List of reptiles of Kerala
Appearance
This is a list of reptile species found in the Kerala, India.
Order: Crocodilia (crocodilians)
[edit]Family: Crocodylidae (crocodiles)
[edit]Genus: Crocodylus
[edit]Crocodylus porosus (saltwater crocodile / കായൽ മുതല)
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Crocodylus palustris (mugger crocodile / മഗ്ഗർ മുതല)
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Order: Testudines (turtles)
[edit]Suborder: Cryptodira
[edit]Family: Geoemydidae (pond, river and wood turtles)
[edit]Genus: Melanochelys
[edit]Melanochelys trijuga (Indian black turtle / കാരാമ)
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Genus: Vijayachelys
[edit]Vijayachelys silvatica (Cochin forest cane turtle / ചൂരലാമ)
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Family: Cheloniidae (sea turtles)
[edit]Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle / പച്ചക്കടലാമ)
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Genus: Eretmochelys
[edit]Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill sea turtle / ചുണ്ടൻ കടലാമ)
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Genus: Lepidochelys
[edit]Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley sea turtle / ഒലീവ് റിഡ്ലി കടലാമ)
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Family: Dermochelyidae (leatherback turtles)
[edit]Genus: Dermochelys
[edit]Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle / തോൽപ്പുറകൻ കടലാമ)
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Family: Testudinidae (tortoises)
[edit]Genus: Geochelone
[edit]Geochelone elegans (Indian star tortoise / ഇന്ത്യൻ നക്ഷത്ര ആമ)
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Genus: Indotestudo
[edit]Indotestudo travancorica (Travancore tortoise / കാട്ടാമ)
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Family: Trionychidae (softshell turtles)
[edit]Nilssonia leithii (Leith's softshell turtle)
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Lissemys punctata (Indian flapshell turtle / വെള്ളാമ)
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Genus: Pelochelys
[edit]Pelochelys cantorii (Cantor's giant softshell turtle / ഭീമനാമ)
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Chitra indica (Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle / ചിത്രയാമ)
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Calotesdd calotes (common green forest lizard / പച്ചയോന്ത്)
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Calotes grandisquamis (large-scaled forest lizard / കാട്ടുപച്ചയോന്ത്)
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Calotes nemoricola (Nilgiri forest lizard / നീലഗിരി ഓന്ത്)
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Calotes versicolor (oriental garden lizard / ഓറിയന്റൽ ഗാർഡൻ ലിസാർഡ്)
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Genus: Monilesaurus
[edit]Monilesaurus ellioti (Elliot's forest lizard / മുള്ളോന്ത്)
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Monilesaurus rouxii (Roux's forest lizard)
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Draco dussumieri (southern flying lizard / പറയോന്ത്)
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Genus: Otocryptis
[edit]Otocryptis beddomei (Indian kangaroo lizard / കങ്കാരു ഓന്ത്)
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Genus: Psammophilus
[edit]Psammophilus blanfordanus (Blanford's rock agama / കൂനൻ പാറയോന്ത്)
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Psammophilus dorsalis (peninsular rock agama / പാറയോന്ത്)
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Salea anamallayana (Anaimalai spiny lizard / ആനമലയോന്ത്)
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Salea horsfieldii (Horsfield's spiny lizard / നീലഗിരി മലയോന്ത്)
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Sitana ponticeriana (fan-throated lizard / ചങ്കനോന്ത്)
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Family: Chamaeleonidae (chameleons)
[edit]Chamaeleo zeylanicus (Indian chameleon / മരയോന്ത്)
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Family: Gekkonidae (geckoes)
[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)
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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]Geckoella collegalensis (Kollegal ground gecko)
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Gehyra mutilata (four-clawed gecko)
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Genus: Hemidactylus
[edit]Hemidactylus anamallensis (Anaimalai gecko)
[edit]Hemidactylus brookii (Brooke's house gecko)
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Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko)
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Hemidactylus leschenaultii (Leschenault's leaf-toed gecko)
[edit]Hemidactylus maculatus (spotted leaf-toed gecko)
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Hemidactylus prashadi (Bombay leaf-toed gecko)
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Hemidactylus reticulatus (reticulate leaf-toed gecko)
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Hemidactylus triedrus (termite hill gecko)
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Family: Lacertidae (lacertas)
[edit]Ophisops beddomei (Beddome's snake-eye/lacerta)
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Ophisops leschenaultii (Leschenault's snake-eye/lacerta)
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Chalcides pentadactylus (five-fingered skink)
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Dasia subcaeruleum (Boulenger's tree skink)
[edit]Eutropis beddomii (Beddome's skink)
[edit]Eutropis bibronii (Bibron's seashore skink)
