Reptiles of West Bengal
181 reptiles on the India list have an open record placed in West Bengal, 23 of them threatened (5 Critically Endangered, 7 Endangered and 11 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 West Bengal (23)
- Batagur baska Northern River Terrapin CR
- Batagur dhongoka Three-striped Roofed Turtle CR
- Batagur kachuga Red-crowned Roofed Turtle CR
- Gavialis gangeticus Gharial CR
- Nilssonia nigricans Black Softshell Turtle CR
- Chitra indica Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle EN
- Geoclemys hamiltonii Black Pond Turtle EN
- Hardella thurjii Crowned River Turtle EN
- Melanochelys tricarinata Three-keeled Land Turtle EN
- Nilssonia gangetica Ganges Softshell Turtle EN
- Nilssonia hurum Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle EN
- Varanus flavescens Yellow Monitor EN
- Crocodylus palustris Mugger Crocodile VU
- Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise VU
- Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle VU
- Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
- Oligodon juglandifer Walnut Kukri Snake VU
- Ophiophagus hannah Northern King Cobra VU
- Pangshura tecta Indian Roofed Turtle VU
- Python bivittatus Burmese Python VU
- Saara hardwickii Hardwick's Spiny-tailed Lizard VU
- Trachischium guentheri Coral-bellied Wormsnake VU
- Xenochrophis cerasogaster Painted Keelback VU
All reptiles of West Bengal on the list (181)
- Ablepharus sikimmensis
- Ahaetulla anomala Variable Coloured Vine Snake
- Ahaetulla nasuta Long-nosed Whipsnake
- Ahaetulla oxyrhynca
- Amphiesma stolatum Buff Striped Keelback
- Argyrophis diardii Diard's Blindsnake
- Atretium schistosum Split Keelback
- Batagur baska Northern River Terrapin CR
- Batagur dhongoka Three-striped Roofed Turtle CR
- Batagur kachuga Red-crowned Roofed Turtle CR
- Boiga cyanea Green Cat Snake
- Boiga cynodon Dog-toothed Cat Snake
- Boiga forsteni Forsten's Cat Snake
- Boiga gocool
- Boiga multifasciata Many-banded Cat Snake
- Boiga ochracea Tawny Cat Snake
- Boiga quincunciata
- Boiga siamensis Eyed Cat Snake
- Boiga stoliczkae Stoliczka's Asian Cat Snake
- Boiga trigonata Common Cat Snake
- Boiga westermanni
- Bungarus bungaroides Northeastern Hill Krait
- Bungarus caeruleus Common Krait
- Bungarus candidus Malayan Krait
- Bungarus ceylonicus Ceylon Krait NT
- Bungarus fasciatus Banded Krait
- Bungarus lividus Lesser Black Krait
- Bungarus niger Greater Black Krait
- Bungarus sindanus Sind Krait
- Bungarus walli Wall's Sind Krait
- Calotes maria Khasi Hills Forest Lizard
- Calotes mystaceus Myanmar Blue Crested Lizard
- Calotes versicolor Indian Garden Lizard
- Cerberus rynchops Asian Bockadam
- Chamaeleo zeylanicus Indian Chameleon
- Chitra indica Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle EN
- Chrysopelea ornata Golden Tree Snake
- Coelognathus helena Trinket Snake
- Coelognathus radiatus Copperhead Rat Snake
- Crocodylus palustris Mugger Crocodile VU
- Crocodylus porosus Saltwater Crocodile
- Cyclemys gemeli Assam leaf turtle NT
- Cyrtodactylus bhupathyi Bhupathy's Bent-toed Gecko DD
- Cyrtodactylus gubernatoris Sikkimese bent-toed Gecko DD
- Cyrtodactylus himalayicus Darjeeling Bent-toed Gecko DD
- Cyrtodactylus khasiensis Khasi Hills bent-toed Gecko DD
- Cyrtodactylus nebulosus Clouded Bent-toed Gecko
- Daboia russelii Russell's Viper
- Dendrelaphis cyanochloris Blue Bronzeback
- Dendrelaphis pictus Painted Bronzeback
- Dendrelaphis proarchos
- Dendrelaphis tristis Common Bronzeback Tree Snake
- Dopasia gracilis Asian Glass Lizard
- Echis carinatus Saw-scaled Viper
- Elaphe cantoris Eastern Trinket Snake
- Enhydris enhydris Rainbow Mud Snake
- Eryx conicus Rough-scaled Sand Boa NT
- Eryx johnii Red Sand Boa NT
- Eublepharis hardwickii Eastern Indian Leopard Gecko
- Eutropis carinata Keeled Indian Mabuya
- Eutropis macularia Bronze Grass Skink
- Eutropis multifasciata Common Sun Skink
- Ferania sieboldii Siebold's Water Snake
- Fordonia leucobalia White-bellied Mangrove Snake
- Fowlea piscator
- Fowlea schnurrenbergeri
- Gavialis gangeticus Gharial CR
- Gekko gecko Tokay Gecko
- Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise VU
- Geoclemys hamiltonii Black Pond Turtle EN
- Gerarda prevostiana Cat-eyed Fishing Snake
- Gonyosoma prasinum Green Bush Rat Snake
- Grypotyphlops acutus Beaked Blind Snake
- Hardella thurjii Crowned River Turtle EN
- Hemidactylus bowringii Oriental House Gecko
