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There are only 2 species endemic to Pakistan.
- Family Crocodylidae (crocodiles) - 1 species
- Crocodylus palustris (Mugger Crocodile, Indian Crocodile, Indus Crocodile or Marsh Crocodile)
- Family Gavialidae (gharials) - 1 species
- Gavialis gangeticus (Indian Gavial or Gharial)
[edit]Order Squamata
Around 153 species of squamata are found in Pakistan.
[edit]Suborder Lacertilia
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There are 86 species of Lacertilia (lizards and relatives) in Pakistan.
- Family Agamidae (agamas) - 22 species
- Brachysaura minor (Hardwicke's Bloodsucker)
- Calotes versicolor (Oriental Garden Lizard, Eastern Garden Lizard or Changeable Lizard)
- Japalura kumaonensis (Kumaon Mountain Lizard)
- Laudakia agrorensis (Agror Agama)
- Laudakia badakhshana (Badakhshana Rock Agama)
- Laudakia caucasia (Caucasian Agama)
- Laudakia himalayana (Himalayan Agama)
- Laudakia melanura (Black Agama)
- Laudakia fusca (Yellow-headed Rock Agama)
- Laudakia nupta (Large-scaled Rock Agama) - 2 subspecies
- Laudakia n. fusca
- Laudakia n. nupta
- Laudakia tuberculata (Kashmir Rock Agama)
- Phrynocephalus clarkorum (Clark's Toad-headed Agama)
- Phrynocephalus euptilopus (Alcock's Toad-headed Agama)
- Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus (Yellow-speckled Toad-headed Agama)
- Phrynocephalus maculatus (Blacktail Toadhead Agama)
- Phrynocephalus ornatus (Ornate Toadhead Agama)
- Phrynocephalus scutellatus (Gray Toadhead Agama)
- Trapelus agilis pakistanensis (Brilliant Ground Agama)
- Trapelus rubrigularis (Red-throated Agama)
- Trapelus ruderatus (Horn-scaled Agama or Baluch Ground Agama)
- Uromastyx asmussi (Iranian Mastigure)
- Uromastyx hardwickii (Hardwick's Spiny-tailed Lizard or Indian Spiny-tailed Lizard)
- Family Chamaeleonidae (chameleons) - 1 species
- Chamaeleo zeylanicus (Indian Chameleon or Ceylon Chameleon)
- Family Gekkonidae (eyelid and lidless geckoes) - 33 species
- Agamura femoralis or Rhinogecko femoralis (De Witte's Gecko or Sharp-tailed Spider Gecko)
- Agamura persica persica (Persian Spider Gecko)
- Asiocolotes depressus (Pigmy Flat Gecko or Low Lying Gecko)
- Bunopus tuberculatus (Baluch Rock Gecko)
- Crossobamon eversmanni (Baluchistan Sand Gecko or Comb-toed Gecko) - 2 subspecies
- Crossobamon e. eversmanni or Crossobamon maynardi
- Crossobamon e. lumsdenii
- Crossobamon orientalis (Sind Gecko)
- Cyrtodactylus walli (Chitral Gecko or Swat Stone Gecko)
- Cyrtopodium agamuroides (Nikolsky Spider Gecko)
- Cyrtopodium baturensis (Batura thin-toed Gecko or Batura Gecko)
- Cyrtopodium dattanensis (Khan's Bow-fingered Gecko or Hazara Gecko)
- Cyrtopodium fortmunroi (Fort Munro Gecko)
- Cyrtopodium indusoani (Soan Sakaser Gecko)
- Cyrtopodium kachhensis (Kutch Gecko) - 2 subspecies
- Cyrtopodium k. ingoldbyi (Ingoldby's Stone Gecko)
- Cyrtopodium k. kachhensis (Warty Rock Gecko)
- Cyrtopodium mintoni (Minton's Gecko)
- Cyrtopodium montiumsalsorum (Salt Range Rock Gecko)
- Cyrtopodium rhodocaudus (Red-tailed Gecko)
- Cyrtopodium rohtasfortai (Rohtas Fort Gecko)
- Cyrtopodium scaber (Keeled Rock Gecko)
- Cyrtopodium watsoni (Quetta Rock Gecko)
- Eublepharis macularius (Leopard Gecko)
