List of reptiles of Kerala

This is a list of reptile species found in the Kerala, India.

Order: Crocodilia (crocodilians)

Suborder: Eusuchia

Family: Crocodylidae (crocodiles)

Genus: Crocodylus
Crocodylus porosus (saltwater crocodile / കായൽ മുതല)
Crocodylus palustris (mugger crocodile / മഗ്ഗർ മുതല)

Order: Testudines (turtles)

Suborder: Cryptodira

Family: Geoemydidae (pond, river and wood turtles)

Genus: Melanochelys
Melanochelys trijuga (Indian black turtle / കാരാമ)
Genus: Vijayachelys
Vijayachelys silvatica (Cochin forest cane turtle / ചൂരലാമ)

Family: Cheloniidae (sea turtles)

Genus: Chelonia
Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle / പച്ചക്കടലാമ)
Genus: Eretmochelys
Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill sea turtle / ചുണ്ടൻ കടലാമ)
Genus: Lepidochelys
Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley sea turtle / ഒലീവ് റിഡ്‌ലി കടലാമ)

Family: Dermochelyidae (leatherback turtles)

Genus: Dermochelys
Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle / തോൽപ്പുറകൻ കടലാമ)

Family: Testudinidae (tortoises)

Genus: Geochelone
Geochelone elegans (Indian star tortoise / ഇന്ത്യൻ നക്ഷത്ര ആമ)
Genus: Indotestudo
Indotestudo travancorica (Travancore tortoise / കാട്ടാമ)

Family: Trionychidae (softshell turtles)

Genus: Nilssonia
Nilssonia leithii (Leith's softshell turtle)
Genus: Lissemys
Lissemys punctata (Indian flapshell turtle / വെള്ളാമ)
Genus: Pelochelys
Pelochelys cantorii (Cantor's giant softshell turtle / ഭീമനാമ)
Genus: Chitra
Chitra indica (Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle / ചിത്രയാമ)

Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles)

Suborder: Iguania

Family: Agamidae (lizards)

Genus: Calotes
Calotes calotes (common green forest lizard / പച്ചയോന്ത്)
Calotes grandisquamis (large-scaled forest lizard / കാട്ടുപച്ചയോന്ത്)
Calotes nemoricola (Nilgiri forest lizard / നീലഗിരി ഓന്ത്)
Calotes versicolor (oriental garden lizard / ഓറിയന്റൽ ഗാർഡൻ ലിസാർഡ്)
Genus: Monilesaurus

Monilesaurus acanthocephalus (Spiny headed lizard)[1]

Resting individual
Monilesaurus ellioti (Elliot's forest lizard / മുള്ളോന്ത്)

Monilesaurus montanus[2] (Montane forest lizard)

Monilesaurus rouxii (Roux's forest lizard)
Genus: Draco
Draco dussumieri (southern flying lizard / പറയോന്ത്)
Genus: Otocryptis
Otocryptis beddomei (Indian kangaroo lizard / കങ്കാരു ഓന്ത്)
Genus: Psammophilus
Psammophilus blanfordanus (Blanford's rock agama / കൂനൻ പാറയോന്ത്)
Psammophilus dorsalis (peninsular rock agama / പാറയോന്ത്)
Genus: Salea
Salea anamallayana (Anaimalai spiny lizard / ആനമലയോന്ത്)
Salea horsfieldii (Horsfield's spiny lizard / നീലഗിരി മലയോന്ത്)
Genus: Sitana
Sitana ponticeriana (fan-throated lizard / ചങ്കനോന്ത്)

Family: Chamaeleonidae (chameleons)

Genus: Chamaeleo
Chamaeleo zeylanicus (Indian chameleon / മരയോന്ത്)

Family: Gekkonidae (geckoes)

Genus: Cnemaspis
Cnemaspis littoralis (coastal day gecko)
Genus: Geckoella
Geckoella collegalensis (Kollegal ground gecko)
Genus: Gehyra
Gehyra mutilata (four-clawed gecko)
Genus: Hemidactylus
Hemidactylus brookii (Brooke's house gecko)
Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko)
Hemidactylus maculatus (spotted leaf-toed gecko)
Hemidactylus prashadi (Bombay leaf-toed gecko)
Hemidactylus reticulatus (reticulate leaf-toed gecko)
Hemidactylus triedrus (termite hill gecko)

Family: Lacertidae (lacertas)

Genus: Ophisops
Ophisops beddomei (Beddome's snake-eye/lacerta)
Ophisops leschenaultii (Leschenault's snake-eye/lacerta)

