Chordata : Reptilia

Phylum :Chordata

Sub phylum :Vertebrata

Class :Reptilia

Order :Crocodylia

Family :Gavialidae

  1. Gavialis gangeticus (Gmelin)Schedule I, App-I, Endangered

Common name : Gharial

Distribution : Nadia (Ranaghat)

Family : Crocodylidae

  1. Crocodylus porosus SchneiderSchedule I, App-I, Endangered

Common name : Estuarine/Saltwater crocodile

Distribution : North 24 pgs. (Bhagabatpur), South 24 Pgs (Sunderban).

Order :Testudines

Family :Chelonidae

  1. Chelonia mydas Linnaeus

Common name: Green sea turtle

Distribution: Sunderban (South 24 Pgs)

  1. Eretmochelys imbricata Linnaeus

Common name: Hawksbill or tortoise shell sea turtle

Distribution: Sunderban (South 24 pgs) with rare occurrence.

  1. Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz) Schedule I, App-I, Endangered

Common name : Pacific Ridley Turtle

Distribution : Medinipur (Digha), South 24 Pgs (Sunderban).

Family :Emydidae

  1. Batagur baska (Gray)Schedule I, App-I, Endangered

Common name : River terrapin

Distribution : South 24 Pgs (Sunderban)

  1. Geoclemys hamiltonii (Gray) Schedule I, App-I

Common name : Spotted pond turtle

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Hugli river).

  1. Geomyda indopeninsularis

Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).

  1. Kachuga kachuga

Common name : Red crowned roof turtle

Distribution : Koch Bihar (Baneswar), Kolkata (Golf green)

  1. Kachuga tecta (Gray)Schedule I, App-I, Vulnerable

Common name : Indian tent Turtle

Distribution : North 24 pgs. (Palta), South 24 Pgs (Sunderban), Kolkata, Haora (Botanical garden) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).

11.Kachuga tentoria

Common name : Indian tent turtle

Distribution : Darjiling (Mahanadi WLS)

  1. Melanochelys tricarinata (Blyth)Schedule I, App-I.

Common name : Tricarinate hill turtle

Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Baradighi Tea Estate).

Family :Testudinidae

  1. Geochelone elongata (Blyth)Schedule I, App-II.

Common name : Elongated tortoise

Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Baradighi Tea estate).

Family :Trionychidae

  1. Chitra indica (Gray) Schedule IV

Common name : Narrow-headed softshell turtle

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Sunderban) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).

  1. Lissemys punctata Schedule I, App-II, Vulnerable

Common name : Indian flapshell turtle

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Sunderban), North 24 pgs.

  1. Aspideretes gangeticus (Cuvier) Schedule I, Vulnerable

Common name : Indian softshell turtle

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Hugli river), South 24 Pgs (Sunderban).

  1. Aspideretes hurum (Gray)Schedule I, Vulnerable

Common name : Indian Peacock soft-shell Turtle

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Hugli river, Sunderban), Haora (Uttarpara) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).

  1. Pelochelys bibroni (Owen)Schedule I

Common name : Giant softshell turtle.

Distribution : Hugli river (present occurrence is doubtful)

Order :Squamata

Sub order:Sauria

Family :Gekkonidae

  1. Cosymbotus platyurus (Schneider)

Common name : Flat-tailed gecko

Distribution : Not known.

  1. Cyrtodactylus khasiensis (Jerdon)

Common name : Khasi Hills bent-toed gecko.

Distribution : Darjiling(Gopaldhara).

  1. Cyrtodactylus gubernatoris (Annandale)

Common name : Sikkimese bent-toed gecko.

Distribution : Darjiling

  1. Gekko Gecko (Linnaeus)

Common name :Tokay gecko

Distribution : Kolkata (Behela).

  1. Gekko verticillatus

Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Gorumara, Jaldapara).

  1. Hemidactylus bowringi (Gray)

Common name : Bowring’s gecko.

Distribution : Darjiling(Jarkhoala) and Jalpaiguri (Teesta P.W.D. bungalow).

