Reptiles of Meghalaya
91 reptiles on the India list have an open record placed in Meghalaya, 6 of them threatened (1 Critically Endangered, 1 Endangered and 4 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 Meghalaya (6)
- Manouria emys Asian Forest Tortoise CR
- Calotes paulus Small Forest Lizard EN
- Cnemaspis assamensis Assam Round-eyed Gecko VU
- Elaphe taeniura Beauty Ratsnake VU
- Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
- Ophiophagus hannah Northern King Cobra VU
All reptiles of Meghalaya on the list (91)
- Ahaetulla flavescens Yellow whip snake
- Ahaetulla prasina Oriental Whipsnake
- Amphiesma stolatum Buff Striped Keelback
- Argyrophis diardii Diard's Blindsnake
- Atretium schistosum Split Keelback
- Boiga cyanea Green Cat Snake
- Boiga cynodon Dog-toothed Cat Snake
- Boiga gocool
- Bungarus bungaroides Northeastern Hill Krait
- Bungarus niger Greater Black Krait
- Calamaria pavimentata Collared Reed Snake
- Calotes emma Forest Garden Lizard
- Calotes jerdoni Jerdon's Forest Lizard
- Calotes maria Khasi Hills Forest Lizard
- Calotes paulus Small Forest Lizard EN
- Calotes versicolor Indian Garden Lizard
- Chrysopelea ornata Golden Tree Snake
- Cnemaspis assamensis Assam Round-eyed Gecko VU
- Coelognathus radiatus Copperhead Rat Snake
- Cristidorsa planidorsata
- Cyclemys gemeli Assam leaf turtle NT
- Cyrtodactylus agarwali
- Cyrtodactylus bapme
- Cyrtodactylus exercitus
- Cyrtodactylus jaintiaensis DD
- Cyrtodactylus karsticola
- Cyrtodactylus khasiensis Khasi Hills bent-toed Gecko DD
- Cyrtodactylus urbanus
- Dendrelaphis cyanochloris Blue Bronzeback
- Dopasia gracilis Asian Glass Lizard
- Elaphe cantoris Eastern Trinket Snake
- Elaphe taeniura Beauty Ratsnake VU
- Eutropis macularia Bronze Grass Skink
- Eutropis multifasciata Common Sun Skink
- Fowlea piscator
- Gekko gecko Tokay Gecko
- Gongylosoma frenata
- Gonyosoma prasinum Green Bush Rat Snake
- Hebius khasiensis Khasi Hills Keelback
- Hebius parallelus DD
- Hemidactylus aquilonius Northern Burmese Half-toed Gecko
- Hemidactylus flaviviridis Northern House Gecko
- Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko
- Hemidactylus garnotii Indo-Pacific House Gecko
- Hemidactylus platyurus Flat-tailed House Gecko
- Herpetoreas platyceps Himalayan Keelback
- Herpetoreas xenura NT
- Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
- Lycodon aulicus Indian Wolf Snake
- Lycodon fasciatus Banded Wolf Snake
- Lycodon jara Yellow-speckled Wolfsnake
- Lycodon septentrionalis Northern Large-toothed Snake
- Lycodon zawi Zaw's Wolf Snake
- Manouria emys Asian Forest Tortoise CR
- Naja kaouthia Monocellate Cobra
- Naja naja Indian Cobra
- Oligodon albocinctus Light-barred Kukri Snake
- Oligodon cinereus Black Cross-barred Kukri Snake
- Oligodon cyclurus North-east Indian Kukri Snake
- Oligodon dorsalis Bengalese Kukri Snake
- Oligodon theobaldi Theobald's Kukri Snake
- Ophiophagus hannah Northern King Cobra VU
- Oreocryptophis porphyraceus Red Mountain Ratsnake
- Ovophis monticola Chinese Mountain Pit Viper
- Pareas monticola Common Slug Snake
- Protobothrops jerdonii Jerdon's Pitviper
- Protobothrops mucrosquamatus Brown spotted pitviper
- Psammodynastes pulverulentus Common Mock Viper
- Pseudoxenodon macrops Big-eyed Bamboo Snake
- Ptyas korros Indo-Chinese Rat Snake NT
- Ptyas nigromarginata Green Rat Snake
- Ptyctolaemus gularis Green Fan-throated lizard
- Rhabdophis helleri Heller's Red-necked Keelback
- Rhabdophis himalayanus Orange-collared Keelback
- Rhabdophis plumbicolor
- Rhabdophis subminiatus Red-necked Keelback
- Sibynophis collaris Collared Black-headed Snake
- Sibynophis sagittarius Cantor’s black-headed snake
- Sinomicrurus macclellandi MacClelland’s Coral Snake
- Smithophis bicolor
- Sphenomorphus indicus Indian Forest Skink
- Sphenomorphus maculatus Spotted Forest Skink
- Trachischium fuscum Blackbelly Worm-eating Snake
- Trachischium monticola Mountain Worm-eating Snake
- Trachischium reticulata DD
- Trimeresurus erythrurus Spot-tailed Pitviper
- Trimeresurus popeiorum Pope’s Tree Viper
- Trimeresurus salazar Salazar's Pit Viper
- Trimeresurus yunnanensis Yunnan Bamboo Pitviper
- Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor NT
- Varanus salvator Common Water Monitor
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Other species of Meghalaya
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