# 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)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Head

###### Crocodylus palustris (mugger crocodile / മഗ്ഗർ മുതല)

* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Head

## Order: Testudines (turtles)
### Suborder: Cryptodira
#### Family: Geoemydidae (pond, river and wood turtles)
##### Genus: Melanochelys
###### Melanochelys trijuga (Indian black turtle / കാരാമ)

* Illustration
* Lateral view
* Lateral view

##### Genus: Vijayachelys
###### Vijayachelys silvatica (Cochin forest cane turtle / ചൂരലാമ)

* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Front view

#### Family: Cheloniidae (sea turtles)
##### Genus: Chelonia
###### Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle / പച്ചക്കടലാമ)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Front view
* Hatchling

##### Genus: Eretmochelys
###### Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill sea turtle / ചുണ്ടൻ കടലാമ)

* Dorsal view
* Ventral view
* Lateral view
* Head

##### Genus: Lepidochelys
###### Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley sea turtle / ഒലീവ് റിഡ്‌ലി കടലാമ)

* Lateral view
* Nesting
* Hatchling

#### Family: Dermochelyidae (leatherback turtles)
##### Genus: Dermochelys
###### Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle / തോൽപ്പുറകൻ കടലാമ)

* Illustration
* Lateral view
* Crawling
* Hatchling
* Oesophagus showing spines to retain prey

#### Family: Testudinidae (tortoises)
##### Genus: Geochelone
###### Geochelone elegans (Indian star tortoise / ഇന്ത്യൻ നക്ഷത്ര ആമ)

* Illustration
* Lateral view
* Lateral view

##### Genus: Indotestudo
###### Indotestudo travancorica (Travancore tortoise / കാട്ടാമ)

* Lateral view

#### Family: Trionychidae (softshell turtles)
##### Genus: Nilssonia
###### Nilssonia leithii (Leith's softshell turtle)

* Head

##### Genus: Lissemys
###### Lissemys punctata (Indian flapshell turtle / വെള്ളാമ)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Front view

##### Genus: Pelochelys
###### Pelochelys cantorii (Cantor's giant softshell turtle / ഭീമനാമ)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Front view

##### Genus: Chitra
###### Chitra indica (Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle / ചിത്രയാമ)

* Lateral view
* Skeleton

## Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles)
### Suborder: Iguania
#### Family: Agamidae (lizards)
##### Genus: Calotes
###### Calotesdd calotes (common green forest lizard / പച്ചയോന്ത്)

* Illustration
* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Head

###### Calotes grandisquamis (large-scaled forest lizard / കാട്ടുപച്ചയോന്ത്)

* Illustration
* Lateral view
* Head
* Head

###### Calotes nemoricola (Nilgiri forest lizard / നീലഗിരി ഓന്ത്)

* Lateral view

###### Calotes versicolor (oriental garden lizard / ഓറിയന്റൽ ഗാർഡൻ ലിസാർഡ്)

* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Head
* Male in breeding season

##### Genus: Monilesaurus
###### Monilesaurus ellioti (Elliot's forest lizard / മുള്ളോന്ത്)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Head
* Head
* Female

###### Monilesaurus rouxii (Roux's forest lizard)

* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Head

##### Genus: Draco
###### Draco dussumieri (southern flying lizard / പറയോന്ത്)

* Illustration
* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Head

##### Genus: Otocryptis
###### Otocryptis beddomei (Indian kangaroo lizard / കങ്കാരു ഓന്ത്)

* Illustration
* Dorsal view
* Lateral view

##### Genus: Psammophilus
###### Psammophilus blanfordanus (Blanford's rock agama / കൂനൻ പാറയോന്ത്)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Head
* Breeding color

###### Psammophilus dorsalis (peninsular rock agama / പാറയോന്ത്)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Front view
* Female

##### Genus: Salea
###### Salea anamallayana (Anaimalai spiny lizard / ആനമലയോന്ത്)

* Illustration
* Lateral view
* Head

###### Salea horsfieldii (Horsfield's spiny lizard / നീലഗിരി മലയോന്ത്)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Head

##### Genus: Sitana
###### Sitana ponticeriana (fan-throated lizard / ചങ്കനോന്ത്)

* Illustration
* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Ventral view
* Breeding colors

