Reptiles of Maharashtra
212 reptiles on the India list have an open record placed in Maharashtra, 25 of them threatened (6 Critically Endangered, 9 Endangered and 10 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 Maharashtra (25)
- Gerrhopilus mirus Jan's Worm Snake CR
- Hemidactylus sataraensis Satara Gecko CR
- Indotestudo elongata Elongated Tortoise CR
- Nessia layardi Layard's Nessia CR
- Nilssonia leithii Leith's Softshell Turtle CR
- Sarada superba Superb Large Fan-throated Lizard CR
- Balanophis ceylonensis Blossom Krait EN
- Calliophis castoe Castoe's Coralsnake EN
- Cnemaspis flaviventralis Yellow-bellied Round-eyed Gecko EN
- Cnemaspis goaensis Goan Round-eyed Gecko EN
- Hardella thurjii Crowned River Turtle EN
- Melanophidium khairei Khaire's black earth snake EN
- Nilssonia gangetica Ganges Softshell Turtle EN
- Platyplectrurus madurensis Madurai Shieldtail EN
- Varanus flavescens Yellow Monitor EN
- Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle VU
- Crocodylus palustris Mugger Crocodile VU
- Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise VU
- Hemidactylus albofasciatus Dorli House Gecko VU
- Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle VU
- Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
- Ophiophagus hannah Northern King Cobra VU
- Pangshura tecta Indian Roofed Turtle VU
- Saara hardwickii Hardwick's Spiny-tailed Lizard VU
- Uropeltis phipsonii Phipson's Shieldtail VU
All reptiles of Maharashtra on the list (212)
- Acrochordus granulatus Little File Snake
- Ahaetulla borealis
- Ahaetulla dispar Günther's Vine Snake NT
- Ahaetulla laudankia
- Ahaetulla nasuta Long-nosed Whipsnake
- Ahaetulla oxyrhynca
- Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha
- Ahaetulla sahyadrensis
- Amphiesma stolatum Buff Striped Keelback
- Argyrogena fasciolata Banded Racer
- Atretium schistosum Split Keelback
- Balanophis ceylonensis Blossom Krait EN
- Boiga beddomei Beddome's Cat Snake
- Boiga ceylonensis Sri Lanka Cat Snake
- Boiga forsteni Forsten's Cat Snake
- Boiga thackerayi
- Boiga trigonata Common Cat Snake
- Boiga westermanni
- Bungarus caeruleus Common Krait
- Bungarus fasciatus Banded Krait
- Bungarus sindanus Sind Krait
- Bungarus walli Wall's Sind Krait
- Calliophis castoe Castoe's Coralsnake EN
- Calliophis melanurus Slender Coralsnake
- Calliophis nigrescens Black Coralsnake
- Calotes emma Forest Garden Lizard
- Calotes versicolor Indian Garden Lizard
- Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle VU
- Cerberus rynchops Asian Bockadam
- Cerberus schneiderii Southeast Asian Bockadam
- Chamaeleo chamaeleon Common Chameleon
- Chamaeleo mexicanus
- Chamaeleo zeylanicus Indian Chameleon
- Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle
- Chrysopelea ornata Golden Tree Snake
- Cnemaspis ajijae
- Cnemaspis amba DD
- Cnemaspis amboliensis DD
- Cnemaspis basalticola
- Cnemaspis flaviventralis Yellow-bellied Round-eyed Gecko EN
- Cnemaspis girii Giri's Round-eyed Gecko DD
- Cnemaspis goaensis Goan Round-eyed Gecko EN
- Cnemaspis gracilis Gracile Round-eyed Gecko
- Cnemaspis kalsubaiensis
- Cnemaspis kolhapurensis Kolhapur Round-eyed Gecko DD
- Cnemaspis koynaensis DD
- Cnemaspis limayei DD
- Cnemaspis mahabali DD
- Cnemaspis mysoriensis Mysore Round-eyed Gecko
- Cnemaspis rajgadensis
- Cnemaspis ranganaensis
- Cnemaspis uttaraghati
