Check list of Reptiles of Mount Abu

Russell Viper

Spectacle Cobra

Snake a type of reptiles with limbless…

Estimated to be around 300 different snake species found in India, Sri Lank, Nepal, Bhutan, and Pakistan, of which about only 67 (22%) species are venomous. The original concept of the snakes responsible for mortality in the subcontinent and South East Asia in general was restricted to the “Big Four”.  This “Big Four” category included Spectacled Cobra (Naja Naja) Common Krait (Bungarus caeruleus), Russell Viper (Daboia russelii) and Saw scale viper (Echis). 

Sn	Common Name	Scientific Name	Status
1	Spectacle Cobra	Naja Naja	Common
2	Common Krait	Bungarus Caeruleus	Common
3	Russlle  Viper	Daboia Russelii	Uncommon
4	Saw Scale Viper	Echis	Uncommon
5	Rat Snake	Ptyas Mucosa	Common
6	Wolf Snake	Lycodon Aulicus	Common
7	Green Keelback	Macropisthodon Lumbicolor	Common
8	Mountain Trinket	Coelognathus Helena	Common
9	Common Trinket	Coelognathus Helena	Common
10	Vine Snake	Ahaetulla Nasuta	Common
11	Common Bronze Tree Snake	Dendrelaphis Tristis	Uncommon
12	Painted Bronze Tree Snake	Dendrelaphis Pictus	Uncommon
13	Graceful Racer (Coluber)	Coluber Gracilis	Uncommon
14	Forsten Cat Snake	Boiga Forsteni	Uncommon
15	Indian Rock Python	Python Molurus	Common
16	Sand Boa	Eryx Conicus	Common
17	Red Boa	Eryx Johnii	Common
18	Banded Kukri	Oligodon Arnensis	Common
19	Russell Kukri	Oligodon Taeniolatus	Common
20	Checkered Keelback	Xenochrophis Piscator	Common
21	Muger or Marsh crocodile	Crocodylus Palustris	Common
22	Indian Mud or Flapshell Turtle	Lissemys Punctata	Common
23	Fan Throated Lizard	Eublepharis Macularius	Uncommon
24	Indian Starred Tortoise	Geochelone Elegans	Rare
25	Spiny - Tailed Lizard	Uromastyx Hardwickii	Common
26	Indian Chameleon	Chameeleon Zeylanicus	Uncommon
27	Indian Monitor Lizard	Varanus Bengalensis	Common Endengered
28	Common or Brahminy Skink	Mabuya carinata	Common
29	Termite Hill geock	Hemidactylus Triedrus	Common
30	Northern House Gecko	Hemidactylus Flaviviridis	Common

Common Krait

Saw Scale Viper