List of reptiles of China

China has around 403 different species of reptiles that can be found in many environments including Gobi Desert, deserts, Mongolian-Manchurian Grassland, grasslands, Yangtze River, rivers, and Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve, forests. It is the country with the seventh largest amount of different reptile species.Countries with the most reptile species
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Turtles and tortoises

Geoemydid turtles

Box turtles

* Amboina box turtle (''Cuora amboinensis'')
* Yellow-headed box turtle (''Cuora aurocapitata'')
* Vietnamese three-striped box turtle (''Cuora cyclornata'')
* Chinese box turtle (''Cuora flavomarginata'')
* Indochinese box turtle (''Cuora galbinifrons'')
* McCord's box turtle (''Cuora mccordi'')
* Keeled box turtle (''Cuora mouhotii'')
* Pan's box turtle (''Cuora pani'')
* Golden coin turtle (''Cuora trifasciata'')
* Yunnan box turtle (''Cuora yunnanensis'')
* Zhou's box turtle (''Cuora zhoui'')

Eyed turtles

* Burmese eyed turtle (''Morenia ocellata'')
* Beale's eyed turtle (''Sacalia bealei'')
* Four-eyed turtle (''Sacalia quadriocellata'')

Leaf turtles

* Asian leaf turtle (''Cyclemys dentata'')
* Black-breasted leaf turtle (''Geoemyda spengleri'')

Pond turtles

* Chinese broad-headed pond turtle (''Chinemys megalocephala'')
* Yellow pond turtle (''Mauremus mutica'')
* Red-necked pond turtle (''Mauremys nigricans'')
* Chinese pond turtle (''Mauremys reevesii'')
* Chinese stripe-necked turtle (''Mauremys sinensis'')

Roofed turtles

* Burmese roofed turtle (''Batagur trivittata'')

Miscellaneous and monotypic

* Big-headed turtle (''Platysternon megacephalum'')

Sea turtles

* Loggerhead sea turtle (''Caretta caretta'')
* Green sea turtle (''Chelonia mydas'')
* Leatherback sea turtle (''Dermochelys coriacea'')
* Hawksbill sea turtle (''Eretmochelys imbricata'')
* Olive ridley sea turtle (''Lepidochelys olivacea'')

Softshell turtles

* Wattle-necked softshell turtle (''Palea steindachneri'')
* Cantor's giant softshell turtle (''Pelochelys cantorii'')
* Hunan softshell turtle (''Pelodiscus axenaria'')
* Pelodiscus maackii, Amur softshell turtle (''Pelodiscus maackii'')
* Lesser Chinese softshell turtle (''Pelodiscus parviformis'')
* Chinese softshell turtle (''Pelodiscus sinensis'')
* Yangtze giant softshell turtle (''Rafetus swinhoei'')

Tortoises

* Russian tortoise (''Agrionemys horsfieldii'')
* Elongated tortoise (''Indotestudo elongata'')
* Impressed tortoise (''Manouria impressa'')

Snakes

Blindsnakes

* Diard's blindsnake (''Argyrophis diardii'')
* Indotyphlops albiceps, White-headed blindsnake (''Indotyphlops albiceps'')
* Brahminy blind snake (''Indotyphlops braminus'')
* ''Indotyphlops lazelli''
* Ramphotyphlops lineatus, Striped blindsnake (''Ramphotyphlops lineatus'')

Boas

* Dwarf sand boa (''Eryx miliaris'')
* Tartar sand boa (''Eryx tataricus'')

Cat snakes

* Boiga kraepelini, Square-headed cat snake (''Boiga kraepelini'')

Cobras

* Chinese cobra (''Naja atra'')
* Monocled cobra (''Naja kaouthia'')

Coral snakes

* Calliophis maculiceps, Speckled coral snake (''Calliophis maculiceps'')
* Sinomicrurus kelloggi, Kellogg's coral snake (''Sinomicrurus kelloggi'')
* ''Sinomicrurus hatori''
* Sinomicrurus macclellandi, MacClelland's coral snake (''Sinomicrurus macclellandi'')
* Sinomicrurus sauteri, Taiwanese coral snake (''Sinomicrurus sauteri'')

