Reptiles of the semi-arid zone
130 reptiles on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the semi-arid zone, 14 of them threatened (3 Critically Endangered, 5 Endangered and 6 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 semi-arid zone (14)
- Batagur dhongoka Three-striped Roofed Turtle CR
- Batagur kachuga Red-crowned Roofed Turtle CR
- Gavialis gangeticus Gharial CR
- Chitra indica Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle EN
- Geoclemys hamiltonii Black Pond Turtle EN
- Nilssonia gangetica Ganges Softshell Turtle EN
- Ophisops pushkarensis EN
- Varanus flavescens Yellow Monitor EN
- Crocodylus palustris Mugger Crocodile VU
- Cyrtopodion aravallensis Aravalli Hills Thin-toed Gecko VU
- Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise VU
- Hemidactylus gujaratensis Gujarat Gecko VU
- Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
- Pangshura tecta Indian Roofed Turtle VU
All reptiles of the semi-arid zone on the list (130)
- Ablepharus grayanus Minor Snake-eyed Skink
- Ablepharus himalayanus
- Acanthodactylus cantoris Indian Fringe-fingered Lizard
- Ahaetulla oxyrhynca
- Amphiesma stolatum Buff Striped Keelback
- Argyrogena fasciolata Banded Racer
- Batagur dhongoka Three-striped Roofed Turtle CR
- Batagur kachuga Red-crowned Roofed Turtle CR
- Boiga forsteni Forsten's Cat Snake
- Boiga trigonata Common Cat Snake
- Boiga westermanni
- Bungarus caeruleus Common Krait
- Calliophis melanurus Slender Coralsnake
- Calotes minor Hardwicke's Bloodsucker
- Calotes versicolor Indian Garden Lizard
- Chamaeleo zeylanicus Indian Chameleon
- Chitra indica Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle EN
- Chlamydosaurus kingii Frilled Dragon
- Chrysopelea ornata Golden Tree Snake
- Coelognathus helena Trinket Snake
- Coronella brachyura Indian Smooth Snake
- Craspedocephalus gramineus
- Crocodylus palustris Mugger Crocodile VU
- Crocodylus porosus Saltwater Crocodile
- Crossobamon orientalis Eastern Fringe-toed Gecko
- Cyrtodactylus fasciolatus NT
- Cyrtodactylus lawderanus DD
- Cyrtodactylus varadgirii Giri's Geckoella
- Cyrtopodion aravallensis Aravalli Hills Thin-toed Gecko VU
- Cyrtopodion scabrum Keeled Rock Gecko
- Cyrtopodion vindhya
- Daboia russelii Russell's Viper
- Dendrelaphis chairecacos Karnataka Bronzeback DD
- Dendrelaphis tristis Common Bronzeback Tree Snake
- Echis carinatus Saw-scaled Viper
- Elaphe hodgsonii
- Eryx conicus Rough-scaled Sand Boa NT
- Eryx jaculus Javelin Sand Boa
- Eryx johnii Red Sand Boa NT
- Eublepharis fuscus Western Indian Leopard Gecko
- Eublepharis macularius Common Leopard Gecko
- Eurylepis taeniolata Alpine Punjab Skink
- Eutropis allapallensis Allapalli Grass Skink
- Eutropis carinata Keeled Indian Mabuya
- Eutropis dissimilis Striped Grass Mabuya
- Eutropis macularia Bronze Grass Skink
- Eutropis multifasciata Common Sun Skink
- Eutropis trivittata Three-banded Mabuya
- Eutropis vertebralis Striped Ground Skink
- Fowlea piscator
- Gavialis gangeticus Gharial CR
- Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise VU
- Geoclemys hamiltonii Black Pond Turtle EN
- Gloydius himalayanus Himalayan Pitviper
- Grypotyphlops acutus Beaked Blind Snake
- Hemidactylus brookii Brook's House Gecko
- Hemidactylus flaviviridis Northern House Gecko
- Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko
- Hemidactylus gleadowi Gleadow's House Gecko DD
- Hemidactylus gracilis Graceful Leaf-toed Gecko
- Hemidactylus gujaratensis Gujarat Gecko VU
- Hemidactylus kushmorensis Kushmore House Gecko DD
- Hemidactylus leschenaultii Bark Gecko
- Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi DD
- Hemidactylus murrayi Murray's House Gecko
- Hemidactylus parvimaculatus Spotted House Gecko
- Hemidactylus robustus Heyden’s gecko
- Hemidactylus sahgali
- Hemidactylus triedrus Blotched house gecko
- Hydrophis caerulescens Dwarf Sea Snake
- Hydrophis cyanocinctus Annulated Sea Snake
- Hydrophis schistosus
- Indotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blindsnake
- Laudakia agrorensis Agror agama
- Laudakia tuberculata Kashmir Rock Agama
- Liopeltis rappi Himalayan Stripe-necked Snake
- Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
- Lycodon aulicus Indian Wolf Snake
- Lycodon capucinus Common Wolf Snake
- Lycodon striatus Barred Wolf Snake
- Malayopython reticulatus Reticulated Python
- Melanochelys trijuga Indian Black Turtle
- Myriopholis blanfordii Sindh Thread Snake DD
- Naja naja Indian Cobra
- Nilssonia gangetica Ganges Softshell Turtle EN
- Oligodon arnensis Banded kukri snake
- Oligodon russelius Russell's Kukri Snake
- Oligodon taeniolatus Streaked Kukri Snake
- Oligodon tillacki Tillack's Kukri Snake
- Ophiomorus raithmai Eastern Snake Skink
- Ophisops agarwali
- Ophisops beddomei Beddome's snake-eye
- Ophisops jerdonii Jerdon's Snake-eye
- Ophisops kutchensis
- Ophisops leschenaultii Leschenault's Snake-Eye
- Ophisops pushkarensis EN
- Pangshura smithii Brown Roofed Turtle NT
- Pangshura tecta Indian Roofed Turtle VU
- Pangshura tentoria Indian Tent Turtle
- Platyceps gracilis Graceful Racer DD
- Platyceps plinii
- Platyceps ventromaculatus Glossy-bellied Racer
- Psammophilus dorsalis Rock Dragon
- Psammophis condanarus Condanarous Sandsnake
- Psammophis leithii Pakistan Sand Racer
- Psammophis schokari Forskal Sand Snake
- Ptyas mucosa Oriental Rat Snake
- Python molurus Indian Python NT
- Rhabdophis plumbicolor
- Riopa albopunctata
- Riopa lineata
- Riopa punctata
- Sibynophis subpunctatus Black-headed snake
- Sinomicrurus macclellandi MacClelland’s Coral Snake
- Sinomicrurus nigriventer
- Sitana laticeps Broad-headed Fan-throated Lizard
- Sitana ponticeriana Pondichéry Fan-throated Lizard
- Sitana sivalensis Siwalik Sitana
- Sitana spinaecephalus Spiny-headed fan-throated lizard
- Spalerosophis atriceps Black-headed Royal Snake
- Spalerosophis diadema Diadem Snake
- Trachemys scripta Pond Slider
- Trapelus agilis Brilliant ground agama
- Trimeresurus septentrionalis Nepal Pitviper
- Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor NT
- Varanus flavescens Yellow Monitor EN
- Varanus griseus Desert Monitor
- Varanus juxtindicus Rennell Island Monitor
- Varanus salvator Common Water Monitor
- Wallaceophis gujaratensis Wallace's striped snake
Reptiles elsewhere
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Other species of the semi-arid zone
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