List of reptiles of Kerala

Crocodylus porosus (Saltwater crocodile)

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  Dorsal view
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  Head

Crocodylus palustris (Mugger crocodile)

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  Head

Melanochelys trijuga (Indian black turtle)

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  Illustration
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  Lateral view
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  Lateral view

Vijayachelys silvatica (Cochin forest cane turtle)

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  Lateral view
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  Front view

Chelonia mydas (Green sea turtle)

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  Dorsal view
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  Lateral view
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  Front view
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  Hatchling

Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill sea turtle)

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  Dorsal view
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  Ventral view
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  Lateral view
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  Head

Lepidochelys olivacea (Olive ridley sea turtle)

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  Lateral view
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  Nesting
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  Hatchling

Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turtle)

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  Illustration
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  Lateral view
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  Crawling
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  Hatchling
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  Oesophagus showing spines to retain prey

Geochelone elegans (Indian star tortoise)

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  Illustration
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  Lateral view
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  Lateral view

Indotestudo travancorica (Travancore tortoise)

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  Lateral view

Nilssonia leithii (Leith's softshell turtle)

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  Head

Lissemys punctata (Indian flapshell turtle)

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  Dorsal view
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  Lateral view
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  Front view

Pelochelys cantorii (Cantor's giant softshell turtle)

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  Dorsal view
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  Lateral view
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  Front view

Chitra indica (Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle)

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  Lateral view
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  Skeleton

Calotes calotes (Common green forest lizard)

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  Illustration
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  Dorsal view
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  Lateral view
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  Head

Calotes ellioti (Elliot's forest lizard)

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  Lateral view
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  Head
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  Head
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  Female

Calotes grandisquamis (Large-scaled forest lizard)

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  Illustration
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  Lateral view
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  Head
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  Head

Calotes nemoricola (Nilgiri forest lizard)

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  Lateral view

Calotes rouxii (Roux's forest lizard)

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  Head

Calotes versicolor (Oriental garden lizard)

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  Head
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  Male in breeding season

Draco dussumieri (Southern flying lizard)

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  Illustration
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  Dorsal view
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  Lateral view
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  Head

Otocryptis beddomei (Indian kangaroo lizard)

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  Illustration
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  Dorsal view
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  Lateral view

Psammophilus blanfordanus (Blanford's rock agama)

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  Lateral view
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  Head
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  Breeding color

Psammophilus dorsalis (Peninsular rock agama)

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  Lateral view
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  Front view
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  Female

Salea anamallayana (Anaimalai spiny lizard)

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  Illustration
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  Lateral view
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  Head

Salea horsfieldii (Horsfield's spiny lizard)

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  Dorsal view
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  Lateral view
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  Head

Sitana ponticeriana (Fan-throated lizard)

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  Illustration
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  Dorsal view
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  Lateral view
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  Ventral view
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  Breeding colors

Chamaeleo zeylanicus (Indian chameleon)

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  Lateral view
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  Head

Cnemaspis beddomei (Beddome's day gecko)

Cnemaspis gracilis (Slender day gecko)

Cnemaspis indica (Indian day gecko)

Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis (Kottiyoor day gecko)

Cnemaspis littoralis (Coastal day gecko)

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Cnemaspis monticola (Mountain day gecko)

Cnemaspis nairi (Ponmudi day gecko)

Cnemaspis nilagirica (Nilgiri day gecko)

Cnemaspis ornata (Ornate day gecko)

Cnemaspis sisparensis (Sispara day gecko)

Cnemaspis wynadensis (Wyanad day gecko)

Geckoella collegalensis (Kollegal ground gecko)

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  Lateral view

Gehyra mutilata (Four-clawed gecko)

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  Head

Hemidactylus anamallensis (Anaimalai gecko)

Hemidactylus brookii (Brooke's house gecko)

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  Lateral view
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  Head

Hemidactylus frenatus (Common house gecko)

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  Illustration
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  Dorsal view
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  Dorsal view

Hemidactylus leschenaultii (Leschenault's leaf-toed gecko)

Hemidactylus maculatus (Spotted leaf-toed gecko)

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  Dorsal view

Hemidactylus prashadi (Bombay leaf-toed gecko)

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  Dorsal view

Hemidactylus reticulatus (Reticulate leaf-toed gecko)

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  Dorsal view

Hemidactylus triedrus (Termite hill gecko)

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

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  Dorsal view

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

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  Lateral view
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  Head

Chalcides pentadactylus (Five-fingered skink)