  1. Hemidactylus brooki Gray

Common name : House gecko

Distribution : W.Dinajpur (Balurghat), Bankura (Kalaneshwar), Birbhum (Bolesunda), Kolkata (Zoo Garden),Barddhaman, Murshidabad (Bagdabra forest) and Puruliya (Chitidih village).

  1. Hemidactylus flaviviridis Ruppell

Common name : Yellow -green house Gecko

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Sunderban) and North 24 pgs. (Gobindapur), Bankura (P.W.D. Bungalow), Birbhum (Bhatkara forest), Kolkata, Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara WLS), Maldah (Gour), Murshidabad (Chandur vill.) and Puruliya (Dhopaghat).

  1. Hemidactylus frenatus Schlegel

Common name : South Asian house Gecko

Distribution : W. Dinajpur (Bahurghar), South 24 Pgs.(Sunderban), Birbhum (Ballavpur RF), Coochbehar (Coochbehar station), Darjiling(Sukhna forest), Murshidabad (Bhagirathir Char) and Nadia (Jagulia).

  1. Hemidactylus garnoti Dumeril & Bibron

Common name :Garnot’s gecko.

Distribution : Not known.

  1. Hemidactylus leschenaulti Dumeril & Bibron

Common name : Bark Gecko.

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Gosaba), Darjiling(Mahananda WLS), Maldah (Muchia village) and Murshidabad (Lalbagh).

Family :Agamidae

  1. Calotes rouxi Dumeril & Bibron

Common name : Roux’s forest lizard.

Distribution : Darjiling(Kalimpong).

  1. Calotes versicolor (Daudin)

Common name : Indian garden lizard.

Distribution : W.Dinajpur(Ganganagar), South 24 Pgs. (Fragergaunge), Barddhaman, Birbhum (Deogori vill.), Kolkata, Darjiling(Mahananda WLS) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP).

  1. Japalura tricarinata (Blyth)

Common name : Three-keeled mountain lizard.

Distribution : Darjiling(Shrubbony park).

  1. Japalura variegata Gray

Common name : Variegated mountain lizard.

Distribution : Darjiling (Shrubbony park).

  1. Psammophilus blanfordanus (Stoliczka)

Common name : Blandford’s rock agama

Distribution : Bankura (Mukutmanipur), Nadia (Madanpur) and Puruliya (Joychanda Hill).

  1. Sitana ponticeriana Cuvier

Common name : Fan-Throated lizard

Distribution : Bankura (Dhankora), Birbhum (Bhatkara forest) and Darjiling (Mahananda WLS).

Family :Anguidae

  1. Ophisaurus gracilis (Gray)

Common name : Burmese Glass Snake.

Distribution : Darjiling(Eastern Himalaya).

Family :Chamaeleonidae

  1. Chamaeleon zeylanicus (Laurenti)

Common name : Indian Chameleon

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Sunderban), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara WLS) and Medinipur (Paddapukur).

Family :Scincidae

  1. Mabuya carinata (Schneider)

Common name : Bhraminy/Keeled grass Skink

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(STR), Bankura (Bashi), Birbhum (Goadihi vill.), Murshidabad (Hariharpara vill.) and Puruliya (Chandan Hill).

  1. Mabuya dissimilis (Hallowell)

Common name : Stripped grass Skink

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(STR).

  1. Mabuya macularia (Blyth)

Common name : Bronze grass Skink

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Narayantala), Haora (Botanical garden) and Medinipur (Gop forest).

  1. Mabuya multifasciata multifasciata (Kuhl)

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Bango range-STR).

  1. Riopa albopunctata Gray

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(STR), Birbhum (Raichandrapur), Kolkata (Belgachia), Haora (Botanical garden), Maldah (Bulbul Chandi vill.), Medinipur (Digha), Murshidabad (Bagdabra) and Nadia (Bethuadahari).

  1. Riopa punctata (Linnaeus)

Common name : Dotted Garden Skink

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Kakdwip), Darjiling(Kalimpong) and Medinipur (Danton)

  1. Scincella sikkimense (Blyth)

Common name : Sikkimese ground skink

Distribution : Darjiling (Jalapahar).