Green snakes

* Greater green snake (''Cyclophiops major'')

Kraits

* Northeastern hill krait (''Bungarus bungaroides'')
* Banded krait (''Bungarus fasciatus'')
* Many-banded krait (''Bungarus multicinctus'')

Lamprophiid snakes

* Psammodynastes pulverulentus, Common mock viper (''Psammodynastes pulverulentus'')
* ''Psammophis indochinensis''
* Psammophis lineolatus, Steppe ribbon racer (''Psammophis lineolatus'')

Miscellaneous and monotypic

* Blyth's reticulated snake (''Blythia reticulata'')
* Collared reed snake (''Calamaria pavimentata'')
* Fimbrios klossi, Bearded snake (''Fimbrios klossi'')
* ''Gonyosoma frenatum''
* King cobra (''Ophiophagus hannah'')
* Bailey's snake (''Thermophis baileyi'')

Natricine snakes

* Buff striped keelback (''Amphiesma stolatum'')
* Grass snake (''Natrix natrix'')
* Dice snake (''Natrix tessellata'')
* Maki's keelback (''Hebius miyajimae'')
* Sauter's keelback (''Hebius sauteri'')

Odd-scaled snakes

* Achalinus ater, Bourret's odd-scaled snake (''Achalinus ater'')
* Achalinus formosanus, Formosan odd-scaled snake (''Achalinus formosanus'')
* Achalinus hainanus, Hainan odd-scaled snake (''Achalinus hainanus'')
* Hunan odd-scaled snake (''Achalinus hunanensis'')
* Zong's odd-scaled snake (''Achalinus jinggangensis'')
* Achalinus meiguensis, Sichuan odd-scaled snake (''Achalinus meiguensis'')
* Black odd-scaled snake (''Achalinus niger'')
* Boulenger's odd-scaled snake (''Achalinus rufescens'')
* Achalinus spinalis, Peters's odd-scaled snake (''Achalinus spinalis'')

Pipe snakes

* Red-tailed pipe snake (''Cylindrophis ruffus'')

Pitvipers

* Sharp-nosed pit viper (''Deinagkistrodon acutus'')
* Mamushi (''Gloydius blomhoffii'')
* Ovophis makazayazaya, Taiwan mountain pitviper (''Ovophis makazayazaya'')
* Mountain pitviper (''Ovophis monticola'')
* Jerdon's pit viper (''Protobothrops jerdonii'')
* Brown spotted pitviper, Brown-spotted pitviper (''Protobothrops mucrosquamatus'')
* Taiwan pit viper (''Trimeresurus gracilis'')
* Bamboo pit viper (''Trimeresurus gramineus'')
* Mangshan pitviper (''Trimeresurus mangshanensis'')
* Motuo bamboo pitviper (''Trimeresurus medoensis'')
* Stejneger's pit viper (''Trimeresurus stejnegeri'')

Pythons

* Burmese python (''Python bivittatus'')

Ratsnakes

* Korean ratsnake (''Elaphe anomala'')
* Elaphe bimaculata, Twin-spotted ratsnake (''Elaphe bimaculata'')
* King ratsnake (''Elaphe carinata'')
* Elaphe davidi, David's ratsnake (''Elaphe davidi'')
* Elaphe schrenckii, Amur rat snake (''Elaphe schrenckii'')
* Beauty rat snake (''Elaphe taeniura'')
* ''Elaphe zoigeensis''
* Mandarin ratsnake (''Euprepiophis mandarinus'')

Sea kraits

* Banded sea krait (''Laticauda colubrina'')
* Blue-lipped sea krait (''Laticauda laticaudata'')
* Black-banded sea krait (''Laticauda semifasciata'')

