REPTILES OF PAKISTAN No. Common name Scientific name Conservation Status 1 Distribution in Pakistan Pond and River Turtles 1. Spotted Mud Turtle Geoclemys hamiltonii Vulnerable 2. Crowned River Turtle Hardella thurjii Vulnerable 3. Brown River turtle Kachuga smithii Low risk 4. Sawback Turtle Kachuga tecta tecta Tortoise 5 Afghan Tortoise Testudo horsfieldii Vulnerable 6 Sindh Star Tortoise Geochelone elegans Marine Turtle 7. Green turtle Chelonia mydas japonica Endangered 8 Hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricate bissa Critically endangered 9 Olive Ridley turtle Lepidochelys olivacea olivacea Endangered 10 Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta gigas Endangered 11 Leatherback Dermochelys coriascea Critically endangered Softshell Turtles 12 Narrow-headed Softshell Chitra indica Endangered 13 Indian Soft-shell Aspideretes gangeticus Vulnerable 14 Peacock softshell Aspideretes hurum Vulnerable 15 Indian Flapshell Lissemys punctata andersoni Crocodile 16 Mugger Crocodylus palustris palustris Vulnerable Eyelid and lidless Geckos 17 Nikolsky Spider Gecko Cyrtopodium agomuroides 18 Sharp-tailed Spider Gecko Rhinogecko femoralis 19. Blunt-tailed Spider gecko Agamura persica 1 Conservation status is mentioned according to the Red List of IUCN, any species not mentioned in the red list is assumed as not evaluated.
20. Baloch Rock Gecko Alsophylax tuberculatus 21. Fat-tailed Gecko Eublepharis macularis 22. Swat Stone Gecko Cyrtodactylus walli 23. Warty Rock Gecko Cyrtodactylus kachhensis kachhensis 24. Quetta Rock Gecko Cyrtodactylus kachhensis watsoni 25. Ingoldby s Stone Gecko Cyrtodactylus kachhensis ingoldbyi 26. Salt Range Rock Gecko Cyrtodactylus montiumsalsorum 27. Keeled Rock Gecko Cyrtodactylus scaber 28. Minton s Gecko Cyrtodactylus mintoni 29. Hazara Gecko Cyrtodactylus dattanensis 30. Persian pygmy Gecko Tropiocolotes persica 31. Pygmy Flat Gecko Tropiocolotes depressus 32 Spotted Indian house Hemidactylus brookii brookii Gecko 33 Yellow-nellied House Hemidactylus flavivirdis Gecko 34 South Asian Waif Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus 35 Bark Gecko Hemidactylus leschenaultia 36 Persian Gecko Hemidactylus persicus 37 Bloched Gecko Hemidactylus triedrus triedrus 38 Mediterranean Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus turcicus 39. Fan Toe-tip Gecko Ptyodactylus homolepis 40. Balochistan Sand Gecko Crossobamon lumsdenii 41. Whip-tailed Sand Gecko Crossobamon maynardi 42. Sindh Sand Gecko Crossobamon orientalis 43. Batura thin-toed Gecko Tenuidactylus baturensis 44. Fort Munro Gecko Tenuidactylus fortmunroi 45. Soan Sakaser Gecko Tenuidactylus indusoani
46. Red tailed Gecko Tenuidactylus rhodocaudus 47. Rohtas Fort Gecko Tenuidactylus rohtasfortai 48. Sindh Ground Gecko Teratolepis fasciata 49. Baluch Plate-tailed Gecko Teratoscincus microlepis 50. Turkestan Plate-tailed Teratoscincus scincus Gecko 51. Mountain Dwraf Gecko Tropiocolotes depresses 52. Banded Dwarf Gecko Tropiocolotes helenae Agamas 53. Kumaon Agama Japalura kumaonensis 54. Agror Valley Agama Laudakia agrorensis 55. Caucasian Rock Agama Laudakia caucasicus 56. Badkshan Agama Laudakia badakhshana 57. Himalayan Rock Agama Laudakia himalayanus