  1. Sphenomorphus indicum indicum (Gray)

Common name : Himalayan litter skink

Distribution : Darjiling (Pashoke).

  1. Sphenomorphus maculatum (Blyth)

Common name : Spotted litter skink

Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong).

Family :Varanidae

  1. Varanus bengalensis (Daudin)Schedule II, Endangered

Common name : Bengal monitor.

Distribution : W.Dinajpur (Chapra), South 24 Pgs (STR), North 24 pgs. (Barrackpore), Kolkata, Darjiling (Darjiling), Jalpaiguri (Jalpaiguri) and Nadia (Krishnanagar).

  1. Varanus flavescens (Gray) Schedule I, Endangered

Common name : Yellow Monitor

Distribution : North 24 pgs. (Pathar Pratima), Kolkata and Haora (Botanical garden).

  1. Varanus salvator Laurenti Schedule II, Endangered

Common name : Water monitor

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(STR), North 24 pgs. (Baisalakhipur), Kolkata (Ballygunge) and Haora (Botanical garden).

Sub order:Ophidia

Family :Typhlopidae

  1. Typhlops acutus (Dumeril & Bibron) Schedule IV

Common name : Beaked worm snake

Distribution : Kolkata and Nadia (Krishnanagar)

  1. Typhlops diadri SchlegelSchedule IV

Common name : Diardi’s Blind snake

Distribution : Haora (Botanical garden).

  1. Typhlops porrectus StoliczkaSchedule IV

Common name : Slender blind snake

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(STR), North 24 pgs. (Kanchrapara), Kolkata and Darjiling (Darjiling).

  1. Typhlops oligolepis WallSchedule IV

Common name : Wall’s worm snake

Distribution : Not known precisely.

  1. Typhlops jerdoni Boulenger Schedule IV

Common name : Jerdon’s worm snake

Distribution : Not known precisely.

  1. Ramphotyphlops braminus (Daudin) Schedule IV

Common name : Brahminy worm Snake

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(STR), North 24 pgs. (Sampa Mirzanagar), Kolkata, Darjiling(Sevok), Haora (Bally), Hugli (Serampore), Jalpaiguri (Haldibari) and Medinipur (Contai).

Family :Boidae

  1. Eryx conicus (Schneider)Schedule IV, App-II

Common name : Russell’s sand Boa

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Garia).

  1. Python molurusLinnaeusSchedule IV, App-I, Endangered

Common name : Indian rock Python

Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP) and Nadia (Bethuadahari), South 24 Pgs (Sunderban).

  1. Python reticulatus(Schneider)Schedule I, App-II, Endangered

Common name : Reticulated python

Distribution : Puruliya, Jalpaiguri (BTR), Darjiling (Kalijhora).

Family :Colubridae

  1. Acrochersydrus granulatus (Schneider) Schedule IV

Distribution : Not known precisely.

  1. Ahaetulla mycterizans (Linnaeus)Schedule IV

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(STR), North 24 pgs. (Matlah), Kolkata and Haora (Botanical garden).

  1. Ahaetulla nasuta (Lacepede)Schedule IV

Common name : Common Green Whip snake

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(STR), North 24 pgs., Birbhum (Ilambazar) and Kolkata

(Zoological garden).

  1. Ahaetulla prasina (Boie)Schedule IV

Common name : Oriental vine snake.

Distribution : Darjiling(Darjiling).

  1. Ahaetulla tristis Schedule IV

Common name : Indian bronzed backed tree snake

Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP).

  1. Amphiesma parallela (Boulenger)Schedule IV

Common name : Boulenger’s keelback.

Distribution : Darjiling.

  1. Amphiesma platyceps (Blyth)Schedule IV

Common name : Eastern keelback.

Distribution : Darjiling(Takdah).

  1. Amphiesma stolata (Linnaeus) Schedule IV

Common name : Buff-striped keelback.

Distribution : W.Dinajpur (Chapra), South 24 Pgs (Bhakkhali), Bankura (Patra vill.), Birbhum (Chandrapur vill.), Kolkata, Darjiling (Mahananda WLS), Jalpaiguri (Kantalipara), Murshidabad (Karjadanga vill.) and Puruliya (Chitidih vill.).

