Reptiles of Sikkim
72 reptiles on the India list have an open record placed in Sikkim, 7 of them threatened (1 Endangered and 6 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 Sikkim (7)
- Calotes paulus Small Forest Lizard EN
- Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
- Oligodon juglandifer Walnut Kukri Snake VU
- Ophiophagus hannah Northern King Cobra VU
- Python bivittatus Burmese Python VU
- Saara hardwickii Hardwick's Spiny-tailed Lizard VU
- Trachischium guentheri Coral-bellied Wormsnake VU
All reptiles of Sikkim on the list (72)
- Ablepharus himalayanus
- Ablepharus sikimmensis
- Ahaetulla prasina Oriental Whipsnake
- Amphiesma stolatum Buff Striped Keelback
- Boiga multifasciata Many-banded Cat Snake
- Boiga stoliczkae Stoliczka's Asian Cat Snake
- Bungarus bungaroides Northeastern Hill Krait
- Bungarus niger Greater Black Krait
- Calotes paulus Small Forest Lizard EN
- Calotes versicolor Indian Garden Lizard
- Chrysopelea ornata Golden Tree Snake
- Coelognathus radiatus Copperhead Rat Snake
- Cyrtodactylus gubernatoris Sikkimese bent-toed Gecko DD
- Daboia russelii Russell's Viper
- Dendrelaphis cyanochloris Blue Bronzeback
- Dendrelaphis pictus Painted Bronzeback
- Dendrelaphis tristis Common Bronzeback Tree Snake
- Dopasia gracilis Asian Glass Lizard
- Elaphe cantoris Eastern Trinket Snake
- Eryx conicus Rough-scaled Sand Boa NT
- Eryx johnii Red Sand Boa NT
- Eutropis dissimilis Striped Grass Mabuya
- Eutropis multifasciata Common Sun Skink
- Fowlea piscator
- Gerrhopilus oligolepis Wall's Worm Snake DD
- Hebius clerki Yunnan keelback
- Hemidactylus bowringii Oriental House Gecko
- Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko
- Hemidactylus garnotii Indo-Pacific House Gecko
- Hemidactylus platyurus Flat-tailed House Gecko
- Herpetoreas platyceps Himalayan Keelback
- Indotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blindsnake
- Japalura tricarinata Cloud-forest Japalure
- Japalura variegata East Himalayan Mountain Lizard
- Liopeltis rappi Himalayan Stripe-necked Snake
- Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
- Lycodon aulicus Indian Wolf Snake
- Lycodon fasciatus Banded Wolf Snake
- Lycodon jara Yellow-speckled Wolfsnake
- Naja kaouthia Monocellate Cobra
- Naja naja Indian Cobra
- Naja oxiana Central Asian Cobra NT
- Oligodon albocinctus Light-barred Kukri Snake
- Oligodon arnensis Banded kukri snake
- Oligodon juglandifer Walnut Kukri Snake VU
- Ophiophagus hannah Northern King Cobra VU
- Oreocryptophis porphyraceus Red Mountain Ratsnake
- Ovophis monticola Chinese Mountain Pit Viper
- Pareas monticola Common Slug Snake
- Psammodynastes pulverulentus Common Mock Viper
- Pseudoxenodon macrops Big-eyed Bamboo Snake
- Ptyas carinata Keeled Rat Snake
- Ptyas korros Indo-Chinese Rat Snake NT
- Ptyas mucosa Oriental Rat Snake
- Ptyas nigromarginata Green Rat Snake
- Python bivittatus Burmese Python VU
- Rhabdophis helleri Heller's Red-necked Keelback
- Rhabdophis himalayanus Orange-collared Keelback
- Rhabdophis subminiatus Red-necked Keelback
- Saara hardwickii Hardwick's Spiny-tailed Lizard VU
- Sibynophis collaris Collared Black-headed Snake
- Sinomicrurus macclellandi MacClelland’s Coral Snake
- Sinomicrurus nigriventer
- Spalerosophis diadema Diadem Snake
- Sphenomorphus indicus Indian Forest Skink
- Sphenomorphus maculatus Spotted Forest Skink
- Trachischium fuscum Blackbelly Worm-eating Snake
- Trachischium guentheri Coral-bellied Wormsnake VU
- Trachischium monticola Mountain Worm-eating Snake
- Trimeresurus erythrurus Spot-tailed Pitviper
- Trimeresurus popeiorum Pope’s Tree Viper
- Trimeresurus stejnegeri Chinese Green Tree Viper
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Other species of Sikkim
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