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SNAKES |
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Family Acrochordidae |
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Acrochordus granulatus |
Wart
Snake/ Cloth Snake |
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Acrocordus javanicus |
Elephant-trunk Snake |
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Family Boidae |
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Gongylophis conicus brevis
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Sri
Lankan Sand Boa (Sri Lankan sub species) |
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Gongylophis conicus |
Common
Sand Boa (Indian sub species) |
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Acrantophis dumerili |
Dumeril's boa (Madagascar ground boa) |
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Family Colubridae |
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Ahaetulla nasuta |
Green
Vine Snake |
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Ahaetulla prasina
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Oriental Whipsnake |
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Ahaetulla pulverulenta
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Brown
Vine Snake |
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Amphiesma stolatum |
Buff
Stripped Keelback |
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Aspidura brachyorrhos |
Boie's
Rough-side |
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Aspidura drummondhayi |
Drummond-Hay's Rough-side |
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Aspidura trachyprocta |
Common
Rough-side |
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Atretium schistosum |
Olive
Keelback |
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Balanophis ceylonensis |
Sri
Lankan Blossom Krait |
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Boiga barnesi |
Barnes's Cat Snake |
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Boiga ceylonensis |
Sri
Lankan Cat Snake |
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Boiga forsteni |
Forsten's Cat Snake (5 colour varieties) |
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Boiga trigonata trigonata |
Common
Indian Cat Snake |
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Boiga
beddomei
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Beddome’s Cat Snake |
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Cerberus rynchops rynchops |
Dog-faced Water Snake |
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Cercaspis carinatus |
Sri
Lanka Wolf Snake |
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Chrysopelea ornata sinhaleya |
Ornate
Flying Snake |
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Chrysopelea ornata |
Ornate
Flying Snake (In Thailand) |
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Chrysopelea paradisi |
Paradise Flying Snake |
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Chrysopelea taprobanica |
Sri
Lankan Flying Snake |
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Coelognathus helena |
Trinket Snake |
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Dendrelaphis bifrenalis |
Boulenger's Bronze-back |
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Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus |
Striped-tailed Bonze-back |
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Dendrelaphis
schokari |
Schokari's
Bronze-back |
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Dryocalamus nympha |
Bridal
Snake |
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Elaphe radiata |
Radiated Rat Snake |
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Elaphe taeniura ridleyi |
Cave
Racer |
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Enhydris bocourti |
Bocourt’s Water Snake |
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Gonyosoma oxycephalum |
Red-tailed Rat Snake |
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Homalopsis buccata |
Puff-faced Water Snake |
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Liopeltis calamaria |
Reed
Snake |
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Lycodon aulicus |
Common
Wolf Snake |
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Lycodon osmanhilli |
Flowery Wolf Snake |
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Lycodon striatus sinhaleyus |
Shaw's
Wolf Snake |
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Macropisthodon plumbicolor palabariya |
Sri
Lankan Green Keelback |
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Oligodon arnensis |
Banded
Kukri Snake |
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Oligodon calamarius |
Templeton's Kukri Snake |
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Oligodon sublineatus |
Streaked Kukri Snake |
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Oligodon taeniolatus ceylonicus |
Variegated Kukri Snake |
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Ptyas mucosa maximus |
Sri
Lankan Rat Snake |
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Ptyas mucosa |
Common
Rat Snake (in India) |
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Ptyas mucosa |
Common
Rat Snake (in Thailand) |
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Sibynophis subpunctatus ceylonicus |
Black-headed Snake |
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Xenochrophis asperrimus |
Sri
Lankan Keelback |
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Xenochrophis piscator |
Checkered Keelback |
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Family Cylindrophiidae |
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Cylindrophis maculates |
Sri
Lankan Pipe Snake |
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Family
Elapidae |
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Bungarus caeruleus |
Common
Indian Krait |
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Bungarus ceylonicus |
Sri
Lankan Krait |
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Bungarus flaviceps |
Red
headed Krait |
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Calliophis melanurus sinhaleyus |
Sri Lankan Coral Snake |
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Calliophis bivirgatus |
Blue Malayan Coral Snake |
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Naja naja |
Indian Cobra/ Spectacled Cobra |
