Handbook India Lizards
Tikader, B. K. and Sharma, R. C.
pp 1 - 250 | December 1992
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Foreword- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Phylogeny
- Zoogeography of Indian Lizards
Key to the Families of the Sub-Order Sauria
- Family I. Gekkonidae
- Key to the Genera of the Family Gekkonidae
- Key to the Species of Genus Cyrtodactylus
- Keeled Rock Gecko 2. Cyrtodactylus scaber (Heyden)
- Cutch Warty Rock Gecko 3. C. kachhensis (Stoliczka)
- West Himalayan Rock Gecko 4. C. fasciolatus (Blyth)
- Assam Rock Gecko 5. C. khasiensis (Jerdon)
- Darjeeling Rock Gecko 6. C. gubernatoris (Annandale)
- Andaman Rock Gecko 7. C. rubidus (Blyth)
- Andhra Rock Gecko 8. C. nebulosus (Beddome)
- South Indian Rock Gecko 9. C. collegalensis (Beddome)
- Kashmir Rock Gecko 10. C. stoliczkai (Steindachner)
- Himalayan Rock Gecko 11. C. lawderanus (Stoliczka)
- North Malabar Rock Gecko 12. C. deckkanensis (Gunther)
- South Malabar Rock Gecko 13. C. albofasciatus (Boulenger)
- Orissa Rock Gecko 14. C. jeyporensis (Beddome)
- Rajasthan Luminous Gecko 15. C. madarensis (Sharma)
- Turkish Rock Gecko 16. C. fedtschenkoi (Strauch)
- Key to the Species of Genus Cnemaspis
- Nilgiri Palli 17. Cnemaspis indica (Gray)
- Wynaad Palli 18. C. wynddensis (Beddome)
- Sholakal Palli 19. C. sispdrensis (Theobald)
- South Indian Hill Palli 20. C. ornata (Beddome)
- South Indian Hill Palli 21. C. beddomei (Theobald)
- Mysore Hill Palli 22. C. mysoriensis (Jerdon)
- North Kanara Hill Palli 23. C. kandiana (Kelaart)
- South Indian Forest Palli 24. C. gracilis (Beddome)
- Anaimalai Hill Palli 25. C. jerdoni (Theobald)
- Nellakota Forest Palli 26. C. littoralis (Jerdon)
- Gea Forest Palli 27. C. goaensis Sharma
- Golden Rock Gecko 28. Calodactylodes aureus Beddome
- Anaimalai Dravid Gecko 29. Dravidogecko anamallensis (Gunther)
- Key to the Species of Genus Hemidactylus
- Dark Spotted Giant Gecko 30. Hemidactylus maculatus (Dum & Bibr.)
- Blotched Gecko 31. H. triedrus (Daudin)
- Madras Blotched Gecko 32. H. subtriedrus Jerdon
- Spotted House Gecko 33. H. brooki Gray
- Prashad Brown Gecko 34. H. Prashadi Smith
- Square-Spotted Gecko 35. H. gracilis Blanford
- Reticulated Gecko 36. H. reticulatus Beddome
- Ticticky House Gecko 37. H. frenatus Schlegel
- Common Bark Gecko 38. H. leschendulti Dum. & Bibr.
- Yello-Bellied House Gecko 39. H. flaviviridis Ruppell
- Giant Tree Gecko 40. H. gigdnteus Stoliczka
- Sikkimese Dark-Spotted Gecko 41. H. bowringi Gray
- Assam Greyish-Brown Gecko 42. H. garnoti Dum. & Bibr.
- Cachar Greyish-Brown Gecko 43. H. karenorum (Theobald)
- Porbandar House Gecko 44. H. porbandarensis Sharma
- Dorli House Gecko 45. H. albofasciatus Grandison & Soman
- Sikkimese Garden Gecko 46. Cosymbotus platyurus (Schneider)
- Buff House Gecko 47. Gehyra mutilata (Wiegmann)
- South Indian Forest Ground Gecko 48. Hemiphyllodactylus typus aurdntidcus (Beddome)
- Common Indian Takshak 49. Gekko gecko (Linnaeus)
- Andaman Takshak 50. G. smithi Gray
- Nicobar Parachute Gecko 51. Ptychozoon kuhli Stejneger
- Andaman Green Gecko 52. Phelsuma andamanense Blyth
- Banded Scaled Broad-Tailed Gecko 53. Teratolepis fasciata (Blyth)
- Ramnad Scaled Gecko 54. Lophopholis scabriceps (Annandale)
- Common Fat-Tailed Gecko 55. Eublepharis hardwickii Gray
- Deser Fat-Tailed Gecko 56. E. macularius (Blyth)
- Family II. Agamidae
- Key to the Genera of Family Agamidae
- Key to the Species of Genus Draco
- Naga Hill Flying Dragon 57. Draco maculatus (Gray)
- Assam Flying Dragon 58. D. norvilli Alcock
- South Indian Flying Dragon 59. D. dussumieri Dum. & Bibr.
