List of reptiles of China

China has around 403 different species of reptiles that can be found in many environments including deserts, grasslands, rivers, and forests.[1] It is the country with the seventh largest amount of different reptile species.[2]

Note that this list only includes non-avian reptiles. For birds, visit list of birds of China.
Zhou's box turtle is a critically endangered species that is endemic to China.

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

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

Pythons

Ratsnakes

Sea kraits

Sea snakes

Slug snakes
  • Atayal slug-eating snake (Pareas atayal)
  • Boulenger's slug snake (Pareas boulengeri)
  • Keeled slug-eating snake (Pareas carinatus)
  • Chinese slug snake (Pareas chinensis)
  • Formosan slug snake (Pareas formosensis)
  • Hampton's slug snake (Pareas hamptoni)
  • Taiwan slug snake (Pareas komaii)
  • Spotted slug snake (Pareas margaritophorus)
  • Common slug snake (Pareas monticola)
  • Xiaoheishan slug-eating snake (Pareas nigriceps)
  • Stanley's slug snake (Pareas stanleyi)

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)
A 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
  • Burmese glass lizard (Dopasia gracilis)
  • Hainan glass lizard (Dopasia hainanensis)
  • Hart's glass lizard (Dopasia harti)
  • Ludovic's glass lizard (Dopasia ludovici)

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. Likely extirpated
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