Sea snakes

* Aipysurus eydouxii, Beaded sea snake (''Aipysurus eydouxii'')
* Aipysurus laevis, Golden sea snake (''Aipysurus laevis'')
* Astrotia stokesii, Stokes' seasnake (''Astrotia stokesii'')
* Emydocephalus ijimae, Turtlehead sea snake (''Emydocephalus ijimae'')
* Hydrophis caerulescens, Dwarf sea snake (''Hydrophis caerulescens'')
* Hydrophis curtus, Shaw's sea snake (''Hydrophis curtus'')
* Annulated sea snake (''Hydrophis cyanocinctus'')
* Hydrophis fasciatus, Striped sea snake (''Hydrophis fasciatus'')
* Hydrophis gracilis, Graceful small-headed sea snake (''Hydrophis gracilis'')
* Spine-bellied sea snake (''Hydrophis hardwickii'')
* Hydrophis inornatus, Plain sea snake (''Hydrophis inornatus'')
* Jerdon's sea snake (''Hydrophis jerdonii'')
* Hydrophis melanocephalus, Slender-necked sea snake (''Hydrophis melanocephalus'')
* Hydrophis ornatus, Ornate reef sea snake (''Hydrophis ornatus'')
* ''Hydrophis parviceps''
* Spiny-headed seasnake (''Hydrophis peronii'')
* Yellow-bellied sea snake (''Hydrophis platurus'')
* Hydrophis spiralis, Yellow sea snake (''Hydrophis spiralis'')
* Stokes's sea snake (''Hydrophis stokesii'')
* Hydrophis torquatus, West coast black-headed sea snake (''Hydrophis torquatus'')
* Hydrophis viperinus, Viperine sea snake (''Hydrophis viperinus'')
* Kerilia jerdonii, Jerdon's sea snake (''Kerilia jerdonii'')
* Lapemis curtus, Shaw's sea snake (''Lapemis curtus'')
* Hydrophis anomalus, Anomalous sea snake (''Hydrophis anomalus'')

Slug snakes

* Pareas atayal, Atayal slug-eating snake (''Pareas atayal'')
* Pareas boulengeri, Boulenger's slug snake (''Pareas boulengeri'')
* Keeled slug-eating snake (''Pareas carinatus'')
* Pareas chinensis, Chinese slug snake (''Pareas chinensis'')
* Formosa slug snake, Formosan slug snake (''Pareas formosensis'')
* Pareas hamptoni, Hampton's slug snake (''Pareas hamptoni'')
* Pareas komaii, Taiwan slug snake (''Pareas komaii'')
* Spotted slug snake (''Pareas margaritophorus'')
* Common slug snake (''Pareas monticola'')
* Pareas nigriceps, Xiaoheishan slug-eating snake (''Pareas nigriceps'')
* Pareas stanleyi, Stanley's slug snake (''Pareas stanleyi'')

Sunbeam snakes

* ''Xenopeltis hainanensis''
* ''Xenopeltis unicolor''

Vipers

* Fea's viper (''Azemiops feae'')
* Azemiopinae, White-headed Fea viper (''Azemiops kharini'')
* Russell's viper (''Daboia russelii'')
* Eastern Russell's viper (''Daboia siamensis'')
* Common European viper (''Vipera berus'')
* Meadow viper (''Vipera ursinii'')

Wart snakes

* Little wart snake (''Acrochordus granulatus'')

Water snakes

* Rainbow water snake (''Enhydris enhydris'')
* Rice paddy snake (''Hypsiscopus plumbea'')
* Myrrophis bennettii, Bennett's mud snake (''Myrrophis bennettii'')
* Chinese water snake (''Myrrophis chinensis'')
* Bocourt's water snake (''Subsessor bocourti'')

Worm-eating snakes

* Trachischium monticola, Mountain worm-eating snake (''Trachischium monticola'')
* Trachischium tenuiceps, Yellowbelly worm-eating snake (''Trachischium tenuiceps'')

Crocodilians

Alligators

* Chinese alligator (''Alligator sinensis'')

Crocodiles

* † Saltwater crocodile (''Crocodylus porosus'')Likely extirpated

Lizards

Agamid lizards (flying)

* Draco blanfordii, Blanford's flying lizard (''Draco blanfordii'')
* Draco maculatus, Spotted flying dragon (''Draco maculatus'')

Agamid lizards (non-flying)

