinomicrurus macclellandi MacClelland’s Coral Snake
- Sinomicrurus nigriventer
- Sitana ponticeriana Pondichéry Fan-throated Lizard
- Sitana spinaecephalus Spiny-headed fan-throated lizard
- Smithophis atemporalis DD
- Sphenomorphus indicus Indian Forest Skink
- Sphenomorphus maculatus Spotted Forest Skink
- Takydromus khasiensis Java Grass Lizard
- Takydromus sexlineatus Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard
- Takydromus ultapaniensis
- Trachemys scripta Pond Slider
- Trachischium guentheri Coral-bellied Wormsnake VU
- Trachischium monticola Mountain Worm-eating Snake
- Trachylepis homalocephala Red-sided Skink
- Trimeresurus albolabris White-lipped Pit Viper
- Trimeresurus erythrurus Spot-tailed Pitviper
- Trimeresurus medoensis Green Bamboo Leaf Pit Viper DD
- Trimeresurus popeiorum Pope’s Tree Viper
- Trimeresurus salazar Salazar's Pit Viper
- Tropidophorus assamensis VU
- Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor NT
- Varanus flavescens Yellow Monitor EN
- Varanus salvator Common Water Monitor
- Xylophis perroteti Perrotet's Mountain Snake
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Other species of Assam
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