#### Family: Chamaeleonidae (chameleons)
##### Genus: Chamaeleo
###### Chamaeleo zeylanicus (Indian chameleon / മരയോന്ത്)

* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Head

#### Family: Gekkonidae (geckoes)
##### Genus: Cnemaspis
###### Cnemaspis littoralis (coastal day gecko)

* Lateral view

###### Cnemaspis wynadensis (Wyanad day gecko)
##### Genus: Geckoella
###### Geckoella collegalensis (Kollegal ground gecko)

* Lateral view

##### Genus: Gehyra
###### Gehyra mutilata (four-clawed gecko)

* Lateral view
* Head

##### Genus: Hemidactylus
###### Hemidactylus brookii (Brooke's house gecko)

* Illustration
* Lateral view
* Head

###### Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko)

* Illustration
* Dorsal view
* Dorsal view

###### Hemidactylus maculatus (spotted leaf-toed gecko)

* Dorsal view

###### Hemidactylus prashadi (Bombay leaf-toed gecko)

* Dorsal view

###### Hemidactylus reticulatus (reticulate leaf-toed gecko)

* Dorsal view

###### Hemidactylus triedrus (termite hill gecko)

* Dorsal view
* Dorsal view
* Dorsal view

#### Family: Lacertidae (lacertas)
##### Genus: Ophisops
###### Ophisops beddomei (Beddome's snake-eye/lacerta)

* Dorsal view

###### Ophisops leschenaultii (Leschenault's snake-eye/lacerta)

* Dorsal view
* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Head

#### Family: Scincidae (skinks)
##### Genus: Chalcides
###### Chalcides pentadactylus (five-fingered skink)

* Illustration
* Illustration

##### Genus: Eutropis
###### Eutropis beddomii (Beddome's skink)
###### Eutropis carinata (golden skink / അരണ)

* Illustration
* Dorsal view
* Lateral view

###### Eutropis macularia (bronze grass skink)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Head

##### Genus: Kaestlea/Scincella
###### Kaestlea travancorica (Travancore ground skink)

* Dorsal view

##### Genus: Lygosoma
###### Lygosoma punctata (white-spotted supple skink / പാമ്പരണ)

* Dorsal view

##### Genus: Ristella
###### Ristella rurkii (Rurk's cat skink)

* Claw pattern

###### Ristella travancorica (Travancore cat skink)

* Dorsal view
* Head

##### Genus: Sphenomorphus
###### Sphenomorphus dussumieri (Dussumier's forest skink / കാട്ടരണ)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Lateral view

#### Family: Varanidae (monitor lizards)
##### Genus: Varanus
###### Varanus bengalensis (Bengal/Indian monitor / ഉടുമ്പ്)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Front view
* Head
* Head (juvenile)

### Suborder: Serpentes
#### Family: Acrochordidae (file snakes)
##### Genus: Acrochordus
###### Acrochordus granulatus (marine file snake / കായൽ പാമ്പ്)

* Illustration
* Lateral view

#### Family: Colubridae (colubrid snakes)
##### Genus: Ahaetulla
###### Ahaetulla dispar (Gunther's vine snake / മലമ്പച്ചോലൻ പാമ്പ്)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Head

###### Ahaetulla nasuta (green vine snake / പച്ചിലപാമ്പ്‌)

* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Head

###### Ahaetulla perroteti (Western Ghats bronzeback / ചോലപ്പച്ചോലൻ‍)

* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Head

###### Ahaetulla pulverulenta (brown vine snake / തവിട്ടോലപ്പാമ്പ്)

* Illustration
* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Head

##### Genus: Argyrogena
###### Argyrogena fasciolata (banded racer / വള്ളിച്ചേര)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Head

##### Genus: Boiga
###### Boiga beddomei (Beddome's cat snake)

* Head

###### Boiga ceylonensis (Sri Lanka cat snake / കാട്ടുവലയൻ പാമ്പ്)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Head

###### Boiga forsteni (Forsten's cat snake / കരികുരിയൻ പാമ്പ്)

* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Lateral view

###### Boiga nuchalis (collared cat snake / വളയൻ പൂച്ചക്കണ്ണിപ്പാമ്പ്)

* Lateral view

###### Boiga trigonata (common cat snake / പൂച്ചക്കണ്ണൻ)

* Illustration
* Lateral view
* Front view

##### Genus: Chrysopelea
###### Chrysopelea ornata (golden tree snake / നാഗത്താൻപാമ്പ്)

* Dorsal view
* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Head

##### Genus: Coelognathus
###### Coelognathus helena (trinket snake / കാട്ടുപാമ്പ്)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Head

