This is a list of

reptile Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates (lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalians ( ...

species found in the Kerala, India.

Order: Crocodilia (crocodilians)

Suborder: Eusuchia

Family:
Crocodylidae Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. The term crocodile is sometimes used even more loosely to include all extant mem ...
(crocodiles)

= Genus: ''
Crocodylus ''Crocodylus'' is a genus of true crocodiles in the family Crocodylidae. Taxonomy The generic name, ''Crocodylus'', was proposed by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in 1768. ''Crocodylus'' contains 13–14 extant (living) species and 5 extinct species ...
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'' Crocodylus porosus'' (saltwater crocodile / കായൽ മുതല)

File:SaltwaterCrocodile('Maximo').jpg, Dorsal view File:Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) (10106331165).jpg, Lateral view File:Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), Gembira Loka Zoo, 2015-03-15 01.jpg, Head

Crocodylus palustris The mugger crocodile (''Crocodylus palustris'') is a medium-sized broad- snouted crocodile, also known as mugger and marsh crocodile. It is native to freshwater habitats from southern Iran to the Indian subcontinent, where it inhabits marshes ...

'' (mugger crocodile / മഗ്ഗർ മുതല)

File:Mugger crocodile in Gir Forest National Park.jpg, Lateral view File:Mugger crocodile (Gando) in Chabahar, Iran- by Hadi Karimi.jpg, Lateral view File:Mugger Crocodile (8453136541).jpg, Head

Order: Testudines (turtles)

Suborder: Cryptodira

Family: Geoemydidae (pond, river and wood turtles)

= Genus: '' Melanochelys''

Melanochelys trijuga The Indian black turtle (''Melanochelys trijuga'') or Indian pond terrapin is a species of medium-sized freshwater turtle found in South Asia. Description Despite its name, the color of its upper shell or carapace can vary from reddish to dark ...

'' (Indian black turtle / കാരാമ)

File:Melanochelys trijuga.jpg, Illustration File:Indian Black Turtle.jpg, Lateral view File:Indian pond terrapin @ Kabini.jpg, Lateral view

= Genus: '' Vijayachelys''

Vijayachelys silvatica __NOTOC__ The Cochin forest cane turtle (''Vijayachelys silvatica''), also known as Kavalai forest turtle, forest cane turtle or simply cane turtle, is a rare turtle from the Western Ghats of India. Described in 1912, its type locality is give ...

'' (Cochin forest cane turtle / ചൂരലാമ)

File:Cochin Forest Cane Turtle (Vijayachelys silvatica) by Sandeep Das.jpg, Lateral view File:CaneTurtle DSC 4117.jpg, Lateral view File:CaneTurtle DSC 3810.jpg, Front view

Family: Cheloniidae (sea turtles)

= Genus: '' Chelonia''

'' Chelonia mydas'' (green sea turtle / പച്ചക്കടലാമ)

File:Chelonia mydas is going for the air edit.jpg, Dorsal view File:Green turtle swimming over coral reefs in Kona.jpg, Lateral view File:Green Sea Turtle grazing seagrass.jpg, Front view File:Baby Chelonia mydas 20060319.jpg, Hatchling

= Genus: '' Eretmochelys''

'' Eretmochelys imbricata'' (hawksbill sea turtle / ചുണ്ടൻ കടലാമ)

File:Hawksbill turtle off the coast of Saba.jpg, Dorsal view File:Eretmochelys imbricata 01.jpg, Ventral view File:Hawksbill Sea Turtle Carey de Concha (5840602412).jpg, Lateral view File:Hawksbill turtle doeppne-081.jpg, Head

= Genus: '' Lepidochelys''

'' Lepidochelys olivacea'' (olive ridley sea turtle / ഒലീവ് റിഡ്‌ലി കടലാമ)

File:Lepidochelys olivacea.jpg, Lateral view File:Turtle golfina escobilla oaxaca mexico claudio giovenzana 2010.jpg, Nesting File:Olive Ridley hatchlings in Chennai.jpg, Hatchling

Family:
Dermochelyidae Dermochelyidae is a family of turtles which has seven extinct genera and one extant genus, including the largest living sea turtles. Classification of known genera The following list of dermochelyid species was published by Hirayama and Tong in ...
(leatherback turtles)

= Genus: ''
Dermochelys The leatherback sea turtle (''Dermochelys coriacea''), sometimes called the lute turtle or leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, reaching lengths of up to and weights ...
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'' Dermochelys coriacea'' (leatherback sea turtle / തോൽപ്പുറകൻ കടലാമ)

File:Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary b76 548-2.jpg, Illustration File:Leatherback sea turtle Tinglar, USVI (5839996547).jpg, Lateral view File:Leatherbacks crawling to the sea.jpg, Crawling File:Baby-leatherback-1.jpg, Hatchling File:Leatherback turtle oesophagus.jpg, Oesophagus showing spines to retain prey

Family: Testudinidae (tortoises)

= Genus: '' Geochelone''

'' Geochelone elegans'' (Indian star tortoise / ഇന്ത്യൻ നക്ഷത്ര ആമ)

File:Geochelone elegans.png, Illustration File:Davidraju IMG 7365.jpg, Lateral view File:Indian star tortoise by N. A. Naseer.jpg, Lateral view

= Genus: ''
Indotestudo ''Indotestudo'' is a genus of tortoises in the family Testudinidae. The genus is native to South and Southeast Asia. The three species in the genus are all threatened Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants and fung ...
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Indotestudo travancorica The Travancore tortoise (''Indotestudo travancorica'') is a large forest tortoise growing up to in length. The species was first described by George Albert Boulenger in 1907. It primarily feeds on grasses and herbs. It also feeds on molluscs, ...

'' (Travancore tortoise / കാട്ടാമ)

File:Travancore Tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica) by Sandeep Das.jpg, Lateral view

Family: Trionychidae (softshell turtles)

= Genus: '' Nilssonia''

Nilssonia leithii Leith's softshell turtle (''Nilssonia leithii'') is a species of turtle in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriag ...

