List of REPTILIA species in China
This is a list of REPTILIA in China according to the IUCN Red List.
This list was last updated 2019-09-14
This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.
Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.
| scientific_name | common_name | taxonid | category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xenopeltis hainanensis | Hainan Sunbeam Snake | 192133 | LC |
| Rhabdophis nuchalis | Groove-necked Keel-back | 177504 | LC |
| Sinonatrix aequifasciata | Asiatic Water Snake | 177519 | LC |
| Shinisaurus crocodilurus | Chinese Crocodile Lizard | 57287221 | EN |
| Diploderma laeviventre | Smooth-venter Mountain Dragon | 104669864 | LC |
| Mediodactylus russowii | Grey Thin-Toed Gecko | 164589 | LC |
| Laudakia wui | Wui’s Rock Agama | 47752012 | LC |
| Alligator sinensis | Chinese Alligator | 867 | CR |
| Plestiodon elegans | Shanghai Elegant Skink | 96265106 | LC |
| Hemiphyllodactylus zugi | Zug’s Slender Gecko | 101950393 | DD |
| Phrynocephalus erythrurus | 107660333 | LC | |
| Tropidophorus sinicus | Chinese Water Skink | 104834131 | LC |
| Platysternon megacephalum | Big-headed Turtle | 17585 | EN |
| Ptychozoon bannaense | Banna Parachute Gecko | 101950693 | DD |
| Diploderma micangshanensis | 104670581 | LC | |
| Opisthotropis cheni | 194046 | LC | |
| Alsophylax pipiens | Even-fingered Gecko | 157257 | LC |
| Hemidactylus bowringii | Bowring’s Smooth Gecko | 194106 | LC |
| Phrynocephalus kuschakewitschi | 91866903 | LC | |
| Elaphe zoigeensis | Zoige Ratsnake | 47024117 | LC |
| Sphenomorphus tonkinensis | Tonkin Forest Skink | 104777724 | LC |
| Tenuidactylus elongatus | Yangihissar Gecko | 174114 | LC |
| Gekko auriverrucosus | Shanxi Gecko | 174116 | DD |
| Diploderma varcoae | Chinese Japalure | 104671345 | LC |
| Archelaphe bella | Bella Rat Snake | 190611 | LC |
| Rhynchophis boulengeri | Rhinoceros Snake | 190628 | LC |
| Azemiops feae | Fea's Viper | 190641 | LC |
| Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis | Bawangling Leopard Gecko | 18917676 | EN |
| Diploderma vela | Sail Moutain Lizard | 104671586 | LC |
| Goniurosaurus yingdeensis | Yingde Leopard Gecko | 18917797 | CR |
| Goniurosaurus zhoui | Zhou’s Leopard Gecko | 126298616 | DD |
| Diploderma yunnanense | Yunnan Japalure | 104671929 | LC |
| Ateuchosaurus chinensis | Chinese Short-limbed Skink | 96250633 | LC |
| Diploderma zhaoermii | 104672095 | LC | |
| Lycodon davisonii | Blanford's Bridal Snake | 183193 | LC |
| Draco blanfordii | Blanford’s Flying Lizard | 99929100 | LC |
| Eutropis longicaudata | Longtail Mabuya | 102345774 | LC |
| Protobothrops maolanensis | Mao-Lan Pit Viper | 199766 | DD |
| Sinovipera sichuanensis | Sichuan Pit Viper | 199774 | DD |
| Plagiopholis unipostocularis | Yunnan Mountain Snake | 199776 | DD |
| Rhabdophis adleri | 199777 | LC | |
| Sacalia bealei | Beale's-eyed Turtle | 19796 | EN |
| Sacalia quadriocellata | Four-eyed Turtle | 19797 | EN |
| Phrynocephalus helioscopus | Sunwatcher | 48835941 | LC |
| Opisthotropis jacobi | Jacob's Stream Snake | 191913 | DD |
| Hebius craspedogaster | Kuatun Keelback | 191915 | LC |
| Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti | Karl Schmidt's False Cobra | 191917 | LC |
| Opisthotropis maculosa | Spotted Mountain Stream Snake | 191921 | DD |
| Pseudoxenodon macrops | Large-eyed False Cobra | 191926 | LC |
| Oligodon eberhardti | Eberhardt's Kukri Snake | 191932 | LC |
| Oligodon chinensis | Chinese Kukri Snake | 191935 | LC |
| Achalinus meiguensis | Sichuan Odd-scaled Snake | 191936 | LC |
| Oligodon formosanus | Beautiful Kukri Snake | 191938 | LC |
| Oligodon lungshenensis | 191941 | NT | |
