List of reptiles and amphibians of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Last updated August 04, 2025

This article lists the species of reptiles and amphibians found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Over 100 species of herpetofauna are found in the island, out of which many are endemic. This list uses British English throughout.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Amphibians

A total of 20 species of amphibian have been sighted in the islands.

Fork-tounged frogs

Family: Dicroglossidae


Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status	Comments
Andaman frog	Minervarya andamanensis	Yes	LC
Mangrove frog	Fejervarya moodiei	No	LC
Nicobar frog	Minervarya nicobariensis	Yes	EN
Hill forest frog	Limnonectes hascheanus	No	LC	presence yet to be confirmed
Charles Darwin's eastern frog	Minervarya charlesdarwini	Yes	CR
Red stream frog	Limnonectes doriae	No	LC
Indus Valley bullfrog	Hoplobatrachus tigerinus	No	LC
Shompen frog	Limnonectes shompenorum	No	LC

Narrow-mouthed frogs

Family: Microhylidae


Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Staus
Andaman bullfrog	Kaloula ghoshi	No	NE
Mayabunder rice frog	Microhyla chakrapanii	Yes	DD
Ornate narrow-mouthed frog	Microhyla ornata	No	LC
Deli little pygmy frog	Micryletta inornata	No	LC
	Microhyla nakkavaram	Yes	NE

True toads

Family: Bufonidae


Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status	Comments
Asian common toad	Duttaphrynus melanostictus	No	LC
Andaman bush toad	Blythophryne beryet	Yes	NE

True frogs

Family: Ranidae


Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status
Schlegel's frog	Chalcorana chalconota	No	LC
Green paddy frog	Hylarana erythraea	No	LC
Nicobarese frog	Hylarana nicobariensis	No	LC

Shrub frogs

Family: Rhacophoridae


Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status	Comments
Nicobarese treefrog	Polypedates insularis	Yes	NT
Two-striped bubble-nest frog	Rohanixalus vittatus	No	LC

Reptiles

About 80 species are found in the islands.

Crocodiles

Family: Crocodylidae


Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status	Comments
Saltwater crocodile	Crocodylus porosus	No	LC

Leatherback sea turtle

Family: Dermochelyidae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status	Comments
Leatherback sea turtle	Dermochelys coriacea	No	VU

Typical sea turtles

Family: Cheloniidae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status
Loggerhead sea turtle	Caretta caretta	No	VU
Green sea turtle	Chelonia mydas	No	EN
Hawksbill sea turtle	Eretmochelys imbricata	No	CR
Olive ridley sea turtle	Lepidochelys olivacea	No	VU

River turtles

Family: Geoemydidae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status	Comments
Amboina box turtle	Cuora amboinensis	No	VU

Softshell and flapshell turtles

Family: Trionychidae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status	Comments
Indian flapshell turtle	Lissemys punctata	No	LC

True geckos

Family: Gekkonidae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status
Andaman day gecko	Phelsuma andamanensis	Yes	LC
Common four-clawed gecko	Gehyra mutilata	No	NE
Andaman giant gecko	Gekko verreauxi	Yes	VU
Smith's green-eyed gecko	Gekko smithii	No	LC
Makachua gecko	Gekko stoliczkai	Yes	NE
Andaman bent-toed gecko	Cyrtodactylus rubidus	No	VU
Nicobar bent-toed gecko	Cyrtodactylus adleri	Yes	LC
Central Nicobar bent-toed gecko	Cyrtodactylus camortensis	Yes	NE
Northern Nicobar bent-toed gecko	Cyrtodactylus nicobaricus	Yes	NE
Indo-pacific slender gecko	Hemiphyllodactylus typus	No	LC
Kandy day gecko	Cnemaspis andersonii	No	LC
Nicobar rock gecko	Cnemaspis nicobaricus	Yes	NE
Oriental worm gecko	Hemiphyllodactylus typus	No	LC
Mourning gecko	Lepidodactylus lugubris	No	NE
Nicobar gliding gecko	Gekko nicobarensis	Yes	NE
Common house gecko	Hemidactylus frenatus	No	LC
Spotted house gecko	Hemidactylus parvimaculatus	No	NE
Brook's house gecko	Hemidactylus brookii	No	NE
Indo-Pacific gecko	Hemidactylus garnotii	No	NE
Flat-tailed house gecko	Hemidactylus platyurus	No	NE

Agamas

Family: Agamidae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status
Short-crested bay island forest lizard	Coryphophylax subcristatus	Yes	LC
Short-tailed bay island forest lizard	Coryphophylax brevicauda	Yes	NE
Oriental garden lizard	Calotes versicolor	No	NE
Andaman canopy agama	Pseudocalotes andamanensis	Yes	NE
Daniel's forest lizard	Bronchocela danieli	Yes	NE
Green-crested lizard	Bronchocela cristatella	No	NE
Camorta canopy agama	Bronchocela rubrigularis	Yes	NE