[edit]Eutropis carinata (golden skink / അരണ)
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Eutropis clivicola (mountain/Inger's skink)
[edit]Eutropis macularia (bronze grass skink)
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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)
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Riopa albopunctata (white-spotted supple skink / വെൺപൊട്ടൻ പാമ്പരണ)
[edit]Lygosoma punctata (white-spotted supple skink / പാമ്പരണ)
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Ristella beddomii (Beddome's cat skink)
[edit]Ristella guentheri (Günther's cat skink)
[edit]Ristella rurkii (Rurk's cat skink)
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Ristella travancorica (Travancore cat skink)
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Genus: Sphenomorphus
[edit]Sphenomorphus dussumieri (Dussumier's forest skink / കാട്ടരണ)
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Varanus bengalensis (Bengal/Indian monitor / ഉടുമ്പ്)
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Family: Acrochordidae (file snakes)
[edit]Genus: Acrochordus
[edit]Acrochordus granulatus (marine file snake / കായൽ പാമ്പ്)
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Family: Colubridae (colubrid snakes)
[edit]Ahaetulla dispar (Gunther's vine snake / മലമ്പച്ചോലൻ പാമ്പ്)
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Ahaetulla nasuta (green vine snake / പച്ചിലപാമ്പ്)
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Ahaetulla perroteti (Western Ghats bronzeback / ചോലപ്പച്ചോലൻ)
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Ahaetulla pulverulenta (brown vine snake / തവിട്ടോലപ്പാമ്പ്)
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Genus: Argyrogena
[edit]Argyrogena fasciolata (banded racer / വള്ളിച്ചേര)
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Boiga beddomei (Beddome's cat snake)
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Boiga ceylonensis (Sri Lanka cat snake / കാട്ടുവലയൻ പാമ്പ്)
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Boiga dightoni (Pirmad cat snake / പീരുമേടൻ പാമ്പ്)
[edit]Boiga forsteni (Forsten's cat snake / കരികുരിയൻ പാമ്പ്)
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Boiga nuchalis (collared cat snake / വളയൻ പൂച്ചക്കണ്ണിപ്പാമ്പ്)
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Boiga trigonata (common cat snake / പൂച്ചക്കണ്ണൻ)
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Genus: Chrysopelea
[edit]Chrysopelea ornata (golden tree snake / നാഗത്താൻപാമ്പ്)
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Genus: Coelognathus
[edit]Coelognathus helena (trinket snake / കാട്ടുപാമ്പ്)
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Genus: Dendrelaphis
[edit]Dendrelaphis ashoki (Ashok's bronzeback / വരയൻ വില്ലൂന്നി)
[edit]Dendrelaphis chairecaeos/chairecacos (southern bronzeback / നൽവരയൻകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)
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Dendrelaphis girii (Giri's bronzeback / കാട്ടുകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)
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Dendrelaphis grandoculis (large-eyed bronzeback / മലകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)
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Dendrelaphis tristis (common bronzeback / വില്ലൂന്നി)
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Liopeltis calamaria (calamaria reed snake / ചെന്നിവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)
[edit]Lycodon aulicus (Indian wolf snake / വെള്ളിവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)
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Lycodon nympha (bridal snake)
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Lycodon striatus (barred wolf snake / വരവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)[citation needed]
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Lycodon travancoricus (Travancore wolf snake / തിരുവിതാംകൂർ വെള്ളിവരയൻ)
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Oligodon affinis (western kukri / മലഞ്ചുരുട്ട)[citation needed]
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Oligodon arnensis (banded kukri / വരയൻ ചുരുട്ട)
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Oligodon brevicauda (shorthead kukri / കുട്ടിവാലൻ ചുരുട്ട)[citation needed]
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Oligodon taeniolatus (streaked kukri)
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Oligodon travancoricus (Travancore kukri / തെക്കൻ ചുരുട്ട)[citation needed]
[edit]Oligodon venustus (Jerdon's kukri / ഒരച്ചുരുട്ട)[citation needed]
[edit]Ptyas mucosa (Indian rat snake / ചേര)
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Rhabdops olivaceus (olive forest snake / മോന്തയുന്തി പാമ്പ്) [citation needed]
[edit]Genus: Sibynophis
[edit]Sibynophis subpunctatus (Duméril's black-headed snake / എഴുത്താണി ചുരുട്ട) [citation needed]
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Family: Erycidae/Erycinae (sand boas)
[edit]Eryx conicus (Russell's boa / ഇരുതലൻ മണ്ണൂലി)
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Eryx johnii (Indian sand boa / വലിയ മണ്ണൂലി)
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Eryx whitakeri (Whitaker's sand boa)
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Bungarus caeruleus (common krait / വെള്ളിക്കെട്ടൻ)
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Genus: Calliophis
[edit]Calliophis beddomei (Beddome's coral snake)
[edit]Calliophis bibroni (Bibron's coral snake / എഴുത്താണി വളയൻ)
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Calliophis melanurus (Indian coral snake / എഴുത്താണി മൂർഖൻ) [citation needed]