##### Genus: Dendrelaphis
###### Dendrelaphis chairecaeos/chairecacos (southern bronzeback / നൽവരയൻകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)

* Head

###### Dendrelaphis girii (Giri's bronzeback / കാട്ടുകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)

* Lateral view
* Head

###### Dendrelaphis grandoculis (large-eyed bronzeback / മലകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)

* Lateral view
* Head

###### Dendrelaphis tristis (common bronzeback / വില്ലൂന്നി)

* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Head
* Front view

##### Genus: Lycodon
###### Lycodon aulicus (Indian wolf snake / വെള്ളിവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)

* Lateral view
* Dorsal view
* Dorsal view
* Melanistic form

###### Lycodon nympha (bridal snake)

* Dorsal view

###### Lycodon striatus (barred wolf snake / വരവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)

* Illustration
* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Head

###### Lycodon travancoricus (Travancore wolf snake / തിരുവിതാംകൂർ വെള്ളിവരയൻ‍)

* Dorsal view
* Dorsal view
* Ventral view
* Head

##### Genus: Oligodon
###### Oligodon affinis (western kukri / മലഞ്ചുരുട്ട)

* Illustration
* Dorsal view
* Head

###### Oligodon arnensis (banded kukri / വരയൻ ചുരുട്ട)

* Illustration
* Dorsal view
* Head

###### Oligodon brevicauda (shorthead kukri / കുട്ടിവാലൻ ചുരുട്ട)

* Illustration
* Lateral view
* Head

###### Oligodon taeniolatus (streaked kukri)

* Illustration
* Dorsal view
* Dorsal view
* Dorsal view
* Head

###### Oligodon venustus (Jerdon's kukri / ഒരച്ചുരുട്ട)
##### Genus: Ptyas
###### Ptyas mucosa (Indian rat snake / ചേര)

* Illustration
* Lateral view
* Courtship
* Head

##### Genus: Sibynophis
###### Sibynophis subpunctatus (Duméril's black-headed snake / എഴുത്താണി ചുരുട്ട)

* Dorsal view

#### Family: Erycidae/Erycinae (sand boas)
##### Genus: Eryx
###### Eryx conicus (Russell's boa / ഇരുതലൻ മണ്ണൂലി)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Head

###### Eryx johnii (Indian sand boa / വലിയ മണ്ണൂലി)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Head

###### Eryx whitakeri (Whitaker's sand boa)

* Dorsal view
* Head

#### Family: Elapidae (elapid snakes)
##### Genus: Bungarus
###### Bungarus caeruleus (common krait / വെള്ളിക്കെട്ടൻ)

* Illustration
* Dorsal view

##### Genus: Calliophis
###### Calliophis bibroni (Bibron's coral snake / എഴുത്താണി വളയൻ)

* Lateral view
* Head

###### Calliophis nigrescens (black coral snake / ഇരുളൻ പവിഴപ്പാമ്പ്)

* Ventral view

##### Genus: Hydrophis
###### Hydrophis cyanocinctus (annulated sea snake / നീലവരയൻ)

* Illustration

###### Hydrophis platurus (yellow-bellied sea snake / മഞ്ഞക്കറുപ്പൻ പാമ്പ്)

* Illustration
* Dorsal view

###### Hydrophis schistosus (hook-nosed sea snake / വലകടിയൻ കടൽപാമ്പ്)

* Illustration

##### Genus: Naja
###### Naja naja (Indian cobra / ഇന്ത്യൻ മൂർഖൻ)

* Head
* Head

##### Genus: Ophiophagus
###### Ophiophagus hannah (king cobra / രാജവെമ്പാല)

* Illustration
* Head

#### Family: Homalopsidae (mud snakes)
##### Genus: Cerberus
###### Cerberus rynchops (dog-faced water snake / ആറ്റുവായ്പ്പാമ്പ്)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view

##### Genus: Dieurostus
###### Dieurostus dussumierii (Dussumier's water snake / ചെളിക്കൂട)

* Lateral view

##### Genus: Gerarda
###### Gerarda prevostiana (Gerard's water snake / പച്ചാറ്റുവായ്പ്പാമ്പ്)
#### Family: Natricidae/Natricinae (Keelbacks)
##### Genus: Atretium
###### Atretium schistosum (split keelback / പച്ചനീർമണ്ഡലി)

* Dorsal view
* Head

##### Genus: Amphiesma
###### Amphiesma stolatum (buff striped keelback / തെയ്യാൻ പാമ്പ്)

* Dorsal view
* Dorsal view
* Head
* Head
* Eggs

##### Genus: Hebius
###### Hebius beddomei (Nilgiri keelback)

* Head
* Head

###### Amphiesma monticola (hill keelback / കാട്ടുനീർക്കോലി)

* Dorsal view
* Head
* Head

##### Genus: Rhabdophis
###### Rhabdophis plumbicolor (green keelback / പച്ചനാഗം)

* Illustration
* Lateral view (adult)
* Dorsal view (juvenile)
* Lateral view (juvenile)
* Head

##### Genus: Fowlea
###### Fowlea piscator (checkered keelback / നീർക്കോലി)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Head

#### Family: Pythonidae (pythons)
##### Genus: Python
###### Python molurus (Indian python / മലമ്പാമ്പ്)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Head
* Eggs

#### Family: Uropeltidae (shieldtails)
##### Genus: Teretrurus
###### Teretrurus rhodogaster (Wall's shield tail)
##### Genus: Melanophidium
###### Melanophidium bilineatum (two-lined black shieldtail)

* Illustration
* Dorsal view

###### Melanophidium punctatum (Beddome's black shieldtail)

* Illustration

###### Melanophidium wynaudense (Indian black earth snake)
##### Genus: Plectrurus
###### Plectrurus aureus (Kerala burrowing snake)
###### Plectrurus guentheri (Günther's burrowing snake)

* Illustration
* Dorsal view

###### Plectrurus perrotetii (Nilgiri burrowing snake)

* Dorsal view

##### Genus: Rhinophis
###### Rhinophis fergusonianus (Cardamom Hills earth snake)

* Illustration

###### Rhinophis sanguineus (red-bellied shieldtail)

* Illustration

###### Rhinophis travancoricus (Travancore shieldtail)
##### Genus: Uropeltis
###### Uropeltis arcticeps (Thirunelveli earth snake)
###### Uropeltis ceylanica (Kerala shieldtail)

* Illustration
* Illustration

###### Uropeltis liura (Günther's earth snake)

* Illustration

###### Uropeltis pulneyensis (Palni shieldtail / പഴനിപ്പാമ്പ്)

* Illustration

###### Uropeltis rubromaculata/rubromaculatus (red-spotted shieldtail / കുങ്കുമപ്പൊട്ടൻ പാമ്പ്)

* Lateral view

###### Uropeltis woodmasoni (Wood-Mason's earth snake / കരടിയിരുതലയൻ പാമ്പ്)
#### Family: Viperidae (vipers)
##### Genus: Daboia
###### Daboia russelii (Russell's viper / അണലി)

* Illustration
* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Head

##### Genus: Echis
###### Echis carinatus (saw-scaled viper / ചുരുട്ടമണ്ഡലി)

* Illustration
* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Lateral view

##### Genus: Hypnale
###### Hypnale hypnale (hump-nosed viper / മുഴമൂക്കൻ കുഴിമണ്ഡലി)

* Lateral view
* Dorsal view
* Dorsal view
* Head

##### Genus: Trimeresurus
###### Trimeresurus gramineus (bamboo pit viper / മുളമണ്ഡലി)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Front view
* Head

###### Trimeresurus macrolepis (large-scaled pit viper / ചട്ടിത്തലയൻ കുഴിമണ്ഡലി)

* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Front view
* Head

###### Trimeresurus malabaricus (Malabar pit viper / ചോലമണ്ഡലി)

* Dorsal view
* Lateral view
* Lateral view
* Front view
* Head

###### Trimeresurus strigatus (horseshoe pit viper / ലാടമണ്ഡലി)
#### Family: Xenodermatidae (narrow-headed snakes)
##### Genus: Xylophis
###### Xylophis perroteti (Perrotet's mountain snake)

* Lateral view
* Head