Living National Treasures: Pakistan

Checklists of  Endemics

Mammal Species 4

Bird Species 0

Reptile Species 25

Amphibian Species 4

Freshwater Fish Species 23

Marine Fish Species 6

Vertebrate Genera 1

Swallowtail & Milkweed Butterfly Species 0

Vascular Plant Genera 5

Families & Orders 0


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Checklist of Endemic Reptile Species and Subspecies

This list of the reptile species and subspecies found exclusively in Pakistan
was prepared by Rafaqat Masroor of the Pakistan Museum of Natural History and is current to 2009.

For a checklist of endemic reptiles following the taxonomy of the
EMBL Reptile Database (2005) used elsewhere on this site see here.

S. No.

Species

Authority

Common Name

Systematics

1. 

Calotes versicolor farooqi

Auffenberg and Rehman, 1995

Farooq’s Garden Lizard

(Squamata-Sauria - Agamidae)

2. 

Laudakia melanura nasiri

Baig, 1999

Nasir’s Black Rock Agama

(Squamata-Sauria - Agamidae)

3. 

Laudakia pakistanica auffenbergi

Baig and Böhme, 1996

Auffenberg’s Rock Agama

(Squamata-Sauria - Agamidae)

4. 

Laudakia pakistanica khani

Baig and Böhme, 1996

Khan’s Rock Agama

(Squamata-Sauria - Agamidae)

5. 

Phrynocephalus euptilopus

Alcock and Finn, 1896

Spotted Toad Agama

(Squamata-Sauria - Agamidae)

6. 

Trapelus agilis pakistanensis

Rastegar-Pouyani, 1999

Pakistan’s Brilliant Agama

(Squamata-Sauria - Agamidae)

7. 

Trapelus rubrigularis

Blanford, 1876

Red-throated Agama

(Squamata-Sauria - Agamidae)

8. 

Altigekko baturensis

Khan and Baig, 1992

Batura Glacier Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

9. 

Alsophylax boehmei

Szczerbak, 1991

Böhme Rock Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

10. 

Cyrtopodion chitralense

Smith, 1935

Chitral Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

11. 

Cyrtopodion kachhense ingoldbyi

Procter, 1923

Western Rock Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

12. 

Cyrtopodion kohsulaimanai

Khan, 1991

Sulaiman Range Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

13. 

Cyrtopodion montiumsalsorum

Annandale, 1913

Salt Range Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

14. 

Cyrtopodion potoharensis

Khan, 2001

Potohar Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

15. 

Cyrtopodion baigii

Masroor, 2008

Baig’s Tuberculated Rock Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

16. 

Cyrtopodion brachykolon

Krysko et al., 2007

Short-limbed Bent-toed Gecko

(Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae)

17.

Cyrtopodion dehakroense

Masroor, 2009

Deh Akro Arboreal Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

18. 

Indogekko fortmunroi

Khan, 1993

Fort Munro Sand-stone Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

19. 

Indogekko indusoani

Khan. 1988

Soan Sand-stone Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

20. 

Indogekko rhodocaudus

Baig, 1998

Red-tailed Sand-stone Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

21. 

Indogekko rohtasfortai

Khan and Tasnim, 1990

Rohtas Sand-stone Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

22. 

Ptyodactylus homolepis homolepis

Blanford, 1876

Fan-toed Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

      23. 

Siwaligekko battalense

Khan, 1993

Reticulate Plum-bodied Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

24. 

Siwaligekko dattanense

Khan, 1980

Plum banded Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

25. 

Siwaligekko mintoni

Golubev and Szczerbak, 1981

Plump Swati Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

26. 

Tropiocolotes depressus

Minton and Anderson, 1965

Mountain Dwarf Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

27. 

Tropiocolotes persicus euphorbiacola

Minton et al., 1970

Persian Dwarf Gecko

(Squamata-Sauria -Gekkonidae)

28. 

Eremias cholistanica

Baig and Masroor, 2006

Cholistan Desert Lacerta

(Squamata-Sauria -Lacertidae)

29. 

Eumeces cholistanensis 

Masroor, 2009

Cholistan Striped Skink

(Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae)

30. 

Eumeces indothalensis

Khan and Khan, 1997

Thal Mole Skink

(Squamata-Sauria -Scincidae)

31. 

Typhlops ahsanai

Khan, 1999

Ahsan’s Blind Snake

(Squamata-Ophidia -Typhlopidae)

32. 

Typhlops diardii platyventris

Khan, 1998

Kashmir Blind Snake

(Squamata-Ophidia -Typhlopidae)

33. 

Typhlops madgemintonae madgemintonae

Khan, 1999

Kashmir’s Slender Blind Snake

(Squamata-Ophidia -Typhlopidae)

34. 

Typhlops madgemintonae shermanai

Khan, 1999

Sherman’s Slender Blind Snake

(Squamata-Ophidia -Typhlopidae)

35. 

Coluber karelini mintonorum

Mertens, 1969

Spotted Desert Racer

(Squamata-Ophidia -Colubridae)

36. 

Enhydris pakistanica

Mertens, 1959

Sind River Snake

(Squamata-Ophidia -Colubridae)

37. 

Platyceps rhodorachis kashmirensis

Khan and Khan, 2000

Kashmir Cliff Racer

(Squamata-Ophidia -Colubridae)

38. 

Echis carinatus astolae

Mertens, 1970

Dark-blotched Saw-scaled Viper

(Squamata-Ophidia -Viperidae)