
FREE RANGING HERPETOFAUNA* AROUND THE CROC BANK
Apart from the over 35 species of reptiles at the Croc Bank, there are a whole bunch of free-ranging reptiles and amphibians.
SNAKES | NON VENOMOUS |
Common Sand Boa (Eryx conicus) | |
Red Sand Boa (Eryx johnii) | |
Common Vine Snake (Ahaetulla nasuta) | |
Buff-striped Keelback (Amphiesma stolatum) | |
Checkered Keelback Watersnake (Xenochrophis piscator) | |
Common Bronzeback Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis tristis) | |
Common Wolf Snake (Lycodon aulicus) | |
Indian Rat Snake (Ptyas mucosa) | |
SNAKES | VENOMOUS |
Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja) | |
Saw Scaled Viper (Echis carinatus) | |
Russell’s Viper (Daboia russelii) | |
Common Krait (Bungarus caeruleus) | |
AMPHIBIANS | |
Common Indian Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) | |
Painted frog (Kaloula taprobanica) | |
Ornate Narrow-mouthed Frog (Microhyla ornata) | |
Balloon Frog (Uperodon sp.) | |
Common Tree Frog (Polypedates sp.) | |
Indian Pond Frog (Euphlyctis sp.) | |
Jerdon’s Bull Frog (Hoplobatrachus crassus) | |
Cricket Frog (Fejarvarya sp.) | |
Burrowing Frog (Sphaerotheca sp.) | |
LIZARDS | |
Bark Gecko (Hemidactylus sp.) | |
Brook’s Gecko (Hemidactylus sp.) | |
Southern House Gecko (Hemidactylus sp.) | |
Common Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor) | |
Indian Chameleon (Chamaeleo zeylanicus) | |
Brahminy Skink (Eutropis sp.) | |
Snake Skink (Lygosoma sp.) | |
Sand Skink (Eutropis bibronii) |
* Reptiles and Amphibians