* Acanthosaura armata, Armored pricklenape (''Acanthosaura armata'')
* Acanthosaura lepidogaster, Brown pricklenape (''Acanthosaura lepidogaster'')
* Calotes emma, Emma Gray's forest lizard (''Calotes emma'')
* Calotes jerdoni, Indo-Chinese forest lizard (''Calotes jerdoni'')
* Calotes medogensis, Medog bloodsucker (''Calotes medogensis'')
* Calotes mystaceus, Blue-crested lizard (''Calotes mystaceus'')
* Calotes versicolor, Oriental garden lizard (''Calotes versicolor'')
* ''Japalura andersoniana''
* Japalura tricarinata, Three-keeled mountain lizard (''Japalura tricarinata'')
* ''Diploderma batangensis''
* ''Diploderma brevicauda''
* Short-legged japalure (''Diploderma brevipes'')
* Banded japalure (''Diploderma fasciata'')
* Diploderma dymondi, Dymond's japalure (''Diploderma dymondi'')
* Diploderma flaviceps, Sichuan japalure (''Diploderma flaviceps'')
* Diploderma grahami, Graham's japalure (''Diploderma grahami'')
* Diploderma iadinum, Emerald mountain dragon (''Diploderma iadinum'')
* Diploderma laeviventre, Smooth-venter mountain dragon (''Diploderma laeviventre'')
* ''Diploderma luei''
* Diploderma makii, Ota's japalure (''Diploderma makii'')
* ''Diploderma micangshanensis''
* Ryukyu japalure (''Diploderma polygonatum'')
* ''Diploderma slowinskii''
* Diploderma splendidum, Japalura tree dragon (''Diploderma splendidum'')
* Diploderma swinhonis, Taiwan japalure (''Diploderma swinhonis''))
* Diploderma varcoae, Chinese japalure (''Diploderma varcoae'')
* Diploderma vela, Sail mountain lizard (''Diploderma vela'')
* ''Diploderma yulongense''
* Yunnan japalure (''Diploderma yunnanense'')
* ''Diploderma zhaoermii''
* Laudakia badakhshana, Badakhshana rock agama (''Laudakia badakhshana'')
* Laudakia himalayana, Himalayan agama (''Laudakia himalayana'')
* Laudakia papenfussi, Papenfuss' rock agama (''Laudakia papenfussi'')
* Laudakia sacra, Anan's rock agama (''Laudakia sacra'')
* Laudakia stoliczkana, Mongolian rock agama (''Laudakia stoliczkana'')
* Laudakia tuberculata, Kashmir rock agama (''Laudakia tuberculata'')
* Laudakia wui, Wu's rock agama (''Laudakia wui'')
* Leiolepis reevesii, Reeves' butterfly lizard (''Leiolepis reevesii'')
* Oriocalotes paulus, Small forest lizard (''Oriocalotes paulus'')
* Phrynocephalus axillaris, Yarkand toad-headed agama (''Phrynocephalus axillaris'')
* ''Phrynocephalus erythrurus''
* Phrynocephalus forsythii, Forsyth's toadhead agama (''Phrynocephalus forsythii'')
* Phrynocephalus frontalis, Shanxi toadhead agama (''Phrynocephalus frontalis'')
* Phrynocephalus guttatus, Spotted toadhead agama (''Phrynocephalus guttatus'')
* Phrynocephalus helioscopus, Sunwatcher toadhead agama (''Phrynocephalus helioscopus'')
* Phrynocephalus mystaceus, Secret toadhead agama (''Phrynocephalus mystaceus'')
* Phrynocephalus przewalskii, Przewalski's toadhead agama (''Phrynocephalus przewalskii'')
* ''Phrynocephalus putjatai''
* Roborowski's toadhead agama (''Phrynocephalus roborowskii'')
* Phrynocephalus theobaldi, Theobald's toad-headed agama (''Phrynocephalus theobaldi'')
* Phrynocephalus versicolor, Variegated toadhead agama (''Phrynocephalus versicolor'')
* Phrynocephalus vlangalii, Qinghai toadhead agama (''Phrynocephalus vlangalii'')
* Chinese water dragon (''Physignathus cocincinus'')
* Pseudocalotes brevipes, Vietnam false bloodsucker (''Pseudocalotes brevipes'')
* Pseudocalotes kakhienensis, Kakhyen Hills spiny lizard (''Pseudocalotes kakhienensis'')
* Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi, Kingdonward's bloodsucker (''Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi'')
* Pseudocalotes microlepis, Burmese false bloodsucker (''Pseudocalotes microlepis'')
* Ptyctolaemus gularis, Green fan-throated lizard (''Ptyctolaemus gularis'')
* Brilliant ground agama (''Trapelus agilis'')
* Trapelus sanguinolentus, Steppe agama (''Trapelus sanguinolentus'')