- Indian Fan-Throated Lizard 60. Sitana ponticeridna Cuvier
- Brown Ground Lizard 61. Otocryptis beddomii Boulenger
- Blue Throated Lizard 62. Ptyctoldemus gularis Peters
- Olive-Green Compressed Lizard 63. Mictopholis austeniana (Annandale)
- Dwarfed Calotes 64. Oriocalotes paulus Smith
- Key to the Species of Genus Japalura
- Sikkimese Mountain Lizard 65. Japalura tricarinata (Blyth)
- Assam Mountain Lizard 66. J. planidorsata Jerdon
- West-Himalayan Mountain Lizard 67. J. major (Jerdon)
- Kumaon Mountain Lizard 68. J. kumaonensis (Annandale)
- Dafla-Hill Lizard 69. J. andersoniana Annandale
- East-Himalayan Mountain Lizard 70. J. variegata Gray
- Key to the Species of Genus Salea
- Key to the Species of Genus Calotes
- Red-Spotted Garden Lizard 73. Calotes cristatellus (Kuhl)
- Nicobar Green Lizard 74. C. jubatus (Dum. & Bibr)
- Indian Garden Lizard 75. C. versicolor (Daudin)
- Assam Garden Lizard 76. C. maria Gray
- Khasi-Hill Garden Lizard 77. C. jerdoni Gunther
- Light-Olive Assam Garden Lizard 78. C. emma Gray
- Olivaceous Garden Lizard 79. C. mystaceus Dum. & Bibr.
- Nilgiri Garden Lizard 80. C. nemoricola Jerdon
- Bramagherry Green Calotes 81. C. grandisquamis Gunther
- Malabar Green Calotes 82. C. calotes (Linnaeus)
- Matheran Olive-Brown Calotes 83. C. rouxi Dum. & Bibr.
- Andaman Green Calotes 84. C. andamanensis Boulenger
- South Indian Hill Calotes 85. C. elliotti Gunther
- Great Nicobar Calotes 86. C. danieli Tiwari & Biswas
- Bhutanese Calotes 87. C. bhutanensis Biswas
- Key to the Species of Genus Psammophilus
- Key to the Species of Genus Agama
- Key to the Species of Genus Phrynocephalus
- Family III. Chamaeleonidae
- Family IV. Scincidae
- Key to the Genera of Family Scincidae
- Key to the Species of Genus Mabuya
- Olive-Brown Skink 101. Mabuya bibroni (Gray)
- Striped Grass Skink 102. M. dissimilis (Hallowell)
- Bronzy-Olive Skink 103. M. innotata (Blanford)
- Allapalli Forest Skink 104. M. allapallensis Schmidt
- Bronzy Grass Skink 105. M. macularia (Blyth)
- Black-Striped Skink 106. M. nagarjuni Sharma
- Common Indian Skink 107. M. carinata (Schneider)
- Assam Olive-Brown Skink 108. M. multifasciata multifasciata (Kuhl)
- Andaman Bronzy Skink 109. M. tytleri (Theobald)
- Andaman Black-Spotted Skink 110. M. andamanensis Smith
- Nicobar Dark-Brown Skink 111. M. rugifera (Stoliczha)
- Beddoms South Indian Skink 112. M. beddomii (Jerdon)
- Cachar Oliver-Brown Skink 113. M. quadricarinata (Boulenger)
- Five-Striped Skink 114. M. trivittata (Hardwicke & Gray)
- Nicobar Dasia 115. Dasia nicobarensis Biswas & Sanyal
- Greenish Brown Dasia 116. D. olivacea Gray
- Key to the Species of Genus Sphenomorphus
- Key to the Species of the Genus Scincella
- Himalayan Ground Skink 121. Scincella himalayanum (Gunther)
- Olive Ground Skink 122. S. ladacense (Gunther)
- Bronzy-Brown Ground Skink 123. S. sikkimense (Blyth)
- South Indian Ground Skink 124. S. travancoricum (Beddome)
- Beddoms Ground Skink 125. S. beddomii (Boulenger)
- Travancore Ground Skink 126. S. laterimaculatum (Boulenger)
- Nilgiri Ground Skink 127. S. bilineatum (Gray)
- South Andaman Ground Skink 128. S. macrotympanum (Stoliczka)
- Earless Dwarf Skink 129. Ablepharus grayanus (Stoliczka)
- Key to the Species of the Genus Riopa
- Andaman Red-Tailed Skink 130. Riopa bowringi (Gunther)
- Brown Dwarf Skink 131. R. albopunctata (Gray)
- Ditted Garden Skink 132. R. punctta (Linnaeus)
- Malabar Dotted Skink 133. R. guentheri (Peters)
- Golden brown Four-Toed Skink 134. R. lineata (Gray)
- Golden-brown Five-Toed Skink 135. R. voamaeri (Gray)
- Nagarjunasagar Dotted Skink 136. R. ashwamedhi (Sharma)
- Goanese Brown Skink 137. R. goaensis (Sharma)
- Pruthis Dotted Skink 138. R. pruthi (Sharma)
- Assam Hill Tropidophorus 139. Tropidophorus assamensis Annandale
- Key to the Species of the Genus Ristella
- Reddish-Brown Forest Skink 140. Ristella rurki Gray
- Reddith-Brown Four Fingered Skink 141. R. travancorica (Beddome)
- Boulengers Four-Fingered Skink 142. R. guentheri Boulenger
- Yellow-Spotted Four-Fingered Skink 143. R. beddomii Boulenger
- Yellow-Bellied Mole Skink 144. Eumecus taeniolatus (Blyth)
- Poona Mole Skink 145. E. poonaensis Sharma
- Indian Sand Fish 146. Ophiomorus tridactylus (Blyth)
- Earless Skink 147. Chalcides pentadactylus (Beddome)
- Limbless Burrowing Skink 148. Barkudia insularis Annandale
- Blunt Tailed Burrowing Skink 149. Sepsophis punctatus Beddome
- Family V. Dibamidae
- Family VI. Lacertidae
- Family VII. Anguidae
- Family VIII. Varanidae
- Bibliography
- Maps
- Plates
- Alphabetical Index