List of reptiles of Kerala

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

Order: Crocodilia (crocodilians)[edit]

Suborder: Eusuchia[edit]

Family: Crocodylidae (crocodiles)[edit]

Genus: Crocodylus[edit]

Crocodylus porosus (saltwater crocodile / കായൽ മുതല)[edit]

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Crocodylus palustris (mugger crocodile / മഗ്ഗർ മുതല)[edit]

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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)[edit]

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Genus: Vijayachelys[edit]

Vijayachelys silvatica (Cochin forest cane turtle / ചൂരലാമ)[edit]

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Family: Cheloniidae (sea turtles)[edit]

Genus: Chelonia[edit]

Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle / പച്ചക്കടലാമ)[edit]

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Genus: Eretmochelys[edit]

Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill sea turtle / ചുണ്ടൻ കടലാമ)[edit]

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Genus: Lepidochelys[edit]

Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley sea turtle / ഒലീവ് റിഡ്‌ലി കടലാമ)[edit]

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Family: Dermochelyidae (leatherback turtles)[edit]

Genus: Dermochelys[edit]

Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle / തോൽപ്പുറകൻ കടലാമ)[edit]

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Family: Testudinidae (tortoises)[edit]

Genus: Geochelone[edit]

Geochelone elegans (Indian star tortoise / ഇന്ത്യൻ നക്ഷത്ര ആമ)[edit]

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Genus: Indotestudo[edit]

Indotestudo travancorica (Travancore tortoise / കാട്ടാമ)[edit]

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Family: Trionychidae (softshell turtles)[edit]

Genus: Nilssonia[edit]

Nilssonia leithii (Leith's softshell turtle)[edit]

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Genus: Lissemys[edit]

Lissemys punctata (Indian flapshell turtle / വെള്ളാമ)[edit]

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Genus: Pelochelys[edit]

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

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Genus: Chitra[edit]

Chitra indica (Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle / ചിത്രയാമ)[edit]

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Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles)[edit]

Suborder: Iguania[edit]

Family: Agamidae (lizards)[edit]

Genus: Calotes[edit]

Calotesdd calotes (common green forest lizard / പച്ചയോന്ത്)[edit]

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Calotes grandisquamis (large-scaled forest lizard / കാട്ടുപച്ചയോന്ത്)[edit]

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Calotes nemoricola (Nilgiri forest lizard / നീലഗിരി ഓന്ത്)[edit]

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Calotes versicolor (oriental garden lizard / ഓറിയന്റൽ ഗാർഡൻ ലിസാർഡ്)[edit]

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Genus: Monilesaurus[edit]

Monilesaurus ellioti (Elliot's forest lizard / മുള്ളോന്ത്)[edit]

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Monilesaurus rouxii (Roux's forest lizard)[edit]

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Genus: Draco[edit]

Draco dussumieri (southern flying lizard / പറയോന്ത്)[edit]

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Genus: Otocryptis[edit]

Otocryptis beddomei (Indian kangaroo lizard / കങ്കാരു ഓന്ത്)[edit]

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Genus: Psammophilus[edit]

Psammophilus blanfordanus (Blanford's rock agama / കൂനൻ പാറയോന്ത്)[edit]

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Psammophilus dorsalis (peninsular rock agama / പാറയോന്ത്)[edit]

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Genus: Salea[edit]

Salea anamallayana (Anaimalai spiny lizard / ആനമലയോന്ത്)[edit]

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Salea horsfieldii (Horsfield's spiny lizard / നീലഗിരി മലയോന്ത്)[edit]

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Genus: Sitana[edit]

Sitana ponticeriana (fan-throated lizard / ചങ്കനോന്ത്)[edit]

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Family: Chamaeleonidae (chameleons)[edit]

Genus: Chamaeleo[edit]

Chamaeleo zeylanicus (Indian chameleon / മരയോന്ത്)[edit]

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Family: Gekkonidae (geckoes)[edit]

Genus: Cnemaspis[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)[edit]

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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]

Genus: Geckoella[edit]

Geckoella collegalensis (Kollegal ground gecko)[edit]

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Genus: Gehyra[edit]

Gehyra mutilata (four-clawed gecko)[edit]

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Genus: Hemidactylus[edit]

Hemidactylus anamallensis (Anaimalai gecko)[edit]

Hemidactylus brookii (Brooke's house gecko)[edit]

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Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko)[edit]

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Hemidactylus leschenaultii (Leschenault's leaf-toed gecko)[edit]

Hemidactylus maculatus (spotted leaf-toed gecko)[edit]