- Hemidactylus brookii brookii (Brook's House Gecko or Spotted Indian House Gecko)
- Hemidactylus flaviviridis (Yellow-bellied House Gecko)
- Hemidactylus frenatus (Pacific House Gecko or South Asian Waif Gecko)
- Hemidactylus leschenaultii (Leschenault's Leaf-toed Gecko or Bark Gecko)
- Hemidactylus persicus (Persian Leaf-toed Gecko)
- Hemidactylus triedrus triedus (Termite Hill Gecko or Bloched Gecko)
- Hemidactylus turcicus turcicus (Mediterranean House Gecko)
- Ptyodactylus homolepis (Pakistan Fan-fingered Gecko) - 2 subspecies
- Ptyodactylus h. homolepis
- Ptyodactylus h. socotranus
- Teratolepis fasciata (Carrot-tail Viper Gecko or Sindh Ground Gecko)
- Teratoscincus microlepis (Small-scaled Wonder Gecko or Baluch Plate-tailed Gecko)
- Teratoscincus scincus (Turkestan Plate-tailed Gecko or Common Wonder Gecko or Frog-eyed Gecko)
- Tropiocolotes helenae (Banded Dwarf Gecko)
- Tropiocolotes persica (Persian Sand Gecko or Persian Pygmy Gecko)
- Family Lacertidae (sand lizards, wall lizards and true lizards) - 12 species
- Acanthodactylus cantoris (Indian Fringe-fingered Lizard) - 2 subspecies
- Acanthodactylus c. blanfordii (Mekran Fringe-fingered Lizard)
- Acanthodactylus c. cantoris (Indian Fringe-fingered Lizard)
- Acanthodactylus micropholis (Yellow-tailed Sand Lizard)
- Eremias acutirostris (Reticulate Desert Lacerta)
- Eremias fasciata (Yellow-headed Desert Lacerta)
- Eremias scripta (Caspian Desert Lacerta)
- Eremias velox persica (Persian Steppe Lacerta)
- Mesalina brevirostris (Sort-nosed Desert Lacerta)
- Mesalina guttulata (Small-spotted Lizard or Long-tailed Desert Lacerta)
- Ophisops elegans (Elegant Snake-eyed Lizard) - 2 subspecies
- Ophisops e. blanfordi (Blanfords Snake-eyed Lizard)
- Ophisops e. elegans (Elegant Snake-eyed Lizard)
- Ophisops jerdonii (Jerdon's Snake-Eye d Lizard or Punjab Snake-eyed Lizard)
- Ophisops microlepis (Indian Snake-eyed Lizard)
- Scapteira aporosceles (Chagai Desert Lacerta)
- Acanthodactylus cantoris (Indian Fringe-fingered Lizard) - 2 subspecies
- Family Scincidae (skinks) - 15 species
- Ablepharus grayanus (Minor Snake-eyed Skink)
- Ablepharus pannonicus (Asian Snake-eyed Skink)
- Chalcides ocellatus (Ocellated Skink)
- Eumeces schneiderii zarudnyi (Schneider's Skink, Berber skink or Zarudny's Skink)
- Eurylepis indothalensis (Thal skink)
- Eurylepis taeniolatus (Alpine Punjab Skink or Yellow-bellied Mole Skink)
- Eutropis dissimilis (Striped Grass Mabuya or Striped Grass Skink)
- Eutropis macularia (Bronze Mabuya, Bronze Grass Skink)
- Ophiomorus blanfordi (Makran Sand Swimmer)
- Ophiomorus brevipes (Short-toed Sand Swimmer)
- Ophiomorus raithmai (Indus Sand Swimmer)
- Ophiomorus tridactylus (Three-toed Snake Skink or Indian Sandswimmer)
- Scincella ladacensis - 2 subspecies
- Scincella l. ladacensis (Ladak Ground Skink)
- Scincella l. himalayana (Himalayan Ground Skink)
- Family Varanidae (monitor lizards) - 2 species
- Varanus flavescens (Yellow Monitor)
- Varanus griseus - 2 subspecies
- Varanus g. caspius (Eastern Desert Monitor)
- Varanus g. koniecznyi (Thar Desert Monitor)
[edit]Suborder Serpentes
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There are 67 species of serpentes (snakes) found in Pakistan.
