List of reptiles of Kerala
From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
This is a list of reptile species found in the Kerala, India.
Order: Crocodilia (crocodilians)[edit]
Suborder: Eusuchia[edit]
Family: Crocodylidae (crocodiles)[edit]
Genus: Crocodylus[edit]
Crocodylus porosus (saltwater crocodile / കായൽ മുതല)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Head
Crocodylus palustris (mugger crocodile / മഗ്ഗർ മുതല)[edit]
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
- Head
Order: Testudines (turtles)[edit]
Suborder: Cryptodira[edit]
Family: Geoemydidae (pond, river and wood turtles)[edit]
Genus: Melanochelys[edit]
Melanochelys trijuga (Indian black turtle / കാരാമ)[edit]
- Illustration
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
Genus: Vijayachelys[edit]
Vijayachelys silvatica (Cochin forest cane turtle / ചൂരലാമ)[edit]
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
- Front view
Family: Cheloniidae (sea turtles)[edit]
Genus: Chelonia[edit]
Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle / പച്ചക്കടലാമ)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Front view
- Hatchling
Genus: Eretmochelys[edit]
Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill sea turtle / ചുണ്ടൻ കടലാമ)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Ventral view
- Lateral view
- Head
Genus: Lepidochelys[edit]
Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley sea turtle / ഒലീവ് റിഡ്ലി കടലാമ)[edit]
- Lateral view
- Nesting
- Hatchling
Family: Dermochelyidae (leatherback turtles)[edit]
Genus: Dermochelys[edit]
Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle / തോൽപ്പുറകൻ കടലാമ)[edit]
- Illustration
- Lateral view
- Crawling
- Hatchling
- Oesophagus showing spines to retain prey
Family: Testudinidae (tortoises)[edit]
Genus: Geochelone[edit]
Geochelone elegans (Indian star tortoise / ഇന്ത്യൻ നക്ഷത്ര ആമ)[edit]
- Illustration
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
Genus: Indotestudo[edit]
Indotestudo travancorica (Travancore tortoise / കാട്ടാമ)[edit]
- Lateral view
Family: Trionychidae (softshell turtles)[edit]
Genus: Nilssonia[edit]
Nilssonia leithii (Leith's softshell turtle)[edit]
- Head
Genus: Lissemys[edit]
Lissemys punctata (Indian flapshell turtle / വെള്ളാമ)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Front view
Genus: Pelochelys[edit]
Pelochelys cantorii (Cantor's giant softshell turtle / ഭീമനാമ)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Front view
Genus: Chitra[edit]
Chitra indica (Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle / ചിത്രയാമ)[edit]
- Lateral view
- Skeleton
Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles)[edit]
Suborder: Iguania[edit]
Family: Agamidae (lizards)[edit]
Genus: Calotes[edit]
Calotesdd calotes (common green forest lizard / പച്ചയോന്ത്)[edit]
- Illustration
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Head
Calotes grandisquamis (large-scaled forest lizard / കാട്ടുപച്ചയോന്ത്)[edit]
- Illustration
- Lateral view
- Head
- Head
Calotes nemoricola (Nilgiri forest lizard / നീലഗിരി ഓന്ത്)[edit]
- Lateral view
Calotes versicolor (oriental garden lizard / ഓറിയന്റൽ ഗാർഡൻ ലിസാർഡ്)[edit]
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
- Head
- Male in breeding season
Genus: Monilesaurus[edit]
Monilesaurus ellioti (Elliot's forest lizard / മുള്ളോന്ത്)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Head
- Head
- Female
Monilesaurus rouxii (Roux's forest lizard)[edit]
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
- Head
Genus: Draco[edit]
Draco dussumieri (southern flying lizard / പറയോന്ത്)[edit]
- Illustration
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Head
Genus: Otocryptis[edit]
Otocryptis beddomei (Indian kangaroo lizard / കങ്കാരു ഓന്ത്)[edit]
- Illustration
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
Genus: Psammophilus[edit]
Psammophilus blanfordanus (Blanford's rock agama / കൂനൻ പാറയോന്ത്)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Head