[edit]Calliophis nigrescens (black coral snake / ഇരുളൻ പവിഴപ്പാമ്പ്)
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Hydrophis curtus (short sea snake)
[edit]Hydrophis cyanocinctus (annulated sea snake / നീലവരയൻ)
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Hydrophis ornatus (ornate reef sea snake / ചിറ്റുളിപ്പാമ്പ്)
[edit]Hydrophis platurus (yellow-bellied sea snake / മഞ്ഞക്കറുപ്പൻ പാമ്പ്)
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Hydrophis schistosus (hook-nosed sea snake / വലകടിയൻ കടൽപാമ്പ്)
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Naja naja (Indian cobra / ഇന്ത്യൻ മൂർഖൻ)
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Genus: Ophiophagus
[edit]Ophiophagus hannah (king cobra / രാജവെമ്പാല)
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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]Cerberus rynchops (dog-faced water snake / ആറ്റുവായ്പ്പാമ്പ്)
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Genus: Dieurostus
[edit]Dieurostus dussumierii (Dussumier's water snake / ചെളിക്കൂട)
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Gerarda prevostiana (Gerard's water snake / പച്ചാറ്റുവായ്പ്പാമ്പ്)
[edit]Family: Natricidae/Natricinae (Keelbacks)
[edit]Atretium schistosum (split keelback / പച്ചനീർമണ്ഡലി)
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Amphiesma stolatum (buff striped keelback / തെയ്യാൻ പാമ്പ്)
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Hebius beddomei (Nilgiri keelback)
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Amphiesma monticola (hill keelback / കാട്ടുനീർക്കോലി)
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Genus: Rhabdophis
[edit]Rhabdophis plumbicolor (green keelback / പച്ചനാഗം)
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Fowlea piscator (checkered keelback / നീർക്കോലി)
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Family: Pythonidae (pythons)
[edit]Python molurus (Indian python / മലമ്പാമ്പ്)
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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)
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Melanophidium punctatum (Beddome's black shieldtail)
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Melanophidium wynaudense (Indian black earth snake)
[edit]Genus: Platyplectrurus
[edit]Platyplectrurus madurensis (Travancore Hills thorntail)
[edit]Platyplectrurus trilineatus (lined thorntail)
[edit]Genus: Plectrurus
[edit]Plectrurus aureus (Kerala burrowing snake)
[edit]Plectrurus guentheri (Günther's burrowing snake)
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Plectrurus perrotetii (Nilgiri burrowing snake)
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Rhinophis fergusonianus (Cardamom Hills earth snake)
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Rhinophis sanguineus (red-bellied shieldtail)
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Rhinophis travancoricus (Travancore shieldtail)
[edit]Genus: Teretrurus
[edit]Teretrurus sanguineus (purple-red earth snake)
[edit]Uropeltis arcticeps (Thirunelveli earth snake)
[edit]Uropeltis beddomii (Beddome's earth snake)
[edit]Uropeltis ceylanica (Kerala shieldtail)
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Uropeltis ellioti (Elliot's earth snake)
[edit]Uropeltis grandis (violet shieldtail)
[edit]Uropeltis liura (Günther's earth snake)
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Uropeltis macrorhyncha (Anaimalai earth snake)
[edit]Uropeltis maculata (spotted earth snake)
[edit]Uropeltis myhendrae (Boulenger's earth snake)
[edit]Uropeltis nitida (southern earth snake)
[edit]Uropeltis ocellata (Nilgiri shieldtail)
[edit]Uropeltis petersi (Peter's shieldtail)
[edit]Uropeltis pulneyensis (Palni shieldtail / പഴനിപ്പാമ്പ്)
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Uropeltis rubrolineata (red-lined shieldtail / കുങ്കുമവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)
[edit]Uropeltis rubromaculata/rubromaculatus (red-spotted shieldtail / കുങ്കുമപ്പൊട്ടൻ പാമ്പ്)
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Uropeltis woodmasoni (Wood-Mason's earth snake / കരടിയിരുതലയൻ പാമ്പ്)
[edit]Daboia russelii (Russell's viper / അണലി)
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Echis carinatus (saw-scaled viper / ചുരുട്ടമണ്ഡലി)
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Hypnale hypnale (hump-nosed viper / മുഴമൂക്കൻ കുഴിമണ്ഡലി)
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Genus: Trimeresurus
[edit]Trimeresurus gramineus (bamboo pit viper / മുളമണ്ഡലി)
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Trimeresurus macrolepis (large-scaled pit viper / ചട്ടിത്തലയൻ കുഴിമണ്ഡലി)
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Trimeresurus malabaricus (Malabar pit viper / ചോലമണ്ഡലി)
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Trimeresurus strigatus (horseshoe pit viper / ലാടമണ്ഡലി)
[edit]Family: Xenodermatidae (narrow-headed snakes)
[edit]Xylophis captaini (Captain's wood snake / കുഞ്ഞിത്തലയൻ പാമ്പ്)[citation needed]
[edit]Xylophis perroteti (Perrotet's mountain snake)
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Xylophis stenorhynchus (Günther's mountain snake / ഒരക്കുള്ളൻ പാമ്പ്)[citation needed]
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See also
[edit]- Wildlife of Kerala
- List of Odonata of Kerala
- List of butterflies of Kerala
- List of amphibians of Kerala
- List of birds of Kerala
- List of mammals of Kerala
References
[edit]- 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
External links
[edit]Media related to Reptiles of Kerala at Wikimedia Commons