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Naja kaouthia |
Monocellate Cobra |
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Naja
mossambica |
Mozambique Spitting Cobra |
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Ophiophagus hannah |
King
Cobra |
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Acanthophis
rugosus |
Death Adder |
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Dendroaspis angusticeps |
Eastern
Green Mamba |
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Dendroaspis polylepis |
Black
Mamba |
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Family Hydrophiidae |
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Hydrophis spiralis |
Narrow-banded Sea Snake |
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Lapemis curtus |
Shaw's
Short Sea Snake |
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Pelamis platurus |
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake |
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Family Pythonidae |
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Python molurus molurus |
Indian
Rock Python |
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Python molurus bivittatus |
Burmese Python |
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Python sebae |
African Rock Python |
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Python reticulates |
Reticulated Python |
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Python regius |
Royal
python (Ball Python) |
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Eunectes murinus |
Green
Anaconda |
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Family Typhlopidae |
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Ramphotyphlops braminus |
Brahminy Blind Snake |
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Typhlops leucomelas |
Pied
Blind Snake |
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Typhlops mirus |
Jan's
Blind Snake |
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Family Uropeltidae
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Rhinophis blythii |
Blyth's Shieldtail |
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Rhinophis homolepis |
Hemprich's Shieldtail |
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Rhinophis philippinus |
Cuvier's Shieldtail |
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Uropeltis melanogaster |
Gray's
Earth Snake |
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Family Viperidae
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Daboia russelii russelii |
Indian
Russell's Viper |
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Daboia russelii siamensis |
Siamese Russell's Viper |
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Echis carinatus sinhaleyus |
Sri
Lankan Saw-scaled Viper |
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Echis carinatus carinatus |
Indian
Saw-scaled Viper |
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Echis carinatus sochureki |
Sochurek's Saw-scaled Viper |
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Echis
coloratus |
Palestine
Saw-scaled Viper |
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Echis
ocellatus |
African
Saw-scaled Viper |
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Echis
pyramidum |
Egyptian
Saw-scaled Viper |
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Calloselasma rhodostoma |
Malayan Pit Viper |
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Hypnale hypnale |
Merrem's Hump-nosed
Pitviper |
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Hypnale nepa |
Millard's Hump-nosed
Pitviper |
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Trimeresurus trigonocephalus |
Sri
Lankan Green Pitviper |
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Trimeresurus albolabris |
White-lipped Pitviper |
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Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus |
Shore Pitviper |
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Trimeresurus
puniceus |
Sumatra
Flat-nosed Pitviper |
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Trimeresurus
vogeli |
Vogel's Pitviper |
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Trimeresurus
gumprechti |
Gumprecht's Green Pitviper |
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Trimeresurus
hageni |
Hagen's
Pitviper |
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Trimeresurus wagleri |
Wagler's Pitviper |
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Agkistrodon piscivorus |
Western Cottonmouth |
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Crotalus adamanteus |
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake |
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Crotalus durissus unicolor |
Tropical
Rattlesnake |
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Crotalus cerastes |
Side Winder |
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Vipera berus |
European Adder |
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Bitis gabonica |
Gaboon Viper |
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Bothrops asper |
Terciopelo |
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Bothrops atrox |
Common
Lancehead |
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Atheris ceratophora |
Eyelash
Bush Viper |
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Cerastes cerastes |
Saharan Horned Viper |
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CHELONIANS |
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Family Bataguridae / Geoemydidae (Asian River Turtles) |
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Melanochelys trijuga parkeri |
Parker's Black Turtle |
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Melanochelys trijuga thermalis |
Sri
Lanka Black Turtle |
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Batagur baska |
River
Terrapin |
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Cuora amboiensis |
Siamese Box Terrapin |
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Geoemyda grandis |
Orange
Headed Temple Terrapin |
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Hieremys annandalei |
Yellow
Headed Temple Terrapin |
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Hardella thurjii |
Crowned River Turtle |
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Family Trionychidae (Softshelled Turtles) |
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Lissemys punctata punctata |
