Reptiles of the Western Ghats

Threatened reptiles of the Western Ghats (33)

• Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis Kottiyoor Round-eyed Gecko CR
• Hemidactylus sataraensis Satara Gecko CR
• Nilssonia leithii Leith's Softshell Turtle CR
• Sarada superba Superb Large Fan-throated Lizard CR
• Ahaetulla perroteti Western Ghats Bronzeback EN
• Calliophis castoe Castoe's Coralsnake EN
• Cnemaspis flaviventralis Yellow-bellied Round-eyed Gecko EN
• Cnemaspis goaensis Goan Round-eyed Gecko EN
• Cnemaspis kandiana Kandy Round-eyed Gecko EN
• Cnemaspis wynadensis Wynaad Round-eyed Gecko EN
• Cyrtodactylus speciosus Erode Bent-toed Gecko EN
• Hemidactylus scabriceps Scaly Gecko EN
• Melanophidium khairei Khaire's black earth snake EN
• Microauris aurantolabium Orange-lippedforest lizard EN
• Monilesaurus acanthocephalus Spiny-headed Forest Lizard EN
• Nilssonia gangetica Ganges Softshell Turtle EN
• Platyplectrurus madurensis Madurai Shieldtail EN
• Proahaetulla antiqua EN
• Rhinophis travancoricus Tamil Nadu Earth Snake EN
• Sitana marudhamneydhal Serrated fan-throated lizard EN
• Uropeltis madurensis Madurai Shieldtail EN
• Vijayachelys silvatica Cane Turtle EN
• Cnemaspis indica Nilgiri Round-eyed Gecko VU
• Crocodylus palustris Mugger Crocodile VU
• Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise VU
• Indotestudo travancorica Travancore Tortoise VU
• Kaestlea laterimaculata VU
• Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle VU
• Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle VU
• Melanophidium punctatum Beddome's Black Earth Snake VU
• Oligodon brevicauda Shorthead Kukri Snake VU
• Ophiophagus hannah Northern King Cobra VU
• Uropeltis phipsonii Phipson's Shieldtail VU

All reptiles of the Western Ghats on the list (293)

• Acrochordus granulatus Little File Snake
• Agasthyagama edge
• Ahaetulla borealis
• Ahaetulla dispar Günther's Vine Snake NT
• Ahaetulla farnsworthi
• Ahaetulla isabellina
• Ahaetulla laudankia
• Ahaetulla malabarica
• Ahaetulla nasuta Long-nosed Whipsnake
• Ahaetulla oxyrhynca
• Ahaetulla perroteti Western Ghats Bronzeback EN
• Ahaetulla pulverulenta Brown-speckled Whipsnake
• Ahaetulla sahyadrensis
• Ahaetulla travancorica
• Amphiesma monticola Wynad Keelback
• Amphiesma stolatum Buff Striped Keelback
• Argyrogena fasciolata Banded Racer
• Atretium schistosum Split Keelback
• Boiga beddomei Beddome's Cat Snake
• Boiga ceylonensis Sri Lanka Cat Snake
• Boiga dightoni Pirmad Cat Snake DD
• Boiga flaviviridis Yellow-green Cat Snake
• Boiga forsteni Forsten's Cat Snake
• Boiga nuchalis Collared Cat Snake
• Boiga thackerayi
• Boiga trigonata Common Cat Snake
• Bungarus caeruleus Common Krait
• Bungarus sindanus Sind Krait
• Calliophis bibroni Bibron's Slender Coralsnake
• Calliophis castoe Castoe's Coralsnake EN
• Calliophis melanurus Slender Coralsnake
• Calliophis nigrescens Black Coralsnake
• Calotes calotes Common Green Forest Lizard
• Calotes emma Forest Garden Lizard
• Calotes grandisquamis Large Scaled Forest Lizard
• Calotes nemoricola Nilgiri Forest Lizard
• Calotes versicolor Indian Garden Lizard
• Cerberus rynchops Asian Bockadam
