List of reptiles of Kerala

This is a list of reptile species found in the Kerala, India.

Order: Crocodilia (crocodilians)
Crocodylus porosus (saltwater crocodile / കായൽ മുതല)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Crocodylus palustris (mugger crocodile / മഗ്ഗർ മുതല)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Head

Order: Testudines (turtles)
Melanochelys trijuga (Indian black turtle / കാരാമ)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Vijayachelys silvatica (Cochin forest cane turtle / ചൂരലാമ)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle / പച്ചക്കടലാമ)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
  • Hatchling
Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill sea turtle / ചുണ്ടൻ കടലാമ)
  • Dorsal view
  • Ventral view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley sea turtle / ഒലീവ് റിഡ്‌ലി കടലാമ)
  • Lateral view
  • Nesting
  • Hatchling
Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle / തോൽപ്പുറകൻ കടലാമ)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
  • Crawling
  • Hatchling
  • Oesophagus showing spines to retain prey
Geochelone elegans (Indian star tortoise / ഇന്ത്യൻ നക്ഷത്ര ആമ)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Indotestudo travancorica (Travancore tortoise / കാട്ടാമ)
  • Lateral view
Nilssonia leithii (Leith's softshell turtle)
  • Head
Lissemys punctata (Indian flapshell turtle / വെള്ളാമ)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Pelochelys cantorii (Cantor's giant softshell turtle / ഭീമനാമ)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Chitra indica (Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle / ചിത്രയാമ)
  • Lateral view
  • Skeleton

Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles)
Calotes calotes (common green forest lizard / പച്ചയോന്ത്)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Calotes grandisquamis (large-scaled forest lizard / കാട്ടുപച്ചയോന്ത്)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
  • Head
  • Head
Calotes nemoricola (Nilgiri forest lizard / നീലഗിരി ഓന്ത്)
  • Lateral view
Calotes versicolor (oriental garden lizard / ഓറിയന്റൽ ഗാർഡൻ ലിസാർഡ്)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
  • Male in breeding season
Monilesaurus ellioti (Elliot's forest lizard / മുള്ളോന്ത്)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
  • Head
  • Female
Monilesaurus rouxii (Roux's forest lizard)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Draco dussumieri (southern flying lizard / പറയോന്ത്)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Otocryptis beddomei (Indian kangaroo lizard / കങ്കാരു ഓന്ത്)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
Psammophilus blanfordanus (Blanford's rock agama / കൂനൻ പാറയോന്ത്)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
  • Breeding color
Psammophilus dorsalis (peninsular rock agama / പാറയോന്ത്)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
  • Female
Salea anamallayana (Anaimalai spiny lizard / ആനമലയോന്ത്)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Salea horsfieldii (Horsfield's spiny lizard / നീലഗിരി മലയോന്ത്)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Sitana ponticeriana (fan-throated lizard / ചങ്കനോന്ത്)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Ventral view
  • Breeding colors
Chamaeleo zeylanicus (Indian chameleon / മരയോന്ത്)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Cnemaspis littoralis (coastal day gecko)
  • Lateral view
Geckoella collegalensis (Kollegal ground gecko)
  • Lateral view
Gehyra mutilata (four-clawed gecko)
  • Lateral view
  • Head