- Coelognathus helena Trinket Snake
- Coronella brachyura Indian Smooth Snake
- Craspedocephalus gramineus
- Craspedocephalus malabaricus Malabarian Pit Viper
- Cristidorsa planidorsata
- Crocodylus palustris Mugger Crocodile VU
- Cyclophiops major Greater Green Snake
- Cyrtodactylus albofasciatus White-banded Ground Gecko
- Cyrtodactylus collegalensis Kollegal Bent-toed Gecko
- Cyrtodactylus deccanensis Deccan Ground Gecko
- Cyrtodactylus varadgirii Giri's Geckoella
- Daboia russelii Russell's Viper
- Dendrelaphis chairecacos Karnataka Bronzeback DD
- Dendrelaphis girii Giri's Bronzeback
- Dendrelaphis tristis Common Bronzeback Tree Snake
- Draco dussumieri Western Ghats Flying Lizard
- Echis carinatus Saw-scaled Viper
- Eryx conicus Rough-scaled Sand Boa NT
- Eryx johnii Red Sand Boa NT
- Eryx whitakeri Whitaker’s sand boa NT
- Eublepharis fuscus Western Indian Leopard Gecko
- Eublepharis satpuraensis Satpura Leopard Gecko
- Eutropis allapallensis Allapalli Grass Skink
- Eutropis beddomei
- Eutropis carinata Keeled Indian Mabuya
- Eutropis innotata Blanford's Mabuya DD
- Eutropis macularia Bronze Grass Skink
- Eutropis trivittata Three-banded Mabuya
- Fowlea piscator
- Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise VU
- Gerarda prevostiana Cat-eyed Fishing Snake
- Gerrhopilus beddomii Beddome's Worm Snake DD
- Gerrhopilus mirus Jan's Worm Snake CR
- Gongylosoma calamaria
- Gonyosoma prasinum Green Bush Rat Snake
- Grypotyphlops acutus Beaked Blind Snake
- Hardella thurjii Crowned River Turtle EN
- Hebius beddomei Nilgiri keelback
- Hemidactylus aaronbaueri Aaron Bauer's House Gecko
- Hemidactylus albofasciatus Dorli House Gecko VU
- Hemidactylus amarasinghei
- Hemidactylus bowringii Oriental House Gecko
- Hemidactylus brookii Brook's House Gecko
- Hemidactylus flaviviridis Northern House Gecko
- Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko
- Hemidactylus giganteus Giant Leaf-toed Gecko
- Hemidactylus gracilis Graceful Leaf-toed Gecko
- Hemidactylus leschenaultii Bark Gecko
- Hemidactylus maculatus Giant Spotted Gecko
- Hemidactylus mercatorius Farquhar Half-toed Gecko
- Hemidactylus murrayi Murray's House Gecko
- Hemidactylus parvimaculatus Spotted House Gecko
- Hemidactylus prashadi Bombay Leaf-toed Gecko
- Hemidactylus sahgali
- Hemidactylus sataraensis Satara Gecko CR
- Hemidactylus tamhiniensis
- Hemidactylus triedrus Blotched house gecko
- Hemidactylus varadgirii DD
- Hydrophis caerulescens Dwarf Sea Snake
- Hydrophis curtus Spine-bellied Sea Snake
- Hydrophis cyanocinctus Annulated Sea Snake
- Hydrophis fasciatus Striped Sea Snake
- Hydrophis mamillaris Bombay Sea Snake DD
- Hydrophis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake
- Hydrophis schistosus
- Hydrophis spiralis Yellow Sea Snake
- Hydrophis stokesii Stokes' Sea Snake
- Hydrophis viperinus Viperine Sea Snake
- Hypnale hypnale Hump-nosed Viper
- Indotestudo elongata Elongated Tortoise CR
- Indotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blindsnake
- Kaestlea bilineata Two-lined Ground Skink
- Laudakia tuberculata Kashmir Rock Agama
- Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle VU
- Liopeltis calamaria Calamaria Reed Snake
- Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
- Lycodon aulicus Indian Wolf Snake
- Lycodon capucinus Common Wolf Snake
- Lycodon fasciolatus
- Lycodon flavicollis Yellow-collared Wolf Snake