| Rhabdophis rudis | Red Keelback | 191933 | LC |
| Lycodon flavozonatus | Yellow Large-toothed Snake | 191948 | LC |
| Bungarus multicinctus | Many-banded Krait | 191957 | LC |
| Hebius metusium | Wa Shan Keelback | 191958 | EN |
| Sinomicrurus kelloggi | Kellog's Coral Snake | 191960 | LC |
| Sinonatrix yunnanensis | Yunnan Keelback Water Snake | 191955 | LC |
| Rhabdophis leonardi | Leonard's Keelback | 191965 | LC |
| Dendrelaphis subocularis | Mountain Bronzeback Tree Snake | 191970 | LC |
| Atretium yunnanensis | Yunnan Olive Keelback | 191979 | LC |
| Opisthotropis kuatunensis | Chinese Mountain Keelback | 191987 | LC |
| Calamaria yunnanensis | Yunnan Reed Snake | 191994 | EN |
| Achalinus hainanus | Hainan Odd-scaled Snake | 192028 | VU |
| Dendrelaphis ngansonensis | Nganson Bronzeback Tree Snake | 192029 | LC |
| Lycodon futsingensis | 192037 | LC | |
| Hebius bitaeniatum | Two-striped Keelback | 192039 | LC |
| Elaphe moellendorffi | Moellendorff's Trinket Snake | 192040 | VU |
| Elaphe bimaculata | Chinese Leopard Snake | 192041 | LC |
| Lycodon rosozonatus | Pink Large-toothed Snake | 192047 | DD |
| Opisthotropis guangxiensis | Guanxi Mountain Keelback | 192050 | NT |
| Hebius deschauenseei | Deschaunsee's Keelback | 192053 | LC |
| Ptyas major | Greater Green Snake | 192054 | LC |
| Viridovipera yunnanensis | Yunnan Pit Viper | 192051 | LC |
| Bungarus wanghaotingi | Wanghaoting's Krait | 192070 | LC |
| Rhabdophis callichroma | Black-barred Keelback | 192069 | DD |
| Plagiopholis blakewayi | Blakeway's Blotch-necked Snake | 192076 | LC |
| Rhadinophis prasina | Green Trinket Snake | 192082 | LC |
| Viridovipera medoensis | Medo Pit Viper | 192090 | DD |
| Gloydius monticola | Likiang Pit Viper | 192093 | DD |
| Boiga kraepelini | Square-headed Cat Snake | 192094 | LC |
| Achalinus rufescens | Rufous burrowing snake | 192099 | LC |
| Gloydius shedaoensis | Shedao Island Pit Viper | 192100 | VU |
| Hebius octolineatum | Eight-lined Keelback | 192104 | LC |
| Viridovipera gumprechti | Gumprecht's Pit Viper | 192108 | LC |
| Naja atra | Chinese Cobra | 192109 | VU |
| Thermophis zhaoermii | Sichuan Hot-Spring Keelback | 192112 | EN |
| Hebius sauteri | Sauter's Keelback | 192114 | LC |
| Scincella barbouri | Barbour's Ground Skink | 102649460 | LC |
| Xenochrophis flavipunctatus | Yellow-spotted Keelback Water Snake | 192120 | LC |
| Cuora galbinifrons | Indochinese Box Turtle | 97357437 | CR |
| Lycodon rufozonatus | Red Large-toothed Snake | 192124 | LC |
| Lycodon ruhstrati | Rushstrat's Wolf Snake | 192128 | LC |
| Hebius boulengeri | Boulenger's Keelback | 192130 | LC |
| Euprepiophis perlacea | Sichuan Rat Snake | 192132 | EN |
| Euprepiophis mandarinus | Mandarin Trinket Snake | 192138 | LC |
| Viridovipera stejnegeri | Stejneger's Pit Viper | 192136 | LC |
| Protobothrops mangshanensis | Mangshan Pit Viper | 192140 | EN |
| Hebius modestum | Günther's Keelback | 192142 | LC |
| Achalinus formosanus | Formosa Odd-scaled Snake | 192148 | LC |
| Pareas nigriceps | Xiaoheishan Slug-eating Snake | 192151 | DD |
| Hebius optatum | Mount Emei Keelback | 192153 | LC |
| Hebius venningi | Venning's Keelback | 192156 | LC |
| Opisthotropis lateralis | Man-Son Mountain Stream Snake | 192152 | LC |
| Sinonatrix percarinata | Chinese Keelback Water Snake | 192158 | LC |
| Lycodon meridionale | Vietnamese Large-toothed Snake | 192177 | LC |
| Liopeltis frenatus | Stripe-Necked Snake | 192180 | LC |
| Ovophis tonkinensis | Tonkin Pit Viper | 192179 | LC |
| Caretta caretta North Pacific subpopulation | Loggerhead Turtle | 83652278 | LC |
| Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri | Stejneger's Bamboo Snake | 192182 | LC |
