Checklist Info -
This list has been compiled primarily from articles published in scientific journals. 310 publications including technical reports, which formed the primary source for locality records. However, reports in newsletters, unpublished reports, personal field observations and personal communications in writing (in lit.) with other herpetologists have also been taken into account. Information on species distribution and taxonomy has been complied from literature published until September 2009.

Checklist References -
The list provided, is at the species level and the taxonomy primarily follows Das (2003). Taxonomy of Hemidactylus albofasciatus follows Bauer et al. (2008) and the recognition of Mabuya as Eutropis follows Mausfeld et al. (2002). The species listed under the Genus Kaestlea (= Scincella) follows Eremchenko & Das (2004). Validity of the listings has been reviewed for species as provided by the checklist of Indian reptiles (Murthy 1985; Murthy 1990a; Tikader & Sharma 1992; Das 1997a; 2003), including its adjacent countries (Das 1994; Das 1996a; Sharma 2002). The words locality records and distributional records have been used synonymously.

Checklist Stats -
Number of species: 196.