• Chamaeleo zeylanicus Indian Chameleon
• Chrysopelea ornata Golden Tree Snake
• Chrysopelea taprobanica Sri Lankan Flying Snake
• Cnemaspis aaronbaueri
• Cnemaspis ajijae
• Cnemaspis amba DD
• Cnemaspis amboliensis DD
• Cnemaspis anamudiensis
• Cnemaspis australis Tirunelveli Round-eyed Gecko DD
• Cnemaspis azhagu
• Cnemaspis beddomei Travancore Round-eyed Gecko DD
• Cnemaspis chengodumalaensis
• Cnemaspis flavigularis
• 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 heteropholis Strange-scaled Round-eyed Gecko NT
• Cnemaspis indica Nilgiri Round-eyed Gecko VU
• Cnemaspis kandiana Kandy Round-eyed Gecko EN
• Cnemaspis kanyakumariensis
• Cnemaspis kolhapurensis Kolhapur Round-eyed Gecko DD
• Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis Kottiyoor Round-eyed Gecko CR
• Cnemaspis koynaensis DD
• Cnemaspis limayei DD
• Cnemaspis littoralis Coastal Round-eyed Gecko DD
• Cnemaspis maculicollis
• Cnemaspis magnifica
• Cnemaspis mahabali DD
• Cnemaspis monticola Kerala Round-eyed Gecko DD
• Cnemaspis mysoriensis Mysore Round-eyed Gecko
• Cnemaspis nairi Ponmudi Round-eyed Gecko NT
• Cnemaspis nilagirica Nilgiri Round-eyed Gecko NT
• Cnemaspis ornata Ornate Round-eyed Gecko NT
• Cnemaspis palakkadensis
• Cnemaspis palanica
• Cnemaspis persephone
• Cnemaspis rajgadensis
• Cnemaspis ranganaensis
• Cnemaspis sanctus
• Cnemaspis sisparensis Sispara Round-eyed Gecko NT
• Cnemaspis smaug
• Cnemaspis vijayae
• Cnemaspis wynadensis Wynaad Round-eyed Gecko EN
• Cnemaspis zacharyi
• Coelognathus helena Trinket Snake
• Coronella brachyura Indian Smooth Snake
• Craspedocephalus anamallensis Anamala Pit Viper
• Craspedocephalus gramineus
• Craspedocephalus macrolepis NT
• Craspedocephalus malabaricus Malabarian Pit Viper
• Craspedocephalus occidentalis Western bamboo pit viper
• Craspedocephalus peltopelor
• Craspedocephalus strigatus
• Craspedocephalus travancoricus Travancore Pit Viper
• Crocodylus palustris Mugger Crocodile VU
• Cyrtodactylus albofasciatus White-banded Ground Gecko
• Cyrtodactylus aravindi
• Cyrtodactylus chengodumalaensis
• Cyrtodactylus collegalensis Kollegal Bent-toed Gecko
• Cyrtodactylus deccanensis Deccan Ground Gecko
• Cyrtodactylus speciosus Erode Bent-toed Gecko EN
• Cyrtodactylus varadgirii Giri's Geckoella
• Daboia russelii Russell's Viper
• Dasia johnsinghi Barred Tree Skink DD
• Dendrelaphis ashoki Ashok's Bronzeback
• Dendrelaphis bifrenalis Boulenger's Bronzeback
• Dendrelaphis chairecacos Karnataka Bronzeback DD
• Dendrelaphis cyanochloris Blue Bronzeback
• Dendrelaphis girii Giri's Bronzeback
• Dendrelaphis grandoculis Large-eyed bronzeback
• Dendrelaphis tristis Common Bronzeback Tree Snake
• Dieurostus dussumieri Kerala Mud Snake NT
• Draco dussumieri Western Ghats Flying Lizard
• Dravidogecko anamallensis NT
• Dravidogecko beddomei
• Dravidogecko douglasadamsi
• Dravidogecko janakiae
• Dravidogecko meghamalaiensis
• Dravidogecko septentrionalis Wayanad Dravid Gecko
• Dravidogecko smithi
• Dravidogecko tholpalli
• 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
• Eutropis allapallensis Allapalli Grass Skink
• Eutropis beddomei
• Eutropis bibronii Bibron's Skink NT