- Breeding color
Psammophilus dorsalis (peninsular rock agama / പാറയോന്ത്)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
- Front view
- Female
Genus: Salea[edit]
Salea anamallayana (Anaimalai spiny lizard / ആനമലയോന്ത്)[edit]
- Illustration
- Lateral view
- Head
Salea horsfieldii (Horsfield's spiny lizard / നീലഗിരി മലയോന്ത്)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
- Head
Genus: Sitana[edit]
Sitana ponticeriana (fan-throated lizard / ചങ്കനോന്ത്)[edit]
- Illustration
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Ventral view
- Breeding colors
Family: Chamaeleonidae (chameleons)[edit]
Genus: Chamaeleo[edit]
Chamaeleo zeylanicus (Indian chameleon / മരയോന്ത്)[edit]
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
- Head
Family: Gekkonidae (geckoes)[edit]
Genus: Cnemaspis[edit]
Cnemaspis beddomei (Beddome's day gecko)[edit]
Cnemaspis gracilis (slender day gecko/ പൊന്നൻമരപ്പല്ലി)[edit]
Cnemaspis indica (Indian day gecko / ഇന്ത്യൻ മരപ്പല്ലി)[edit]
Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis (Kottiyoor day gecko)[edit]
Cnemaspis littoralis (coastal day gecko)[edit]
- Lateral view
Cnemaspis monticola (mountain day gecko)[edit]
Cnemaspis nairi (Ponmudi day gecko)[edit]
Cnemaspis nilagirica (Nilgiri day gecko)[edit]
Cnemaspis ornata (ornate day gecko)[edit]
Cnemaspis sisparensis (Sispara day gecko)[edit]
Cnemaspis wynadensis (Wyanad day gecko)[edit]
Genus: Geckoella[edit]
Geckoella collegalensis (Kollegal ground gecko)[edit]
- Lateral view
Genus: Gehyra[edit]
Gehyra mutilata (four-clawed gecko)[edit]
- Lateral view
- Head
Genus: Hemidactylus[edit]
Hemidactylus anamallensis (Anaimalai gecko)[edit]
Hemidactylus brookii (Brooke's house gecko)[edit]
- Illustration
- Lateral view
- Head
Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko)[edit]
- Illustration
- Dorsal view
- Dorsal view
Hemidactylus leschenaultii (Leschenault's leaf-toed gecko)[edit]
Hemidactylus maculatus (spotted leaf-toed gecko)[edit]
- Dorsal view
Hemidactylus prashadi (Bombay leaf-toed gecko)[edit]
- Dorsal view
Hemidactylus reticulatus (reticulate leaf-toed gecko)[edit]
- Dorsal view
Hemidactylus triedrus (termite hill gecko)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Dorsal view
- Dorsal view
Family: Lacertidae (lacertas)[edit]
Genus: Ophisops[edit]
Ophisops beddomei (Beddome's snake-eye/lacerta)[edit]
- Dorsal view
Ophisops leschenaultii (Leschenault's snake-eye/lacerta)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
- Head
Family: Scincidae (skinks)[edit]
Genus: Chalcides[edit]
Chalcides pentadactylus (five-fingered skink)[edit]
- Illustration
- Illustration
Genus: Dasia[edit]
Dasia subcaeruleum (Boulenger's tree skink)[edit]
Genus: Eutropis[edit]
Eutropis beddomii (Beddome's skink)[edit]
Eutropis bibronii (Bibron's seashore skink)[edit]
Eutropis carinata (golden skink / അരണ)[edit]
- Illustration
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
Eutropis clivicola (mountain/Inger's skink)[edit]
Eutropis macularia (bronze grass skink)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Head
Genus: Kaestlea/Scincella[edit]
Kaestlea beddomii (Beddome's ground skink)[edit]
Kaestlea bilineata (two-lined ground skink)[edit]
Kaestlea laterimaculata (side-spotted ground skink)[edit]
Kaestlea palnica (Palni ground skink)[edit]
Kaestlea travancorica (Travancore ground skink)[edit]
- Dorsal view
Genus: Riopa[edit]
Riopa albopunctata (white-spotted supple skink / വെൺപൊട്ടൻ പാമ്പരണ)[edit]
Genus: Lygosoma[edit]
Lygosoma punctata (white-spotted supple skink / പാമ്പരണ)[edit]
- Dorsal view
Genus: Ristella[edit]
Ristella beddomii (Beddome's cat skink)[edit]
Ristella guentheri (Günther's cat skink)[edit]
Ristella rurkii (Rurk's cat skink)[edit]
- Claw pattern
Ristella travancorica (Travancore cat skink)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Head
Genus: Sphenomorphus[edit]
Sphenomorphus dussumieri (Dussumier's forest skink / കാട്ടരണ)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