Family: Scincidae (skinks)

Genus: Chalcides
Chalcides pentadactylus (five-fingered skink)
Genus: Dasia
Genus: Eutropis
Eutropis carinata (golden skink / അരണ)
Eutropis macularia (bronze grass skink)
Genus: Kaestlea/Scincella
Kaestlea travancorica (Travancore ground skink)
Genus: Riopa
Genus: Lygosoma
Lygosoma punctata (white-spotted supple skink / പാമ്പരണ)
Genus: Ristella
Ristella rurkii (Rurk's cat skink)
Ristella travancorica (Travancore cat skink)
Genus: Sphenomorphus
Sphenomorphus dussumieri (Dussumier's forest skink / കാട്ടരണ)

Family: Varanidae (monitor lizards)

Genus: Varanus
Varanus bengalensis (Bengal/Indian monitor / ഉടുമ്പ്)

Suborder: Serpentes

Family: Acrochordidae (file snakes)

Genus: Acrochordus
Acrochordus granulatus (marine file snake / കായൽ പാമ്പ്)

Family: Colubridae (colubrid snakes)

Genus: Ahaetulla
Ahaetulla dispar (Gunther's vine snake / മലമ്പച്ചോലൻ പാമ്പ്)
Ahaetulla nasuta (green vine snake / പച്ചിലപാമ്പ്‌)
Ahaetulla perroteti (Western Ghats bronzeback / ചോലപ്പച്ചോലൻ‍)
Ahaetulla pulverulenta (brown vine snake / തവിട്ടോലപ്പാമ്പ്)
Genus: Argyrogena
Argyrogena fasciolata (banded racer / വള്ളിച്ചേര)
Genus: Boiga
Boiga beddomei (Beddome's cat snake)
Boiga ceylonensis (Sri Lanka cat snake / കാട്ടുവലയൻ പാമ്പ്)
Boiga forsteni (Forsten's cat snake / കരികുരിയൻ പാമ്പ്)
Boiga nuchalis (collared cat snake / വളയൻ പൂച്ചക്കണ്ണിപ്പാമ്പ്)
Boiga trigonata (common cat snake / പൂച്ചക്കണ്ണൻ)
Genus: Chrysopelea
Chrysopelea ornata (golden tree snake / നാഗത്താൻപാമ്പ്)
Genus: Coelognathus
Coelognathus helena (trinket snake / കാട്ടുപാമ്പ്)
Genus: Dendrelaphis
Dendrelaphis chairecaeos/chairecacos (southern bronzeback / നൽവരയൻകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)
Dendrelaphis girii (Giri's bronzeback / കാട്ടുകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)
Dendrelaphis grandoculis (large-eyed bronzeback / മലകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)
Dendrelaphis tristis (common bronzeback / വില്ലൂന്നി)
Genus: Liopeltis
Genus: Lycodon
Lycodon aulicus (Indian wolf snake / വെള്ളിവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)
Lycodon nympha (bridal snake)
Lycodon striatus (barred wolf snake / വരവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)
Lycodon travancoricus (Travancore wolf snake / തിരുവിതാംകൂർ വെള്ളിവരയൻ‍)
Genus: Oligodon
Oligodon affinis (western kukri / മലഞ്ചുരുട്ട)
Oligodon arnensis (banded kukri / വരയൻ ചുരുട്ട)
Oligodon brevicauda (shorthead kukri / കുട്ടിവാലൻ ചുരുട്ട)
Oligodon taeniolatus (streaked kukri)
Genus: Ptyas
Ptyas mucosa (Indian rat snake / ചേര)
Genus: Rhabdops
Genus: Sibynophis
Sibynophis subpunctatus (Duméril's black-headed snake / എഴുത്താണി ചുരുട്ട)

Family: Erycidae/Erycinae (sand boas)

Genus: Eryx
Eryx conicus (Russell's boa / ഇരുതലൻ മണ്ണൂലി)
Eryx johnii (Indian sand boa / വലിയ മണ്ണൂലി)
Eryx whitakeri (Whitaker's sand boa)

Family: Elapidae (elapid snakes)

