List of reptiles of China

China has around 403 different species of reptiles that can be found in many environments including deserts, grasslands, rivers, and forests.^[1] It is the country with the seventh largest amount of different reptile species.^[2]

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)
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)
White-headed blindsnake (Indotyphlops albiceps)
Brahminy blind snake (Indotyphlops braminus)
Indotyphlops lazelli
Striped blindsnake (Ramphotyphlops lineatus)

Boas

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

Cat snakes

Square-headed cat snake (Boiga kraepelini)

Cobras

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

Coral snakes

Speckled coral snake (Calliophis maculiceps)
Kellogg's coral snake (Sinomicrurus kelloggi)
Sinomicrurus hatori
MacClelland's coral snake (Sinomicrurus macclellandi)
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

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

Miscellaneous and monotypic

Blyth's reticulated snake (Blythia reticulata)
Collared reed snake (Calamaria pavimentata)
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

Bourret's odd-scaled snake (Achalinus ater)
Formosan odd-scaled snake (Achalinus formosanus)
Hainan odd-scaled snake (Achalinus hainanus)
Hunan odd-scaled snake (Achalinus hunanensis)
Zong's odd-scaled snake (Achalinus jinggangensis)
Sichuan odd-scaled snake (Achalinus meiguensis)
Black odd-scaled snake (Achalinus niger)
Boulenger's odd-scaled snake (Achalinus rufescens)
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)
Jenkins' mountain pitviper (Ovophis jenkinsi)
Taiwan mountain pitviper (Ovophis makazayazaya)
Mountain pitviper (Ovophis monticola)
Jerdon's pit viper (Protobothrops jerdonii)
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)
Twin-spotted ratsnake (Elaphe bimaculata)
King ratsnake (Elaphe carinata)
David's ratsnake (Elaphe davidi)
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

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

Slug snakes

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

Sunbeam snakes

Vipers

Fea's viper (Azemiops feae)
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)
Bennett's mud snake (Myrrophis bennettii)
Chinese water snake (Myrrophis chinensis)
Bocourt's water snake (Subsessor bocourti)

Worm-eating snakes

Mountain worm-eating snake (Trachischium monticola)
Yellowbelly worm-eating snake (Trachischium tenuiceps)

Crocodilians

Alligators

Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)

Crocodiles

† Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)^{[note 1]}

Lizards

Agamid lizards (flying)

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

Agamid lizards (non-flying)

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

Geckos

Kaspischer even-fingered gecko (Alsophylax pipiens)
Xinjiang even-fingered gecko (Alsophylax przewalskii)
Frontier bow-fingered gecko (Altiphylax stoliczkai)
Cayu bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus cayuensis)
Cyrtodactylus tibetanus
Cyrtodactylus wayakonei
Cyrtodactylus zhaoermii
Cyrtopodion medogense
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)
Guangxi cave gecko (Goniurosaurus kwangsiensis)
Goniurosaurus liboensis
Lichtenfelder's gecko (Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi)
Goniurosaurus luii
Yingde leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus yingdeensis)
Zhe-long's leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus zhelongi)
Zhou's leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus zhoui)
Hemidactylus aquilonius
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)
Dushan slender gecko (Hemiphyllodactylus dushanensis)
Hong Kong slender gecko (Hemiphyllodactylus hongkongensis)
Hemiphyllodactylus huishuiensis
Jinping slender gecko (Hemiphyllodactylus jinpingensis)
Longling slender gecko (Hemiphyllodactylus longlingensis)
Indopacific tree gecko (Hemiphyllodactylus typus)
Asian slender gecko (Hemiphyllodactylus yunnanensis)
Zug's slender gecko (Hemiphyllodactylus zugi)
Mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris)
Transcaspian bent-toed gecko (Mediodactylus russowii)
Tenuidactylus dadunensis
Yangihissar gecko (Tenuidactylus elongatus)
Przewalski's wonder gecko (Teratoscincus przewalskii)
Teratoscincus roborowskii
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)
Asian grass lizard (Takydromus sexlineatus)
Viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara)

Skinks

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

References

^ "Number of vertebrate species in China in 2012, by type" Accessed 2014-06-24
^ Countries with the most reptile species. Mongabay.com. 2004 data. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

^ Likely extirpated

[1] "Number of vertebrate species in China in 2012, by type" Accessed 2014-06-24

[2] Countries with the most reptile species. Mongabay.com. 2004 data. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

[3] Likely extirpated

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