  1. Argyrogena fasciolatus (Shaw)Schedule IV

Common name : Banded Racer

Distribution : Kolkata.

  1. Atretium schistosum (Daudin) Schedule IV, App.-I

Common name : Olive Keelback water snake.

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Arapach vill.).

  1. Bioga cyanea (Dumeril & Bibron) Schedule IV

Common name : Green cat snake.

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.and North 24 pgs..

  1. Bioga cynodon (Boie)Schedule IV

Distribution : Not known.

  1. Boiga gokool (Gray)Schedule IV

Common name : Eastern Cat snake

Distribution : Kolkata and Jalpaiguri.

  1. Boiga multifasciata (Blyth)Schedule IV

Common name : Himalayan Cat Snake

Distribution : Darjiling.

  1. Boiga ochracea(Gunther)Schedule IV

Common name : Tawny cat snake.

Distribution : Darjiling(Nagasuri) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP)

  1. Boiga trigonata (Schneider)Schedule IV

Common name : Common Indian cat Snake

Distribution : Kolkata (Saltlake) and Haora (Botanical garden).

  1. Cerberus rhynchops (Schneider)Schedule II, App-I

Common name : Dog-faced Water snake

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Luxbagu), Bankura (Barakar), Kolkata, Haora (Botanical garden) and Medinipur (Haldia).

  1. Chersydrus granulatus (Schneider)Schedule IV

Common name : Indian Wart Snake

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Sunderban Sea Coast) and Medinipur (Hidgilli).

  1. Chrysopelea ornata (Shaw)Schedule IV

Common name : Golden Tree Snake/ Ornate flying snake.

Distribution : Darjiling(Mahananda WLS).

  1. Dendrelaphis ahaetulla (Linnaeus) Schedule IV

Common name : Painted Bronze-Back

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Sukchar), Kolkata and Jalpaiguri (Saraswatipur).

  1. Dendrelaphis cyanochloris (Wall)Schedule IV

Common name : Blue bronzeback tree snake.

Distribution : Darjiling(Darjiling).

  1. Dendrelaphis tristis (Daudin)Schedule IV

Common name : Common Indian Bronze-Back

Distribution : Birbhum (Bhatkara Forest area), Kolkata (Belgachia), Haora (Salkia), Jalpaiguri (Baradighi tea estate) and Nadia (Krishnagar).

  1. Dendrelaphis gorei (Wall)Schedule IV

Common name : Gore’s Bronze Back

Distribution : Darjiling.

  1. Dinodom gammiei (Blanford)Schedule IV

Common name : Sikkim false wolf snake.

Distribution : Darjiling(Darjiling).

  1. Dinodom septentrionalis (Gunther)Schedule IV

Common name : Gunther’s false wolf snake.

Distribution : Not known.

  1. Elaphae radiata (Schegel) Schedule IV

Common name : Copper-headed trinket snake.

Distribution : Darjiling.

  1. Elaphe cantoris (Boulenger)Schedule IV

Common name : Ring-Tailed Dhaman

Distribution : Darjiling(Kurseong) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP).

  1. Elaphe helena (Daudin)Schedule IV

Common name : Indian Trinket snake

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Mutlah) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP).

  1. Elaphe porphyracea (Cantor)Schedule IV

Common name : Black-banded trinket snake.

Distribution : Darjiling(Gopaldhara).

  1. Elaphe prasina (Blyth)Schedule IV

Common name : Green Tree racer

Distribution : Darjiling(Darjiling).

  1. Elaphe taeniura (Cope)Schedule IV

Common name : Striped trinket snake.

Distribution : not known precisely.

  1. Enhydris enhydris (Schneider)Schedule IV

Common name : Common smooth water Snake

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Diamond harbour), Bankura, Kolkata(Ballygunge), Haora (Ulberia), Hugli (Uttarpara), Maldah (Vaisalnagar) and Murshidabad (Berhampur).

  1. Fordonia leucobalia (Schlegel)Schedule IV

Common name : White-bellied mangrove snake.