Flapshell Turtle |
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Lissemys punctata andersoni |
Flapshell Turtle |
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Amyda cartilaginea |
SE
Asian Soft Terrapin |
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Family Emydidae (Pond Turtles) |
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Trachemys scripta
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Red-eared Slider |
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Family : Testudinidae (Tortoises) |
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Geochelone elegans |
Indian
Star Tortoise |
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Geochelone radiata |
Radiated
Star Tortoise |
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Family Chelonidae (Sea Turtles) |
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Caretta caretta |
Loggerhead Turtle |
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Chelonia mydas |
Green
Turtle |
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Eretmochelys imbricate |
Hawksbill Turtle |
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Lepidochelys olivacea |
Olive
Ridley Turtle |
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Family Chelydridae (Snapping Turtles) |
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Macrochelys temminckii |
Alligator Snapping Turtle |
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Family Chelidae
(Austro-American Side-necked Turtles) |
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Chelodina mccordi |
Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle |
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CROCODILES |
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Family Crocodylidae |
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Crocodylus porossus |
Saltwater or Estuarine crocodile |
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Crocodylus palustris |
Mugger or Marsh crocodile |
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Crocodylus niloticus
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Nile Crocodile |
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Crocodylus siamensis |
Siamese Crocodile |
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Crocodylus cataphractus |
Slender-snouted Crocodile |
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Caiman yakare |
Caiman
Yakare |
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Caiman crocodilus |
Specktackled Caiman |
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Paleosuchus palpebrosus |
Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman |
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Alligator missisipiensis |
American Alligator |
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Alligator sinensis |
Chinese
Alligator |
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Gavialis gangeticus |
Indian
Gharial |
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Tomistoma schlegelii |
Fasle Gharial |
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GECKOS |
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Family Gekkonidae |
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Cnemaspis kandiana |
Kandyan Daygecko |
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Cnemaspis podihuna |
Dwarf
Daygecko |
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Cnemaspis scalpensis
(C.
ranwellai) |
Jerdon’s Daygecko |
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Cnemaspis alwisi
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Alwis’s
Daygecko |
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Cnemaspis molligodai |
Molligoda’s Daygecko |
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Cnemaspis upendrai |
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Calodactylodes illingworthorum |
Sri
Lanka Golden Gecko |
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Cyrtodactylus fraenatus |
Bridled
Bent-toed Gecko |
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Cyrtodactylus
soba |
Knuckles
Bent-toed Gecko |
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Cyrtodactylus malayanus |
Malayan Bent-toed Gecko |
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Cyrtodactylus pubisulcus
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Grooved Bent-toed Gecko |
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Cyrtodactylus consobrinus |
Peter's Bent-toed Gecko |
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Geckoella triedra |
Spotted Bowfinger Gecko |
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Hemidactylus brookii parvimaculatus |
Spotted House Gecko |
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Hemidactylus depressus |
Kandyan Gecko |
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Hemidactylus frenatus |
Common
House Gecko |
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Hemidactylus leschenaultia |
Bark
Gecko |
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Hemidactylus maculatus hunae |
Spotted Giant Gecko (From Sri Lanka) |
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Hemidactylus maculates |
Spotted Giant Gecko (From India) |
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Hemidactylus triedrus lankae |
Termite-hill Gecko |
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Hemidactylus platyurus |
Frill-tailed Gecko |
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Hemiphyllodactylus typus |
Slender Gecko |
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Lepidodactylus lugubris |
Scaly-finger Gecko |
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Gehyra mutilate |
Fourclaw Gecko |
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Gekko
gecko |
Tokay Gecko |
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Gekko monarchus |
Warty House Gecko |
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Gekko smithii |
Smith's Giant Gecko |
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Eublepharis macularius |
Leopard
Gecko |
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AGAMID LIZARDS |
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Family Agamidae |
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Calotes calotes |
Green
Garden Lizard |
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Calotes ceylonenis |
Painted-lip Lizard |
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Calotes liocephalus |