• Eutropis brevis
• Eutropis carinata Keeled Indian Mabuya
• Eutropis dawsoni
• Eutropis macularia Bronze Grass Skink
• Fowlea piscator
• Gehyra mutilata Common Four-clawed Gecko
• Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise VU
• Gonyosoma prasinum Green Bush Rat Snake
• Grypotyphlops acutus Beaked Blind Snake
• Hebius beddomei Nilgiri keelback
• Hebius monticola Wynad Keelback
• Hemidactylus aaronbaueri Aaron Bauer's House Gecko
• Hemidactylus acanthopholis Spiny-scaled Rock Gecko DD
• Hemidactylus amarasinghei
• Hemidactylus brookii Brook's House Gecko
• Hemidactylus flaviviridis Northern House Gecko
• Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko
• Hemidactylus gracilis Graceful Leaf-toed Gecko
• Hemidactylus leschenaultii Bark Gecko
• Hemidactylus maculatus Giant Spotted Gecko
• Hemidactylus murrayi Murray's House Gecko
• Hemidactylus paaragowli Travancore Rock Gecko DD
• Hemidactylus parvimaculatus Spotted House Gecko
• Hemidactylus prashadi Bombay Leaf-toed Gecko
• Hemidactylus sahgali
• Hemidactylus sataraensis Satara Gecko CR
• Hemidactylus scabriceps Scaly Gecko EN
• Hemidactylus triedrus Blotched house gecko
• Hemidactylus vanam Megamalai Rock Gecko DD
• Hemidactylus varadgirii DD
• Hemidactylus whitakeri
• Hemiphyllodactylus jnana
• Hemiphyllodactylus nilgiriensis
• Hemiphyllodactylus peninsularis
• Hydrophis schistosus
• Hypnale hypnale Hump-nosed Viper
• Indotestudo travancorica Travancore Tortoise VU
• Indotyphlops braminus Brahminy Blindsnake
• Japalura austeniana
• Kaestlea beddomii
• Kaestlea bilineata Two-lined Ground Skink
• Kaestlea laterimaculata VU
• Kaestlea palnica Palni Hills Ground Skink DD
• Kaestlea travancorica Travancore Ground Skink
• Lankascincus fallax Common Lanka Skink
• Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle VU
• Lepidodactylus lugubris Mourning Gecko
• 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 nympha
• Lycodon striatus Barred Wolf Snake
• Lycodon travancoricus Travancore Wolf Snake
• Melanochelys trijuga Indian Black Turtle
• Melanophidium khairei Khaire's black earth snake EN
• Melanophidium punctatum Beddome's Black Earth Snake VU
• Melanophidium wynaudense Indian Black Earth Snake
• Microauris aurantolabium Orange-lippedforest lizard EN
• Monilesaurus acanthocephalus Spiny-headed Forest Lizard EN
• Monilesaurus ellioti
• Monilesaurus montanus
• Monilesaurus rouxii
• Naja naja Indian Cobra
• Nilssonia gangetica Ganges Softshell Turtle EN
• Nilssonia leithii Leith's Softshell Turtle CR
• Oligodon affinis Malabar Brown Kukri Snake
• Oligodon arnensis Banded kukri snake
• Oligodon brevicauda Shorthead Kukri Snake VU
• Oligodon taeniolatus Streaked Kukri Snake
• Oligodon tillacki Tillack's Kukri Snake
• Oligodon travancoricus Travancore Kukri Snake DD
• Oligodon trilineatus Three-lined Kukri Snake
• Oligodon venustus Jerdon's Kukri Snake
• Ophiophagus hannah Northern King Cobra VU
• Ophiophagus kaalinga
• Ophisops beddomei Beddome's snake-eye
• Ophisops jerdonii Jerdon's Snake-eye
• Ophisops leschenaultii Leschenault's Snake-Eye
• Platyceps gracilis Graceful Racer DD
• Platyceps josephi