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  Illustration
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  Illustration

Dasia subcaeruleum (Boulenger's tree skink)

Eutropis beddomii (Beddome's skink)

Eutropis bibronii (Bibron’s seashore skink)

Eutropis carinata (Golden skink)

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  Illustration
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  Dorsal view
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  Lateral view

Eutropis clivicola (Mountain/Inger's skink)

Eutropis macularia (Bronze grass skink)

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  Dorsal view
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  Lateral view
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  Head

Kaestlea beddomii (Beddome’s ground skink)

Kaestlea bilineata (Two-lined ground skink)

Kaestlea laterimaculata (Side-spotted ground skink)

Kaestlea palnica (Palni ground skink)

Kaestlea travancorica (Travancore ground skink)

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  Dorsal view

Lygosoma albopunctata (White-spotted supple skink)

Lygosoma punctata (White-spotted supple skink)

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  Dorsal view

Ristella beddomii (Beddome's cat skink)

Ristella guentheri (Günther's cat skink)

Ristella rurkii (Rurk’s cat skink)

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  Claw pattern

Ristella travancorica (Travancore cat skink)

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  Dorsal view
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  Head

Sphenomorphus dussumieri (Dussumier's forest skink)

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  Dorsal view
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  Lateral view
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  Lateral view

Varanus bengalensis (Bengal/Indian monitor)

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  Dorsal view
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  Lateral view
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  Front view
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  Head
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  Head (juvenile)

Acrochordus granulatus (Marine file snake)

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  Illustration
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  Lateral view

Ahaetulla dispar (Gunther's vine snake)

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  Head

Ahaetulla nasuta (Green vine snake)

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Ahaetulla perroteti (Western Ghats bronzeback)

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Ahaetulla pulverulenta (Brown vine snake)

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  Lateral view
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  Head

Argyrogena fasciolata (Banded racer)

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  Head

Boiga beddomei (Beddome's cat snake)

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  Head

Boiga ceylonensis (Sri Lanka cat snake)

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Boiga dightoni (Pirmad cat snake)

Boiga forsteni (Forsten's cat snake)

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Boiga nuchalis (Collared cat snake)

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Boiga trigonata (Common cat snake)

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  Front view

Chrysopelea ornata (Golden tree snake)

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Coelognathus helena (Trinket snake)

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Dendrelaphis ashoki (Ashok's bronzeback)

Dendrelaphis chairecaeos/chairecacos (Southern bronzeback)

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  Head

Dendrelaphis girii (Giri's bronzeback)

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  Lateral view
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  Head

Dendrelaphis grandoculis (Large-eyed bronzeback)

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  Head

Dendrelaphis tristis (Common bronzeback)

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  Lateral view
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  Head
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  Front view

Dryocalamus nympha (Bridal snake)

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  Dorsal view

Liopeltis calamaria (Calamaria reed snake)

Lycodon aulicus (Indian wolf snake)

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  Lateral view
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  Dorsal view
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  Dorsal view
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  Melanistic form

Lycodon striatus (Barred wolf snake)

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  Illustration
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  Dorsal view
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  Lateral view
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  Head

Lycodon travancoricus (Travancore wolf snake)

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  Dorsal view
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  Ventral view
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  Head

Oligodon affinis (Western kukri)

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  Illustration
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  Dorsal view
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  Head

Oligodon arnensis (Banded kukri)

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  Illustration
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  Dorsal view
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  Head

Oligodon brevicauda (Shorthead kukri)

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  Illustration
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  Lateral view
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  Head

Oligodon taeniolatus (Streaked kukri)

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  Illustration
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  Dorsal view
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  Dorsal view
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  Head

Oligodon travancoricus (Travancore kukri)

Oligodon venustus (Jerdon's kukri)

Ptyas mucosa (Indian rat snake)

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  Illustration
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  Lateral view
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  Courtship
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  Head

Rhabdops olivaceus (Olive forest snake)

Sibynophis subpunctatus (Duméril's black-headed snake)

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  Dorsal view

Eryx conicus (Russell's boa)

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  Head

Eryx johnii (Indian sand boa)

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  Lateral view
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  Head

Eryx whitakeri (Whitaker's sand boa)

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  Dorsal view
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  Head

Bungarus caeruleus (Common krait)

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  Illustration
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  Dorsal view

Calliophis beddomei (Beddome's coral snake)

Calliophis bibroni (Bibron's coral snake)

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  Lateral view
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  Head

Calliophis melanurus (Indian coral snake)