| Lycodon multizonatus | Luding Wolf Snake | 192186 | DD |
| Pareas hamptoni | Hampton's Slug-eating Snake | 192189 | LC |
| Pareas stanleyi | Stanley's Slug Snake | 192190 | DD |
| Ovophis zayuensis | Zayuan Mountain Pit Viper | 192194 | LC |
| Achalinus spinalis | Grey Burrowing Snake | 192200 | LC |
| Boiga guangxiensis | Guangxi Cat Snake | 192201 | LC |
| Lycodon laoensis | Laos Wolf Snake | 192203 | LC |
| Opisthotropis latouchii | Sichuan Mountain Keelback | 192205 | LC |
| Ptyas multicinctus | Many-banded Green Snake | 192206 | LC |
| Calamaria pavimentata | Brown Reed Snake | 192211 | LC |
| Pseudoxenodon bambusicola | Bamboo False Cobra | 192230 | LC |
| Hebius atemporale | Mountain Keelback | 192242 | DD |
| Amphiesmoides ornaticeps | White-eyed Keelback | 192246 | LC |
| Oligodon ornatus | Ornate Kukri Snake | 192248 | LC |
| Scincella doriae | Doria's Ground Skink | 102649742 | LC |
| Rhabdophis pentasupralabialis | 200633 | LC | |
| Pareas chinensis | Chinese Slug Snake | 200634 | LC |
| Scincella ochracea | 102658089 | LC | |
| Sphenomorphus incognitus | 104771628 | LC | |
| Scincella potanini | 102658101 | LC | |
| Ophisaurus hainanensis | 176255 | VU | |
| Ophisaurus harti | Hart's Glass Lizard | 176256 | LC |
| Achalinus ater | Bourret's Odd-scaled Snake | 176324 | LC |
| Achalinus jinggangensis | Zong's Odd-scaled Snake | 176325 | CR |
| Hebius popei | Pope's Keelback | 176336 | LC |
| Diploderma flaviceps | Szechwan Japalure | 120779056 | LC |
| Phrynocephalus forsythii | Forsyth' s Toadhead Agama | 47755654 | LC |
| Phrynocephalus putjatai | 47755672 | LC | |
| Calamaria septentrionalis | Hong Kong Dwarf Snake | 176631 | LC |
| Enhydris chinensis | Chinese Mud Snake | 176674 | LC |
| Enhydris bennettii | Bennett's Mud Snake | 176683 | DD |
| Mauremys nigricans | Red-necked Pond Turtle | 4656 | EN |
| Enhydris bocourti | Bocourt's Water Snake | 176692 | LC |
| Enhydris plumbea | Boie's Mud Snake | 176699 | LC |
| Emydocephalus ijimae | Ijima's Sea Snake | 176706 | LC |
| Laticauda semifasciata | Chinese Sea Snake | 176721 | NT |
| Hydrophis lamberti | Lambert's Sea Snake | 176754 | LC |
| Eremias multiocellata | Multi-ocellated Racerunner | 47755898 | LC |
| Hydrophis melanocephalus | Slender-necked Sea Snake | 176762 | DD |
| Dendrelaphis gorei | Gore's Bronze-back | 176784 | LC |
| Eremias przewalskii | Gobi Racerunner | 47755920 | LC |
| Tropidophorus berdmorei | Berdmore’s Water Skink | 104778762 | LC |
| Eremias vermiculata | Central Asian Racerunner | 47755971 | LC |
| Daboia siamensis | Eastern Russell's Viper | 201501 | LC |
| Sibynophis chinensis | Chinese Many-tooth Snake | 193454 | LC |
| Plestiodon quadrilineatus | Hong Kong Skink | 104764453 | LC |
| Thermophis baileyi | Xizang Hot-spring Keel-back | 21736 | NT |
| Oligodon cyclurus | Cantor's Kukri Snake | 177410 | LC |
| Oligodon lacroixi | Lacroix Kukri Snake | 177416 | VU |
| Oocatochus rufodorsatus | Frog-eating Rat Snake | 177427 | LC |
| Opisthotropis maxwelli | Maxwell's Mountain Keelback | 177428 | DD |
| Paratapinophis praemaxillaris | Brown Stream Snake | 177430 | LC |
| Pareas boulengeri | Boulenger's Slug Snake | 177434 | LC |
| Plagiopholis nuchalis | Assam Mountain Snake | 177441 | LC |
| Plagiopholis styani | Chinese Mountain Snake | 177442 | LC |
| Sibynophis collaris | Common Many-tooth Snake | 177571 | LC |
| Dibamus bourreti | Bourret's Blind Skink | 177579 | DD |
| Protobothrops cornutus | Horned Pit Viper | 22151 | NT |
| Gekko hokouensis | Kwangsi Gecko | 177817 | LC |
| Protobothrops xiangchengensis | Szechwan Pit Viper | 186095 | LC |
| Scincella monticola | Mountainous Dwarf Skink | 186094 | LC |