Genus: Bungarus
Bungarus caeruleus (common krait / വെള്ളിക്കെട്ടൻ)
Genus: Calliophis
Calliophis bibroni (Bibron's coral snake / എഴുത്താണി വളയൻ)
Calliophis nigrescens (black coral snake / ഇരുളൻ പവിഴപ്പാമ്പ്)
Genus: Hydrophis
Hydrophis cyanocinctus (annulated sea snake / നീലവരയൻ)
Hydrophis ornatus (ornate reef sea snake / ചിറ്റുളിപ്പാമ്പ്)
Hydrophis platurus (yellow-bellied sea snake / മഞ്ഞക്കറുപ്പൻ പാമ്പ്)
Hydrophis schistosus (hook-nosed sea snake / വലകടിയൻ കടൽപാമ്പ്)
Genus: Naja
Naja naja (Indian cobra / ഇന്ത്യൻ മൂർഖൻ)
Genus: Ophiophagus
Ophiophagus hannah (king cobra / രാജവെമ്പാല)

Family: Gerrhopilidae (worm snakes)

Genus: Gerrhopilus/Typhlops

Family: Homalopsidae (mud snakes)

Genus: Cerberus
Cerberus rynchops (dog-faced water snake / ആറ്റുവായ്പ്പാമ്പ്)
Genus: Dieurostus
Dieurostus dussumierii (Dussumier's water snake / ചെളിക്കൂട)
Genus: Gerarda

Family: Natricidae/Natricinae (Keelbacks)

Genus: Atretium
Atretium schistosum (split keelback / പച്ചനീർമണ്ഡലി)
Genus: Amphiesma
Amphiesma stolatum (buff striped keelback / തെയ്യാൻ പാമ്പ്)
Genus: Hebius
Hebius beddomei (Nilgiri keelback)
Amphiesma monticola (hill keelback / കാട്ടുനീർക്കോലി)
Genus: Rhabdophis
Rhabdophis plumbicolor (green keelback / പച്ചനാഗം)
Genus: Fowlea
Fowlea piscator (checkered keelback / നീർക്കോലി)

Family: Pythonidae (pythons)

Genus: Python
Python molurus (Indian python / മലമ്പാമ്പ്)

Family: Typhlopidae (blind snakes)

Genus: Grypotyphlops
Genus: Indotyphlops
Indotyphlops braminus (brahminy blind snake)

Family: Uropeltidae (shieldtails)

Genus: Teretrurus
Genus: Melanophidium
Melanophidium bilineatum (two-lined black shieldtail)
Melanophidium punctatum (Beddome's black shieldtail)
Genus: Platyplectrurus
Genus: Plectrurus
Plectrurus guentheri (Günther's burrowing snake)
Plectrurus perrotetii (Nilgiri burrowing snake)
Genus: Rhinophis
Rhinophis fergusonianus (Cardamom Hills earth snake)
Rhinophis sanguineus (red-bellied shieldtail)
Genus: Teretrurus
Genus: Uropeltis
Uropeltis ceylanica (Kerala shieldtail)
Uropeltis liura (Günther's earth snake)
Uropeltis pulneyensis (Palni shieldtail / പഴനിപ്പാമ്പ്)
Uropeltis rubromaculata/rubromaculatus (red-spotted shieldtail / കുങ്കുമപ്പൊട്ടൻ പാമ്പ്)

Family: Viperidae (vipers)

Genus: Daboia
Daboia russelii (Russell's viper / അണലി)
Genus: Echis
Echis carinatus (saw-scaled viper / ചുരുട്ടമണ്ഡലി)
Genus: Hypnale
Hypnale hypnale (hump-nosed viper / മുഴമൂക്കൻ കുഴിമണ്ഡലി)
Genus: Trimeresurus
Trimeresurus gramineus (bamboo pit viper / മുളമണ്ഡലി)
Trimeresurus macrolepis (large-scaled pit viper / ചട്ടിത്തലയൻ കുഴിമണ്ഡലി)
Trimeresurus malabaricus (Malabar pit viper / ചോലമണ്ഡലി)

Family: Xenodermatidae (narrow-headed snakes)

Genus: Xylophis
Xylophis perroteti (Perrotet's mountain snake)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pal, Saunak; Vijayakumar, S. P.; Shanker, Kartik; Jayarajan, Aditi; Deepak, V. (2018-09-19). "A systematic revision of Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Western Ghats adds two genera and reveals two new species". Zootaxa. 4482 (3): 401–450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4482.3.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  2. ↑ Pal, Saunak; Vijayakumar, S. P.; Shanker, Kartik; Jayarajan, Aditi; Deepak, V. (2018-09-19). "A systematic revision of Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Western Ghats adds two genera and reveals two new species". Zootaxa. 4482 (3): 401–450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4482.3.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  • Palot, M. J. (2015). "A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 7 (13): 8010–8022
  • Indian snake checklist
  • Daniel, J. C.(2002). The Book of Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-566099-4

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