himalyanus 58. Black Rock Agama Laudakia melanurus 59. Yellow-headed Black Laudakia nuptus liratus Agama 60. Laudakia melanurus melanurus 61. Large scaled Agama Laudakia nuptus nuptus 62. Yellow headed Agama Laudakia nuptus fusca 63. Kashmir Rock Agama Laudakia tuberculatus 64. Briliant Agama Trapelus agilus agilus 65. Spotted Ground Agama Trapelus ruderatua 66. Red throated Ground Trapelus rubrigularis 67. Common Ground Agama Trapelus ruderata baluchiana 68. Small tail Ground Agama Brachysaura minor 69. Changeable Lizard Calotes versicolor 70. Northern Forest Lizard Calotes versicolor farooqi 71. Clark s Toad-headed Agama Phrynocephalus clarkorum
72. Beautiful Toad-head Phrynocephalus euptilopus Agama 73. Speckled Toad-headed Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus Agama 74. Black-tailed Toad Agama Phrynocephalus maculates maculatus 75. Ornate Toaded-headed A Phrynocephalus ornatus 76. Grey Toad-headed Agama Phrynocephalus scutellatus Spinytail Lizard 77. Baloch Spiny-tailed Lizard Urommastyx asmusi 78. Common Spiny-tailed Urommastyx hardwickii Chameleons 79. Ceylon Chameleon Chamaeleo chamaeleo zeylanicus Sand Lizards 80. Indian Fringe-toed sand L Acenthodactylus cantoris cantoris 81. Mekran Fringe-toed Sand Acenthodactylus cantoris Lizard blanfordi 82. Yellow-tailed Sand Lizard Acenthodactylus micropholis 83. Recticulate Desert Eremias acutirostris 84. Chagai Desert Eremias aporosceles 85. Short-nosed Desert Eremias brevirostris 86. Yellow-headed desert Eremias faciata 87. Long-tailed Desert Eremias guttulata watsonana 88. Caspian desert Eremias scripta 89. Persian Steppe Eremias velox persica 90. Elegant -eyed Ophisops elegans elegans
91. Punjab -eyed 92. Blanford -eyed 93. Indian -eyed Skinks Ophisops jerdonii Ophisops blanfordi Ophisops microlepis 94. Earless Dwarf Skink Ablepharus grayanus 95. Easterm Dwarf Ablepharus pannonianus 96. Oceelated Skink Chalcides ocellatus ocellatus 97. Orange-tailed Skink Eumeces schneiderii blythianus 98. Zarudny s Skink Eumeces schneiderii zarudnyi 99. Yellow-bellied mole skink Eumeces taeniolatus 100. Thal Skink Eumeces indothalensis 101. Himalayan Ground Skink Leiolopisma himalayana 102. Glacier Skink Leiolopisma ladacensis 103. Striped Grass Skink Mabuya dissimilis 104. Bronze Grass Skink Mabuya macularia 105. Many Keeled Grass Skink Mabuya carinata 106. Mekran sand Swimmer Ophiomorus blanfordi 107. Short-toed Sand Swimmer Ophiomorus blanfordi 108. Indus Sand Swimmer Ophiomorus raithmai 109. Afghan sand Swimmer Ophiomorus tridactylus 110. Dotted garden Skink Riopa punctata Monitor Lizards 111. Yellow Monitor Varanus flavescens 112. Indian Monitor Varanus bengalensis 113. Transcaspian Desert Varanus griseus caspius Monitor 114. Pakistan Desert Monitor Varanus griseus konieczsyi