'' (Leith's softshell turtle)

File:Leith's Softshell Turtle.jpg, Head

= Genus: ''
Lissemys ''Lissemys'' is a genus of softshell turtles in the subfamily Cyclanorbinae of the family Trionychidae. The genus is indigenous to southern Asia. Species The genus ''Lissemys'' contains three extant species which are recognized as being valid. ...
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Lissemys punctata The Indian flapshell turtle (''Lissemys punctata'') is a freshwater species of turtle found in South Asia. The "flap-shelled" name stems from the presence of femoral flaps located on the plastron. These flaps of skin cover the limbs when they re ...

'' (Indian flapshell turtle / വെള്ളാമ)

File:(Lissemys punctata) Indian flap shell Turtle 02.JPG, Dorsal view File:Indian flapshell turtle with Spots visible 01.jpg, Lateral view File:A water turtle.jpg, Front view

= Genus: '' Pelochelys''

'' Pelochelys cantorii'' (Cantor's giant softshell turtle / ഭീമനാമ)

File:Pelochelys cantorii from the vicinity of St Victoria - ZooKeys-266-001-g101.jpg, Dorsal view File:Pelochelys cantorii from the vicinity of San Mariano - ZooKeys-266-001-g100.jpg, Lateral view File:Pelochelys cantorii.jpg, Front view

= Genus: '' Chitra''

''Chitra indica'' (Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle / :ml:ചിത്രയാമ, ചിത്രയാമ)

File:Dudhwalive chitra.JPG, Lateral view File:Chitra indica, skeleton.jpg, Skeleton

Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles)

Suborder: Iguania

Family: Agamidae (lizards)

= Genus: ''Calotes''

''Calotesdd calotes'' (common green forest lizard / :ml:പച്ചയോന്ത്, പച്ചയോന്ത്)

File:Agama ophiomachus - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ12800071.tif, Illustration File:Green forest Lizard-Calotes calotes.JPG, Dorsal view File:Calotes calotes Eastern Ghats.jpg, Lateral view File:Chameleon (green).jpg, Head

''Calotes grandisquamis'' (large-scaled forest lizard / :ml:കാട്ടുപച്ചയോന്ത്, കാട്ടുപച്ചയോന്ത്)

File:CalotesGrandisquamisFord.jpg, Illustration File:Large-scaled Forest Lizard (Calotes grandisquamis) by Sandeep Das.jpg, Lateral view File:Calotes grandisquamis at Kadavoor.jpg, Head File:Large Scaled Forest Lizard.jpg, Head

''Calotes nemoricola'' (Nilgiri forest lizard / :ml:നീലഗിരി ഓന്ത്, നീലഗിരി ഓന്ത്)

File:Calotes nemoricola (Pookode Lake, Wayanad, India).jpg, Lateral view

''Calotes versicolor'' (oriental garden lizard / :ml:ഓറിയന്റൽ ഗാർഡൻ ലിസാർഡ്, ഓറിയന്റൽ ഗാർഡൻ ലിസാർഡ്)

File:Garden Lizard in Garden.jpg, Lateral view File:Camouflaged oriental garden lizard.jpg, Lateral view File:Oriental garden lizard 07372.JPG, Head File:Indian Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor) in AP W IMG 9906.jpg, Male in breeding season

= Genus: ''Monilesaurus''

''Monilesaurus ellioti'' (Elliot's forest lizard / :ml:മുള്ളോന്ത്, മുള്ളോന്ത്)

File:Elliot's forest lizard Calotes ellioti.JPG, Dorsal view File:Eliot's forest lizard (4)E.jpg, Lateral view File:Eliot's forest lizard.jpg, Head File:Elliot’s Forest Lizard (Calotes ellioti) by Sandeep Das.jpg, Head File:Elliot's forest lizard (Calotes ellioti), female.jpg, Female

''Monilesaurus rouxii'' (Roux's forest lizard)

File:ForestCalotes.jpg, Lateral view File:Calotes rouxii -India-8.jpg, Lateral view File:CalotesRouxiiHead.jpg, Head

= Genus: ''Draco (lizard), Draco''

''Draco dussumieri'' (southern flying lizard / :ml:പറയോന്ത്, പറയോന്ത്)

File:Draco dussumieri illustration.jpg, Illustration File:Draco dussumieri.jpg, Dorsal view File:Draco dussumieri display.jpg, Lateral view File:Indian gliding lizard Draco dussumieri at Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute.jpg, Head

= Genus: ''Otocryptis''

''Otocryptis beddomei'' (Indian kangaroo lizard / :ml:കങ്കാരു ഓന്ത്, കങ്കാരു ഓന്ത്)

File:OtocryptisBeddomiiMintern.jpg, Illustration File:Western Ghats Kangaroo Lizard.jpg, Dorsal view File:Otocryptis beddomii.jpg, Lateral view

= Genus: ''Psammophilus''

''Psammophilus blanfordanus'' (Blanford's rock agama / :ml:കൂനൻ പാറയോന്ത്, കൂനൻ പാറയോന്ത്)

File:PsammophilusBlanfordanus.jpg, Dorsal view File:Peninsular Rock Agama (Psammophilus dorsalis) in Hyderabad W IMG 5666.jpg, Lateral view File:Peninsular Rock Agama (Psammophilus dorsalis) in Hyderabad W IMG 5668.jpg, Head File:Peninsular Rock Agama (Psammophilus dorsalis)- Male breeding plumage- in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 7714.jpg, Breeding color

''Psammophilus dorsalis'' (peninsular rock agama / :ml:പാറയോന്ത്, പാറയോന്ത്)

File:South Indian or Peninsular rock agama.jpg, Dorsal view File:Ramanagara, karnataka.JPG, Lateral view File:Psammophilus dorsalis male breeding.jpg, Lateral view File:South Indian rock agama (Male, Breeding colors).jpg, Front view File:RockAgamaBNP.jpg, Female

= Genus: ''Salea''

''Salea anamallayana'' (Anaimalai spiny lizard / :ml:ആനമലയോന്ത്, ആനമലയോന്ത്)

