Reptiles of the Himalaya
148 reptiles on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Himalaya, 11 of them threatened (3 Critically Endangered, 3 Endangered and 5 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 Himalaya (11)
- Cyrtodactylus chamba Chamba Bent-toed Gecko CR
- Indotestudo elongata Elongated Tortoise CR
- Pangshura sylhetensis Assam Roofed Turtle CR
- Cuora amboinensis Amboina Box Turtle EN
- Cuora mouhotii Jagged-shelled Turtle EN
- Manouria impressa Impressed Tortoise EN
- Elaphe taeniura Beauty Ratsnake VU
- Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
- Ophiophagus hannah Northern King Cobra VU
- Saara hardwickii Hardwick's Spiny-tailed Lizard VU
- Trachischium guentheri Coral-bellied Wormsnake VU
All reptiles of the Himalaya on the list (148)
- Ablepharus flammeus
- Ablepharus himalayanus
- Ablepharus ladacensis
- Ablepharus sikimmensis
- Ahaetulla flavescens Yellow whip snake
- Ahaetulla prasina Oriental Whipsnake
- Amphiesma stolatum Buff Striped Keelback
- Archelaphe bella Bella Rat Snake
- Argyrophis diardii Diard's Blindsnake
- Boiga multifasciata Many-banded Cat Snake
- Boiga multomaculata Many-spotted Cat Snake
- Boiga quincunciata
- Boiga siamensis Eyed Cat Snake
- Boiga stoliczkae Stoliczka's Asian Cat Snake
- Boiga trigonata Common Cat Snake
- Bungarus bungaroides Northeastern Hill Krait
- Bungarus caeruleus Common Krait
- Bungarus niger Greater Black Krait
- Calotes irawadi Ayeyarwady Forest Agama
- Calotes jerdoni Jerdon's Forest Lizard
- Calotes medogensis Medog Bloodsucker
- Calotes sinyik
- Calotes versicolor Indian Garden Lizard
- Calotes yunnanensis
- Coelognathus helena Trinket Snake
- Coelognathus radiatus Copperhead Rat Snake
- Cuora amboinensis Amboina Box Turtle EN
- Cuora mouhotii Jagged-shelled Turtle EN
- Cyclemys gemeli Assam leaf turtle NT
- Cyrtodactylus cayuensis
- Cyrtodactylus chamba Chamba Bent-toed Gecko CR
- Cyrtodactylus fasciolatus NT
- Cyrtodactylus gubernatoris Sikkimese bent-toed Gecko DD
- Cyrtodactylus himachalensis
- Cyrtodactylus himalayanus Jammu Bent-toed Gecko DD
- Cyrtodactylus kamengensis
- Cyrtodactylus khasiensis Khasi Hills bent-toed Gecko DD
- Cyrtodactylus lawderanus DD
- Cyrtodactylus namdaphaensis
- Cyrtodactylus shivalikensis
- Cyrtodactylus siangensis
- Daboia russelii Russell's Viper
- Dendrelaphis biloreatus Gore's bronzeback
- Dendrelaphis cyanochloris Blue Bronzeback
- Dendrelaphis proarchos
- Dendrelaphis tristis Common Bronzeback Tree Snake
- Dopasia gracilis Asian Glass Lizard
- Draco norvillii Norvill's Flying Lizard NT
- Elaphe cantoris Eastern Trinket Snake
- Elaphe hodgsonii
- Elaphe taeniura Beauty Ratsnake VU
- Eurylepis taeniolata Alpine Punjab Skink
- Eutropis carinata Keeled Indian Mabuya
- Eutropis multifasciata Common Sun Skink
- Eutropis trivittata Three-banded Mabuya
- Fowlea piscator
- Fowlea sanctijohannis
- Gekko gecko Tokay Gecko
- Gloydius chambensis
- Gloydius himalayanus Himalayan Pitviper
- Gonyosoma frenatum Rein Snake
- Gonyosoma prasinum Green Bush Rat Snake
- Hebius clerki Yunnan keelback
- Hebius khasiensis Khasi Hills Keelback
- Hebius lacrima DD
- Hemidactylus bowringii Oriental House Gecko
- Hemidactylus brookii Brook's House Gecko
- Hemidactylus flaviviridis Northern House Gecko
- Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko
- Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi DD