Crestless Lizard |
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Calotes lioleps |
Whistling Lizard |
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Calotes nigrilabris |
Black-cheek Lizard |
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Calotes versicolor versicolor |
Common
Garden Lizard |
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Otocryptis wiegmanni |
Sri
Lanka Kangaroo Lizard |
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Otocryptis nigristigma |
Lowland Kangaroo Lizard |
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Sitana ponticeriana |
Fan-throat Lizard |
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Ceratophora aspera |
Rough-horn Lizard |
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Ceratophora stoddartii |
Rhino-horn Lizard |
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Ceratophora tennentii |
Leaf-nose Lizard |
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Lyriocephalus scutatus |
Hump-nosed Lizard |
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Cophotis ceylanica
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Pygmy Lizard |
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Psammophilus dorsalis |
Peninsular Rock Agama |
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Hydrosaurus pustulatus |
Sailfin Lizard |
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Pogona vitticeps |
Inland Bearded Dragon |
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Uromastyx geyri |
Sahara
Dabb Lizard |
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Bronchocela cristatella |
Crested Garden Lizard |
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Draco maximus |
Large Flying Lizard |
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Gonocephalus liogaster |
Blue-eyed Anglehead Lizard |
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Gonocephalus bornensis |
Bornean Angle-headed Lizard
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SKINKS |
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Family Scincidae |
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Chalcidoseps thwaitesii
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Four-toe snakeskink |
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Lygosoma
punctatus |
Dotted
garden skink |
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Lankascincus deignani
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Deignan’s lankaskink |
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Lankascincus fallax |
Common
lankaskink |
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Lankascincus taprobanensis |
Smooth
lankaskink |
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Lankascincus deraniyagalae
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Deraniyagala’s lankaskink
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Lankascincus
gansi
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Gans’s lankaskink |
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Lankascincus
taylori |
Taylor’s lankaskink
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Eutropis bibronii |
Bibron’s sand skink |
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Eutropis
floweri |
Taylor's
skink
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Eutropis
macularius |
Bronzegreen little skink |
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Eutropis indeprensa ?? |
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Eutropis rudis |
Black-banded Skink |
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Eutropis rugifera |
Red-throated Skink |
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Nessia burtonii |
Three-toe snakeskink |
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Nessia monodactylus |
Toeless snakeskink |
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Nessia sarasinorum |
Sarasin’s snakeskink |
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Tiliqua
rugosus |
Shingleback skink |
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Tiliqua gigas gigas
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Indonesian Blue-Tongued Skink |
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Chalsido occelatus |
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Sphenops sepsoides |
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Apterygodon vittata |
Striped Bornean Tree Skink
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Tropidophorus micropus
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Small-legged Water Skink
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MONITOR LIZARDS |
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Family Varanidae |
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Varanus bengalensis |
Land
Monitor |
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Varanus salvator |
Water
Monitor |
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Varanus komodensis |
Komodo
Dragon |
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Varanus prasinus |
Emerald tree monitor |
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VENOMOUS
LIZARDS |
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Family
Helodermidae |
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Heloderma horridum exasperatum |
Rio Fuerte Beaded Lizard |
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Heloderma suspectum |
Gila Monster |
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CHAMELEON |
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Family Chamaeleonidae |
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Chameleo zeylanicus |
Sri
Lankan Chameleon |
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LACERTERIDS |
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Family
Lacertidae |
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Lacerta lepida |
Eyed
Lizard |
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IGUANAS |
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Family Iguanidae
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Iguana iguana
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Green Iguana
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Cyclura cornuta
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Rhino Iguana
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Ctenosaura bakeri |
Utila spiny-tailed Iguana
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