Reptiles

List of Threatened Reptiles in Nepal and their Status

S.N.	Scientific Name	Common Name	Nepali Name	IUCN Status	CITES	NRDB
1	Crocodylus palustris	Mugger Crocodile	Magar Gohi	Vulnerable	I	Vulnerable
2	Gavialis gangeticus	Gharial	Ghariyal Gohi	Critically Endangered	I	Endangered
3	Japalura dasi	Agaupani Forest Agama	Hariyo Chheparo	Vulnerable	–	–
4	Sitana fusca	Dark Sitana	Girgit	Critically Endangered	–	–
5	Sitana schleichi	Suklaphanta Sitana	Girgit	Endangered	–	–
6	Cyrtodactylus markuscombaii	Striped Gecko	Mausuli	Data Deficient	–	–
7	Cyrtodactylus martinstolli	Martin’s bent-toed	Mausuli	Data Deficient	–	–
8	Cyrtodactylus nepalensis	Nepalese rock Gecko	Mausuli	Data Deficient	–	–
9	Asymblepharus mahabharatus	Mahabharat ground Skink	Mahabharat Bhanemungro	Data Deficient	–	–
10	Asymblepharus nepalensis	Nepal Ground Skink	Bhui Bhanemungro	Data Deficient	–	–
11	Varanus flavescens	Golden Monitor	Sun Gohoro	Endangered	I	Susceptible
12	Hebius parallelus	Boulenger Keelback	Hariyou Chabuke Sarpa	Data Deficient	–	–
13	Herpetoreas sieboldii	Siebold’s smooth Water Snake	Chille Pani Sarpa	Data Deficient	–	–
14	Trachischium guentheri	Gunther’s Worm Snake	Mate Sarpa	Vulnerable	–	–
15	Trachischium tenuiceps	Orange bellied Worm Snake	Mate Sarpa	Data Deficient	–	–
16	Xenochrophis cerasogaster	Dark bellied Marsh Snake	Pani Sarpa	Vulnerable	–	–
17	Ophiophagus hannah	King Cobra	Rajgoman	Vulnerable	II	Vulnerable
18	Python bivittatus	Burmese Python	Ajingar	Vulnerable	II	Vulnerable
19	Cyclemys oldhamii	Dark throated leaf turtle	Dhawase kanthe paate kachhuwa	Endangered	II
20	Geoclemys hamiltonii	Black Pond Turtle	Thopale pokhari kachhuwa	Endangered	I	–
21	Hardella thurjii	Eastern crowned river turtle	Brahminy river turtle	Endangered	II	Susceptible
22	Batagur dhongoka	Three striped roofed turtle	Dhond chhane kachhuwa	Critically Endangered	II	Susceptible
23	Batagur kachuga	Red-crowned river turtle	Rangin chhane kachhuwa	Critically Endangered	I	Vulnerable
24	Melanochelys tricarinata	Tricarinate hill turtle	Tindharke pahadi kachhuwa	Endangered	I	Vulnerable
25	Morenia petersi	Indian eyed turtle	Baldhyangre kachhuwa	Endangered	II	Susceptible
26	Pangshura tecta	Indian roofed turtle	Bharatiya dhurikachhuwa	Vulnerable	I	Susceptible
27	Indotestudo elongata	Elongated Tortoise	Sun Kachhuwa	Critically Endangered	II	Susceptible
28	Nilssonia gangetica	Indian soft shell turtle	Naram khabate kachhuwa	Endangered	I	Vulnerable
29	Nilssonia hurum	Indian peacock soft shell turtle	Mayurpangkhi naram khabate kachhuwa	Endangered	I	Susceptible
30	Chitra indica	Narrow headed soft shell turtle	Sagaru tauke naram khabate kachhuwa	Endangered	II	Susceptible
31	Lissemys punctata andersoni	North Indian flapshell turtle	Dhakani khabate kachhuwa	Vulnerable	II	Susceptible
IUCN- International Union for Conservation of Nature CITES- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora NRDB- Nepal’s Red Data Book