Family: Varanidae (monitor lizards)[edit]
Genus: Varanus[edit]
Varanus bengalensis (Bengal/Indian monitor / ഉടുമ്പ്)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Front view
- Head
- Head (juvenile)
Suborder: Serpentes[edit]
Family: Acrochordidae (file snakes)[edit]
Genus: Acrochordus[edit]
Acrochordus granulatus (marine file snake / കായൽ പാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Illustration
- Lateral view
Family: Colubridae (colubrid snakes)[edit]
Genus: Ahaetulla[edit]
Ahaetulla dispar (Gunther's vine snake / മലമ്പച്ചോലൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Head
Ahaetulla nasuta (green vine snake / പച്ചിലപാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
- Head
Ahaetulla perroteti (Western Ghats bronzeback / ചോലപ്പച്ചോലൻ)[edit]
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
- Head
Ahaetulla pulverulenta (brown vine snake / തവിട്ടോലപ്പാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Illustration
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
- Head
Genus: Argyrogena[edit]
Argyrogena fasciolata (banded racer / വള്ളിച്ചേര)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Head
Genus: Boiga[edit]
Boiga beddomei (Beddome's cat snake)[edit]
- Head
Boiga ceylonensis (Sri Lanka cat snake / കാട്ടുവലയൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
- Head
Boiga dightoni (Pirmad cat snake / പീരുമേടൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]
Boiga forsteni (Forsten's cat snake / കരികുരിയൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
Boiga nuchalis (collared cat snake / വളയൻ പൂച്ചക്കണ്ണിപ്പാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Lateral view
Boiga trigonata (common cat snake / പൂച്ചക്കണ്ണൻ)[edit]
- Illustration
- Lateral view
- Front view
Genus: Chrysopelea[edit]
Chrysopelea ornata (golden tree snake / നാഗത്താൻപാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Head
Genus: Coelognathus[edit]
Coelognathus helena (trinket snake / കാട്ടുപാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
- Head
Genus: Dendrelaphis[edit]
Dendrelaphis ashoki (Ashok's bronzeback / വരയൻ വില്ലൂന്നി)[edit]
Dendrelaphis chairecaeos/chairecacos (southern bronzeback / നൽവരയൻകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Head
Dendrelaphis girii (Giri's bronzeback / കാട്ടുകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Lateral view
- Head
Dendrelaphis grandoculis (large-eyed bronzeback / മലകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Lateral view
- Head
Dendrelaphis tristis (common bronzeback / വില്ലൂന്നി)[edit]
- Lateral view
- Lateral view
- Head
- Front view
Genus: Liopeltis[edit]
Liopeltis calamaria (calamaria reed snake / ചെന്നിവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]
Genus: Lycodon[edit]
Lycodon aulicus (Indian wolf snake / വെള്ളിവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Lateral view
- Dorsal view
- Dorsal view
- Melanistic form
Lycodon nympha (bridal snake)[edit]
- Dorsal view
Lycodon striatus (barred wolf snake / വരവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)[citation needed][edit]
- Illustration
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Head
Lycodon travancoricus (Travancore wolf snake / തിരുവിതാംകൂർ വെള്ളിവരയൻ)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Dorsal view
- Ventral view
- Head
Genus: Oligodon[edit]
Oligodon affinis (western kukri / മലഞ്ചുരുട്ട)[citation needed][edit]
- Illustration
- Dorsal view
- Head
Oligodon arnensis (banded kukri / വരയൻ ചുരുട്ട)[edit]
- Illustration
- Dorsal view
- Head
Oligodon brevicauda (shorthead kukri / കുട്ടിവാലൻ ചുരുട്ട)[citation needed][edit]
- Illustration
- Lateral view
- Head
Oligodon taeniolatus (streaked kukri)[edit]
- Illustration
- Dorsal view
- Dorsal view
- Dorsal view
- Head
Oligodon travancoricus (Travancore kukri / തെക്കൻ ചുരുട്ട)[citation needed][edit]
Oligodon venustus (Jerdon's kukri / ഒരച്ചുരുട്ട)[citation needed][edit]
