List of reptiles of China

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Zhou's box turtle is a critically endangered species that is endemic to China.

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

Eyed turtles

Leaf turtles

Pond turtles

Roofed turtles

Miscellaneous and monotypic

Sea turtles

Softshell turtles

Tortoises

A Russian tortoise, a common choice as a house pet.

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

Cobras

Coral snakes

Green snakes

  • Greater green snake
    (Cyclophiops major)

Kraits

Lamprophiid snakes

Miscellaneous and monotypic

Natricine snakes

Odd-scaled snakes

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)
  • 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)
bamboo pit viper (Trimeresurus gramineus) perched on a branch in a Cuiheng
zoo.

Pythons

Ratsnakes

Sea kraits

Sea snakes

Slug snakes

Sunbeam snakes

This closeup clearly shows the characteristic iridescent highly polished scales of Xenopeltis unicolor.

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

Worm-eating snakes

Crocodilians

Alligators

A pair of Chinese alligators in the Shanghai Zoo.

Crocodiles

Lizards

Agamid lizards (flying)

Agamid lizards (non-flying)

blue-crested lizard
(Calotes mystaceus).
A male Japalura tree dragon.

Geckos

A Tokay gecko, one of the most well-known species of geckos.

Glass lizards

Miscellaneous and monotypic

Skinks

Plestiodon elegans, near Ho Chung, Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong.

References

  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.
  1. extirpated
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