File:LophosaleaAnamallayanaMintern.jpg, Illustration File:Salea anamallayana.JPG, Lateral view File:Anamalai Spiny Lizard (Salea anamallayana) by Sandeep Das.jpg, Head

''Salea horsfieldii'' (Horsfield's spiny lizard / :ml:നീലഗിരി മലയോന്ത്, നീലഗിരി മലയോന്ത്)

File:Salea sleep.jpg, Dorsal view File:Salea basking.jpg, Lateral view File:SaleaSide.jpg, Lateral view File:SaleaHead.jpg, Head

= Genus: ''Sitana''

''Sitana ponticeriana'' (fan-throated lizard / :ml:ചങ്കനോന്ത്, ചങ്കനോന്ത്)

File:Descent of Man Appleton 1875 Fig 033.jpg, Illustration File:Fan-throated Lizard (Sitana ponticeriana) W IMG 7530.jpg, Dorsal view File:Fan-throated Lizard (Sitana ponticeriana) W2 IMG 7581.jpg, Lateral view File:Fan-throated-lizard-sitana-ponticeriana.JPG, Ventral view File:Fan throated Lizard.jpg, Breeding colors

Family: Chamaeleonidae (chameleons)

= Genus: ''Chamaeleo''

''Chamaeleo zeylanicus'' (Indian chameleon / :ml:മരയോന്ത്, മരയോന്ത്)

File:Chamaeleo zeylanicus.jpg, Lateral view File:Indian Chameleon (Chamaeleo zeylanicus) Photograph By Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg, Lateral view File:Indian Chameleon Chamaeleo zeylanicus SGNP Mumbai DSCF0251 (6).JPG, Lateral view File:South Asian Chamaeleon (Chamaeleo zeylanicus) W IMG 1839.jpg, Head

Family: Gekkonidae (geckoes)

= Genus: ''Cnemaspis''

''Cnemaspis beddomei'' (Beddome's day gecko)

''Cnemaspis gracilis'' (slender day gecko/ :ml:പൊന്നൻമരപ്പല്ലി, പൊന്നൻമരപ്പല്ലി)

''Cnemaspis indica'' (Indian day gecko / :ml:ഇന്ത്യൻ മരപ്പല്ലി, ഇന്ത്യൻ മരപ്പല്ലി)

''Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis'' (Kottiyoor day gecko)

''Cnemaspis littoralis'' (coastal day gecko)

File:Cnemapspis literioralis.jpg, Lateral view

''Cnemaspis monticola'' (mountain day gecko)

''Cnemaspis nairi'' (Ponmudi day gecko)

''Cnemaspis nilagirica'' (Nilgiri day gecko)

''Cnemaspis ornata'' (ornate day gecko)

''Cnemaspis sisparensis'' (Sispara day gecko)

''Cnemaspis wynadensis'' (Wyanad day gecko)

= Genus: ''Geckoella''

''Geckoella collegalensis'' (Kollegal ground gecko)

File:Cyrtodactylus collegalensis.jpg, Lateral view

= Genus: ''Gehyra''

''Gehyra mutilata'' (four-clawed gecko)

File:Gehyra mutilata (PNM 6501) from Barangay Dibuluan - ZooKeys-266-001-g046.jpg, Lateral view File:Gehyra cf. mutilata.jpg, Head

= Genus: ''Hemidactylus''

''Hemidactylus anamallensis'' (Anaimalai gecko)

''Hemidactylus brookii'' (Brooke's house gecko)

File:HemidactylusBrookiRooij.jpg, Illustration File:Brooke's house Gecko (Hemidactylus brookii).jpg, Lateral view File:Brook's House Gecko.png, Head

''Hemidactylus frenatus'' (common house gecko)

File:HemidactylusFrenatusFullRooij.jpg, Illustration File:House gecko.jpg, Dorsal view File:House Lizard.jpg, Dorsal view

''Hemidactylus leschenaultii'' (Leschenault's leaf-toed gecko)

''Hemidactylus maculatus'' (spotted leaf-toed gecko)

File:Rock Gecko.png, Dorsal view

''Hemidactylus prashadi'' (Bombay leaf-toed gecko)

File:Prasad's gecko - Hemidactylus prashadi.jpg, Dorsal view

''Hemidactylus reticulatus'' (reticulate leaf-toed gecko)

File:Hemidactylus reticulatus.jpg, Dorsal view

''Hemidactylus triedrus'' (termite hill gecko)

File:Termite hill gecko.jpg, Dorsal view File:Hemidactylus triedrus.jpg, Dorsal view File:Gecko DSC 6409.jpg, Dorsal view

Family: Lacertidae (lacertas)

= Genus: ''Ophisops''

''Ophisops beddomei'' (Beddome's snake-eye/lacerta)

File:... lizard -- Beddome's Snake-Eye (Ophisops beddomei) (7385185304).jpg, Dorsal view

''Ophisops leschenaultii'' (Leschenault's snake-eye/lacerta)

File:OphisopsLeschenaultii.jpg, Dorsal view File:Ophisops leschenaultii imm.jpg, Dorsal view File:Ophisops leschenaultii ad.jpg, Lateral view File:Leschenault's snake-eye (Ophisops leschenaultii) JEG4097.jpg, Lateral view File:Ophisops leschenaultii sal.jpg, Head

Family: Scincidae (skinks)

= Genus: ''Chalcides''

''Chalcides pentadactylus'' (five-fingered skink)

File:Chalcides pentadactylus.jpg, Illustration File:Head of Sphenocephalus pentadactylus.jpg, Illustration

= Genus: ''Dasia (lizard), Dasia''

''Dasia subcaeruleum'' (Boulenger's tree skink)

= Genus: ''Eutropis''

''Eutropis beddomii'' (Beddome's skink)

''Eutropis bibronii'' (Bibron's seashore skink)

''Eutropis carinata'' (golden skink / :ml:അരണ, അരണ)

File:Eutropis carinata Hardwicke.jpg, Illustration File:Eutropis carinata (3731585391).jpg, Dorsal view File:Skinkblr2.jpg, Lateral view

''Eutropis clivicola'' (mountain/Inger's skink)