- Family Boidae (boas) - 2 species
- Eryx johnii johnii (Indian Sand Boa or Red Sand Boa)
- Eryx tataricus speciosus (Tartar Sand Boa)
- Gongylophis conicus or Eryx conicus (Rough-scaled Sand Boa)
- Family Colubridae (colubrids) - 32 species
- Amphiesma platyceps
- Amphiesma sielboldii
- Amphiesma stolata stolata
- Boiga trigonata – 2 subspecies
- Boiga t. melanocephala
- Boiga t. trigonata
- Coluber fasciolatus
- Coluber karelini – 2 subspecies
- Coluber k. karelini
- Coluber k. mintonorum
- Coluber ravergeiri ravergeiri
- Coluber rhodorachis – 3 subspecies
- Coluber r. kashmirensis
- Coluber r. ladacensis
- Coluber r. rhodorachis
- Coluber ventromaculatus – 3 subspecies
- Coluber v. bengalensis
- Coluber v. indusai
- Coluber v. ventromaculatus
- Enhydris pakistanica
- Lycodon aulicus aulicus
- Lycodon striatus – 2 subspecies
- Lycodon s. bicolor
- Lycodon s. striatus
- Lycodon travancoricus
- Lytorhynchus maynardi
- Lytorhynchus paradoxus
- Lytorhynchus ridgewayi
- Natrix tessellata tessellate
- Oligodon arnensis
- Oligodon taeniolatus
- Psammophis condanarus condanarus
- Psammophis leithii
- Psammophis lineolatus
- Psammophis schokari
- Pseudocyclophis persica
- Ptyas mucosus
- Sibynophis sagittarius
- Spalerosophis arenarius
- Spalerosophis diadema – 2 subspecies
- Spalerosophis d. diadema
- Spalerosophis d. schirazianus
- Telescopus rhinopoma
- Xenochrophis cerasogaster
- Xenochrophis piscator piscator
- Xenochrophis sanctijohannis
- Family Elapidae (kraits and cobras) - 4 species
- Bungarus caeruleus (Common Krait)
- Bungarus sindanus (Sind Krait) – 2 subspecies
- Bungarus s. razai (Northern Punjab Krait)
- Bungarus s. sindanus (Sind Krait)
- Naja naja (Indian Cobra or Spectacled Cobra)
- Naja oxiana (Central Asian Cobra or Oxus Cobra)
- Family Hydrophiidae (sea snakes) - 14 species
- Astrotia stokesii (Stokes' Sea Snake)
- Enhydrina schistosa (Beaked Sea Snake, Hook-nosed Sea Snake, Common Sea Snake or Valakadyn Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis caerulescens (Dwarf Seasnake or Many-toothed Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis cyanocinctus (Annulated Sea Snake or Blue-banded Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis fasciatus (Striped Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis lapemoides (Persian Gulf Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis mamillaris (Bombay Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis ornatus (Ornate Reef Seasnake)
- Hydrophis spiralis (Yellow Sea Snake)
- Lapemis curtus (Shaw's Sea Snake)
- Microcephalophis cantoris (Cantor's Small-headed Sea Snake)
- Microcephalophis gracilis (Graceful Small-headed Sea Snake or Slender Sea Snake)
- Pelamis platurus (Yellow-bellied Sea Snake or Pelagic Sea Snake)
- Praescutata viperina (Viperine Sea Snake)
- Family Leptotyphlopidae (thread snakes) - 2 species
- Leptotyphlops blanfordii (Blanford's Worm Snake or Sind Thread Snake)
- Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus (Long-nosed Worm Snake or Beaked Thread Snake)
- Family Pythonidae (pythons) - 1 species
- Python molurus molurus (Indian Python, Black-tailed Python or Sind Python)
- Family Typhlopidae (blind snakes) - 5 species
- Ramphotyphlops braminus (Brahminy Blind Snake)
- Typhlops ahsanai (Ahsan's Blind Snake)
- Typhlops porrectus or Typhlops ductuliformes (Slender Worm Snake)
- Typhlops madgemintonai – 2 subspecies
- Typhlops m. madgemintonai (Madge's Blind Snake)
- Typhlops m. shermanai (Sherman's Blind Snake)
- Family Viperidae (vipers and pit vipers) - 7 species
- Daboia russelii russelii (Daboia or Russell's Viper)
- Echis carinatus (Indian Saw-scaled Viper) - 3 subspecies
- Echis c. astolae (Astola Saw-scaled Viper)
- Echis c. multisquamatus (Multiscale Saw-scaled Viper)
- Echis c. sochureki (Sochurek's Saw-scaled Viper)
- Echis pyramidum (Northeast African Carpet Viper, Egyptian Saw-scaled Viper)
- Eristicophis macmahonii (McMahon's Viper, Asian Sand Viper, Leaf-nosed Viper)
- Gloydius himalayanus (Himalayan Pit Viper)
- Macrovipera lebetina obtusa (West-Asian Blunt-nosed Viper, Levant Blunt-nosed Viper)
- Pseudocerastes persicus persicus (Persian Horned Viper, False Horned Viper)
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