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Sunderban).

  1. Geradia prevostiana (Eydoux & Gervais) Schedule IV

Common name : Glossy marsh snake.

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Kakdwip), Haora and Medinipur (Digha).

  1. Liopeltes rappii (Gunther) Schedule IV

Common name : Himalayan stripe-necked snake.

Distribution : Darjiling.

  1. Liopeltes stoliczkae (Sclater) Schedule IV

Common name : Stoliczka’s stripe-necked snake.

Distribution : Not known.

  1. Lycodon aulicus (Linnaeus)Schedule IV

Common name : Common Wolf Snake

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Bakkhali), Bankura, North 24 pgs. (Saltlake), Haora (Botanical garden), Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP), Maldah (Chanchal) and Medinipur (Railway station).

  1. Lycodon jara (Shaw)Schedule IV

Common name : Yellow-speckled wolf-snake

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Sherpur), Kolkata (Ballygunge) and Haora (Botanical garden).

  1. Natrix khasiensis (Boulenger)Schedule IV

Distribution : Darjiling (Sureil).

  1. Natrix piscatorSchedule II, App.-I.

Common name : Checkered keelback

Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP), South 24 Pgs, Haora, North 24 Pgs.

  1. Oligodon albocinctus (Cantor)Schedule IV

Common name : Ladder back kukri snake

Distribution : Darjiling(Darjiling).

  1. Oligodon arnensis (Shaw)Schedule IV

Common name : Common kukri snake

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Kakdwip), Kolkata, Haora (Serampore) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP).

  1. Oligodon cyclurus (Cantor)Schedule IV

Common name : Cantor’s kukri snake

Distribution : Kolkata (Alipore), Coochbehar (Atiamochar) and Darjiling.

  1. Oligodon juglandifer WallSchedule IV

Common name : Darjiling Kukri snake

Distribution : Darjiling(Gopaldhara).

  1. Oligodon taeniolatus (Gunther) Schedule IV

Common name : Streaked kukri snake

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.and North 24 pgs..

  1. Oligodon erythrogaster BoulengerSchedule IV

Common name : Red-bellied kukri snake.

Distribution : Not known.

  1. Pareas monticola (Cantor)Schedule IV

Common name : Assam snail-eater

Distribution : Darjiling (Takdah).

  1. Pareas macularius TheobaldSchedule IV

Common name : Darjiling snail-eater

Distribution : Darjiling

  1. Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie) Schedule IV

Common name : Mock Viper

Distribution : Darjiling.

  1. Psammophis condanarus (Merrem)Schedule IV

Common name : Oriental sand snake

Distribution : Bankura.

  1. Pseudoxenodon macrops (Blyth)Schedule IV

Common name : Large-eyed false cobra

Distribution : Darjiling and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP).

  1. Ptyas mucosus (Linnaeus)Schedule II, App.-II

Common name : Dhaman or Western rat Snake

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Kakdwip) and Kolkata (Behala).

  1. Ptyas korros (Schlegel)Schedule IV

Common name : Eastern rat snake

Distribution : Not known.

  1. Rhabdophis himalayana Gunther Schedule IV

Common name : Himalayan keelback

Distribution : Darjiling.

  1. Rhabdophis subminiata (Schlegel)Schedule IV

Common name : Red-necked Keelback

Distribution : Darjiling(Gopaldhara) and Jalpaiguri.

  1. Sibynophis Sagittarius (Cantor)Schedule IV

Common name : Cantor’s black-headed snake.

Distribution : North 24 pgs. (New Barrackpur), Kolkata, Haora (Botanical garden) and Hugli.

  1. Trachischium fuscum (Blyth)Schedule IV

Common name : Darjiling oriental slender snake.

Distribution : Darjiling(Kurseong).

  1. Trachischium guentheri BoulengerSchedule IV

Common name : Gunther’s oriental slender snake.

Distribution : Not known.

  1. Trachischium monticola (Cantor)Schedule IV

Common name : Assam oriental slender snake.

Distribution : Jalpaiguri.

  1. Trachischium tenuiceps (Blyth)Schedule IV

Common name : Orange-bellied oriental slender snake.