Hemidactylus brookii (Brooke's house gecko)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
  • Dorsal view
Hemidactylus maculatus (spotted leaf-toed gecko)
  • Dorsal view
Hemidactylus prashadi (Bombay leaf-toed gecko)
  • Dorsal view
Hemidactylus reticulatus (reticulate leaf-toed gecko)
  • Dorsal view
Hemidactylus triedrus (termite hill gecko)
  • Dorsal view
  • Dorsal view
  • Dorsal view
Ophisops beddomei (Beddome's snake-eye/lacerta)
  • Dorsal view
Ophisops leschenaultii (Leschenault's snake-eye/lacerta)
  • Dorsal view
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Chalcides pentadactylus (five-fingered skink)
  • Illustration
  • Illustration
Eutropis carinata (golden skink / അരണ)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
Eutropis macularia (bronze grass skink)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Kaestlea travancorica (Travancore ground skink)
  • Dorsal view
Lygosoma punctata (white-spotted supple skink / പാമ്പരണ)
  • Dorsal view
Ristella rurkii (Rurk's cat skink)
  • Claw pattern
Ristella travancorica (Travancore cat skink)
  • Dorsal view
  • Head
Sphenomorphus dussumieri (Dussumier's forest skink / കാട്ടരണ)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Varanus bengalensis (Bengal/Indian monitor / ഉടുമ്പ്)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
  • Head
  • Head (juvenile)
Acrochordus granulatus (marine file snake / കായൽ പാമ്പ്)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
Ahaetulla dispar (Gunther's vine snake / മലമ്പച്ചോലൻ പാമ്പ്)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Ahaetulla nasuta (green vine snake / പച്ചിലപാമ്പ്‌)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Ahaetulla perroteti (Western Ghats bronzeback / ചോലപ്പച്ചോലൻ‍)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Ahaetulla pulverulenta (brown vine snake / തവിട്ടോലപ്പാമ്പ്)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Argyrogena fasciolata (banded racer / വള്ളിച്ചേര)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Boiga beddomei (Beddome's cat snake)
  • Head
Boiga ceylonensis (Sri Lanka cat snake / കാട്ടുവലയൻ പാമ്പ്)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Boiga forsteni (Forsten's cat snake / കരികുരിയൻ പാമ്പ്)
  • Lateral view
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Boiga nuchalis (collared cat snake / വളയൻ പൂച്ചക്കണ്ണിപ്പാമ്പ്)
  • Lateral view
Boiga trigonata (common cat snake / പൂച്ചക്കണ്ണൻ)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Chrysopelea ornata (golden tree snake / നാഗത്താൻപാമ്പ്)
  • Dorsal view
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Coelognathus helena (trinket snake / കാട്ടുപാമ്പ്)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Dendrelaphis chairecaeos/chairecacos (southern bronzeback / നൽവരയൻകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)
  • Head
Dendrelaphis girii (Giri's bronzeback / കാട്ടുകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Dendrelaphis grandoculis (large-eyed bronzeback / മലകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Dendrelaphis tristis (common bronzeback / വില്ലൂന്നി)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
  • Front view
Lycodon aulicus (Indian wolf snake / വെള്ളിവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)
  • Lateral view
  • Dorsal view
  • Dorsal view
  • Melanistic form
Lycodon nympha (bridal snake)
  • Dorsal view
Lycodon striatus (barred wolf snake / വരവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Lycodon travancoricus (Travancore wolf snake / തിരുവിതാംകൂർ വെള്ളിവരയൻ‍)
  • Dorsal view
  • Dorsal view
  • Ventral view
  • Head
Oligodon affinis (western kukri / മലഞ്ചുരുട്ട)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
  • Head
Oligodon arnensis (banded kukri / വരയൻ ചുരുട്ട)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
  • Head
Oligodon brevicauda (shorthead kukri / കുട്ടിവാലൻ ചുരുട്ട)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Oligodon taeniolatus (streaked kukri)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
  • Dorsal view
  • Dorsal view
  • Head
Ptyas mucosa (Indian rat snake / ചേര)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