''Eutropis macularia'' (bronze grass skink)

File:(Eutropis macularia) Skink at Kommadi 01.jpg, Dorsal view File:Bronze Grass Skink (Mabuya macularia) W IMG 9977.jpg, Lateral view File:Bronze skink(Eutropis macularia).jpg, Head

= Genus: ''Scincella, Kaestlea/Scincella''

''Kaestlea beddomii'' (Beddome's ground skink)

''Kaestlea bilineata'' (two-lined ground skink)

''Kaestlea laterimaculata'' (side-spotted ground skink)

''Kaestlea palnica'' (Palni ground skink)

''Kaestlea travancorica'' (Travancore ground skink)

File:Side-spotted Ground Skink Scincella travancorica.jpg, Dorsal view

= Genus: ''Riopa''

''Riopa albopunctata'' (white-spotted supple skink / :ml:വെൺപൊട്ടൻ പാമ്പരണ, വെൺപൊട്ടൻ പാമ്പരണ)

= Genus: ''Lygosoma''

''Lygosoma punctata'' (white-spotted supple skink / :ml:പാമ്പരണ, പാമ്പരണ)

File:Lygosoma cf. punctata juvenile.jpg, Dorsal view

= Genus: ''Ristella''

''Ristella beddomii'' (Beddome's cat skink)

''Ristella guentheri'' (Günther's cat skink)

''Ristella rurkii'' (Rurk's cat skink)

File:Ristella rurkii gab fbi.png, Claw pattern

''Ristella travancorica'' (Travancore cat skink)

File:Cat skink.jpg, Dorsal view File:Cat skink head.jpg, Head

= Genus: ''Sphenomorphus''

''Sphenomorphus dussumieri'' (Dussumier's forest skink / :ml:കാട്ടരണ, കാട്ടരണ)

File:Dussumier's Forest Skink.jpg, Dorsal view File:Sphenomorphus dussumieri at Kadavoor.jpg, Lateral view File:Dussumier's forest skink at Kanjirappally, Kerala (2).JPG, Lateral view

Family: Varanidae (monitor lizards)

= Genus: ''Varanus''

''Varanus bengalensis'' (Bengal/Indian monitor / :ml:ഉടുമ്പ്, ഉടുമ്പ്)

File:Bengal monitor 01.jpg, Dorsal view File:Varanus bengalensis - 01.jpg, Lateral view File:Varanus bengalensis - 02.jpg, Front view File:Bengal Monitor Varanus bengalensis Mumbai by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN3080 (1).jpg, Head File:The Monitor Lizard (Juvenile) Varanus bengalensis.JPG, Head (juvenile)

Suborder: Serpentes

Family: Acrochordidae (file snakes)

= Genus: ''Acrochordus''

''Acrochordus granulatus'' (marine file snake / :ml:കായൽ പാമ്പ്, കായൽ പാമ്പ്)

File:Acrochordus fasciatus - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ11900015.tif, Illustration File:File snake (Acrochordus granulatus).jpg, Lateral view

Family: Colubridae (colubrid snakes)

= Genus: ''Ahaetulla''

''Ahaetulla dispar'' (Gunther's vine snake / :ml:മലമ്പച്ചോലൻ പാമ്പ്, മലമ്പച്ചോലൻ പാമ്പ്)

File:A.dispar.jpg, Dorsal view File:Aha.dispar.jpg, Lateral view File:Ahaya.dispar.jpg, Head

''Ahaetulla nasuta'' (green vine snake / :ml:പച്ചിലപാമ്പ്‌, പച്ചിലപാമ്പ്‌)

File:Davidraju Vine snake.jpg, Lateral view File:Ahaetulla nasuta, Long-nosed whip snake - Prachantakham District (24049887216).jpg, Lateral view File:Green Vine snake-Wynaad.jpg, Head

''Ahaetulla perroteti'' (Western Ghats bronzeback / :ml:ചോലപ്പച്ചോലൻ‍, ചോലപ്പച്ചോലൻ‍)

File:A.perrotiiiti.jpg, Lateral view File:Broze-headed vine Snake(Ahaetulla perrottiti.jpg, Lateral view File:Bronze-headed Vine Snake (Ahaetulla perroteti) by Sandeep Das.jpg, Head

''Ahaetulla pulverulenta'' (brown vine snake / :ml:തവിട്ടോലപ്പാമ്പ്, തവിട്ടോലപ്പാമ്പ്)

File:Ahaetulla pulverulenta.jpg, Illustration File:Ahaetulla pulverulenta5.jpg, Lateral view File:Ahaetulla pulverulenta4.jpg, Lateral view File:Ahaetulla pulverulenta head view and eye profile.jpg, Head

= Genus: ''Argyrogena''

''Argyrogena fasciolata'' (banded racer / :ml:വള്ളിച്ചേര, വള്ളിച്ചേര)

File:Banded Racer Argyrogena fasciolata by Ashahar alias Krishna Khan.jpg, Dorsal view File:Himalayan Keelback 1.jpg, Lateral view File:Racer sal.jpg, Head

= Genus: ''Boiga''

''Boiga beddomei'' (Beddome's cat snake)

File:Beddomes Cat Snake.jpg, Head

''Boiga ceylonensis'' (Sri Lanka cat snake / :ml:കാട്ടുവലയൻ പാമ്പ്, കാട്ടുവലയൻ പാമ്പ്)

File:Boiga ceylonensis 13.JPG, Dorsal view File:BoigaWynaad.jpg, Lateral view File:Ceylon Cat Snake (Boiga ceylonensis) by Sandeep Das.jpg, Lateral view File:Boiga ceylonensis 35.JPG, Head

''Boiga dightoni'' (Pirmad cat snake / :ml:പീരുമേടൻ പാമ്പ്, പീരുമേടൻ പാമ്പ്)

''Boiga forsteni'' (Forsten's cat snake / :ml:കരികുരിയൻ പാമ്പ്, കരികുരിയൻ പാമ്പ്)

File:Davidraju Forsterns vat.jpg, Lateral view File:Forsten's cat snake (Boiga forsteni).jpg, Lateral view File:Forsten's Cat Snake At Yala.jpg, Lateral view

''Boiga nuchalis'' (collared cat snake / :ml:വളയൻ പൂച്ചക്കണ്ണിപ്പാമ്പ്, വളയൻ പൂച്ചക്കണ്ണിപ്പാമ്പ്)

File:Boiga nuchalis.jpg, Lateral view

''Boiga trigonata'' (common cat snake / :ml:പൂച്ചക്കണ്ണൻ, പൂച്ചക്കണ്ണൻ)

File:Boiga trigonata.jpg, Illustration File:Common Cat Snake( Boiga trigonata).jpg, Lateral view File:Common cat snake ( Boiga trigonata).jpg, Front view

= Genus: ''Chrysopelea''

''Chrysopelea ornata'' (golden tree snake / :ml:നാഗത്താൻപാമ്പ്, നാഗത്താൻപാമ്പ്)

File:AB127 - Chrysopelea ornata.JPG, Dorsal view File:Davidraju Ornate Flying Snake(Chrysopelea ornata).jpg, Dorsal view File:Golden tree snake.jpg, Lateral view File:Golden Tree Snake (Chrysopelea ornata ornatissima) (7796693540).jpg, Head

= Genus: ''Coelognathus''

''Coelognathus helena'' (trinket snake / :ml:കാട്ടുപാമ്പ്, കാട്ടുപാമ്പ്)

File:Coelognathus helena (കാട്ടുപാമ്പ്) (5).JPG, Dorsal view File:Montane trinket snake Coelognathus helena monticollaris by Ashahar alias Krishna Khan Amravati.jpg, Lateral view File:Trinket 2.jpg, Lateral view File:The Montane Trinket Snake (Coelognathus helena monticollaris) 15.JPG, Head

= Genus: ''Dendrelaphis''

''Dendrelaphis ashoki'' (Ashok's bronzeback / വരയൻ വില്ലൂന്നി)

''Dendrelaphis chairecaeos, Dendrelaphis chairecaeos/chairecacos'' (southern bronzeback / :ml:നൽവരയൻകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്, നൽവരയൻകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)

File:Dendrelaphis chairecacos.jpg, Head

''Dendrelaphis girii'' (Giri's bronzeback / :ml:കാട്ടുകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്, കാട്ടുകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)

File:Giris Bronzeback tree snake.jpg, Lateral view File:Giris bronzeback.jpg, Head

''Dendrelaphis grandoculis'' (large-eyed bronzeback / :ml:മലകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്, മലകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)

File:Large eyed bronze back top view.JPG, Lateral view File:Dendralaphis grandoculis.jpg, Head

''Dendrelaphis tristis'' (common bronzeback / :ml:കോമൺ ബ്രോൺസ്ബാക്ക് ട്രീ സ്നേക്ക്, വില്ലൂന്നി)

File:Bronzeback sal.jpg, Lateral view File:Dendrelaphis tristis (4194698355).jpg, Lateral view File:Dendrelaphis tristis.JPG, Head File:Bronzeback head sal.jpg, Front view

= Genus: ''Liopeltis''

''Liopeltis calamaria'' (calamaria reed snake / :ml:ചെന്നിവരയൻ പാമ്പ്, ചെന്നിവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)

= Genus: ''Lycodon''

''Lycodon aulicus'' (Indian wolf snake / :ml:വെള്ളിവരയൻ പാമ്പ്, വെള്ളിവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)

File:Davidraju IMG 7225.jpg, Lateral view File:Lycodon aulicus2 sal.jpg, Dorsal view File:Indian wolf snake Lycodon aulicus by Ashahar alias Krishna Khan Amravati.jpg, Dorsal view File:Indian Wolf Snake.jpg, Melanistic form

''Lycodon nympha'' (bridal snake)

File:Dryocalamus nympha by Dushantha Kandambi.jpg, Dorsal view

''Lycodon striatus'' (barred wolf snake / :ml:വരവരയൻ പാമ്പ്, വരവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)

File:Lycodon striatus.jpg, Illustration File:Barred wolf snake.jpg, Dorsal view File:Banded Wolf Snake Lycodon striatus.jpg, Lateral view File:Barred Wolf Snake (Lycodon striatus) Photograph By Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg, Head

''Lycodon travancoricus'' (Travancore wolf snake / :ml:തിരുവിതാംകൂർ വെള്ളിവരയൻ‍, തിരുവിതാംകൂർ വെള്ളിവരയൻ‍)

File:Travancore wolf snake Lycodon travancoricus by Krishna Khan.jpg, Dorsal view File:Lycodon travancoricus.JPG, Dorsal view File:Lycodon travancoricus in a ball.JPG, Ventral view File:Lycodon travancoricus.jpg, Head

= Genus: ''Oligodon''

''Oligodon affinis'' (western kukri / :ml:മലഞ്ചുരുട്ട, മലഞ്ചുരുട്ട)

File:Oligodon affinis smith.jpg, Illustration File:BabyOligodonAffinis.jpg, Dorsal view File:Oligodon affinis.jpg, Head

''Oligodon arnensis'' (banded kukri / :ml:വരയൻ ചുരുട്ട, വരയൻ ചുരുട്ട)

File:OligodonArnensisSmith.jpg, Illustration File:Common Kukri Snake(Oligodon arnensis) (3).jpg, Dorsal view File:KukriHead.jpg, Head

''Oligodon brevicauda'' (shorthead kukri / :ml:കുട്ടിവാലൻ ചുരുട്ട, കുട്ടിവാലൻ ചുരുട്ട)

File:OligodonBrevicaudaSmith.jpg, Illustration File:Oligodon brevicauda by Surya Narayanan.jpg, Lateral view File:Oligodon brevicauda by Sandeep Das.jpg, Head

''Oligodon taeniolatus'' (streaked kukri)

File:Oligodon taeniolatus.jpg, Illustration Russell's kukri aka Variegated kukri (Oligodon taeniolatus).jpg, Dorsal view File:Oligodon taeniolatus 2.JPG, Dorsal view File:Russell's Kukri ( Oligodon taeniolatus) 46.JPG, Dorsal view File:Russell's Kukri ( Oligodon taeniolatus) 16.JPG, Head