| Cuora pani | Pan's Box Turtle | 5956 | CR |
| Cuora yunnanensis | Yunnan Box Turtle | 5957 | CR |
| Cuora aurocapitata | Yellow-headed Box Turtle | 5959 | CR |
| Cuora flavomarginata | Yellow-margined Box Turtle | 5960 | EN |
| Cuora mccordi | McCord's Box Turtle | 5961 | CR |
| Cuora trifasciata | Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle | 5962 | CR |
| Cuora zhoui | Zhou's Box Turtle | 5963 | CR |
| Gekko swinhonis | Peking Gecko | 178208 | VU |
| Gekko scabridus | Yunnan Gecko | 178220 | DD |
| Takydromus kuehnei | Kuhne’s Grass Lizard | 178242 | LC |
| Teratoscincus przewalskii | Przewalski's Wonder Gecko | 178359 | LC |
| Takydromus sexlineatus | Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard | 178424 | LC |
| Cryptelytrops albolabris | White-lipped Tree Viper | 178433 | LC |
| Himalayophis tibetanus | Tibetan Pit Viper | 178471 | LC |
| Xenopeltis unicolor | Asian Sunbeam Snake | 178481 | LC |
| Acanthosaura lepidogaster | Scale-bellied Tree Lizard | 170366 | LC |
| Calotes medogensis | 170382 | DD | |
| Draco maculatus | Spotted Gliding Lizard | 170396 | LC |
| Diploderma fasciata | Banded Japalure | 170403 | LC |
| Diploderma grahami | Yibin Japalure | 170405 | DD |
| Japalura tricarinata | Three Keeled Mountain Lizard | 170406 | LC |
| Gloydius saxatilis | Rock Mamushi | 178600 | LC |
| Phrynocephalus axillaris | 170411 | LC | |
| Phrynocephalus melanurus | Saissan Toad-headed Agama | 170412 | LC |
| Phrynocephalus przewalskii | Przewalski's Toadhead Agama | 170413 | LC |
| Phrynocephalus theobaldi | Theobald's Toad-headed Agama | 170415 | LC |
| Phrynocephalus versicolor | 170416 | LC | |
| Phrynocephalus vlangalii | 170417 | LC | |
| Pseudocalotes brevipes | Vietnam False Bloodsucker | 170421 | LC |
| Gekko chinensis | Gray's Chinese Gecko | 178676 | LC |
| Protobothrops kaulbacki | Kaulback's Lance-headed Pitviper | 178685 | DD |
| Mauremys reevesii | Reeves' Turtle | 170502 | EN |
| Alsophylax przewalskii | Przewalski's Pygmy Gecko | 178716 | LC |
| Paralaudakia stoliczkana | Mongolia Rock Agama | 47749669 | LC |
| Geoemyda spengleri | Black-breasted Hill Turtle | 39552 | EN |
| Goniurosaurus liboensis | Libo Leopard Gecko | 98392722 | EN |
| Phrynocephalus frontalis | Shansi Toadhead Agama | 128064166 | LC |
| Mauremys sinensis | Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle | 15026 | EN |
| Gekko adleri | Adler’s Gecko | 104716984 | LC |
| Mauremys mutica | Yellow Pond Turtle | 39613 | EN |
| Pelodiscus sinensis | Chinese Softshell Turtle | 39620 | VU |
| Rafetus swinhoei | Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle | 39621 | CR |
| Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi | Kingdonward's Bloodsucker | 104651600 | LC |
| Takydromus intermedius | 102342208 | LC | |
| Tropidophorus hainanus | Hainan Water Skink | 104832114 | LC |
| Lycodon gongshan | Gongshan Wolf Snake | 196008 | DD |
| Lycodon synaptor | Boehme’s Wolf Snake | 196009 | DD |
| Ovophis makazayazaya | Taiwan Mountain Pitviper | 196010 | LC |
| Pareas margaritophorus | White-spotted Slug Snake | 192017 | LC |
| Rhabdophis nigrocinctus | Black-banded Keelback | 192024 | LC |
| Stichophanes ningshaanensis | Ningshaan Kukri Snake | 192031 | DD |
| Palea steindachneri | Wattle-necked Softshell Turtle | 15918 | EN |
| Cuora mouhotii | Jagged-shelled Turtle | 163414 | EN |
| Goniurosaurus zhelongi | Zhe-long’s Leopard Gecko | 98393682 | EN |
| Takydromus septentrionalis | China Grass Lizard | 102342469 | LC |
| Dopasia ludovici | Ludovic’s Glass Lizard | 99942309 | LC |
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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: