List of reptiles of Pakistan

There are around 170 species of reptiles living in Pakistan.

Order Crocodilia


There are only two species found in Pakistan.


 * Family Crocodylidae (crocodiles) - 1 species
 * Crocodylus palustris (mugger crocodile, Indian crocodile, Indus crocodile or marsh crocodile) - national reptile
 * Family Gavialidae (gharials) - 1 species
 * Gavialis gangeticus (Indian gavial or gharial)

Order Squamata
Around 153 species of Squamata are found in Pakistan.

Suborder Lacertilia


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 guttulata (small-spotted lizard or long-tailed desert lacerta)
 * Ophisops elegans (elegant snake-eyed lizard) - 2 subspecies
 * Ophisops e. blanfordi (Blanfords snake-eyed lizard)
 * Ophisops e. elegans (elegant snake-eyed lizard)
 * Ophisops jerdonii (Jerdon's snake-eyed lizard or Punjab snake-eyed lizard)
 * Ophisops microlepis (Indian snake-eyed lizard)
 * Scapteira aporosceles (Chagai desert lacerta)
 * Family Scincidae (skinks) - 15 species
 * Ablepharus grayanus (minor snake-eyed skink)
 * Ablepharus pannonicus (Asian snake-eyed skink)
 * Chalcides ocellatus (ocellated skink)
 * Eumeces schneiderii zarudnyi (Schneider's skink, Berber skink or Zarudny's skink)
 * Eurylepis indothalensis (Thal skink)
 * Eurylepis taeniolata (alpine Punjab skink or yellow-bellied mole skink)
 * Eutropis dissimilis (striped grass mabuya or striped grass skink)
 * Eutropis macularia (bronze mabuya, bronze grass skink)
 * Ophiomorus blanfordii (Makran sand swimmer)
 * Ophiomorus brevipes (short-toed sand swimmer)
 * Ophiomorus raithmai (Indus sand swimmer)
 * Ophiomorus tridactylus (three-toed snake skink or Indian sandswimmer)
 * Scincella ladacensis - 2 subspecies
 * Scincella l. ladacensis (Ladak ground skink)
 * Scincella l. himalayana (Himalayan ground skink)
 * Family Varanidae (monitor lizards) - 3 species
 * Varanus bengalensis (Bengal monitor)
 * Varanus flavescens (yellow monitor)
 * Varanus griseus - 2 subspecies
 * Varanus g. caspius (eastern desert monitor)
 * Varanus g. koniecznyi (Thar desert monitor)