- Hemidactylus platyurus Flat-tailed House Gecko
- Herpetoreas platyceps Himalayan Keelback
- Herpetoreas sieboldii Sikkim Keelback DD
- Indotestudo elongata Elongated Tortoise CR
- Indotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blindsnake
- Indotyphlops jerdoni Jerdon's Worm Snake
- Japalura andersoniana Anderson's Mountain lizard
- Japalura kumaonensis Kumaon Mountain Lizard NT
- Japalura major Large Mountain Lizard
- Japalura mictophola
- Japalura tricarinata Cloud-forest Japalure
- Japalura variegata East Himalayan Mountain Lizard
- Laudakia tuberculata Kashmir Rock Agama
- Liopeltis rappi Himalayan Stripe-necked Snake
- Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
- Lycodon aulicus Indian Wolf Snake
- Lycodon bicolor NT
- Lycodon capucinus Common Wolf Snake
- Lycodon fasciatus Banded Wolf Snake
- Lycodon gammiei Gammie's Wolf Snake NT
- Lycodon jara Yellow-speckled Wolfsnake
- Lycodon septentrionalis Northern Large-toothed Snake
- Lycodon striatus Barred Wolf Snake
- Lycodon zawi Zaw's Wolf Snake
- Manouria impressa Impressed Tortoise EN
- Melanochelys trijuga Indian Black Turtle
- Myriopholis blanfordii Sindh Thread Snake DD
- Naja kaouthia Monocellate Cobra
- Naja naja Indian Cobra
- Naja oxiana Central Asian Cobra NT
- Oligodon albocinctus Light-barred Kukri Snake
- Oligodon cinereus Black Cross-barred Kukri Snake
- Oligodon russelius Russell's Kukri Snake
- Oligodon taeniolatus Streaked Kukri Snake
- Ophiophagus hannah Northern King Cobra VU
- Oreocryptophis porphyraceus Red Mountain Ratsnake
- Ovophis monticola Chinese Mountain Pit Viper
- Ovophis zayuensis Zayuan Mountain Pitviper
- Pangshura sylhetensis Assam Roofed Turtle CR
- Paralaudakia himalayana Himalayan Agama
- Pareas kaduri
- Pareas monticola Common Slug Snake
- Platyceps plinii
- Platyceps rhodorachis Jan’s Cliff Racer
- Protoblepharus apatani
- Protobothrops jerdonii Jerdon's Pitviper
- Protobothrops kaulbacki Kaulback's Lance-headed Pitviper DD
- Protobothrops mucrosquamatus Brown spotted pitviper
- Psammodynastes pulverulentus Common Mock Viper
- Psammophis condanarus Condanarous Sandsnake
- Pseudocalotes austeniana Abor Hills agama
- Pseudoindotyphlops porrectus Slender Worm Snake
- Pseudoxenodon macrops Big-eyed Bamboo Snake
- Ptyas korros Indo-Chinese Rat Snake NT
- Ptyas mucosa Oriental Rat Snake
- Ptyas nigromarginata Green Rat Snake
- Ptyctolaemus gularis Green Fan-throated lizard
- Ptyctolaemus namdaphaensis
- Ptyctolaemus siangensis
- Rhabdophis helleri Heller's Red-necked Keelback
- Rhabdophis himalayanus Orange-collared Keelback
- Rhabdophis leonardi Leonard's Keelback
- Rhabdophis subminiatus Red-necked Keelback
- Riopa punctata
- Saara hardwickii Hardwick's Spiny-tailed Lizard VU
- Sibynophis collaris Collared Black-headed Snake
- Sinomicrurus macclellandi MacClelland’s Coral Snake
- Smithophis arunachalensis
- Sphenomorphus indicus Indian Forest Skink
- Sphenomorphus maculatus Spotted Forest Skink
- Takydromus sexlineatus Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard
- Trachischium apteii
- Trachischium fuscum Blackbelly Worm-eating Snake
- Trachischium guentheri Coral-bellied Wormsnake VU
- Trimeresurus medoensis Green Bamboo Leaf Pit Viper DD
- Trimeresurus popeiorum Pope’s Tree Viper
- Trimeresurus septentrionalis Nepal Pitviper
- Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor NT
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