''Oligodon travancoricus'' (Travancore kukri / :ml:തെക്കൻ ചുരുട്ട, തെക്കൻ ചുരുട്ട)

''Oligodon venustus'' (Jerdon's kukri / :ml:ഒരച്ചുരുട്ട, ഒരച്ചുരുട്ട)

= Genus: ''Ptyas''

''Ptyas mucosa'' (Indian rat snake / :ml:ഇന്ത്യൻ ചേര, ചേര)

File:Coluber mucosus - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ12100201.tif, Illustration File:Common India Rat Snake.jpg, Lateral view File:Snake Combat Dance.jpg, Courtship File:Dhaman or Oriental Ratsnake Ptyas mucosus Mumbai Maharashtra.JPG, Head

= Genus: ''Rhabdops''

''Rhabdops olivaceus'' (olive forest snake / :ml:മോന്തയുന്തി പാമ്പ്, മോന്തയുന്തി പാമ്പ്)

= Genus: ''Sibynophis''

''Sibynophis subpunctatus'' (Duméril's black-headed snake / :ml:എഴുത്താണി ചുരുട്ട, എഴുത്താണി ചുരുട്ട)

File:Sibynophis subpunctatus.JPG, Dorsal view

Family: Erycinae, Erycidae/Erycinae (sand boas)

= Genus: ''Eryx (snake), Eryx''

''Eryx conicus'' (Russell's boa / :ml:ഇരുതലൻ മണ്ണൂലി, ഇരുതലൻ മണ്ണൂലി)

File:Russells Boa.jpg, Dorsal view File:മണ്ണൂലിപ്പാമ്പ്‌.JPG File:Russellsboa sal.jpg, Lateral view File:Boa sabbie indiano.jpg, Head

''Eryx johnii'' (Indian sand boa / :ml:വലിയ മണ്ണൂലി, വലിയ മണ്ണൂലി)

File:Red Sand Boa Eryx johnii by Ashahar alias Krishna Khan.jpg, Dorsal view File:Smooth-scaled Indian Sand Boa (Eryx johnii).JPG, Lateral view File:AB131-Eryx johnii head.JPG, Head

''Eryx whitakeri'' (Whitaker's sand boa)

File:Juvenile Whitaker's Boa in Pilerne, Goa (1).JPG, Dorsal view File:Whitaker's sand boa Eryx whitakeri by Ashahar alias Krishna Khan.jpg, Head

Family: Elapidae (elapid snakes)

= Genus: ''Bungarus''

''Bungarus caeruleus'' (common krait / :ml:വെള്ളിക്കെട്ടൻ, വെള്ളിക്കെട്ടൻ)

File:The Thanatophidia of India Wellcome L0069285.jpg, Illustration File:Bungarus caerulus.jpg, Dorsal view

= Genus: ''Calliophis''

''Calliophis beddomei'' (Beddome's coral snake)

''Calliophis bibroni'' (Bibron's coral snake / :ml:എഴുത്താണി വളയൻ, എഴുത്താണി വളയൻ)

File:Bibron's Coral Snake.jpg, Lateral view File:Bibron’s Coral Snake (Calliophis bibroni) by Sandeep Das.jpg, Head

''Calliophis melanurus'' (Indian coral snake / :ml:എഴുത്താണി മൂർഖൻ, എഴുത്താണി മൂർഖൻ)

''Calliophis nigrescens'' (black coral snake / :ml:ഇരുളൻ പവിഴപ്പാമ്പ്, ഇരുളൻ പവിഴപ്പാമ്പ്)

File:Calliophis nigrescens.JPG, Ventral view

= Genus: ''Hydrophis''

''Hydrophis curtus'' (short sea snake)

''Hydrophis cyanocinctus'' (annulated sea snake / :ml:നീലവരയൻ, നീലവരയൻ)

File:Hydrophis - Brehms.jpg, Illustration

''Hydrophis ornatus'' (ornate reef sea snake / :ml:ചിറ്റുളിപ്പാമ്പ്, ചിറ്റുളിപ്പാമ്പ്)

File:Japan sea snake, Ornate Sea Snake (Hydrophis ornatus) (15167155673).jpg File:Hydrophis ornatus by DaijuAzuma.JPG

''Hydrophis platurus'' (yellow-bellied sea snake / :ml:മഞ്ഞക്കറുപ്പൻ പാമ്പ്, മഞ്ഞക്കറുപ്പൻ പാമ്പ്)

File:Animaux venimeux et venins- la fonction venimeuse chez tous les animaux (Pl. VI) (7461654746).jpg, Illustration File:Pelamis platura, Costa Rica.jpg, Dorsal view

''Hydrophis schistosus'' (hook-nosed sea snake / :ml:വലകടിയൻ കടൽപാമ്പ്, വലകടിയൻ കടൽപാമ്പ്)

File:ValakadynRooij.jpg, Illustration

= Genus: ''Naja''

''Naja naja'' (Indian cobra / :ml:ഇന്ത്യൻ മൂർഖൻ, ഇന്ത്യൻ മൂർഖൻ)

File:Indian Cobra.JPG File:Indian cobra, Sri Lanka, January 2009 - 4.jpg, Head File:Indian cobra, Sri Lanka, January 2009 - 2.jpg, Head

= Genus: ''Ophiophagus''

''Ophiophagus hannah'' (king cobra / :ml:രാജവെമ്പാല, രാജവെമ്പാല)

File:Ophiophagus hannah drawing.jpg, Illustration File:12 - The Mystical King Cobra and Coffee Forests.jpg File:Ophiophagus hannah Genève 24102014 1.jpg File:Ophiophagus-hannah-kaeng-krachan-national-park.jpg, Head

Family: Gerrhopilidae (worm snakes)

= Genus: ''Gerrhopilus, Gerrhopilus/Typhlops''

''Gerrhopilus beddomii'' (Beddome's worm snake)

