This is a list of reptile species found in the Kerala, India. Order: Crocodilia (crocodilians) Suborder: Eusuchia Family: Crocodylidae (crocodiles) Genus: Crocodylus Crocodylus porosus (saltwater crocodile / കായൽ മുതല) Crocodylus palustris (mugger crocodile / മഗ്ഗർ മുതല) Order: Testudines (turtles) Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Geoemydidae (pond, river and wood turtles) Genus: Melanochelys Melanochelys trijuga (Indian black turtle / കാരാമ) Genus: Vijayachelys Vijayachelys silvatica (Cochin forest cane turtle / ചൂരലാമ) Family: Cheloniidae (sea turtles) Genus: Chelonia Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle / പച്ചക്കടലാമ) Genus: Eretmochelys Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill sea turtle / ചുണ്ടൻ കടലാമ) Genus: Lepidochelys Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley sea turtle / ഒലീവ് റിഡ്‌ലി കടലാമ) Family: Dermochelyidae (leatherback turtles) Genus: Dermochelys Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle / തോൽപ്പുറകൻ കടലാമ) Family: Testudinidae (tortoises) Genus: Geochelone Geochelone elegans (Indian star tortoise / ഇന്ത്യൻ നക്ഷത്ര ആമ) Genus: Indotestudo Indotestudo travancorica (Travancore tortoise / കാട്ടാമ) Family: Trionychidae (softshell turtles) Genus: Nilssonia Nilssonia leithii (Leith's softshell turtle) Genus: Lissemys Lissemys punctata (Indian flapshell turtle / വെള്ളാമ) Genus: Pelochelys Pelochelys cantorii (Cantor's giant softshell turtle / ഭീമനാമ) Genus: Chitra Chitra indica (Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle / ചിത്രയാമ) Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles) Suborder: Iguania Family: Agamidae (lizards) Genus: Calotes Calotes calotes (common green forest lizard / പച്ചയോന്ത്) Calotes grandisquamis (large-scaled forest lizard / കാട്ടുപച്ചയോന്ത്) Calotes nemoricola (Nilgiri forest lizard / നീലഗിരി ഓന്ത്) Calotes versicolor (oriental garden lizard / ഓറിയന്റൽ ഗാർഡൻ ലിസാർഡ്) Genus: Monilesaurus Monilesaurus ellioti (Elliot's forest lizard / മുള്ളോന്ത്) Monilesaurus rouxii (Roux's forest lizard) Genus: Draco Draco dussumieri (southern flying lizard / പറയോന്ത്) Genus: Otocryptis Otocryptis beddomei (Indian kangaroo lizard / കങ്കാരു ഓന്ത്) Genus: Psammophilus Psammophilus blanfordanus (Blanford's rock agama / കൂനൻ പാറയോന്ത്) Psammophilus dorsalis (peninsular rock agama / പാറയോന്ത്) Genus: Salea Salea anamallayana (Anaimalai spiny lizard / ആനമലയോന്ത്) Salea horsfieldii (Horsfield's spiny lizard / നീലഗിരി മലയോന്ത്) Genus: Sitana Sitana ponticeriana (fan-throated lizard / ചങ്കനോന്ത്) Family: Chamaeleonidae (chameleons) Genus: Chamaeleo Chamaeleo zeylanicus (Indian chameleon / മരയോന്ത്) Family: Gekkonidae (geckoes) Genus: Cnemaspis Cnemaspis beddomei (Beddome's day gecko) Cnemaspis gracilis (slender day gecko/ പൊന്നൻമരപ്പല്ലി) Cnemaspis indica (Indian day gecko / ഇന്ത്യൻ മരപ്പല്ലി) Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis (Kottiyoor day gecko) Cnemaspis littoralis (coastal day gecko) Cnemaspis monticola (mountain day gecko) Cnemaspis nairi (Ponmudi day gecko) Cnemaspis nilagirica (Nilgiri day gecko) Cnemaspis ornata (ornate day gecko) Cnemaspis sisparensis (Sispara day gecko) Cnemaspis wynadensis (Wyanad day gecko) Genus: Geckoella Geckoella collegalensis (Kollegal ground gecko) Genus: Gehyra Gehyra mutilata (four-clawed gecko) Genus: Hemidactylus Hemidactylus anamallensis (Anaimalai gecko) Hemidactylus brookii (Brooke's house gecko) Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko)