# List of reptiles of Nepal

This List of reptiles of Nepal presents reptile species recorded in Nepal.

## Order: Crocodilia

* Family: Crocodilidae
** Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
* Family: Gavialiidae
** Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)

## Order: Testudines

* Family: Testudinidae
** Elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata)
* Family: Geoemydidae
** Red-crowned roofed turtle (Batagur kachuga)
** Three-striped roofed turtle (Batagur dhongoka)
** Black pond turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii)
** Brown roofed turtle (Pangshura smithii)
** Tricarinate hill turtle (Melanochelys tricarinata)
** Indian black turtle (Melanochelys trijuga)
** Indian roofed turtle (Pangshura tecta)
** Indian tent turtle (Pangshura tentoria)
** Brahminy river turtle (Hardella thurjii)
** Assam leaf turtle (Cyclemys gemeli)
** Indian eyed turtle (Morenia petersi)
* Family: Trionychidae
** Indian softshell turtle (Nilssonia gangetica)
** Indian peacock softshell turtle (Nilssonia hurum)
** Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra indica)
** Indian flapshell turtle (Lissemys punctata)

## Order: Squamata
### Suborder: Lacertilia

* Family: Gekkonidae
** Baluch rock gecko (Bunopus tuberculatus)
** Flat-tailed house gecko (Hemidactylus platyurus)
** Indo-Pacific gecko (Hemidactylus garnotii)
** Brook's house gecko (Hemidactylus brookii)
** Northern house gecko (Hemidactylus flaviviridis)
** Tokay gecko (Gekko gekko)
** Spotted house gecko (Gekko monarchus)
** Nepalese rock gecko (Cyrtodactylus nepalensis)
** Himalayan bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus himalayanus)
* Family: Eublepharidae
** Common leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
* Family: Agamidae
** Oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor)
** Kashmir rock agama (Laudakia tuberculata)
** Variegated mountain lizard (Japalura variegata)
** Dark sitana (Sitana fusca)
** Siwalik sitana ( Sitana sivalensis)
* Family: Scincidae
** Bronze grass skink (Eutropis macularia)
** Many-keeled grass skink (Eutropis carinata)
** Striped grass mabuya (Eutropis dissimilis)
** Ladakh supple skink (Asymblepharus ladacensis)
** Sikkim ground skink (Asymblepharus sikimmensis)
** Reeve's smooth skink (Scincella reevesii)
** Large ground skink (Scincella capitenea)
** Indian forest skink (Sphenomorphus indicus)
** Spotted forest skink (Sphenomorphus maculatus)
** White-spotted supple skink (Lygosoma albopunctatum)
** Common snake skink (Lygosoma punctara)
* Family: VaranidaeBengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis)
** Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis)
** Yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens)

### Suborder: Anguimorpha

* Family: Anguidae
** Asian glass lizard (Dopasia gracilis)

### Suborder: Serpentes

* Family: Boidae
** Russell's boa (Eryx conicus)
** Red sand boa ( Eryx johnii)
* Family: Pythonidae
** Indian rock python (Python molurus)
** Burmese python (Python bivittatus)
* Family: Elapidae
** Common krait (Bungarus caeruleus)
** Banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus)
** Northeastern hill krait (Bungarus bungaroides)
** Lesser black krait (Bunagrus lividus)
** Greater black krait (Bungarus niger)
** Sind krait (Bungarus sindanus)
** MacClelland's coral snake (Sinomicrurus macclellandi)
** Spectacled cobra (Naja naja)
** Monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia)
** King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
* Family: Typhlopidae
** Brahminy blind snake (Indotyphlops braminus)
* Family: Gerrhopilidae
** Wall's worm snake (Gerrhopilus oligolepis)
* Family: ViperidaeWhite-lipped pit viper (female Trimeresurus albolabris)
** Himalayan pit viper (Gloydius himalayanus)
** Saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus)
** White-lipped pit viper (Trimeresurus albolabris)
** Common green pit viper (Trimeresurus gramineus)
** Tibetan bamboo pit viper (Trimeresurus tibetanus)
** Chinese pit viper (Trimeresurus stejnegeri)
** Large-eyed pitviper (Trimeresurus macrops)
** Russell's viper (Daboia russelii)
** Mountain pitviper (Ovophis monticola)
** Oriental pit viper (Protobothrops jerdonii)
** Strauch's pitviper (Gloydius strauchi)
* Family: Colubridae
** Checkered keelback (Fowlea piscator)
** St. John's keelback (Fowlea sanctijohannis)
** Indian egg-eating snake (Elachistodon westermanni)
** Red-necked keelback (Rhabdophis subminiatus)
** Oriental ratsnake (Ptyas mucosa)
** Green rat snake (Ptyas nigromarginata)
** Radiated ratsnake (Coelognathus radiatus)
** Trinket snake (Coelognathus helena)
** Oriental wolf snake (Lycodon capucinus)
** Indian wolf snake (Lycodon aulicus)
** Northern wolf snake (Lycodon striatus)
** Banded kukri snake (Oligodon arnensis)
** Cantor's kukri snake (Oligodon cyclurus)
** Banded racer (Argyrogena fasciolata)
** Beauty rat snake (Elaphe taeniura)
** Eastern trinket snake (Elaphe cantoris)
** Hodgson's rat snake (Elaphe hodgsoni)
** Forsten's cat snake (Boiga forsteni)
** Green cat snake (Boiga cyanea)
** Common cat snake (Boiga trigonata)
** Tawny cat snake (Boiga ochracea)
** Buff striped keelback (Amphiesma stolatum)
** Painted keelback (Xenochrophis cerasogaster)
** Orange-collared keelback (Rhabdophis himalayanus)
** Cantor's black-headed snake (Sibynophis sagittarius)
** Sikkim keelback (Herpetoreas sieboldii)
** Himalayan keelback (Herpetoreas platyceps)
** Blackbelly worm-eating snake (Trachischium fuscum)
** Rosebelly worm-eating snake (Trachischium guentheri)
** Mountain worm-eating snake (Trachischium monticola)
** Olive oriental worm-eating snake (Trachischium laeve)
** Yellowbelly worm-eating snake (Trachischium tenuiceps)