''Gerrhopilus thurstoni'' (Thurston's worm snake / :ml:അമ്മിഞ്ഞിക്കുടിയൻ പാമ്പ്, അമ്മിഞ്ഞിക്കുടിയൻ പാമ്പ്)

''Gerrhopilus tindalli'' (Tindall's worm snake)

Family: Homalopsidae (mud snakes)

= Genus: ''Cerberus (snake), Cerberus''

''Cerberus rynchops'' (dog-faced water snake / :ml:ആറ്റുവായ്പ്പാമ്പ്, ആറ്റുവായ്പ്പാമ്പ്)

File:Cerberus rynchops sundarban.JPG, Dorsal view File:Cerberus rynchops Andamans.jpg, Lateral view

= Genus: ''Dieurostus''

''Dieurostus dussumieri, Dieurostus dussumierii'' (Dussumier's water snake / :ml:ചെളിക്കൂട, ചെളിക്കൂട)

File:Dieurostus dussumieri.jpg, Lateral view

= Genus: ''Gerarda prevostiana, Gerarda''

''Gerarda prevostiana'' (Gerard's water snake / :ml:പച്ചാറ്റുവായ്പ്പാമ്പ്, പച്ചാറ്റുവായ്പ്പാമ്പ്)

Family: Natricidae, Natricidae/Natricinae (Keelbacks)

= Genus: ''Atretium''

''Atretium schistosum'' (split keelback / :ml:പച്ചനീർമണ്ഡലി, പച്ചനീർമണ്ഡലി)

File:Olive Keelback water snake (Atretium schistosum) from Sri Lanka.jpg, Dorsal view File:OliveKeelback.jpg, Head

= Genus: ''Amphiesma''

''Amphiesma stolatum'' (buff striped keelback / :ml:തെയ്യാൻ പാമ്പ്, തെയ്യാൻ പാമ്പ്)

File:Buff striped keelback Amphiesma stolatum by Krishna Khan Amravati.jpg, Dorsal view File:Buff-striped Keelback snake. (Amphiesma stolata) - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg, Dorsal view File:The vermillion interstices of Buff-Striped Keel Back (Amphiesma stolata erythrostictus).JPG, Head File:Lateral View of the Buff-Striped Keel Back (Amphiesma stolata erythrostictus).JPG, Head File:Striped Keelback By Capt Suresh Sharma IMG 1183.jpg, Eggs

= Genus: ''Hebius''

''Hebius beddomei'' (Nilgiri keelback)

File:Young Amphiesma beddomei.jpg, Head File:Amphiesma beddomei headtop.jpg, Head

''Hebius monticola, Amphiesma monticola'' (hill keelback / :ml:കാട്ടുനീർക്കോലി, കാട്ടുനീർക്കോലി)

File:Hill keelback.jpg, Dorsal view File:AmphiesmaMonticola.jpg, Head File:Amphiesma monticola.jpg, Head

= Genus: ''Rhabdophis''

''Rhabdophis plumbicolor'' (green keelback / :ml:പച്ചനാഗം, പച്ചനാഗം)

File:MacrophistodonPlumbicolor.jpg, Illustration File:Davidraju Green Keelback.jpg, Lateral view (adult) File:Macropisthodon plumbicolor juvenile2.jpg, Dorsal view (juvenile) File:Wild snake.jpg, Lateral view (juvenile) File:Macropisthodon plumbicolor-Dandeli.jpg, Head

= Genus: ''Fowlea''

''Fowlea piscator'' (checkered keelback / :ml:നീർക്കോലി, നീർക്കോലി)

File:Xenochrophis piscator at Kadavoor.jpg, Dorsal view File:Checkered Keelback Xenochrophis piscator Schneider, 1799 Assam by Dr Raju Kasambe DSC 0477 (2).JPG, Lateral view File:Xenochrophis piscator(Chequered Keelback) Bhimashankar.jpg, Head

Family: Pythonidae (pythons)

= Genus: ''Python (genus), Python''

''Python molurus'' (Indian python / :ml:മലമ്പാമ്പ്, മലമ്പാമ്പ്)

File:Pratik jain dahod python.JPG, Dorsal view File:Indian python @ Kanjirappally 01.jpg, Lateral view File:Heller Tigerpython Python molurus molurus.jpg, Head File:Clutch of Python molurus eggs.JPG, Eggs

Family: Typhlopidae (blind snakes)

= Genus: ''Grypotyphlops''

''Grypotyphlops acutus'' (beak-nosed blind snake)

= Genus: ''Indotyphlops''

''Indotyphlops braminus'' (brahminy blind snake)

File:Davidraju Worm Snake.jpg File:Ramphotyphlops braminus in Timor-Leste.jpg

Family: Uropeltidae (shieldtails)

= Genus: ''Teretrurus''

''Teretrurus rhodogaster'' (Wall's shield tail)

= Genus: ''Melanophidium''

''Melanophidium bilineatum'' (two-lined black shieldtail)

File:Melanophidium bilineatum.jpg, Illustration File:IridescentShieldtail.jpg, Dorsal view

''Melanophidium punctatum'' (Beddome's black shieldtail)

File:Melanophidium punctatum.jpg, Illustration

''Melanophidium wynaudense'' (Indian black earth snake)

= Genus: ''Platyplectrurus''

''Platyplectrurus madurensis'' (Travancore Hills thorntail)

''Platyplectrurus trilineatus'' (lined thorntail)

= Genus: ''Plectrurus''

''Plectrurus aureus'' (Kerala burrowing snake)

''Plectrurus guentheri'' (Günther's burrowing snake)

File:PlectrurusGuentheriJury.jpg, Illustration File:Davidraju Guntheri (7).jpg, Dorsal view

''Plectrurus perrotetii'' (Nilgiri burrowing snake)

File:Plectrurus perottetti sal.jpg, Dorsal view

= Genus: ''Rhinophis''

''Rhinophis fergusonianus'' (Cardamom Hills earth snake)

File:Rhinophis fergusonianus Boulenger 1896.jpg, Illustration

''Rhinophis sanguineus'' (red-bellied shieldtail)

