China has around 403 different species of reptiles that can be found in many environments including deserts, grasslands, rivers, and forests."Number of vertebrate species in China in 2012, by type" Accessed 2014-06-24 It is the country with the seventh largest amount of different reptile species.Countries with the most reptile species. Mongabay.com. 2004 data. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
Turtles and tortoises
Geoemydid turtles
Box turtles
Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) Yellow-headed box turtle (Cuora aurocapitata) Vietnamese three-striped box turtle (Cuora cyclornata) Chinese box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata) Indochinese box turtle (Cuora galbinifrons) McCord's box turtle (Cuora mccordi) Keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) Pan's box turtle (Cuora pani) Golden coin turtle (Cuora trifasciata) Yunnan box turtle (Cuora yunnanensis) Zhou's box turtle (Cuora zhoui)
Eyed turtles
Burmese eyed turtle (Morenia ocellata) Beale's eyed turtle (Sacalia bealei) Four-eyed turtle (Sacalia quadriocellata)
Leaf turtles
Asian leaf turtle (Cyclemys dentata) Black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri)
Pond turtles
Chinese broad-headed pond turtle (Chinemys megalocephala) Yellow pond turtle (Mauremus mutica) Red-necked pond turtle (Mauremys nigricans) Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii) Chinese stripe-necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis)
Roofed turtles
Burmese roofed turtle (Batagur trivittata)
Miscellaneous and monotypic
Big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum)
Sea turtles
Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
Softshell turtles
Wattle-necked softshell turtle (Palea steindachneri) Cantor's giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii) Hunan softshell turtle (Pelodiscus axenaria) Amur softshell turtle (Pelodiscus maackii) Lesser Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus parviformis) Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei)
Tortoises
Russian tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii) Elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) Impressed tortoise (Manouria impressa)
Snakes
Blindsnakes
Diard's blindsnake (Argyrophis diardii) White-headed blindsnake (Indotyphlops albiceps) Brahminy blind snake (Indotyphlops braminus) Indotyphlops lazelli Striped blindsnake (Ramphotyphlops lineatus)
Boas
Dwarf sand boa (Eryx miliaris) Tartar sand boa (Eryx tataricus)
Cat snakes
Square-headed cat snake (Boiga kraepelini)
Cobras
Chinese cobra (Naja atra) Monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia)
Coral snakes
Speckled coral snake (Calliophis maculiceps) Kellogg's coral snake (Sinomicrurus kelloggi) Sinomicrurus hatori MacClelland's coral snake (Sinomicrurus macclellandi) Taiwanese coral snake (Sinomicrurus sauteri)
Green snakes
Greater green snake (Cyclophiops major)
Kraits
Northeastern hill krait (Bungarus bungaroides) Banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus) Many-banded krait (Bungarus multicinctus)
Lamprophiid snakes
Common mock viper (Psammodynastes pulverulentus) Psammophis indochinensis Steppe ribbon racer (Psammophis lineolatus)
Miscellaneous and monotypic
Blyth's reticulated snake (Blythia reticulata) Collared reed snake (Calamaria pavimentata) Bearded snake (Fimbrios klossi) Gonyosoma frenatum King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) Bailey's snake (Thermophis baileyi)
Natricine snakes
Buff striped keelback (Amphiesma stolatum) Grass snake (Natrix natrix) Dice snake (Natrix tessellata) Maki's keelback (Hebius miyajimae) Sauter's keelback (Hebius sauteri)
Odd-scaled snakes
Bourret's odd-scaled snake (Achalinus ater) Formosan odd-scaled snake (Achalinus formosanus) Hainan odd-scaled snake (Achalinus hainanus) Hunan odd-scaled snake (Achalinus hunanensis) Zong's odd-scaled snake (Achalinus jinggangensis) Sichuan odd-scaled snake (Achalinus meiguensis) Black odd-scaled snake (Achalinus niger) Boulenger's odd-scaled snake (Achalinus rufescens) Peters's odd-scaled snake (Achalinus spinalis)
