Abstract

• Occurrence and distribution of herptofauna were conducted in Tawyagyi protected area embodied three study sites and commenced from July 2018 till April 2019. A total of 22 species of herptiles were recorded. The 22 species included five species of anurans (amphibia) confined to four genera and distributed among three families and a single order Anura. The remaining 17 species were reptiles distributed among two suborders, Serpentes (ophidia) snakes and Lacertalia (lizards), and confined to the order Squamata. Suborder Serpentes was represented by seven species of snakes distributed among seven genera and three families namely Colubridae, Elapidae and Viperidae. Suborder Lacertalia was represented by ten species of lizards distributed among seven genera and four families namely, Agamidae Gekkonidae, Scincidae and Varanidae. Among the recorded lizards calotes htunwini (Htunwin’s forest lizard) happened to be the only endemic species.