Suborder Serpentes




There are 71 species and 15 subspecies of Serpentes (snakes) found in Pakistan.
 * Family Boidae (boas) - 3 species
 * Eryx johnii (Indian sand boa or red sand boa)
 * Eryx tataricus speciosus (Tartar sand boa)
 * Eryx conicus (rough-scaled sand boa)
 * Family Colubridae (colubrids) - 35 species
 * Herpetoreas platyceps
 * Herpetoreas sieboldii
 * Dendrelaphis tristis
 * Coelognathus helena
 * Amphiesma stolata stolata
 * Boiga trigonata – 1 subspecies
 * Boiga t. melanocephala
 * Platyceps plinii
 * Platyceps karelini – 1 subspecies
 * Platyceps k. mintonorum
 * Hemorrhois ravergieri spotted whip snake
 * Platyceps rhodorachis – 2 subspecies
 * Coluber r. kashmirensis
 * Coluber r. ladacensis
 * Platyceps ventromaculatus – 2 subspecies
 * Coluber v. bengalensis
 * Coluber v. indusai
 * Enhydris pakistanica
 * Fowlea piscator
 * Fowlea sanctijohannis
 * Fowlea schnurrenbergeri
 * Lycodon aulicus
 * Lycodon bicolor
 * Lycodon striatus
 * Lycodon travancoricus
 * Lytorhynchus maynardi
 * Lytorhynchus paradoxus
 * Lytorhynchus ridgewayi
 * Natrix tessellata
 * Oligodon russelius
 * Oligodon taeniolatus
 * Psammophis condanarus
 * Psammophis leithii
 * Psammophis lineolatus
 * Psammophis schokari
 * Eirenis persicus
 * Ptyas mucosus
 * Sibynophis sagittarius
 * Spalerosophis atriceps
 * Spalerosophis arenarius
 * Spalerosophis diadema – 1 subspecies
 * Spalerosophis d. schirazianus
 * Telescopus rhinopoma
 * Xenochrophis cerasogaster
 * Family Elapidae (kraits and cobras) - 4 species
 * Bungarus caeruleus (common krait)
 * Bungarus sindanus (Sind krait) – 1 subspecies
 * Bungarus s. razai (northern Punjab krait)
 * Naja naja (Indian cobra or spectacled cobra)
 * Naja oxiana (Central Asian cobra or Oxus cobra)
 * Family Hydrophiidae (sea snakes) - 14 species
 * Astrotia stokesii (Stokes' sea snake)
 * Enhydrina schistosa (beaked sea snake, hook-nosed sea snake, common sea snake or Valakadyn sea snake)
 * Hydrophis caerulescens (dwarf seasnake or many-toothed sea snake)
 * Hydrophis cyanocinctus (annulated sea snake or blue-banded sea snake)
 * Hydrophis fasciatus (striped sea snake)
 * Hydrophis lapemoides (Persian Gulf sea snake)
 * Hydrophis mamillaris (Bombay sea snake)
 * Hydrophis ornatus (ornate reef seasnake)
 * Hydrophis spiralis (Yellow Sea snake)
 * Lapemis curtus (Shaw's sea snake)
 * Microcephalophis cantoris (Cantor's small-headed sea snake)
 * Microcephalophis gracilis (graceful small-headed sea snake or slender sea snake)
 * Pelamis platurus (yellow-bellied sea snake or pelagic sea snake)
 * Praescutata viperina (viperine sea snake)
 * Family Leptotyphlopidae (thread snakes) - 2 species
 * Leptotyphlops blanfordii (Blanford's worm snake or Sind thread snake)
 * Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus (long-nosed worm snake or beaked thread snake)
 * Family Pythonidae (pythons) - 1 species
 * Python molurus molurus (Indian python, black-tailed python or Sind python)
 * Family Typhlopidae (blind snakes) - 4 species
 * Ramphotyphlops braminus (brahminy blind snake)
 * Typhlops ahsanai (Ahsan's blind snake)
 * Typhlops porrectus or Typhlops ductuliformes (slender worm snake)
 * Typhlops madgemintonai – 1 subspecies
 * Typhlops m. shermanai (Sherman's blind snake)
 * Family Viperidae (vipers and pit vipers) - 7 species
 * Daboia russelii russelii (daboia or Russell's viper)
 * Echis carinatus (Indian saw-scaled viper) - 3 subspecies
 * Echis c. astolae (Astola saw-scaled viper)
 * Echis c. multisquamatus (multiscale saw-scaled viper)
 * Echis c. sochureki (Sochurek's saw-scaled viper)
 * Eristicophis macmahonii (McMahon's viper, Asian sand viper, leaf-nosed viper)
 * Gloydius himalayanus (Himalayan pit viper)
 * Macrovipera lebetinus (blunt-nosed viper, Lebetine viper, Levant viper) - 3 subspecies
 * Macrovipera lebetina obtusa (west-Asian blunt-nosed viper, Levant blunt-nosed viper)
 * Macrovipera lebetina cernovi (Chernov blunt-nosed viper)
 * Macrovipera lebetina turanica (Turan blunt-nosed viper)
 * Pseudocerastes persicus persicus (Persian horned viper, false horned viper)

Order Testudines


There are 15 species of testudines that represent Pakistan.


 * Family Cheloniidae (sea turtles) - 4 species
 * Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle)
 * Caretta caretta (loggerhead sea turtle)
 * Eretmochelys imbricata bissa (hawksbill turtle)
 * Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley turtle)
 * Family Dermochelyidae (softshell sea turtles) - 1 species
 * Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle or leatherback)
 * Family Geoemydidae (Asian river turtles, Asian leaf turtles, Asian box turtles and roofed turtles) - 4 species
 * Geoclemys hamiltonii (black pond turtle, spotted pond turtle or Indian spotted turtle)
 * Hardella thurjii (brahminy river turtle or crowned river turtle)
 * Kachuga smithii smithii (brown-roofed turtle)
 * Kachuga tecta (Indian roofed turtle)
 * Melanochelys trijuga (Indian black turtle)
 * Family Testudinidae (true tortoises) - 2 species
 * Geochelone elegans (Indian star tortoise)
 * Testudo horsfieldi horsfieldii (Afghan tortoise, Horsfield's tortoise or Central Asian tortoise)
 * Family Trionychidae (softshell turtles) - 4 species
 * Aspideretes gangeticus indica (Ganges soft-shelled turtle)
 * Aspideretes hurum (peacock soft-shelled turtle)
 * Chitra indica (narrow-headed soft-shelled turtle)
 * Lissemys punctata andersoni (Indian flap-shelled turtle)