Pipe snakes
Red-tailed pipe snake (Cylindrophis ruffus)
Pitvipers
Sharp-nosed pit viper (Deinagkistrodon acutus) Mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii) Jenkins' mountain pitviper (Ovophis jenkinsi) Taiwan mountain pitviper (Ovophis makazayazaya) Mountain pitviper (Ovophis monticola) Jerdon's pit viper (Protobothrops jerdonii) Brown-spotted pitviper (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus) Taiwan pit viper (Trimeresurus gracilis) Bamboo pit viper (Trimeresurus gramineus) Trimeresurus loong Mangshan pitviper (Trimeresurus mangshanensis) Motuo bamboo pitviper (Trimeresurus medoensis) Stejneger's pit viper (Trimeresurus stejnegeri)
Pythons
Burmese python (Python bivittatus)
Ratsnakes
Korean ratsnake (Elaphe anomala) Twin-spotted ratsnake (Elaphe bimaculata) King ratsnake (Elaphe carinata) David's ratsnake (Elaphe davidi) Amur rat snake (Elaphe schrenckii) Beauty rat snake (Elaphe taeniura) Elaphe zoigeensis Mandarin ratsnake (Euprepiophis mandarinus)
Sea kraits
Banded sea krait (Laticauda colubrina) Blue-lipped sea krait (Laticauda laticaudata) Black-banded sea krait (Laticauda semifasciata)
Sea snakes
Beaded sea snake (Aipysurus eydouxii) Golden sea snake (Aipysurus laevis) Stokes' seasnake (Astrotia stokesii) Turtlehead sea snake (Emydocephalus ijimae) Dwarf sea snake (Hydrophis caerulescens) Shaw's sea snake (Hydrophis curtus) Annulated sea snake (Hydrophis cyanocinctus) Striped sea snake (Hydrophis fasciatus) Graceful small-headed sea snake (Hydrophis gracilis) Spine-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis hardwickii) Plain sea snake (Hydrophis inornatus) Jerdon's sea snake (Hydrophis jerdonii) Slender-necked sea snake (Hydrophis melanocephalus) Ornate reef sea snake (Hydrophis ornatus) Hydrophis parviceps Spiny-headed seasnake (Hydrophis peronii) Yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) Yellow sea snake (Hydrophis spiralis) Stokes's sea snake (Hydrophis stokesii) West coast black-headed sea snake (Hydrophis torquatus) Viperine sea snake (Hydrophis viperinus) Jerdon's sea snake (Kerilia jerdonii) Shaw's sea snake (Lapemis curtus) Anomalous sea snake (Hydrophis anomalus)
Slug snakes
Atayal slug-eating snake (Pareas atayal) Boulenger's slug snake (Pareas boulengeri) Keeled slug-eating snake (Pareas carinatus) Chinese slug snake (Pareas chinensis) Formosan slug snake (Pareas formosensis) Hampton's slug snake (Pareas hamptoni) Taiwan slug snake (Pareas komaii) Spotted slug snake (Pareas margaritophorus) Common slug snake (Pareas monticola) Xiaoheishan slug-eating snake (Pareas nigriceps) Stanley's slug snake (Pareas stanleyi)
Sunbeam snakes
Xenopeltis hainanensis Xenopeltis unicolor
Vipers
Fea's viper (Azemiops feae) White-headed Fea viper (Azemiops kharini) Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) Eastern Russell's viper (Daboia siamensis) Common European viper (Vipera berus) Meadow viper (Vipera ursinii)
Wart snakes
Little wart snake (Acrochordus granulatus)
Water snakes
Rainbow water snake (Enhydris enhydris) Rice paddy snake (Hypsiscopus plumbea) Bennett's mud snake (Myrrophis bennettii) Chinese water snake (Myrrophis chinensis) Bocourt's water snake (Subsessor bocourti)
Worm-eating snakes
Mountain worm-eating snake (Trachischium monticola) Yellowbelly worm-eating snake (Trachischium tenuiceps)
Crocodilians
Alligators
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
Crocodiles
† Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)Likely extirpated
Lizards
Agamid lizards (flying)
Blanford's flying lizard (Draco blanfordii) Spotted flying dragon (Draco maculatus)
Agamid lizards (non-flying)