Genus: Ptyas[edit]
Ptyas mucosa (Indian rat snake / ചേര)[edit]
- Illustration
- Lateral view
- Courtship
- Head
Genus: Rhabdops[edit]
Rhabdops olivaceus (olive forest snake / മോന്തയുന്തി പാമ്പ്) [citation needed][edit]
Genus: Sibynophis[edit]
Sibynophis subpunctatus (Duméril's black-headed snake / എഴുത്താണി ചുരുട്ട) [citation needed][edit]
- Dorsal view
Family: Erycidae/Erycinae (sand boas)[edit]
Genus: Eryx[edit]
Eryx conicus (Russell's boa / ഇരുതലൻ മണ്ണൂലി)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Head
Eryx johnii (Indian sand boa / വലിയ മണ്ണൂലി)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Head
Eryx whitakeri (Whitaker's sand boa)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Head
Family: Elapidae (elapid snakes)[edit]
Genus: Bungarus[edit]
Bungarus caeruleus (common krait / വെള്ളിക്കെട്ടൻ)[edit]
- Illustration
- Dorsal view
Genus: Calliophis[edit]
Calliophis beddomei (Beddome's coral snake)[edit]
Calliophis bibroni (Bibron's coral snake / എഴുത്താണി വളയൻ)[edit]
- Lateral view
- Head
Calliophis melanurus (Indian coral snake / എഴുത്താണി മൂർഖൻ) [citation needed][edit]
Calliophis nigrescens (black coral snake / ഇരുളൻ പവിഴപ്പാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Ventral view
Genus: Hydrophis[edit]
Hydrophis curtus (short sea snake)[edit]
Hydrophis cyanocinctus (annulated sea snake / നീലവരയൻ)[edit]
- Illustration
Hydrophis ornatus (ornate reef sea snake / ചിറ്റുളിപ്പാമ്പ്)[edit]
Hydrophis platurus (yellow-bellied sea snake / മഞ്ഞക്കറുപ്പൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Illustration
- Dorsal view
Hydrophis schistosus (hook-nosed sea snake / വലകടിയൻ കടൽപാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Illustration
Genus: Naja[edit]
Naja naja (Indian cobra / ഇന്ത്യൻ മൂർഖൻ)[edit]
- Head
- Head
Genus: Ophiophagus[edit]
Ophiophagus hannah (king cobra / രാജവെമ്പാല)[edit]
- Illustration
- Head
Family: Gerrhopilidae (worm snakes)[edit]
Genus: Gerrhopilus/Typhlops[edit]
Gerrhopilus beddomii (Beddome's worm snake)[edit]
Gerrhopilus thurstoni (Thurston's worm snake / അമ്മിഞ്ഞിക്കുടിയൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]
Gerrhopilus tindalli (Tindall's worm snake)[edit]
Family: Homalopsidae (mud snakes)[edit]
Genus: Cerberus[edit]
Cerberus rynchops (dog-faced water snake / ആറ്റുവായ്പ്പാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
Genus: Dieurostus[edit]
Dieurostus dussumierii (Dussumier's water snake / ചെളിക്കൂട)[edit]
- Lateral view
Genus: Gerarda[edit]
Gerarda prevostiana (Gerard's water snake / പച്ചാറ്റുവായ്പ്പാമ്പ്)[edit]
Family: Natricidae/Natricinae (Keelbacks)[edit]
Genus: Atretium[edit]
Atretium schistosum (split keelback / പച്ചനീർമണ്ഡലി)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Head
Genus: Amphiesma[edit]
Amphiesma stolatum (buff striped keelback / തെയ്യാൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Dorsal view
- Head
- Head
- Eggs
Genus: Hebius[edit]
Hebius beddomei (Nilgiri keelback)[edit]
- Head
- Head
Amphiesma monticola (hill keelback / കാട്ടുനീർക്കോലി)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Head
- Head
Genus: Rhabdophis[edit]
Rhabdophis plumbicolor (green keelback / പച്ചനാഗം)[edit]
- Illustration
- Lateral view (adult)
- Dorsal view (juvenile)
- Lateral view (juvenile)
- Head
Genus: Fowlea[edit]
Fowlea piscator (checkered keelback / നീർക്കോലി)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Head
Family: Pythonidae (pythons)[edit]
Genus: Python[edit]
Python molurus (Indian python / മലമ്പാമ്പ്)[edit]
- Dorsal view
- Lateral view
- Head
- Eggs
Family: Typhlopidae (blind snakes)[edit]
Genus: Grypotyphlops[edit]
Grypotyphlops acutus (beak-nosed blind snake)[edit]
Genus: Indotyphlops[edit]
Indotyphlops braminus (brahminy blind snake)[edit]
Family: Uropeltidae (shieldtails)[edit]
Genus: Teretrurus[edit]
Teretrurus rhodogaster (Wall's shield tail)[edit]
Genus: Melanophidium[edit]
Melanophidium bilineatum (two-lined black shieldtail)[edit]
- Illustration
- Dorsal view