Calliophis nigrescens (Black coral snake)

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  Ventral view

Hydrophis curtus (Short sea snake)

Hydrophis cyanocinctus (Annulated sea snake)

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  Illustration

Hydrophis ornatus (Cochin-banded sea snake)

Hydrophis platurus (Yellow-bellied sea snake)

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  Illustration
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  Dorsal view

Hydrophis schistosus (Hook-nosed sea snake)

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  Illustration

Naja naja (Indian cobra)

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  Head
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  Head

Ophiophagus hannah (King cobra)

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  Head
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  Head

Gerrhopilus beddomii (Beddome's worm snake)

Gerrhopilus thurstoni (Thurston's worm snake)

Gerrhopilus tindalli (Tindall's worm snake)

Cerberus rynchops (Dog-faced water snake)

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  Lateral view

Dieurostus dussumierii (Dussumier's water snake)

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  Lateral view

Gerarda prevostiana (Gerard's water snake)

Atretium schistosum (Split keelback)

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  Dorsal view
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  Head

Amphiesma stolatum (Buff striped keelback)

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  Dorsal view
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  Dorsal view
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  Head
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  Head
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  Eggs

Hebius beddomei (Beddome’s keelback)

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  Head
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  Head

Hebius monticola (Hill keelback)

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  Dorsal view
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  Head
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  Head

Macropisthodon plumbicolor (Green keelback)

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  Illustration
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  Lateral view (adult)
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  Dorsal view (juvenile)
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  Lateral view (juvenile)
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  Head

Xenochrophis piscator (Checkered keelback)

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  Dorsal view
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  Lateral view
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  Head

Python molurus (Indian python)

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  Lateral view
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  Head
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  Eggs

Gryptotyphlops acutus (Beak-nosed blind snake)

Indotyphlops braminus (Brahminy blind snake)

Brachyophidium rhodogaster (Wall's shield tail)

Melanophidium bilineatum (Two-lined black shieldtail)

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  Illustration
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  Dorsal view

Melanophidium punctatum (Beddome's black shieldtail)

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  Illustration

Melanophidium wynaudense (Indian black earth snake)

Platyplectrurus madurensis (Travancore Hills thorntail)

Platyplectrurus trilineatus (Lined thorntail)

Plectrurus aureus (Kerala burrowing snake)

Plectrurus guentheri (Günther's burrowing snake)

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  Illustration
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  Dorsal view

Plectrurus perrotetii (Nilgiri burrowing snake)

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  Dorsal view

Rhinophis fergusonianus (Cardamom Hills earth snake)

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  Illustration

Rhinophis sanguineus (Red-bellied shieldtail)

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  Illustration

Rhinophis travancoricus (Travancore shieldtail)

Teretrurus sanguineus (Purple-red earth snake)

Uropeltis arcticeps (Thirunelveli earth snake)

Uropeltis beddomii (Beddome's earth snake)

Uropeltis ceylanica (Kerala shieldtail)

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  Illustration
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  Illustration

Uropeltis ellioti (Elliot's earth snake)

Uropeltis liura (Günther's earth snake)

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  Illustration

Uropeltis macrorhyncha (Anaimalai earth snake)

Uropeltis maculata (Spotted earth snake)

Uropeltis myhendrae (Boulenger's earth snake)

Uropeltis nitida (Southern earth snake)

Uropeltis ocellata (Nilgiri shieldtail)

Uropeltis petersi (Peter's shieldtail)

Uropeltis pulneyensis (Palni shieldtail)

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  Illustration

Uropeltis rubrolineata (Red-lined shieldtail)

Uropeltis rubromaculata/rubromaculatus (Red-spotted shieldtail)

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  Lateral view

Uropeltis smithi (Violet shieldtail)

Uropeltis woodmasoni (Wood-Mason's earth snake)

Daboia russelii (Russell's viper)

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  Dorsal view
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Echis carinatus (Saw-scaled viper)

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  Lateral view

Hypnale hypnale (Hump-nosed viper)

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Trimeresurus gramineus (Bamboo pit viper)

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  Head

Trimeresurus macrolepis (Large-scaled pit viper)

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  Lateral view
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  Head

Trimeresurus malabaricus (Malabar pit viper)

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Trimeresurus strigatus (Horseshoe pit viper)

Xylophis captaini (Captain's wood snake)

Xylophis perroteti (Perrotet's mountain snake)

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  Lateral view
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Xylophis stenorhynchus (Günther's mountain snake)