Armored pricklenape (Acanthosaura armata) Brown pricklenape (Acanthosaura lepidogaster) Emma Gray's forest lizard (Calotes emma) Indo-Chinese forest lizard (Calotes jerdoni) Medog bloodsucker (Calotes medogensis) Blue-crested lizard (Calotes mystaceus) Oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) Japalura andersoniana Three-keeled mountain lizard (Japalura tricarinata) Diploderma batangensis Diploderma brevicauda Short-legged japalure (Diploderma brevipes) Banded japalure (Diploderma fasciata) Dymond's japalure (Diploderma dymondi) Sichuan japalure (Diploderma flaviceps) Graham's japalure (Diploderma grahami) Emerald mountain dragon (Diploderma iadinum) Smooth-venter mountain dragon (Diploderma laeviventre) Diploderma luei Ota's japalure (Diploderma makii) Diploderma micangshanensis Ryukyu japalure (Diploderma polygonatum) Diploderma slowinskii Japalura tree dragon (Diploderma splendidum) Taiwan japalure (Diploderma swinhonis)) Chinese japalure (Diploderma varcoae) Sail mountain lizard (Diploderma vela) Diploderma yulongense Yunnan japalure (Diploderma yunnanense) Diploderma zhaoermii Badakhshana rock agama (Laudakia badakhshana) Himalayan agama (Laudakia himalayana) Papenfuss' rock agama (Laudakia papenfussi) Anan's rock agama (Laudakia sacra) Mongolian rock agama (Laudakia stoliczkana) Kashmir rock agama (Laudakia tuberculata) Wu's rock agama (Laudakia wui) Reeves' butterfly lizard (Leiolepis reevesii) Small forest lizard (Oriocalotes paulus) Yarkand toad-headed agama (Phrynocephalus axillaris) Phrynocephalus erythrurus Forsyth's toadhead agama (Phrynocephalus forsythii) Shanxi toadhead agama (Phrynocephalus frontalis) Spotted toadhead agama (Phrynocephalus guttatus) Sunwatcher toadhead agama (Phrynocephalus helioscopus) Secret toadhead agama (Phrynocephalus mystaceus) Przewalski's toadhead agama (Phrynocephalus przewalskii) Phrynocephalus putjatai Roborowski's toadhead agama (Phrynocephalus roborowskii) Theobald's toad-headed agama (Phrynocephalus theobaldi) Variegated toadhead agama (Phrynocephalus versicolor) Qinghai toadhead agama (Phrynocephalus vlangalii) Chinese water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus) Vietnam false bloodsucker (Pseudocalotes brevipes) Kakhyen Hills spiny lizard (Pseudocalotes kakhienensis) Kingdonward's bloodsucker (Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi) Burmese false bloodsucker (Pseudocalotes microlepis) Green fan-throated lizard (Ptyctolaemus gularis) Brilliant ground agama (Trapelus agilis) Steppe agama (Trapelus sanguinolentus)
Geckos
Kaspischer even-fingered gecko (Alsophylax pipiens) Xinjiang even-fingered gecko (Alsophylax przewalskii) Frontier bow-fingered gecko (Altiphylax stoliczkai) Cayu bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus cayuensis) Cyrtodactylus tibetanus Cyrtodactylus wayakonei Cyrtodactylus zhaoermii Cyrtopodion medogense Common four-clawed gecko (Gehyra mutilata) Adler's gecko (Gekko adleri) Shanxi gecko (Gekko auriverrucosus) Gray's Chinese gecko (Gekko chinensis) Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko) Gekko guishanicus Hokou gecko (Gekko hokouensis) Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus) Botel gecko (Gekko kikuchii) Kwangsi gecko (Gekko kwangsiensis) Libo's gecko (Gekko liboensis) Mell's gecko (Gekko melli) Reeves's Tokay gecko (Gekko reevesii) Yunnan gecko (Gekko scabridus) Gekko similignum Gekko subpalmatus Peking gecko (Gekko swinhonis) Mingtao's gecko (Gekko taibaiensis) Gekko tesselatus Gekko wenxianensis Vietnamese leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus araneus) Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis Goniurosaurus hainanensis Kadoories's cave gecko (Goniurosaurus kadoorieorum) Guangxi cave gecko (Goniurosaurus kwangsiensis) Goniurosaurus liboensis Lichtenfelder's gecko (Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi) Goniurosaurus luii Yingde leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus yingdeensis) Zhe-long's leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus zhelongi) Zhou's leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus zhoui) Hemidactylus aquilonius Oriental leaf-tailed gecko (Hemidactylus bowringii) Common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) Indo-Pacific gecko (Hemidactylus garnotii) Flat-tailed house gecko (Hemidactylus platyurus) Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus stejnegeri)