Distribution : Not known.

  1. Xenochrophis piscator(Schneider)Schedule IV

Common name : Checked keelback water snake

Distribution : North 24 pgs. (Patharpratima, Saltlake), Bankura (Dhankoda), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara WLS) and Medinipur (Haldia).

  1. Zaocys nigromarginatus (Blyth)Schedule IV

Distribution :Darjiling.

Family :Dasypeltidae

  1. Elachistodon westermanni Reinhardt Schedule I, App.II, Endangered

Common name : Indian egg eating snake.

Distribution : Jalpaiguri.

Family :Elapidae

  1. Bungarus bungaroides (Cantor)Schedule IV

Common name : Himalayan krait

Distribution : Darjiling.

  1. Bungarus caeruleus (Schneider)Schedule IV

Common name : Common Indian Krait

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(STR), North 24 pgs. (Patharpratima), Bankura (Ranigunge), Kolkata, Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP) and Puruliya (Korondi).

  1. Bungarus fasciatus (Schneider)Schedule IV

Common name : Banded Krait

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(STR), Bankura (Ranigunge), Kolkata (Ballygunge), Haora (Botanical garden), Jalpaiguri (Garumara NP) and Nadia (Krishnanagar).

  1. Bungurus lividus CantorSchedule IV

Common name : Lesser Black Krait

Distribution : Jalpaiguri.

  1. Bungarus niger Schedule IV

Common name : Black krait

Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP).

  1. Bungurus walli WallSchedule IV

Common name : Wall’s krait

Distribution : Medinipur.

  1. Elaps bungaroides CantorSchedule IV

Distribution : Darjiling (Labdah near Kurseong).

  1. Calliophis maccelellandi (Reinhardt)Schedule IV

Common name : MacClelland’s coral snake.

Distribution : Darjiling.

  1. Naja naja kaoutchia (Linnaeus) Schedule II, App-II

Common name : Monocled Cobra

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(STR) and North 24 pgs. (Palta), Bankura, Barddhaman, Kolkata (DumDum), Haora (Botanical garden), Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP) and Nadia (Krisnanagar).

  1. Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor) Schedule II, App-II

Common name : King Kobra

Distribution : Darjiling(Darjiling), Haora (Botanical garden), Jalpaiguri (Buxa Tiger reserve), South 24 Pgs (Sunderban).

Family :Hydrophidae

  1. Enhydrina schistose (Daudin) Schedule IV

Common name : Hook-nosed sea snake.

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Diamond harbour).

  1. Hydrophis caerulescens (Shaw) Schedule IV

Common name : Many-Toothed sea snake.

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(STR) and North 24 pgs. (Sandhead mouth of Hoogli river).

  1. Hydrophis cyanocinctus DaudinSchedule IV

Common name : Annulated Sea snake.

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Sunderban sea coast) and Haora (Hoogli river).

  1. Hydrophis fasciatus (Schneider) Schedule IV

Common name : Banded sea snake.

Distribution : North 24 pgs. (Sandhead bed of river Hooghli) and Medinipur (Digha beach).

  1. Hydrophis mamillaris (Daudin)Schedule IV

Common name : Bombay Sea snake

Distribution : Medinipur (Digha Beach).

  1. Hydrophis nigrocinctus DaudinSchedule IV

Common name : Black banded sea snake.

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(STR).

  1. Hydrophis obscurus (Daudin) Schedule IV

Common name : Estuarine sea snake

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(Sunderban) and Medinipur (Hidgli).

  1. Laticauda laticaudata (Linnaeus) Schedule IV

Common name : Common sea krait.

Distribution : Kolkata (Tolly nullah).

  1. Microcephalophis cantoris (Gunther) Schedule IV

Common name : Cantor’s small-headed sea snake

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(STR), North 24 pgs. (Sandhead mouth of river Hooghli) and Medinipur (Digha shore).

  1. Microcephalophis gracilis (Shaw) Schedule IV

Common name : Common small headed seasnake

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.(STR), North 24 pgs. (Sandhead mouth of river Hooghli) and Medinipur (Digha beach).