  • Courtship
  • Head
Sibynophis subpunctatus (Duméril's black-headed snake / എഴുത്താണി ചുരുട്ട)
  • Dorsal view
Eryx conicus (Russell's boa / ഇരുതലൻ മണ്ണൂലി)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Eryx johnii (Indian sand boa / വലിയ മണ്ണൂലി)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Eryx whitakeri (Whitaker's sand boa)
  • Dorsal view
  • Head
Bungarus caeruleus (common krait / വെള്ളിക്കെട്ടൻ)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
Calliophis bibroni (Bibron's coral snake / എഴുത്താണി വളയൻ)
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Calliophis nigrescens (black coral snake / ഇരുളൻ പവിഴപ്പാമ്പ്)
  • Ventral view
Hydrophis cyanocinctus (annulated sea snake / നീലവരയൻ)
  • Illustration
Hydrophis ornatus (ornate reef sea snake / ചിറ്റുളിപ്പാമ്പ്)
Hydrophis platurus (yellow-bellied sea snake / മഞ്ഞക്കറുപ്പൻ പാമ്പ്)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
Hydrophis schistosus (hook-nosed sea snake / വലകടിയൻ കടൽപാമ്പ്)
  • Illustration
Naja naja (Indian cobra / ഇന്ത്യൻ മൂർഖൻ)
  • Head
  • Head
Ophiophagus hannah (king cobra / രാജവെമ്പാല)
  • Illustration
  • Head
Cerberus rynchops (dog-faced water snake / ആറ്റുവായ്പ്പാമ്പ്)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
Dieurostus dussumierii (Dussumier's water snake / ചെളിക്കൂട)
  • Lateral view
Atretium schistosum (split keelback / പച്ചനീർമണ്ഡലി)
  • Dorsal view
  • Head
Amphiesma stolatum (buff striped keelback / തെയ്യാൻ പാമ്പ്)
  • Dorsal view
  • Dorsal view
  • Head
  • Head
  • Eggs
Hebius beddomei (Nilgiri keelback)
  • Head
  • Head
Amphiesma monticola (hill keelback / കാട്ടുനീർക്കോലി)
  • Dorsal view
  • Head
  • Head
Rhabdophis plumbicolor (green keelback / പച്ചനാഗം)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view (adult)
  • Dorsal view (juvenile)
  • Lateral view (juvenile)
  • Head
Fowlea piscator (checkered keelback / നീർക്കോലി)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Python molurus (Indian python / മലമ്പാമ്പ്)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
  • Eggs
Indotyphlops braminus (brahminy blind snake)
Melanophidium bilineatum (two-lined black shieldtail)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
Melanophidium punctatum (Beddome's black shieldtail)
  • Illustration
Plectrurus guentheri (Günther's burrowing snake)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
Plectrurus perrotetii (Nilgiri burrowing snake)
  • Dorsal view
Rhinophis fergusonianus (Cardamom Hills earth snake)
  • Illustration
Rhinophis sanguineus (red-bellied shieldtail)
  • Illustration
Uropeltis ceylanica (Kerala shieldtail)
  • Illustration
  • Illustration
Uropeltis liura (Günther's earth snake)
  • Illustration
Uropeltis pulneyensis (Palni shieldtail / പഴനിപ്പാമ്പ്)
  • Illustration
Uropeltis rubromaculata/rubromaculatus (red-spotted shieldtail / കുങ്കുമപ്പൊട്ടൻ പാമ്പ്)
  • Lateral view
Daboia russelii (Russell's viper / അണലി)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Echis carinatus (saw-scaled viper / ചുരുട്ടമണ്ഡലി)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Hypnale hypnale (hump-nosed viper / മുഴമൂക്കൻ കുഴിമണ്ഡലി)
  • Lateral view
  • Dorsal view
  • Dorsal view
  • Head
Trimeresurus gramineus (bamboo pit viper / മുളമണ്ഡലി)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
  • Head
Trimeresurus macrolepis (large-scaled pit viper / ചട്ടിത്തലയൻ കുഴിമണ്ഡലി)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
  • Head
Trimeresurus malabaricus (Malabar pit viper / ചോലമണ്ഡലി)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
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  • Front view
  • Head
Xylophis perroteti (Perrotet's mountain snake)
  • Lateral view
  • Head
Xylophis stenorhynchus (Günther's mountain snake / ഒരക്കുള്ളൻ പാമ്പ്)


See also

References
  • Palot, M. J. (2015). "A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 7 (13): 8010–8022
  • Indian snake checklist
  • Daniel, J. C.(2002). The Book of Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-566099-4

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