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B. Banded krait; Banded wolf snake; Beauty rat snake; Beddome's coral snake; Beddome's day gecko; Bengal monitor; Big Four (Indian snakes) Black pond turtle
This is an index to the amphibians found in India. The amphibians of India show a high level of endemism. [1] This list is based largely on Darrel Frost (2006) [2] and includes common names from older books and journals. [3] [4] [5] Some Indian frogs
The following is a list of reptiles in and around the Indian subcontinent, primarily covering the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Afghanistan, parts of Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Island chains.
India is home to 423 mammals, 1233 birds, 526 reptiles, 342 amphibians, 3022 fish apart from other species which form 7.6% of mammal, 14.7% of amphibian, 6% of bird, 6.2% of reptilian species worldwide. [3] [5] Among Indian species, only 12.6% of mammals and 4.5% of birds are endemic, contrasting with 45.8% of reptiles and 55.8% of amphibians. [5]
Reptiles are tetrapod animals in the class Reptilia, comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and their extinct relatives. The study of these traditional reptile orders , historically combined with that of modern amphibians , is called herpetology .
Squamata is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards, snakes and amphisbaenians (worm lizards), which are collectively known as squamates or scaled reptiles. With over 10,000 species, [15] Approximate world distribution of snakes. Suborder Anguimorpha. Family Anguidae [16]
Order Pterocliformes, sandgrouse (this enigmatic group was traditionally treated as a family in any of three different orders: Charadriiformes, Ciconiiformes, and Columbiformes) Order Columbiformes , doves, pigeons and dodos
"A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 7 (13): 8010–8022; Indian snake checklist; Daniel, J. C.(2002). The Book of Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-566099-4