Geckos

* Alsophylax pipiens, Kaspischer even-fingered gecko (''Alsophylax pipiens'')
* Xinjiang even-fingered gecko (''Alsophylax przewalskii'')
* Frontier bow-fingered gecko (''Altiphylax stoliczkai'')
* Cyrtodactylus cayuensis, Cayu bent-toed gecko (''Cyrtodactylus cayuensis'')
* ''Cyrtodactylus tibetanus''
* ''Cyrtodactylus wayakonei''
* ''Cyrtodactylus zhaoermii''
* ''Cyrtopodion medogense''
* Gehyra mutilata, Common four-clawed gecko (''Gehyra mutilata'')
* Adler's gecko (''Gekko adleri'')
* Shanxi gecko (''Gekko auriverrucosus'')
* Gray's Chinese gecko (''Gekko chinensis'')
* Tokay gecko (''Gekko gecko'')
* ''Gekko guishanicus''
* Hokou gecko (''Gekko hokouensis'')
* Schlegel's Japanese gecko (''Gekko japonicus'')
* Botel gecko (''Gekko kikuchii'')
* Kwangsi gecko (''Gekko kwangsiensis'')
* Libo's gecko (''Gekko liboensis'')
* Mell's gecko (''Gekko melli'')
* Reeves's Tokay gecko (''Gekko reevesii'')
* Yunnan gecko (''Gekko scabridus'')
* ''Gekko similignum''
* ''Gekko subpalmatus''
* Peking gecko (''Gekko swinhonis'')
* Mingtao's gecko (''Gekko taibaiensis'')
* ''Gekko wenxianensis''
* Vietnamese leopard gecko (''Goniurosaurus araneus'')
* ''Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis''
* ''Goniurosaurus hainanensis''
* Kadoories's cave gecko (''Goniurosaurus kadoorieorum'')
* Goniurosaurus kwangsiensis, Guangxi cave gecko (''Goniurosaurus kwangsiensis'')
* ''Goniurosaurus liboensis''
* Lichtenfelder's gecko (''Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi'')
* ''Goniurosaurus luii''
* Yingde leopard gecko (''Goniurosaurus yingdeensis'')
* Goniurosaurus zhelongi, Zhe-long's leopard gecko (''Goniurosaurus zhelongi'')
* Goniurosaurus zhoui, Zhou's leopard gecko (''Goniurosaurus zhoui'')
* ''Hemidactylus aquilonius''
* Hemidactylus bowringii, Oriental leaf-tailed gecko (''Hemidactylus bowringii'')
* Common house gecko (''Hemidactylus frenatus'')
* Indo-Pacific gecko (''Hemidactylus garnotii'')
* Flat-tailed house gecko (''Hemidactylus platyurus'')
* Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko (''Hemidactylus stejnegeri'')
* Changning slender gecko (''Hemiphyllodactylus changningensis'')
* Hemiphyllodactylus dushanensis, Dushan slender gecko (''Hemiphyllodactylus dushanensis'')
* Hemiphyllodactylus hongkongensis, Hong Kong slender gecko (''Hemiphyllodactylus hongkongensis'')
* ''Hemiphyllodactylus huishuiensis''
* Hemiphyllodactylus jinpingensis, Jinping slender gecko (''Hemiphyllodactylus jinpingensis'')
* Hemiphyllodactylus longlingensis, Longling slender gecko (''Hemiphyllodactylus longlingensis'')
* Hemiphyllodactylus typus, Indopacific tree gecko (''Hemiphyllodactylus typus'')
* Asian slender gecko (''Hemiphyllodactylus yunnanensis'')
* Hemiphyllodactylus zugi, Zug's slender gecko (''Hemiphyllodactylus zugi'')
* Lepidodactylus lugubris, Mourning gecko (''Lepidodactylus lugubris'')
* Transcaspian bent-toed gecko (''Mediodactylus russowii'')
* ''Tenuidactylus dadunensis''
* Tenuidactylus elongatus, Yangihissar gecko (''Tenuidactylus elongatus'')
* Teratoscincus przewalskii, Przewalski's wonder gecko (''Teratoscincus przewalskii'')
* ''Teratoscincus roborowskii''
* Tetratoscincus scincus, Common wonder gecko (''Teratoscincus scincus'')