- Hemidactylus brookii Brook's House Gecko
- Hemidactylus flaviviridis Northern House Gecko
- Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko
- Hemidactylus gleadowi Gleadow's House Gecko DD
- Hemidactylus kushmorensis Kushmore House Gecko DD
- Hemidactylus leschenaultii Bark Gecko
- Hemidactylus mabouia Tropical House Gecko
- Hemidactylus parvimaculatus Spotted House Gecko
- Hemidactylus platyurus Flat-tailed House Gecko
- Herpetoreas platyceps Himalayan Keelback
- Herpetoreas sieboldii Sikkim Keelback DD
- Hydrophis obscurus Russell's Sea Snake
- Hydrophis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake
- Hydrophis schistosus
- Indotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blindsnake
- Indotyphlops jerdoni Jerdon's Worm Snake
- Japalura tricarinata Cloud-forest Japalure
- Japalura variegata East Himalayan Mountain Lizard
- Lampropholis guichenoti Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink
- Laudakia tuberculata Kashmir Rock Agama
- Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle VU
- Liopeltis rappi Himalayan Stripe-necked Snake
- Liopeltis stoliczkae
- Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
- Lycodon aulicus Indian Wolf Snake
- 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
- Melanochelys tricarinata Three-keeled Land Turtle EN
- Melanochelys trijuga Indian Black Turtle
- Naja kaouthia Monocellate Cobra
- Naja naja Indian Cobra
- Nilssonia gangetica Ganges Softshell Turtle EN
- Nilssonia hurum Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle EN
- Nilssonia nigricans Black Softshell Turtle CR
- Oligodon albocinctus Light-barred Kukri Snake
- Oligodon arnensis Banded kukri snake
- Oligodon cyclurus North-east Indian Kukri Snake
- Oligodon erythrogaster Nagarkot Kukri Snake NT
- Oligodon juglandifer Walnut Kukri Snake VU
- Oligodon kheriensis Coral kukri snake
- Oligodon melaneus Bluebelly Kukri Snake DD
- Oligodon russelius Russell's Kukri Snake
- Oligodon taeniolatus Streaked Kukri Snake
- Oligodon violaceus
- Ophiophagus hannah Northern King Cobra VU
- Ophisops microlepis Small-scaled Lacerta
- Ophisops nictans
- Oreocryptophis porphyraceus Red Mountain Ratsnake
- Ovophis monticola Chinese Mountain Pit Viper
- Pangshura tecta Indian Roofed Turtle VU
- Pangshura tentoria Indian Tent Turtle
- Pareas monticola Common Slug Snake
- Platyceps plinii
- Plectrurus perroteti Nilgiri Burrowing Snake
- Psammodynastes pulverulentus Common Mock Viper
- Psammophilus blanfordanus Blanford's Rock Agama
- Psammophilus dorsalis Rock Dragon
- 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
- Python bivittatus Burmese Python VU
- Python molurus Indian Python NT
- Rhabdophis helleri Heller's Red-necked Keelback
- Rhabdophis himalayanus Orange-collared Keelback
- Rhabdophis subminiatus Red-necked Keelback
- Riopa albopunctata
- Riopa punctata
- Saara hardwickii Hardwick's Spiny-tailed Lizard VU
- Scincella reevesii Reeves's Ground Skink
- Sibynophis collaris Collared Black-headed Snake
- Sibynophis sagittarius Cantor’s black-headed snake
- Sibynophis subpunctatus Black-headed snake
- Sinomicrurus macclellandi MacClelland’s Coral Snake
- Sinomicrurus nigriventer
- Sitana sivalensis Siwalik Sitana
- Smithophis bicolor
- Sphenomorphus indicus Indian Forest Skink
- Sphenomorphus maculatus Spotted Forest Skink
- Trachemys scripta Pond Slider
- Trachischium fuscum Blackbelly Worm-eating Snake
- Trachischium guentheri Coral-bellied Wormsnake VU
- Trachischium monticola Mountain Worm-eating Snake
- Trachischium tenuiceps Yellowbelly Worm-eating Snake DD
- Trachylepis homalocephala Red-sided Skink
- Trachylepis maculilabris Speckle-lipped Mabuya
- Trimeresurus albolabris White-lipped Pit Viper
- Trimeresurus erythrurus Spot-tailed Pitviper
- Trimeresurus mayaae Maya's pit viper
- Trimeresurus popeiorum Pope’s Tree Viper
- Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus Mangrove Viper
- Trimeresurus salazar Salazar's Pit Viper
- Trimeresurus yunnanensis Yunnan Bamboo Pitviper
- Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor NT
- Varanus flavescens Yellow Monitor EN
- Varanus griseus Desert Monitor
- Varanus salvator Common Water Monitor
- Xenochrophis cerasogaster Painted Keelback VU
- Xenopeltis unicolor Asian Sunbeam Snake
- Xylophis perroteti Perrotet's Mountain Snake
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Other species of West Bengal
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