- Lycodon flavomaculatus Yellow-spotted Wolf Snake
- Lycodon laoensis Laotian Wolf Snake
- Lycodon nympha
- Lycodon striatus Barred Wolf Snake
- Lycodon travancoricus Travancore Wolf Snake
- Macropisthodon plumbicolor Green Keelback
- Madatyphlops arenarius Sand Worm Snake
- Melanochelys trijuga Indian Black Turtle
- Melanophidium khairei Khaire's black earth snake EN
- Melanophidium wynaudense Indian Black Earth Snake
- Monilesaurus ellioti
- Monilesaurus rouxii
- Myriopholis blanfordii Sindh Thread Snake DD
- Naja kaouthia Monocellate Cobra
- Naja naja Indian Cobra
- Nessia layardi Layard's Nessia CR
- Nilssonia gangetica Ganges Softshell Turtle EN
- Nilssonia leithii Leith's Softshell Turtle CR
- Oligodon albocinctus Light-barred Kukri Snake
- Oligodon arnensis Banded kukri snake
- Oligodon russelius Russell's Kukri Snake
- Oligodon taeniolatus Streaked Kukri Snake
- Oligodon tillacki Tillack's Kukri Snake
- Ophiophagus hannah Northern King Cobra VU
- Ophisops beddomei Beddome's snake-eye
- Ophisops jerdonii Jerdon's Snake-eye
- Ophisops leschenaultii Leschenault's Snake-Eye
- Pangshura tecta Indian Roofed Turtle VU
- Pangshura tentoria Indian Tent Turtle
- Platyceps gracilis Graceful Racer DD
- Platyceps plinii
- Platyceps ventromaculatus Glossy-bellied Racer
- Platyplectrurus madurensis Madurai Shieldtail EN
- Psammophilus blanfordanus Blanford's Rock Agama
- Psammophilus dorsalis Rock Dragon
- Psammophis condanarus Condanarous Sandsnake
- Psammophis leithii Pakistan Sand Racer
- Psammophis longifrons Long Sand Racer
- Pseudoindotyphlops porrectus Slender Worm Snake
- Pseudoplectrurus canaricus Karnataka Burrowing Snake DD
- Ptyas mucosa Oriental Rat Snake
- Python molurus Indian Python NT
- Ramphotyphlops acuticaudus
- Rhabdophis plumbicolor
- Rhabdops aquaticus Water Rhabdops
- Rhabdops olivaceus Olive Trapezoid Snake NT
- Riopa albopunctata
- Riopa guentheri
- Riopa lineata
- Riopa lineolata
- Riopa punctata
- Ristella beddomii Beddome's Cat Skink
- Saara hardwickii Hardwick's Spiny-tailed Lizard VU
- Sahyadriophis uttaraghati Northern sahyadri keelback
- Sarada darwini Darwin's large fan-throated lizard
- Sarada deccanensis
- Sarada superba Superb Large Fan-throated Lizard CR
- Sibynophis sagittarius Cantor’s black-headed snake
- Sibynophis subpunctatus Black-headed snake
- Sitana laticeps Broad-headed Fan-throated Lizard
- Sitana ponticeriana Pondichéry Fan-throated Lizard
- Sitana spinaecephalus Spiny-headed fan-throated lizard
- Teretrurus rhodogaster
- Trachemys scripta Pond Slider
- Trachylepis homalocephala Red-sided Skink
- Trimeresurus gramineus Bamboo Viper
- Typhlops lumbricalis Earthworm Blind Snake
- Uropeltis bicatenata Bicatenate Uropeltis NT
- Uropeltis ceylanica DD
- Uropeltis ellioti Elliot's Earth Snake
- Uropeltis macrolepis Bombay Earth Snake
- Uropeltis maculata DD
- Uropeltis phipsonii Phipson's Shieldtail VU
- Uropeltis pulneyensis Indian Earth Snake
- Uropeltis rubrolineata Red-lined Earth Snake
- Uropeltis woodmasoni Palni Uropeltis
- Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor NT
- Varanus flavescens Yellow Monitor EN
- Wallophis brachyura Indian Smooth Snake
- Xenochrophis trianguligerus Triangle Keelback
Reptiles elsewhere
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Other species of Maharashtra
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