Blind s 115. Brahminy Blind snake Typhlops braminus 116 Ahsan s Blind Typhlops ahsanai 117. Thick Blind Typhlops diardi platyventris 118 Slender Pakistani Blind Typhlops ductuliformes 119. Madge s Blind Typhlops m. madgemintonai 120. Sherman s Blind Typhlops m. shermanai Thread s 121 Sindh Thread Leptotyphlops blandfordii 122 Beaked Thread Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus Boas 123 Russell s Sand Boa Eryx conicus 124 Indian Sand Boa Eryx johnii johnii 125 Tartary Sand Boa Eryx tataricus speciosus Pythons 126 Indian Python Python molurus molurus Near threatened Colubrids 127 Indian Gamma Boiga trigonata trigonata 128 Dark-headed Gamma Boiga trigonata melanocephala 129 Banded Racer Coluber faciolatus 130 Spotted Desert Racer Coluber karelini karelini 131 Minton s Coluber karelini mintonorum 132 Mountain Racer Coluber ravergeiri ravergeiri 133 Cliff Racer Coluber rhodorachis rhodorachis 134. Red Cliff Racer Coluber rhodorachis ladacensis 135 Kashmir Cliff Racer Coluber rhodorachis
kasmirensis 136 Plain s Racer Coluber v. ventromaculatus 137. Bengal Plain s Racer Coluber ventromaculatus bengalensis 138 Indus Plain s Racer Coluber ventromaculatus indusai 139 Dark-neck Dwarf Racer Pseudocyclophis persica 140 Sindh lake Enhydris pakistanica 141 Common Wolf Lycodon aulicus aulicus 142 Northern Wolf Lycodon striatus striatus 143 Golden Spotted Wolf Lycodon striatus 144 Travancore Wolf Lycodon travancore 145 Maynard s Awl-headed Lytorhynchus maynardi 146 Sindh Awl-headed Lytorhynchus maynardi 147 Afghan Awl-headed Lytorhynchus ridgewayi 148. Flat-headed Keelback Amphiesma platyceps 149 Siebold s Amphiesma sielboldii 150 Striped Keelback Amphiesma stolata stolata 151 Tessellated Water Natrix tessellata tessellata 152. Dark-bellied marsh snake Xenochrophis cerasogaster 153. Johan s water snake Xenochrophis sanctijohannis 154 Checkered Keelback Xenochrophis piscator piscator 155. Russet Kukri Oligodon arnensis 156 Streaked Kukri Oligodon taeniolatus 157 Indian Sand Psammophis condanarus condanarus 158 Pakistan Ribbon Psammophis leithii 159 Steppe Ribbon Psammophis lineolatus 160 Afro-asian Sand Psammophis schokari
161 Dhaman Ptyas mucosus 162 Golden head Sibynophis sagittarius 163 Red-spotted Diadem Spalerosophis arenarius 164 Eastern Diadem Spalerosophis diadema diadema 165 Persian Diadem Spalerosophis diadema schirazianus 166 Indian Desert Cat Telescopus rhinopoma Kraits and Cobras 167 Krait Bungarus caeruleus 168 Sindh Krait Bungarus s. sindanus 169 Northern Punjab Krait Bungarus sindanus razai 170 Indian Cobra Naja naja naja 171 Oxus Cobra Naja naja oxiana Sea 172 Stoke s Sea Astrotia stokesii 173 Beaked Sea snake Enhydrina schistose 174 Many-toothed Sea Hydrophis caerulescens caerulescens 175 Annulated Sea Hydrophis cyanocinctus 176 Spotted Sea Hydrophis fasciatus fasciatus 177 Persian Gulf Sea Hydrophis lapemoides 178 Bombay Sea Hydrophis mamillaris 179 Ornate Sea Hydrophis ornatus ornatus 180 Yellow Sea Hydrophis spiralis 181 Short Sea Lapemis curtus 182 Cantor s Small-headed Microcephalophis cantoris Sea 183 Common Small-headed Sea Microcephalophis gracilis gracilis
184 Pelagic Sea Pelamis platurus 185 Viperine Sea Praescutata viperina Vipers and Pit Vipers 186 Saw-scaled Viper Echis carinatus pyramidum 187 Eastern Saw-scaled Viper Echis carinatus sochureki 188 Transcaspian Saw-scaled Echis carinatus multisquamatus Viper 189 Astola Saw-scaled Viper Echis carinatus astolae 190 Leaf-nosed Viper Eristicophis macmahonii 191 Persian Horned Viper Pseudocerastes persicus persicus 192 Levantine Viper Macrovipera labetina obtuse 193 Russell s Viper Daboia russelii russelii 194 Himalayan Pit Viper Gloydius himalayanus