• Platyceps plinii
• Platyplectrurus madurensis Madurai Shieldtail EN
• Platyplectrurus trilineatus Three-lined Shieldtail DD
• Plectrurus aureus Kerala Burrowing Snake DD
• Plectrurus guentheri Günther's Burrowing Snake DD
• Plectrurus perroteti Nilgiri Burrowing Snake
• Proahaetulla antiqua EN
• Psammophilus blanfordanus Blanford's Rock Agama
• Psammophilus dorsalis Rock Dragon
• 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
• Rhabdophis plumbicolor
• Rhabdops aquaticus Water Rhabdops
• Rhabdops olivaceus Olive Trapezoid Snake NT
• Rhinophis fergusonianus Cardamom Hills Earth Snake DD
• Rhinophis karinthandani
• Rhinophis melanoleucus
• Rhinophis sanguineus Salty Earth Snake
• Rhinophis siruvaniensis
• Rhinophis travancoricus Tamil Nadu Earth Snake EN
• Riopa guentheri
• Riopa lineata
• Riopa lineolata
• Riopa punctata
• Ristella beddomii Beddome's Cat Skink
• Ristella guentheri Günther's Ristella DD
• Ristella rurkii Rurk's Cat Skink NT
• Ristella travancorica Travancore Ristella DD
• Sahyadriophis beddomei Nilgiri keelback
• Sahyadriophis uttaraghati Northern sahyadri keelback
• Salea anamallayana Anaimalai Spiny Lizard
• Salea horsfieldii Horsfield's Spiny Lizard
• Sarada deccanensis
• Sarada superba Superb Large Fan-throated Lizard CR
• Sibynophis collaris Collared Black-headed Snake
• Sibynophis sagittarius Cantor’s black-headed snake
• Sibynophis subpunctatus Black-headed snake
• Sitana marudhamneydhal Serrated fan-throated lizard EN
• Sitana ponticeriana Pondichéry Fan-throated Lizard
• Sitana spinaecephalus Spiny-headed fan-throated lizard
• Sphenomorphus dussumieri Dussumier's Litter Skink
• Teretrurus albiventer
• Teretrurus hewstoni
• Teretrurus sanguineus Purple-red Earth Snake
• Teretrurus siruvaniensis
• Teretrurus travancoricus
• Trachemys scripta Pond Slider
• Trachylepis homalocephala Red-sided Skink
• Trimeresurus gramineus Bamboo Viper
• Tropidolaemus huttoni Hutton’s Pitviper DD
• Uropeltis arcticeps Gunther's Shieldtail DD
• Uropeltis beddomii Beddome's Earth Snake DD
• Uropeltis bhupathyi DD
• Uropeltis bicatenata Bicatenate Uropeltis NT
• Uropeltis caudomaculata
• Uropeltis ceylanica DD
• Uropeltis ellioti Elliot's Earth Snake
• Uropeltis grandis Smith's Earth Snake NT
• Uropeltis jerdoni
• Uropeltis liura Günther's Earth Snake DD
• Uropeltis macrolepis Bombay Earth Snake
• Uropeltis maculata DD
• Uropeltis madurensis Madurai Shieldtail EN
• Uropeltis myhendrae Boulenger's Earth Snake DD
• Uropeltis nitida Southern Earth Snake DD
• Uropeltis ocellata
• Uropeltis phipsonii Phipson's Shieldtail VU
• Uropeltis pulneyensis Indian Earth Snake
• Uropeltis rubrolineata Red-lined Earth Snake
• Uropeltis rubromaculata
• Uropeltis tricuspida
• Uropeltis woodmasoni Palni Uropeltis
• Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor NT
• Varanus salvator Common Water Monitor
• Vijayachelys silvatica Cane Turtle EN
• Xylophis captaini Captain’s Wood Snake
• Xylophis chenkaruppan
• Xylophis mosaicus Anamalai Wood Snake
• Xylophis perroteti Perrotet's Mountain Snake
• Xylophis stenorhynchus Günther's Mountain Snake DD

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