page_title: List of reptiles of Pakistan
section_title: Suborder Lacertilia
hierarchical_section_title: List of reptiles of Pakistan / Order Squamata / Suborder Lacertilia
caption_attribution_description: English: Calotes versicolor - Maledives Deutsch: Calotes versicolor, Schönechse, Blutsaugeragame - Maledives
context_page_description: There are around 170 species of reptiles living in Pakistan. The national reptile is the mugger crocodile.
context_section_description: There are 86 species of Lacertilia (lizards and relatives) in Pakistan.
  Family Agamidae (agamas) - 22 species
  Brachysaura minor (Hardwicke's bloodsucker)
  Calotes versicolor (Oriental garden lizard, eastern garden lizard or changeable lizard)
  Japalura kumaonensis (Kumaon mountain lizard)
  Paralaudakia badakhshana (Badakhshana rock agama)
  Paralaudakia caucasia (Caucasian agama)
  Paralaudakia himalayana (Himalayan agama)
  Laudakia agrorensis (Agror agama)
  Laudakia melanura (black agama)
  Laudakia fusca (yellow-headed rock agama)
  Laudakia nupta (large-scaled rock agama) - 2 subspecies
  Laudakia n. fusca
  Laudakia n. nupta
  Laudakia tuberculata (Kashmir rock agama)
  Phrynocephalus clarkorum (Clark's toad-headed agama)
  Phrynocephalus euptilopus (Alcock's toad-headed agama)
  Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus (yellow-speckled toad-headed agama)
  Phrynocephalus maculatus (blacktail toadhead agama)
  Phrynocephalus ornatus (ornate toadhead agama)
  Phrynocephalus scutellatus (gray toadhead agama)
  Trapelus agilis pakistanensis (brilliant ground agama)
  Trapelus rubrigularis (red-throated agama)
  Trapelus ruderatus (horn-scaled agama or Baluch ground agama)
  Uromastyx asmussi (Iranian mastigure)
  Uromastyx hardwickii (Hardwick's spiny-tailed lizard or Indian spiny-tailed lizard)
  Family Chamaeleonidae (chameleons) - 1 species
  Chamaeleo zeylanicus (Indian chameleon or Ceylon chameleon)
  Family Gekkonidae (eyelid and lidless geckoes) - 33 species
  Agamura femoralis or Rhinogecko femoralis (De Witte's gecko or sharp-tailed spider gecko)
  Agamura persica persica (Persian spider gecko)
  Bunopus tuberculatus (Baluch rock gecko)
  Crossobamon eversmanni (Baluchistan sand gecko or comb-toed gecko) - 2 subspecies
  Crossobamon e. eversmanni or Crossobamon maynardi
  Crossobamon e. lumsdenii
  Crossobamon orientalis (Sind gecko)
  Cyrtodactylus walli (Chitral gecko or Swat stone gecko)
  Cyrtopodium agamuroides (Nikolsky spider gecko)
  Cyrtopodium baturensis (Batura thin-toed gecko or Batura gecko)
  Cyrtopodium dattanensis (Khan's bow-fingered gecko or Hazara gecko)
  Cyrtopodium fortmunroi (Fort Munro gecko)
  Cyrtopodium indusoani (Soan Sakaser gecko)
  Cyrtopodium kachhensis (Kutch gecko) - 2 subspecies
  Cyrtopodium k. ingoldbyi (Ingoldby's stone gecko)
  Cyrtopodium k. kachhensis (warty rock gecko)
  Cyrtopodium mintoni (Minton's gecko)
  Cyrtopodium montiumsalsorum (Salt Range rock gecko)
  Cyrtopodium rhodocaudus (red-tailed gecko)
  Cyrtopodium rohtasfortai (Rohtas Fort gecko)
  Cyrtopodium scaber (keeled rock gecko)
  Cyrtopodium watsoni (Quetta rock gecko)
  Eublepharis macularius (leopard gecko)
  Hemidactylus brookii brookii (Brook's house gecko or spotted Indian house gecko)
  Hemidactylus flaviviridis (yellow-bellied house gecko)
  Hemidactylus frenatus (Pacific house gecko or South Asian waif gecko)
  Hemidactylus imbricatus (carrot-tail viper gecko)
  Hemidactylus leschenaultii (Leschenault's leaf-toed gecko or bark gecko)
  Hemidactylus persicus (Persian leaf-toed gecko)
  Hemidactylus triedrus triedus (termite hill gecko or blotched house gecko)
  Hemidactylus turcicus turcicus (Mediterranean house gecko)
  Microgecko depressus (low lying gecko)
  Microgecko helenae (banded dwarf gecko)
  Ptyodactylus homolepis (Pakistan fan-fingered gecko) - 2 subspecies
  Ptyodactylus h. homolepis
  Ptyodactylus h. socotranus
  Teratoscincus microlepis (small-scaled wonder gecko or Baluch plate-tailed gecko)
  Teratoscincus scincus (Turkestan plate-tailed gecko or common wonder gecko or frog-eyed gecko)
  Tropiocolotes persica (Persian sand gecko or Persian pygmy gecko)
  Family Lacertidae (sand lizards, wall lizards and true lizards) - 12 species
  Acanthodactylus cantoris (Indian fringe-fingered lizard) - 2 subspecies
  Acanthodactylus c. blanfordii (Mekran fringe-fingered lizard)
  Acanthodactylus c. cantoris (Indian fringe-fingered lizard)
  Acanthodactylus micropholis (yellow-tailed sand lizard)
  Eremias acutirostris (reticulate desert lacerta)
  Eremias fasciata (yellow-headed desert lacerta)
  Eremias scripta (Caspian desert lacerta)
  Eremias velox persica (Persian Steppe lacerta)
  Mesalina brevirostris (short-nosed desert lacerta)
  Mesalina gutt
caption: A male Oriental garden lizard
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