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Hemidactylus prashadi (Bombay leaf-toed gecko)[edit]

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Hemidactylus reticulatus (reticulate leaf-toed gecko)[edit]

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Hemidactylus triedrus (termite hill gecko)[edit]

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Family: Lacertidae (lacertas)[edit]

Genus: Ophisops[edit]

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

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

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Family: Scincidae (skinks)[edit]

Genus: Chalcides[edit]

Chalcides pentadactylus (five-fingered skink)[edit]

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Genus: Dasia[edit]

Dasia subcaeruleum (Boulenger's tree skink)[edit]

Genus: Eutropis[edit]

Eutropis beddomii (Beddome's skink)[edit]

Eutropis bibronii (Bibron's seashore skink)[edit]

Eutropis carinata (golden skink / അരണ)[edit]

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Eutropis clivicola (mountain/Inger's skink)[edit]

Eutropis macularia (bronze grass skink)[edit]

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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)[edit]

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Genus: Riopa[edit]

Riopa albopunctata (white-spotted supple skink / വെൺപൊട്ടൻ പാമ്പരണ)[edit]

Genus: Lygosoma[edit]

Lygosoma punctata (white-spotted supple skink / പാമ്പരണ)[edit]

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Genus: Ristella[edit]

Ristella beddomii (Beddome's cat skink)[edit]

Ristella guentheri (Günther's cat skink)[edit]

Ristella rurkii (Rurk's cat skink)[edit]

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Ristella travancorica (Travancore cat skink)[edit]

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Genus: Sphenomorphus[edit]

Sphenomorphus dussumieri (Dussumier's forest skink / കാട്ടരണ)[edit]

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Family: Varanidae (monitor lizards)[edit]

Genus: Varanus[edit]

Varanus bengalensis (Bengal/Indian monitor / ഉടുമ്പ്)[edit]

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Suborder: Serpentes[edit]

Family: Acrochordidae (file snakes)[edit]

Genus: Acrochordus[edit]

Acrochordus granulatus (marine file snake / കായൽ പാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Family: Colubridae (colubrid snakes)[edit]

Genus: Ahaetulla[edit]

Ahaetulla dispar (Gunther's vine snake / മലമ്പച്ചോലൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Ahaetulla nasuta (green vine snake / പച്ചിലപാമ്പ്‌)[edit]

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Ahaetulla perroteti (Western Ghats bronzeback / ചോലപ്പച്ചോലൻ‍)[edit]

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Ahaetulla pulverulenta (brown vine snake / തവിട്ടോലപ്പാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Genus: Argyrogena[edit]

Argyrogena fasciolata (banded racer / വള്ളിച്ചേര)[edit]

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Genus: Boiga[edit]

Boiga beddomei (Beddome's cat snake)[edit]

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Boiga ceylonensis (Sri Lanka cat snake / കാട്ടുവലയൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Boiga dightoni (Pirmad cat snake / പീരുമേടൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]

Boiga forsteni (Forsten's cat snake / കരികുരിയൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Boiga nuchalis (collared cat snake / വളയൻ പൂച്ചക്കണ്ണിപ്പാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Boiga trigonata (common cat snake / പൂച്ചക്കണ്ണൻ)[edit]

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Genus: Chrysopelea[edit]

Chrysopelea ornata (golden tree snake / നാഗത്താൻപാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Genus: Coelognathus[edit]

Coelognathus helena (trinket snake / കാട്ടുപാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Genus: Dendrelaphis[edit]

Dendrelaphis ashoki (Ashok's bronzeback / വരയൻ വില്ലൂന്നി)[edit]

Dendrelaphis chairecaeos/chairecacos (southern bronzeback / നൽവരയൻകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Dendrelaphis girii (Giri's bronzeback / കാട്ടുകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Dendrelaphis grandoculis (large-eyed bronzeback / മലകൊംബെരി പാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Dendrelaphis tristis (common bronzeback / വില്ലൂന്നി)[edit]

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Genus: Liopeltis[edit]

Liopeltis calamaria (calamaria reed snake / ചെന്നിവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]

Genus: Lycodon[edit]

Lycodon aulicus (Indian wolf snake / വെള്ളിവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Lycodon nympha (bridal snake)[edit]

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Lycodon striatus (barred wolf snake / വരവരയൻ പാമ്പ്)^{[citation needed]}[edit]

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Lycodon travancoricus (Travancore wolf snake / തിരുവിതാംകൂർ വെള്ളിവരയൻ‍)[edit]

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Genus: Oligodon[edit]

