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1 Order Crocodilia  


1.1  Family Crocodilidae  




1.2  Family Gavialiidae  






2 Order Testudines  


2.1  Family Dermochelyidae  




2.2  Family Cheloniidae  




2.3  Family Testudinidae  




2.4  Family Geoemydidae  




2.5  Family Trionychidae  






3 Order Squamata  


3.1  Suborder Lacertilia  


3.1.1  Family Eublepharidae  




3.1.2  Family Gekkonidae  




3.1.3  Family Agamidae  




3.1.4  Family Chamaeleonidae  




3.1.5  Family Dibamidae  




3.1.6  Family Anguidae  




3.1.7  Family Scincidae  




3.1.8  Family Lacertidae  




3.1.9  Family Varanidae  






3.2  Suborder Sauria  


3.2.1  Family Gymnothalmidae  






3.3  Suborder Serpentes  






4 See also  




5 Notes  




6 References  




7 External links  













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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

The following is a list of reptiles in and around the Indian subcontinent, primarily covering the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Afghanistan, parts of Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Island chains.

Order Crocodilia

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Family Crocodilidae

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Family Gavialiidae

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Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)

Order Testudines

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Family Dermochelyidae

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Family Cheloniidae

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Family Testudinidae

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Family Geoemydidae

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River terrapin (Batagur baska)

Family Trionychidae

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Order Squamata

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Suborder Lacertilia

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Family Eublepharidae

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Family Gekkonidae

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Family Agamidae

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Family Chamaeleonidae

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Indian chameleon (Chamaeleo zeylanicus)

Family Dibamidae

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Family Anguidae

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Armoured glass snake (Ophisaurus apodus)

Family Scincidae

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Note: Some authors move the Asian skinks of the genus MabuyatoEutropis.[3]

Family Lacertidae

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Family Varanidae

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Water monitor (Varanus salvator)

Suborder Sauria

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Family Gymnothalmidae

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Suborder Serpentes

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See List of snakes of South Asia

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Giri VB, Bauer AM & KS Gaikwad (2009) A new ground-dwelling species of Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2164: 49–60 PDF
  • ^ Deepak, V.; Khandekar, Akshay; Varma, Sandeep; Chaitanya, R. (2016). "Description of a new species of Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from southern India". Zootaxa. 4139 (2): 167. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.2.2.
  • ^ Das, Indraneil, A De Silva & C C Austin (2008) A new species of Eutropis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 1700: 35-52 PDF

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