Pakistan
Checklist of Endemic Reptile Species and Subspecies
This list of the reptile species and subspecies found exclusively in Pakistan was prepared by Rafaqat Masroor of the Pakistan Museum of Natural History and is current to 2009.
For a checklist of endemic reptiles following the taxonomy of the EMBL Reptile Database (2005) used elsewhere on this site see here.
|
S. No. |
Species |
Authority |
Common
Name |
Systematics |
|
1. |
Calotes
versicolor farooqi |
Auffenberg
and Rehman, 1995 |
Farooq’s
Garden Lizard |
(Squamata-Sauria - Agamidae) |
|
2. |
Laudakia
melanura nasiri |
Baig,
1999 |
Nasir’s
Black Rock Agama |
(Squamata-Sauria - Agamidae) |
|
3. |
Laudakia
pakistanica auffenbergi |
Baig
and Böhme, 1996 |
Auffenberg’s
Rock Agama |
(Squamata-Sauria - Agamidae) |
|
4. |
Laudakia
pakistanica khani |
Baig
and Böhme, 1996 |
Khan’s
Rock Agama |
(Squamata-Sauria - Agamidae) |
|
5. |
Phrynocephalus
euptilopus |
Alcock
and Finn, 1896 |
Spotted
Toad Agama |
(Squamata-Sauria - Agamidae) |
|
6. |
Trapelus
agilis pakistanensis |
Rastegar-Pouyani,
1999 |
Pakistan’s
Brilliant Agama |
(Squamata-Sauria - Agamidae) |
|
7. |
Trapelus
rubrigularis |
Blanford,
1876 |
Red-throated
Agama |
(Squamata-Sauria - Agamidae) |
|
8. |
Altigekko
baturensis |
Khan
and Baig, 1992 |
Batura
Glacier Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae) |
|
9. |
Alsophylax
boehmei |
Szczerbak,
1991 |
Böhme
Rock Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae) |
|
10. |
Cyrtopodion
chitralense |
Smith,
1935 |
Chitral
Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae) |
|
11. |
Cyrtopodion kachhense ingoldbyi |
Procter,
1923 |
Western
Rock Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Gekkonidae) |
|
12. |
Cyrtopodion kohsulaimanai |
Khan,
1991 |
Sulaiman
Range Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Gekkonidae) |
|
13. |
Cyrtopodion montiumsalsorum |
Annandale,
1913 |
Salt
Range Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Gekkonidae) |
|
14. |
Cyrtopodion potoharensis |
Khan,
2001 |
Potohar
Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Gekkonidae) |
|
15. |
Cyrtopodion
baigii |
Masroor,
2008 |
Baig’s Tuberculated Rock Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Gekkonidae) |
|
16. |
Cyrtopodion
brachykolon |
Krysko
et al., 2007 |
Short-limbed Bent-toed Gecko |
(Squamata:
Sauria: Gekkonidae) |
|
17. |
Cyrtopodion
dehakroense |
Masroor,
2009 |
Deh Akro Arboreal Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Gekkonidae) |
|
18. |
Indogekko
fortmunroi |
Khan,
1993 |
Fort Munro Sand-stone Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Gekkonidae) |
|
19. |
Indogekko
indusoani |
Khan.
1988 |
Soan Sand-stone Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Gekkonidae) |
|
20. |
Indogekko
rhodocaudus |
Baig,
1998 |
Red-tailed Sand-stone Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Gekkonidae) |
|
21. |
Indogekko
rohtasfortai |
Khan
and Tasnim, 1990 |
Rohtas Sand-stone Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Gekkonidae) |
|
22. |
Ptyodactylus homolepis homolepis |
Blanford,
1876 |
Fan-toed
Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Gekkonidae) |
|
23. |
Siwaligekko
battalense |
Khan,
1993 |
Reticulate Plum-bodied Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Gekkonidae) |
|
24. |
Siwaligekko
dattanense |
Khan,
1980 |
Plum banded Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Gekkonidae) |
|
25. |
Siwaligekko
mintoni |
Golubev
and Szczerbak, 1981 |
Plump Swati Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Gekkonidae) |
|
26. |
Tropiocolotes
depressus |
Minton
and Anderson, 1965 |
Mountain Dwarf Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Gekkonidae) |
|
27. |
Tropiocolotes persicus euphorbiacola |
Minton
et al., 1970 |
Persian
Dwarf Gecko |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Gekkonidae) |
|
28. |
Eremias cholistanica |
Baig
and Masroor, 2006 |
Cholistan
Desert Lacerta |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Lacertidae) |
|
29. |
Eumeces cholistanensis |
Masroor,
2009 |
Cholistan
Striped Skink |
(Squamata:
Sauria: Scincidae) |
|
30. |
Eumeces indothalensis |
Khan
and Khan, 1997 |
Thal
Mole Skink |
(Squamata-Sauria
-Scincidae) |
|
31. |
Typhlops
ahsanai |
Khan,
1999 |
Ahsan’s
Blind Snake |
(Squamata-Ophidia -Typhlopidae) |
|
32. |
Typhlops
diardii platyventris |
Khan,
1998 |
Kashmir
Blind Snake |
(Squamata-Ophidia -Typhlopidae) |
|
33. |
Typhlops
madgemintonae madgemintonae |
Khan,
1999 |
Kashmir’s Slender Blind Snake |
(Squamata-Ophidia
-Typhlopidae) |
|
34. |
Typhlops
madgemintonae shermanai |
Khan,
1999 |
Sherman’s Slender Blind Snake |
(Squamata-Ophidia
-Typhlopidae) |
|
35. |
Coluber
karelini mintonorum |
Mertens,
1969 |
Spotted Desert Racer |
(Squamata-Ophidia
-Colubridae) |
|
36. |
Enhydris
pakistanica |
Mertens,
1959 |
Sind River Snake |
(Squamata-Ophidia
-Colubridae) |
|
37. |
Platyceps rhodorachis kashmirensis |
Khan
and Khan, 2000 |
Kashmir
Cliff Racer |
(Squamata-Ophidia
-Colubridae) |
|
38. |
Echis
carinatus astolae |
Mertens,
1970 |
Dark-blotched
Saw-scaled Viper |
(Squamata-Ophidia
-Viperidae) |