Glass lizards

* Burmese glass lizard (''Dopasia gracilis'')
* Hainan glass lizard (''Dopasia hainanensis'')
* Hart's glass lizard (''Dopasia harti'')
* Ludovic's glass lizard (''Dopasia ludovici'')

Miscellaneous and monotypic

* Chinese crocodile lizard (''Shinisaurus crocodilurus'')
* Takydromus sexlineatus, Asian grass lizard (''Takydromus sexlineatus'')
* Viviparous lizard (''Zootoca vivipara'')

Skinks

* ''Asymblepharus alaicus''
* Asymblepharus ladacensis, Ladak ground skink (''Asymblepharus ladacensis'')
* Asymblepharus sikimmensis, Sikkim ground skink (''Asymblepharus sikimmensis'')
* Ateuchosaurus chinensis, Chinese short-limbed skink (''Ateuchosaurus chinensis'')
* Eutropis longicaudata, Longtail mabuya (''Eutropis longicaudata'')
* Eutropis multifasciata, East Indian brown mabuya (''Eutropis multifasciata'')
* Lygosoma quadrupes, Short-limbed supple skink (''Lygosoma quadrupes'')
* Plestiodon capito, Gail's eyelid skink (''Plestiodon capito'')
* Chinese skink (''Plestiodon chinensis'')
* Shanghai skink (''Plestiodon elegans'')
* Scincella ladacensis, Ladakh ground skink (''Scincella ladacensis'')
* ''Plestiodon liui''
* Plestiodon popei, Pope's skink (''Plestiodon popei'')
* Plestiodon quadrilineatus, Hong Kong skink (''Plestiodon quadrilineatus'')
* Plestiodon tamdaoensis, Vietnam skink (''Plestiodon tamdaoensis'')
* ''Plestiodon tunganus''
* Barbour's ground skink (''Scincella barbouri'')
* Scincella doriae, Doria's ground skink (''Scincella doriae'')
* ''Scincella huanrenensis''
* Scincella modesta, Modest ground skink (''Scincella modesta'')
* ''Scincella monticola''
* ''Scincella potanini''
* ''Scincella przewalskii''
* Scincella reevesii, Reeves' smooth skink (''Scincella reevesii'')
* ''Scincella schmidti''
* ''Scincella tsinlingensis''
* ''Sphenomorphus courcyanus''
* ''Sphenomorphus incognitus''
* Sphenomorphus indicus, Indian forest skink (''Sphenomorphus indicus'')
* Sphenomorphus maculatus, Spotted forest skink (''Sphenomorphus maculatus'')
* Subdoluseps bowringii, Christmas Island grass-skink (''Subdoluseps bowringii'')
* Tropidophorus berdmorei, Berdmore's water skink (''Tropidophorus berdmorei'')
* ''Tropidophorus guangxiensis''
* Tropidophorus hainanus, Hainan water skink (''Tropidophorus hainanus'')
* Tropidophorus sinicus, Chinese water skink (''Tropidophorus sinicus'')

References

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Lists of biota of China, Reptiles
Reptiles of China,
Lists of reptiles by country, China
Lists of reptiles of Asia, China