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
Box turtles
- 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
- Beale's eyed turtle (Sacalia bealei)
- Four-eyed turtle (Sacalia quadriocellata)
Leaf turtles
- Asian leaf turtle (Cyclemys dentata)
- Black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri)
Miscellaneous and monotypic
- Big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum)
Pond turtles
- Chinese broad-headed pond turtle (Chinemys megalocephala)
- Red-necked pond turtle (Mauremys nigricans)
- Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii)
- Chinese stripe-necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis)
Sea turtles
- Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
- Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
- Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
- Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
Softshell turtles
- Wattle-necked softshell turtle (Palea steindachneri)
- New Guinea giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys bibroni)
- 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)
A Russian tortoise, a common choice as a house pet.
Snakes
Blindsnakes
- Brahminy blind snake (Indotyphlops braminus)
Boas
- Tartar sand boa (Eryx tataricus)
Cobras
- Chinese cobra (Naja atra)
- Monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia)
Coral snakes
- MacClelland's coral snake (Sinomicrurus macclellandi)
- Taiwanese coral snake (Sinomicrurus sauteri)
Kraits
- Banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus)
- Many-banded krait (Bungarus multicinctus)
Miscellaneous and monotypic
- Blyth's reticulated snake (Blythia reticulata)
- Grass snake (Natrix natrix)
- Dice snake (Natrix tessellata)
- King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
- Bailey's snake (Thermophis baileyi)
Odd-scaled snakes
- Formosan odd-scaled snake (Achalinus formosanus)
- Zong's odd-scaled snake (Achalinus jinggangensis)
- Black odd-scaled snake (Achalinus niger)
A Formosan odd-scaled snake (Achalinus formosanus) in Taiwan.
Pipe snakes
- Red-tailed pipe snake (Cylindrophis ruffus)
Pitvipers
- Sharp-nosed pit viper (Deinagkistrodon acutus)
- Mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii)
- Mountain pitviper (Ovophis monticola)
- Jerdon's pit viper (Protobothrops jerdonii)
- Bamboo pit viper (Trimeresurus gramineus)
- Mangshan pitviper (Trimeresurus mangshanensis)
- Motuo bamboo pitviper (Trimeresurus medoensis)
- Stejneger's pit viper (Trimeresurus stejnegeri)
A bamboo pit viper (Trimeresurus gramineus) perched on a branch in a Cuiheng zoo.
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)
- Elaphe zoigeensis
Sea kraits
- Banded sea krait (Laticauda colubrina)
- Blue-lipped sea krait (Laticauda laticaudata)
- Black-banded sea krait (Laticauda semifasciata)
Sea snakes
- Spiny-headed seasnake (Acalyptophis peronii)
- Beaded sea snake (Aipysurus eydouxii)
- Golden sea snake (Aipysurus laevis)
- Stokes' seasnake (Astrotia stokesii)
- Turtlehead sea snake (Emydocephalus ijimae)
- Annulated sea snake (Hydrophis cyanocinctus)
- Striped sea snake (Hydrophis fasciatus)
- Graceful small-headed sea snake (Hydrophis gracilis)
- Spine-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis hardwickii)
- Slender-necked sea snake (Hydrophis melanocephalus)
- Yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus)
- Yellow sea snake (Hydrophis spiralis)
- Viperine sea snake (Hydrophis viperinus)
- Jerdon's sea snake (Kerilia jerdonii)
- Shaw's sea snake (Lapemis curtus)
- Anomalous sea snake (Thalassophis anomalus)
Slug snakes
- Keeled slug-eating snake (Pareas carinatus)
- Formosan slug snake (Pareas formosensis)
- Hampton's slug snake (Pareas hamptoni)
- Spotted slug snake (Pareas margaritophorus)
- Common slug snake (Pareas monticola)
Sunbeam snakes
This closeup clearly shows the characteristic iridescent highly polished scales of Xenopeltis unicolor.
Vipers
- Fea's viper (Azemiopinae feae)
- Russell's viper (Daboia russelii)
- Common European viper (Vipera berus)
- Meadow viper (Vipera ursinii)
Wart snakes
- Little wart snake (Acrochordus granulatus)
Worm-eating snakes
- Mountain worm-eating snake (Trachischium monticola)
- Yellowbelly worm-eating snake (Trachischium tenuiceps)
Crocodilians
Alligators
A pair of Chinese alligators in the Shanghai Zoo.
- Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
Lizards
Agamid lizards
- Armored pricklenape (Acanthosaura armata)
- Brown pricklenape (Acanthosaura lepidogaster)
- Emma Gray's forest lizard (Calotes emma)
- Indo-Chinese forest lizard (Calotes jerdoni)
- Blue-crested lizard (Calotes mystaceus)
- Oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor)
- Japalura andersoniana
- Kumaon mountain lizard (Japalura kumaonensis)
- Japalura tree dragon (Japalura splendida)
- Three-keeled mountain lizard (Japalura tricarinata)
- Badakhshana rock agama (Laudakia badakhshana)
- Himalayan agama (Laudakia himalayana)
- Kashmir rock agama (Laudakia tuberculata)
- Reeves' butterfly lizard (Leiolepis reevesii)
- Small forest lizard (Oriocalotes paulus)
- Theobald's toad-headed agama (Phrynocephalus theobaldi)
- Variegated toadhead agama (Phrynocephalus versicolor)
- Chinese water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus)
- Kakhyen Hills spiny lizard (Pseudocalotes kakhienensis)
- Burmese false bloodsucker (Pseudocalotes microlepis)
- Green fan-throated lizard (Ptyctolaemus gularis)
A male Japalura tree dragon.
Geckos
- Yangihissar gecko (Tenuidactylus elongatus)
- Gekko wenxianensis
- Common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
- Indopacific tree gecko (Hemiphyllodactylus typus)
- Mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris)
Gliding lizards
- Blanford's flying lizard (Draco blanfordii)
- Spotted flying dragon (Draco maculatus)
Miscellaneous and monotypic
- Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)
- Asian grass lizard (Takydromus sexlineatus)
- Viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara)
Skinks
- Longtail mabuya (Eutropis longicaudata)
- East Indian brown mabuya (Eutropis multifasciata)
- Christmas Island grass-skink (Lygosoma bowringii)
- Short-limbed supple skink (Lygosoma quadrupes)
- Ladakh ground skink (Scincella ladacensis)
- Reeves' smooth skink (Scincella reevesii)
- Sikkim ground skink (Scincella sikimmensis)
- Sphenomorphus courcyanum
- Indian forest skink (Sphenomorphus indicus)
- Spotted forest skink (Sphenomorphus maculatus)
- Berdmore's water skink (Tropidophorus berdmorei)
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.
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