File:Rhinophis microlepis.jpg, Illustration

''Rhinophis travancoricus'' (Travancore shieldtail)

= Genus: ''Teretrurus''

''Teretrurus sanguineus'' (purple-red earth snake)

= Genus: ''Uropeltis''

''Uropeltis arcticeps'' (Thirunelveli earth snake)

''Uropeltis beddomii'' (Beddome's earth snake)

''Uropeltis ceylanica'' (Kerala shieldtail)

File:Silybura shortii.jpg, Illustration File:Uropeltis ceylanica (1).jpg, Illustration

''Uropeltis ellioti'' (Elliot's earth snake)

''Uropeltis grandis'' (violet shieldtail)

''Uropeltis liura'' (Günther's earth snake)

File:Silybura liura.jpg, Illustration

''Uropeltis macrorhyncha'' (Anaimalai earth snake)

''Uropeltis maculata'' (spotted earth snake)

''Uropeltis myhendrae'' (Boulenger's earth snake)

''Uropeltis nitida'' (southern earth snake)

''Uropeltis ocellata'' (Nilgiri shieldtail)

''Uropeltis petersi'' (Peter's shieldtail)

''Uropeltis pulneyensis'' (Palni shieldtail / :ml:പഴനിപ്പാമ്പ്, പഴനിപ്പാമ്പ്)

File:PlectrurusPulneyensisJury.jpg, Illustration

''Uropeltis rubrolineata'' (red-lined shieldtail / :ml:കുങ്കുമവരയൻ പാമ്പ്, കുങ്കുമവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)

''Uropeltis rubromaculata, Uropeltis rubromaculata/rubromaculatus'' (red-spotted shieldtail / :ml:കുങ്കുമപ്പൊട്ടൻ പാമ്പ്, കുങ്കുമപ്പൊട്ടൻ പാമ്പ്)

File:Uropeltis rubromaculata by Sandeep Das.jpg, Lateral view

''Uropeltis woodmasoni'' (Wood-Mason's earth snake / :ml:കരടിയിരുതലയൻ പാമ്പ്), കരടിയിരുതലയൻ പാമ്പ്)

Family: Viperidae (vipers)

= Genus: ''Daboia''

''Daboia russelii'' (Russell's viper / :ml:അണലി, അണലി)

File:The Thanatophidia of India Wellcome L0069366.jpg, Illustration File:Daboia russelii A Chawla01.jpg, Dorsal view File:Russells viper in pune zoo.jpg, Lateral view File:File-Daboia russelii head A Chawla02.jpg, Head

= Genus: ''Echis''

''Echis carinatus'' (saw-scaled viper / :ml:ചുരുട്ടമണ്ഡലി, ചുരുട്ടമണ്ഡലി)

File:Echis carinatus2.jpg, Illustration File:Saw-scaled Viper (Echis carinatus) Photographed By Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg, Dorsal view File:Saw-scaled viper Echis carinatus by Krishna Khan Amravati.jpg, Lateral view File:Echis carinatus sal (edit).jpg, Lateral view

= Genus: ''Hypnale''

''Hypnale hypnale'' (hump-nosed viper / :ml:മുഴമൂക്കൻ കുഴിമണ്ഡലി, മുഴമൂക്കൻ കുഴിമണ്ഡലി)

File:8695‌‌‌‌ - Hump-nosed pit viper.jpg, Lateral view File:Hump Nosed Pit Viper @ Kanjirappally, Kerala 05.JPG, Dorsal view File:Hypnale hypnale.jpg, Dorsal view File:Hump-nosed pit viper.jpg, Head

= Genus: ''Trimeresurus''

''Trimeresurus gramineus'' (bamboo pit viper / :ml:മുളമണ്ഡലി, മുളമണ്ഡലി)

File:Bomboo Pit Viper Tremeresurus graminus.jpg, Dorsal view File:Bamboo Pit.jpg, Lateral view File:Bamboo-Pit-viper.jpg, Front view File:Bamboo pit viper - head profile.jpg, Head

''Trimeresurus macrolepis'' (large-scaled pit viper / :ml:ചട്ടിത്തലയൻ കുഴിമണ്ഡലി, ചട്ടിത്തലയൻ കുഴിമണ്ഡലി)

File:Trimeresurus macrolepis profile.jpg, Lateral view File:Trimeresurus macrolepis, large-scaled tree viper, large-scaled pitviper at Mannavan Shola, Anamudi Shola National Park, Kerala (11).jpg, Lateral view File:Trimeresurus macrolepis by Sandeep Das.jpg, Front view File:Trimeresurus macrolepis head and tongue.jpg, Head

''Trimeresurus malabaricus'' (Malabar pit viper / :ml:ചോലമണ്ഡലി, ചോലമണ്ഡലി)

File:Trimeresurus malabaricus IMG 3349.jpg, Dorsal view File:Malabar Pit Viper 2.jpg, Lateral view File:Malabar pit viper in Brahmagiri Tiger Reserve.jpg, Lateral view File:Bamboo-Pit-viper.jpg, Front view File:MPViper.jpg, Head

''Trimeresurus strigatus'' (horseshoe pit viper / :ml:ലാടമണ്ഡലി, ലാടമണ്ഡലി)

Family: Xenodermatidae (narrow-headed snakes)

= Genus: ''Xylophis''

''Xylophis captaini'' (Captain's wood snake / :ml:കുഞ്ഞിത്തലയൻ പാമ്പ്, കുഞ്ഞിത്തലയൻ പാമ്പ്)

''Xylophis perroteti'' (Perrotet's mountain snake)

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''Xylophis stenorhynchus'' (Günther's mountain snake / :ml:ഒരക്കുള്ളൻ പാമ്പ്, ഒരക്കുള്ളൻ പാമ്പ്)

References

* Palot, M. J. (2015). :File:A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India.pdf, "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.

External links

Reptile database

Herpetology in South Asia
{{Kerala Reptiles of India, * Lists of fauna of India, Reptiles Kerala fauna-related lists, Reptiles Lists of reptiles of Asia, Kerala