Oligodon affinis (western kukri / മലഞ്ചുരുട്ട)^{[citation needed]}[edit]

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Oligodon arnensis (banded kukri / വരയൻ ചുരുട്ട)[edit]

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Oligodon brevicauda (shorthead kukri / കുട്ടിവാലൻ ചുരുട്ട)^{[citation needed]}[edit]

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Oligodon taeniolatus (streaked kukri)[edit]

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Oligodon travancoricus (Travancore kukri / തെക്കൻ ചുരുട്ട)^{[citation needed]}[edit]

Oligodon venustus (Jerdon's kukri / ഒരച്ചുരുട്ട)^{[citation needed]}[edit]

Genus: Ptyas[edit]

Ptyas mucosa (Indian rat snake / ചേര)[edit]

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Genus: Rhabdops[edit]

Rhabdops olivaceus (olive forest snake / മോന്തയുന്തി പാമ്പ്)^{[citation needed]}[edit]

Genus: Sibynophis[edit]

Sibynophis subpunctatus (Duméril's black-headed snake / എഴുത്താണി ചുരുട്ട)^{[citation needed]}[edit]

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Family: Erycidae/Erycinae (sand boas)[edit]

Genus: Eryx[edit]

Eryx conicus (Russell's boa / ഇരുതലൻ മണ്ണൂലി)[edit]

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Eryx johnii (Indian sand boa / വലിയ മണ്ണൂലി)[edit]

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Eryx whitakeri (Whitaker's sand boa)[edit]

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Family: Elapidae (elapid snakes)[edit]

Genus: Bungarus[edit]

Bungarus caeruleus (common krait / വെള്ളിക്കെട്ടൻ)[edit]

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Genus: Calliophis[edit]

Calliophis beddomei (Beddome's coral snake)[edit]

Calliophis bibroni (Bibron's coral snake / എഴുത്താണി വളയൻ)[edit]

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Calliophis melanurus (Indian coral snake / എഴുത്താണി മൂർഖൻ)^{[citation needed]}[edit]

Calliophis nigrescens (black coral snake / ഇരുളൻ പവിഴപ്പാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Genus: Hydrophis[edit]

Hydrophis curtus (short sea snake)[edit]

Hydrophis cyanocinctus (annulated sea snake / നീലവരയൻ)[edit]

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Hydrophis ornatus (ornate reef sea snake / ചിറ്റുളിപ്പാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Hydrophis platurus (yellow-bellied sea snake / മഞ്ഞക്കറുപ്പൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Hydrophis schistosus (hook-nosed sea snake / വലകടിയൻ കടൽപാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Genus: Naja[edit]

Naja naja (Indian cobra / ഇന്ത്യൻ മൂർഖൻ)[edit]

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Genus: Ophiophagus[edit]

Ophiophagus hannah (king cobra / രാജവെമ്പാല)[edit]

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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]

Genus: Cerberus[edit]

Cerberus rynchops (dog-faced water snake / ആറ്റുവായ്പ്പാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Genus: Dieurostus[edit]

Dieurostus dussumierii (Dussumier's water snake / ചെളിക്കൂട)[edit]

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Genus: Gerarda[edit]

Gerarda prevostiana (Gerard's water snake / പച്ചാറ്റുവായ്പ്പാമ്പ്)[edit]

Family: Natricidae/Natricinae (Keelbacks)[edit]

Genus: Atretium[edit]

Atretium schistosum (split keelback / പച്ചനീർമണ്ഡലി)[edit]

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Genus: Amphiesma[edit]

Amphiesma stolatum (buff striped keelback / തെയ്യാൻ പാമ്പ്)[edit]

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Genus: Hebius[edit]

Hebius beddomei (Nilgiri keelback)[edit]

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Amphiesma monticola (hill keelback / കാട്ടുനീർക്കോലി)[edit]

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Genus: Rhabdophis[edit]

Rhabdophis plumbicolor (green keelback / പച്ചനാഗം)[edit]

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Genus: Fowlea[edit]

Fowlea piscator (checkered keelback / നീർക്കോലി)[edit]

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Family: Pythonidae (pythons)[edit]

Genus: Python[edit]

Python molurus (Indian python / മലമ്പാമ്പ്)[edit]

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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]

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Family: Uropeltidae (shieldtails)[edit]

Genus: Teretrurus[edit]

Teretrurus rhodogaster (Wall's shield tail)[edit]

Genus: Melanophidium[edit]

Melanophidium bilineatum (two-lined black shieldtail)[edit]

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Melanophidium punctatum (Beddome's black shieldtail)[edit