Skinks

Family: Scincidae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status
Nicobar tree skink	Dasia nicobarensis	Yes	NE
Olive tree skink	Dasia olivacea	No	LC
Big-eared lipinia	Lipinia macrotympanum	Yes	VU
Christmas Island grass-skink	Subdoluseps bowringii	No	NE
Andaman Islands grass skink	Eutropis andamanensis	Yes	NE
Tytler's mabuya	Eutropis tytleri	Yes	NE
Rough mabuya	Eutropis rudis	No	NE
Rough-scaled sun skink	Eutropis rugifera	No	NE
Common sun skink	Eutropis multifasciata	No	NE
Nicobar sun skink	Eutropis dattaroyi	Yes	NE
Spotted forest skink	Sphenomorphus maculatus	No	NE
Large-eared ground skink	Scincella macrotis	Yes	VU

Worm-lizards

Family: Dibamidae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status	Comments
Nicobar blind skink	Dibamus nicobaricum	Yes	NE

Monitor lizards

Family: Varanidae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status	Comments
Asian water monitor	Varanus salvator	No	LC

Blind snakes

Family: Typhlopidae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status
Brahminy blind snake	Indotyphlops braminus	No	NE
Andaman worm snake	Gerrhopilus andamanensis	Yes	DD
Oates' worm snake	Argyrophis oatesii	No	DD

File snakes

Family: Achrochordidae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status	Comments
Little file snake	Acrochordus granulatus	No	LC

Sun snakes

Family: Xenopeltidae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status	Comments
Sunbeam snake	Xenopeltis unicolor	No	LC

Pythons

Family: Pythonidae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status	Comments
Reticulated python	Malayopython reticulatus	No	NE

Keelbacks

Family: Natricinae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status
Checkered keelback	Fowlea piscator	No	NE
Nicobar keelback	Thamnopis saurita	Yes	NE
Triangle keelback	Xenochrophis trianguligerus	No	LC

Colubrid snakes

Family: Colubridae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status
Andaman cat snake	Boiga andamanensis	Yes	NE
Nicobar cat snake	Boiga wallachi	Yes	DD
Paradise flying snake	Chrysopelea paradisi	No	LC
Andaman bronzeback	Dendrelaphis andamanensis	Yes	NE
Nicobar bronzeback	Dendrelaphis humayuni	Yes	NE
Black-tailed trinket snake	Coelognathusflavolineatus	No	LC
Red-tailed trinket snake	Gonyosoma oxycephalum	No	LC
Andaman wolf snake	Lycodon hypsirhinoides	Yes	NE
Malayan wolf snake	Lycodon subcinctus	No	LC
Tiwari's wolf snake	Lycodon tiwarii	Yes	NE
Yellow-striped kukri snake	Oligodon woodmasoni	Yes	NE
Indian rat snake	Ptyas mucosa	No	NE
Günther’s many-tooth snake	Sibynophis bistrigatus	No	DD
Nicobar stripe-necked snake	Gongylosoma nicobarensis	Yes	NE

Mangrove snakes

Family: Homalopsidae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status
Yellow-banded mangrove snake	Cantoria violacea	No	LC
Dog-faced water snake	Cerberus rynchops	No	LC
Plumbeous smooth-scaled water snake	Hypsiscopus plumbea	No	LC

Venemous snakes

Family: Elapidae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status
Andaman krait	Bungarus andamanensis	Yes	VU
Andaman cobra	Naja sagittifera	Yes	NE
King cobra	Ophiophagus hannah	No	VU
Yellow-lipped sea krait	Laticauda colubrina	No	LC
Brown-lipped sea krait	Laticauda laticaudata	No	LC
Cantor's narrow-headed sea krait	Hydrophis cantoris	No	DD
Black-and-yellow sea snake	Hydrophis platurus	No	LC

Vipers

Family: Viperidae

Common name	Binomial	Endemic	IUCN Status
Andaman pit viper	Trimeresurus andersonii	Yes	NE
White-lipped pit viper	Trimeresurus albolabris	No	NE
Cantor's pit viper	Trimeresurus cantori	Yes	NE
Nicobar pit viper	Trimeresurus labialis	Yes	NE
Central Nicobar bamboo pit viper	Trimeresurus mutabilis	Yes	NE
Car Nicobar green pit viper	Trimeresurus davidi	Yes	NE

References

↑ Rangasamy, V.; Sivaperuman, C.; Gokulakrishnan, G.; Parthipan, P. (2018), Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan; Venkataraman, Krishnamoorthy (eds.), "Herpetofauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands" , Indian Hotspots, Singapore: Springer Singapore, pp. 37–56, doi:10.1007/978-981-10-6983-3_3, ISBN 978-981-10-6982-6 , retrieved 2025-04-15
↑ "Herpetofauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
↑ "A Naturalist's Guide to the Reptiles of India: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka". www.nhbs.com. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
↑ "Reptiles of Andaman & Nicobar Islands / RepFocus". repfocus.dk. Retrieved 2025-04-18.

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[1] Rangasamy, V.; Sivaperuman, C.; Gokulakrishnan, G.; Parthipan, P. (2018), Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan; Venkataraman, Krishnamoorthy (eds.), "Herpetofauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands" , Indian Hotspots, Singapore: Springer Singapore, pp. 37–56, doi:10.1007/978-981-10-6983-3_3, ISBN 978-981-10-6982-6 , retrieved 2025-04-15

[2] "Herpetofauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-04-15.

[3] "A Naturalist's Guide to the Reptiles of India: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka". www.nhbs.com. Retrieved 2025-04-16.

[4] "Reptiles of Andaman & Nicobar Islands / RepFocus". repfocus.dk. Retrieved 2025-04-18.

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