Thailand Reptile Families Overview - North Thailand Birding

The reptiles of Thailand are contained in three orders, divided into 44 families. A total of 483 species is recorded from Thailand, around 60 of which are endemic. Taxonomy and nomenclature follow Chan-ard, Parr and Nabhitabhata (2015), Fieldguide to the Reptiles of Thailand, with additional species and updated taxonomy as described in recent publications.

The complete checklist, including ranges, synonyms and some Thai names can be downloaded in Excel format: Thailand Reptile Checklist.

Order: Testudines (Turtles and tortoises). Family Geoemydidae (Eurasian freshwater turtles).
	turtle	turtle	turtle
Family: Testudinidae. Tortoises.
	tortoise	tortoise	tortoise
Order: Squamata (Scaled reptiles). Family: Gekkonidae (Group 1). (Typical geckos). Cyrtodactylus bent-toed geckos and cave geckos.
	bent-toed gecko	bent-toed gecko	bent-toed gecko	bent-toed gecko	bent-toed gecko
	cave gecko	cave gecko
Family: Gekkonidae (Group 2). (Typical geckos). Rock Geckos, ground geckos, house geckos, frilly geckos, four-clawed geckos, dwarf geckos, tokay geckos and parachute geckos.
	rock gecko	rock gecko	day gecko	ground gecko	house gecko
	frilly gecko	four-clawed gecko	tokay gecko	parachute gecko
Family: Agamidae (Group 1). (Agamid lizards). Gliding lizards.
	gliding lizard	gliding lizard
Family: Agamidae (Group 2). (Agamid lizards). Tree lizards, crested lizards, water dragon and butterfly lizards.
	tree lizard	crested lizard	crested lizard	water dragon	butterfly lizard
	butterfly lizard
Family: Lacertidae (Long-tailed lizards).
	long-tailed lizard
Family: Scincidae (Skinks).
	striped skink	sun skink	stream skink	leaf-litter skink	leaf-litter skink
	forest skink	forest skink	slender skink
Family: Angidae (Slowworms, glass lizards and relatives).
	glass lizard	glass lizard
Family: Varanidae (Monitors).
	monitor	monitor
Family: Gerrhopilidae (Indo-malayan blind snakes). No images. Family: Typhlopidae (Blind Snakes). No images. Family: Cylindrophiidae (Asian pipe snakes). No images. Family: Xenopeltidae (Sunbeam snakes). No images. Family: Pythonidae (Pythons).
	python	python
Family: Acrochordidae (File snakes). No images. Family: Xenodermidae (Dragon snakes). No images. Family: Pareidae (Oriental slug-eating snakes).
	slug-eating snake	slug-eating snake	slug-eating snake
Family: Viperidae (Vipers and pit vipers).
	pit viper	pit viper	pit viper	pit viper
Family: Homalopsidae (Mud snakes).
	mud snake	bockadem
Family: Pseudaspididae (Mole and western keeled snakes).
	mock viper
Family: Elapidae (Cobras, kraits, coral snakes and sea snakes).
	cobra	spitting cobra	krait	coral snake
Family: Colubridae (Colubrid snakes).
	blackhead	keelback	keelback	bamboo snake	reed snake
	whip snake	tree snake	bronzeback	kukri snake	racer
	racer	bridle snake	wolf snake	cat snake	ringneck
	rat snake	mountain snake
Order: Crocodylia (Crocodilians). Family: Crocodylidae (True crocodiles).
	crocodile

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