Reptiles of the Thar and Kutch deserts
54 reptiles on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Thar and Kutch deserts, 4 of them threatened (1 Endangered and 3 Vulnerable).
A species is in a region when a GBIF record of it is placed there (the biogeographic zones of the Wildlife Institute of India). 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 the Thar and Kutch deserts (4)
- Ophisops pushkarensis EN
- Crocodylus palustris Mugger Crocodile VU
- Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
- Saara hardwickii Hardwick's Spiny-tailed Lizard VU
All reptiles of the Thar and Kutch deserts on the list (54)
- Acanthodactylus cantoris Indian Fringe-fingered Lizard
- Boiga trigonata Common Cat Snake
- Bufoniceps laungwalaensis Laungwala Long-headed Lizard
- Bungarus caeruleus Common Krait
- Bungarus sindanus Sind Krait
- Bunopus orientalis
- Calotes minor Hardwicke's Bloodsucker
- Calotes versicolor Indian Garden Lizard
- Chamaeleo zeylanicus Indian Chameleon
- Coelognathus helena Trinket Snake
- Crocodylus palustris Mugger Crocodile VU
- Crossobamon orientalis Eastern Fringe-toed Gecko
- Cyrtopodion scabrum Keeled Rock Gecko
- Dendrelaphis tristis Common Bronzeback Tree Snake
- Echis carinatus Saw-scaled Viper
- Eremias fasciata Striped Sand Lacerta
- Eryx johnii Red Sand Boa NT
- Eublepharis fuscus Western Indian Leopard Gecko
- Eurylepis taeniolata Alpine Punjab Skink
- Eutropis carinata Keeled Indian Mabuya
- Eutropis macularia Bronze Grass Skink
- Fowlea piscator
- Hemidactylus brookii Brook's House Gecko
- Hemidactylus flaviviridis Northern House Gecko
- Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko
- Hemidactylus leschenaultii Bark Gecko
- Hemidactylus sahgali
- Indotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blindsnake
- Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
- Lycodon aulicus Indian Wolf Snake
- Lycodon striatus Barred Wolf Snake
- Lytorhynchus paradoxus Sind Longnose Sand Snake
- Microgecko persicus Persian Sand Gecko
- Naja naja Indian Cobra
- Oligodon taeniolatus Streaked Kukri Snake
- Oligodon tillacki Tillack's Kukri Snake
- Ophiomorus raithmai Eastern Snake Skink
- Ophisops jerdonii Jerdon's Snake-eye
- Ophisops kutchensis
- Ophisops pushkarensis EN
- Phrynocephalus forsythii Forsyth's Toadhead Agama
- Platyceps ventromaculatus Glossy-bellied Racer
- Psammophis leithii Pakistan Sand Racer
- Psammophis schokari Forskal Sand Snake
- Riopa punctata
- Saara hardwickii Hardwick's Spiny-tailed Lizard VU
- Sitana ponticeriana Pondichéry Fan-throated Lizard
- Sitana spinaecephalus Spiny-headed fan-throated lizard
- Spalerosophis arenarius Red-spotted Royal Snake
- Spalerosophis atriceps Black-headed Royal Snake
- Trachemys scripta Pond Slider
- Trapelus agilis Brilliant ground agama
- Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor NT
- Varanus griseus Desert Monitor
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